Bread

Bread Halwa

11:59 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

This is an instant sweet recipe, surprise everyone with this halwa in just few minutes.
Ingredients:
  • Bread - 6
  • Sugar - 1/2 cup
  • Ghee - little
  • Milk - 1 cup
  • Cashew and almond - 5 each (for grinding)
  • Cashews and raisins - 10 each
  • Food color - pinch
Method:
  • In a small cup, mix milk and food color, keep it aside. Grind cashew and almond into paste.
  • Heat ghee in a pan, remove sides of the bread, tore bread into small pieces and roast it in ghee for 2 minutes.
  • Add sugar to the bread pieces, when it start melting add milk, ground paste, and food-colored-milk.
  • Mix it nicely until everything blend really well.
  • Finally add roasted cashews and raisins, serve hot or cold.
Adjust sugar according to your taste.

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Egg,

Vermicelli Omelette

10:19 AM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:
  • Vermicelli - 1/4 cup
  • Egg - 3
  • Salt as required
  • Pepper - little
  • Coriander leaves - 1/4 cup
  • Finely chopped onion - 1/4 cup
  • Oil
Method:
  • Cook vermicelli in a bowl with enough water, filter water once it is cooked, keep it aside.
  • Mix egg, pepper, coriander leaves, onion, salt and vermicelli in a bowl, beat it nicely fluffy.
  • Heat flat pan, drizzle oil and just add one ladleful of egg batter  and spread it in circle, flip and cook on both sides.
  • Serve hot.

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Radish

Radish Chutney/ Mullangi Chutney

9:27 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:
  • Radish - 2
  • Pearl onion - 5
  • Red chilli - 3
  • Channa dal - 1 tsp
  • Urad dal - 1 tsp
  • Tamarind - small piece
  • Grated coconut - 2 tsp
  • Salt as required
  • Oil - 1 tsp
  • Garlic pods -2
  • Hing - little
Method:
  • Chop radish. Heat oil in a pan, add all the ingredients except salt and saute until radish turns brown.
  • Let it cool for few minutes, grind it smooth along with salt.
  • Serve this tasty chutney with rice, idli, dosa or roti.

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Oats

Oats Porridge

7:12 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

This porridge is a wholesome breakfast. You won't feel hungry till four hours, healthy meal to start your busy days. The following recipe serves one.
Ingredients:
  • Oats - 1/4 cup
  • Water - 1/2 cup + 3/4 cup
  • Cinnamon stick - 1
  • Raisins - 10
  • Sugar - 1 tsp
  • Cucumber seeds - 1 tsp
  • Milk - 1/2 cup
Method:
  • Soak oats in 1/2 cup water for 5 minutes. Heat 3/4 cup water with cinnamon, when it starts boiling add soaked oats and raisins. 
  • Reduce the heat to low and let it cook for 4 to 5 minutes, stirring it often.
  • Finally add milk and sugar, let it cook for 2 minutes, till everything blends well.
  • Pour this porridge in a bowl, top it with cucumber seeds. Serve hot.
  • Other toppings:
  • Sliced banana, berries, sliced apple, nuts, plain low fat yogurt, and so on.

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millets

How to cook Indian millets

9:26 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Indian millets (varugu, kuthiravalli, thinai, saamai) are healthy replacement for rice. You can serve this cooked millet just like rice with sambar, rasam, curry and so on. Here i have used varugu.
Ingredients:
  • Varugu - 1 cup
  • Water - 3 cups
  • Salt as required
Method:
  • Dry roast millet for 2 minutes, then add water and salt. Keep the heat on high.
  • When it start boiling, reduce the heat to low and close the cooking pan with the lid. 
  • It takes around 12 to 15 minutes to cook. If you think millet sticking to the bottom, give a stir, otherwise keep the lid closed.
  • Let the millet rest for 10 to 20 minutes more before serving.
  • Serve this cooked millet with sambar and curry.

