Chicken Biryani Recipe | Dindigul Thalapakatti Style Chicken Biryani Recipe | Non Vegetarian Recipes

Wooow was the lunch with this dindigul briyani...!!! Just chatting over the phone with mom on a sunday morning she was talking about the recipe she got in a newspaper and the briyani turned out too nice. I was very tempted and tried the recipe the very same day, From then on, I have only been trying this. Just the briyani with raita is enough for the whole day!!! 

Dindigul Thalapakatti Briyani is prepared with seerga samba rice which is a short grain unlike the basmati rice, the blend of the spices and the meat to a very flavourful, aromatic and hot briyani!!!

Don't be giving a second thought to prepare this briyani after seeing the long ingredients list. I have just sorted the ingredients to make the preparations very easy. Once you prepare the masala's and pastes, briyani will be very easy to prepare. Just go ahead and check out the recipe!!! 

Chocolate Millets Ladoo | Festive Sweet Recipes | Easy Millet Recipes

Chocolate is always yum and anything with chocolate is so yum and everyone favourite. So here in the recipe of Chocolate Millets Ladoo in which cocoa acts as a binder of healthy millets to a delicious sweet ladoo. I am sure no kid can just have one!!! The ladoo is prepared with millet flours and has the richness of milkmaid with lots of ghee. 

Chicken Salna Recipe | Chicken Salna for Paratha Recipe

I always make this chicken salna to prepare egg paratha as I am big fan of egg paratha. Whenever we visit his native, we get paratha from a small shop which tastes so nice...!

Do check out the parotta recipe for the chicken salna. 

Do try and share your feedback!!

Tandoori Chicken Recipe | Chicken Starters | How to make tandoori chicken using microwave oven at home

Another easy and restaurant style chicken starter recipe!!! its the famous tandoori chicken!! You don't need to have a tandoori oven to make this. Just use your microwave oven to good use with this recipe. 

For people who are dieting like me, this recipe which uses very less oil is a big treat. It tasted so soft and juicy with a dip of chutney and crunchy onion. Do try the recipe and I am sure you will make it very often like me. To the recipe....

Saturday Snapshots #2 – A Food Photography Learning Series

I came accross this event in MerryTummy hosted along with SirisFood and happily wanted to participate to know more about food photography. My blog is just three months old, so my thirst to know more about blogging and food photography is very high. I missed posting my first picture for the series#1 where we should shoot a yellow fruit or veggie. I took the picture but forgot to schedule. So, here goes my first shot for the event. 

Series#2 theme is to shoot chillies from three different angles and post the best. Yeah, I tried many different angles but ended up with my comfort angle of how I shoot. 

Who is hotter???? Red or Green?

Do share your ideas on how I can improve my shot!!!

Samai Ven Pongal Recipe | Breakfast Recipes | Easy Millet Recipes

3 months into blogging!! Oh I am so surprised that I could posts some good recipes we enjoy at home!!!
Ven Pongal is my dad's most favorite breakfast along with vadai, sambar and coconut chutney. I started making this very often as its very tasty, healthy and easy to prepare in minutes when I get up very late in the morning. Having started knowing the benefits of millets, the first recipe I tried with millets is this and it turned out very well than I expected and my hubby couldn't notice the difference in the rice actually and he felt it tasted more than the regular. So from now on, no more ven pongal with raw rice. To the Recipe...

Paal Kozhukattai Recipe - My First Guest Post for Beulah's Full Scoops

Today's post is my first guest post for a great blog "Full Scoops".

I was surprised when beulah of Full Scoops wrote to me for a guest post, and very happily took up the opportunity to write the first guest post in one of my favourite blogger's blog. 

About Beulah and Full Scoops, first thing that attracted me was her blog name Full scoops, insightful presentation, food styling, and most of all the scoops of amazing recipes she has. I love her eggless baking column very much. Beulah is very helpful, dedicated and a simple person. She is one of the constant supporter of my blog which kept me highly motivated. Few of my favourite dishes from her blog are Elaneer Souffle, Eggless Mango Mousse Cake, and Black Forest Trifle. 

