Okra/Vendakaai Poriyal

Okra/Vendakaai Poriyal Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook Time: 15 mins | Serves: 3 Ingredients Okra/Vendakaai – 500 grams choppedOnion – 1 chopped finelyShredded coconut or desiccated coconut – 1/4 cupChilli powder – 1 tspTurmeric powder – 1/2 tspSalt – as needed To Temper Oil – 1 tbspMustard seeds – 1 tspChana dal – 1…

Mediterranean Buddha Bowl

Power packed lunch with loaded veggies and quinoa. This recipe is adapted from here. The original recipe calls for oven roasted chickpeas. As my oven was under repair I couldn’t follow that exactly. Would love to try the roasted version of chickpeas. This recipe has little bit of background 😉. In my hubby’s office they…

Rajma Gravy

Rajma Gravy Soaking time: Overnight | Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook Time: 20 mins | Serves: 2 Rajma or Red Kidney Bean Gravy is a heartful meal along with rice or jeera rice. It can also be served with Chapathi. Rajma or Kidney Bean is rich in protein and has many health benefits. This…

Pepper Rasam

Pepper Rasam Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time:  10 mins | Serves: 2 Pepper rasam is made without adding any paruppu. My mom calls it as “Gotu Rasam”. You can drink this rasam as such like soup when you have a sore throat. The pepper and garlic flavor in the rasam will soothe your…