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Oats,

Oats Roti

8:59 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:
  • Wheat flour - 1/2 cup
  • Oats - 1/2 cup
  • Salt as required
  • Water for kneading
Method:
  • Powder oats and mix all the ingredients in a bowl. Knead everything into soft, pliable dough. 
  • Make small balls (lemon size) from the dough.
  • Heat a flat pan, roll balls using rolling pin, cook the rolled roti in the hot pan on both sides until little black dots appear. Then cook it on direct heat, this roti doesn't puff like phulka, but yes! it puffs a little and it was very soft.
  • Enjoy this healthy roti with any curry.

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Milk,

Cashew Kulfi

8:42 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:
  • Full cream milk - 1 cup
  • Fresh cream - 200 gm
  • Sugar - 3/4 cup
  • Cashew - 200 gm
  • Saffron strands - few
Method:
  • Boil milk till it reduces to half. Take cashew in a zip-lock bag and beat it with spatula so that it will be coarsely grounded. In a cup, take 1 tbsp milk and add saffron strands, keep this aside.
  • Add sugar and fresh cream to the boiling milk, when the sugar completely dissolves, add cashew and saffron milk.
  • Let it rest for 15 minutes and pour in kulfi mould ( as i don't have mould, i used tumbler) and freeze it for 6 or more hours.
  • Before serving, remove kulfi from freezer and let it rest for 5 minutes. Insert a lolly stick in the kulfi and slowly push it out. 
  • You can eat from the stick or slice it and enjoy.

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Bread,

Bread Cup Pizza

9:53 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments


Ingredients:
  • Bread slices - 5
  • Onion - 1
  • Cabbage - 100 gms
  • Cooked kala channa - 1/4 cup
  • Corn - 1/4 cup
  • Chilli powder - 1/2 tsp
  • Cheese slices
  • Salt as required
  • Tomato sauce
Method:
  • Trim the sides of the bread slices and apply tomato sauce on one side of each slices.
  • Place this bread in cup cake pan, take care not to break the slices. 
  • In a pan, heat oil and add sliced onion, cabbage, salt, and chilli powder. Saute until cabbage becomes soft, finally add channa and corn, mix everything nicely. This is the filling.
  • Add little filling in each bread cups and finally top it cheese.


  • Bake it high for 10 minutes until cheese melts.
  • Serve hot.
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Urad Dhal

Medhu Vadai

8:27 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:
  • Urad dal -1 cup
  • Onion - 1
  • Green chillies - 2
  • Coriander leaves - little
  • Peppercorns - 2
  • Salt as required
  • Oil for frying
Method:
  • Soak urad dal for 4 hours least. Grind it smooth, dough should be thick, if it is thin don't worry refrigerate for 1 hour and the dough will become thick.
  • To the thick urad dal, add finely chopped onion, chopped green chillies, coriander leaves, salt, and crushed peppercorns. Mix everything nicely.
  • Heat oil, take small ball of dough, flatten it on your palm(apply little oil on your palm to avoid stickiness) and make small hole in the middle.
  • Drop it in the oil and fry it golden brown.
  • Serve hot with tea or coffee.

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Tea

Masala Tea / Masala Chai

9:34 PM Chandra Karthikeyan 0 Comments

Ingredients:
  • Tea powder - 1 tsp
  • Cardamon - 2
  • Cinnamon stick - 1
  • Peppercorns - 3
  • Ginger -1 small piece
  • Cloves - 2
  • Fennel seeds - 1/4 tsp (optional)
  • Water - 1/2 small tumbler
  • Hot milk
  • Sugar as required
Method:
  • With the mortar coarsely grind cardamon, peppercorns, chopped ginger, cloves, and fennel seeds.
  • Add the above items in a pan, add tea powder, cinnamon stick, and water. Let it boil for 2 minutes, you can smell really nice aroma.
  • Filter the tea, add required milk and sugar.
  • Drink hot with any snacks. This is the best, especially during rainy days.

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