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Tangy Egg Gravy/Muttai Kuzhambu

Egg Khuzhambu or egg gravy in thick tamarind sauce goes well with white rice, idly and dosa. If you are an egg lover who prefers to eat boiled egg over omelette, you can try this recipe. The recipe is similar to making a tamarind based gravy with a final touch of  raw eggs poured into it and simmered without stirring until the egg cooks thoroughly. Ingredients: 3-4 eggs 1.5 cup of thick tamarind juice salt to taste 1 tsp red chilli powder 1 tsp coriander powder 1/4 tsp turmeric powder 2 tsp gingely oil or any cooking oil 1 sprig curry leaves 2 medium sized onions 1 small tomato 1 tbsp chopped coriander leaves for garnishing 1 tsp mustard seeds 1/2 tsp urad dhal/black gram Steps: 1. Heat a kadai or thick bottomed vessel with 2 tsp of gingely oil. Once the oil gets heated, add mustard seeds, urad dhal. 2.  When the mustard seeds start to sputter add curry leaves. 3. Then add finely chopped onions. Saute for 3-4 minutes on low-medium flame. ...

Palkova / Thirattupaal/ Sweet Khoya

Homemade sweets are always special as you have control over the sweetness ( well, i agree you cannot compromise on the sugar added to a sweet recipe) however we can assure brown sugar or jaggery could be substituted wherever possible and free of food colors and any other preservatives. In today's recipe, i'm going to share about a simple two-ingredient recipe which uses cow's milk - its palkova aka thirattupaal (sweet khoya). The process is quite cumbersome, however with a heavy bottomed non-stick pan, you can skip stirring quite often and sit back and watch while it gets simmered without being burnt. Choose the right vessel for this dish and you would be rest assured a hassle free recipe. Let's get into recipe and the steps. You can use full cream milk or buffalo's milk instead of cow's milk. Cow's milk gives the best of taste you can ever get! Happy ready and hope you try out this recipe at your home and share your valuable feedback. Ingredients...

Eggless Pistachio Cookies

Pistachio Cookies: Here is a recipe of eggless pistachio cookies which i have baked without using oven. I tried baking with pressure cooker and it came out pretty good. Pressure cooker should not be used for such baking as it spoils the texture of the material and the vessel changes it's color during the process of baking. Alternatively you can use a clay pot too to give you an equally good result. Ingredients: 1/4 cup besan flour/chick pea flour 1 cup all purpose flour 1/2 cup melted butter 3/4 cup sugar, can be adjusted as per taste a pinch of cardamom powder handful of chopped raw pistachios 2 tbsp boiled milk 1/4 tsp baking powder 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional) How to make pistachio cookies: 1. Take melted butter in a mixing bowl and add sugar, cardamom powder. 2. Then add besan flour and all purpose flour, baking powder. Crumble well. You can vanilla extract at this point. I'm skipping it for today's recipe. 3. Add little bit of mil...

Mutton Leg Soup

Aattukal soup or Paya is what we call spicy watery soup made with mutton legs. Yum it is - and it has got a list of medicinal values, to name a few, to cure from cold and runny nose, improves bones strength, relief from chest congestion due to cold, cures sore throat. The recipe is from my mom's kitchen diaries. It is a one pot meal, you can alternatively make it using a regular pan however pressure cooking makes the job easier. Mutton usually takes a long time get cooked, when using a pan you might need to cook for about an hour or till it is done. Today, i made this paya to go with steaming hot idlies for my breakfast plate. Here is a glimpse of my breakfast for you to drool over. You can also make this meal at your home and enjoy it with your family. Usually the mutton legs are little bit cooked by adding them in boiling water to remove the fur and skin at the shop itself and it is thawed in fire for few minutes before cutting into pieces. Well, this is done before ...