Chana Masala Recipe | Chole Masala Recipe for Poori | Side Dish Recipes

Chana Masala always reminds me of my friend in college, who used to bring this amazing tasty chole masala with bhatura. Even now, her mom's chole masala is the best to me. This recipe is close to my friend's mom recipe. My mom's recipe is different which I will post soon. That suits for kids as it is less spicy but very flavourful. Whichever way we make, chana and batura/ poori is a combo made in heaven. Truly yummy!!! Let's relish!!!

Spinach Egg Curry Recipe | Palak Anda Curry Recipe

Spinach Egg Curry is an Indian style curry made with boiled eggs and spinach. If you haven't tasted this combo before, you would be surprised like me when I say this is a healthy and heavenly combination. Even I wondered how could spinach be so delicious?? But what interests me was combining egg with spinach which can never be my favourite. :P My doctor always insists us to include lots of greens in our diet and this curry has been my life saver now. I make these for rotis and chappathi's. Lets see the recipe for the curry loaded with lots of iron, folic acid and proteins!!!

Vazhaipoo Vadai Recipe

My amma makes vazhaipoo vadai very often and it goes well for meals and also as a evening tea time snack. I never expected my Darling Husband to even like it when I first made it, but he got addicted to the taste of vada and asks me to make it very often. So my helper does the cleaning and gives me, I happily make vada and vazhaipoo curry for rice at ease. Sometimes I am lucky to get the cleaned vazhaipoo florets in the super market. But if I had to clean, definitely not on our menu:P So, lets see the recipe for healthy vazhaipoo vadai. 

Aloe Vera Juice | Katrazhai Juice Recipe | Summer Drink Recipes

Aloe Vera is very popular in alternative medicine that will bring humans to a more natural way to prevent the occurrences of many diseases. This brings the discovery of aloe vera and its benefits for better health. Inside the leaf of aloe vera there is a gel which contains over 200 useful ingredients. At home, we have this refreshing and immunity booster drink to fuel ourselves up in the morning hours. 

Eggless Butterless Chocolate Cake Recipe | Eggless Bakes Recipes

Eggless Butterless Chocolate Cake was simply chocolicious. A cake free of butter and egg with full of chocolate flavour is definitely one of the best. Cakes are obviously something of a challenge for new bakers and when they work, its so wonderful. So, its like baking a lot and measuring right gets you the best cake from the oven.  I left it a little longer which caused slight cracks on the top. Being a kind of tea cake , it was fine. Enjoy the richness of chocolate with this cake and thanks to priya for this good recipe. 

Thinai Thean Urundai | Foxtail Millet Honey Laddoo Recipe | Millet Recipes

Enjoying the evening rain with hot bajji and chai. Also Delectable Flavours has moved from www.delectableflavours.blogspot.in to www.delectableflavours.com. 

Healthy and tasty ladoo's can be prepared easily with the millet flours. Foxtail Millet is very rich in protein,mineral, fiber and calcium. It helps improve heart rate, strenthens immune system and improves stamina. It can also be eaten as sweet powder without making them into balls. 

Kuthiraivali Murukku | Barnyard Murukku | Millet Recipes

Barnyard Millet is called Kuthiraivali in tamil and Jhangora in Hindi. It is very rich in calcium and iron. Millets are not only very healthy to us but extremely eco friendly too. Kuthiraivali Murukku is just an healthier version of murukku made with kuthiraivali flour.

Healthy foods can be made crispy and tasty too !!!

Idli Milagai Podi Recipe | Homemade Idli Podi Recipe

Idli Milagai Podi is a real time saver in the busy morning. I am a crazy fan of any forms of podi, I could even eat it raw without oil or even add it to my coconut chutney for idli without oil. I survived worst breakfasts in my hostel during college days with different versions of this chutney powder. Even now, when I have sambar and chutney for dosa, I serve myself generous idli podi. Check out this recipe. 

Mutton Keema Curry Recipe | Non Veg Side Dish Recipes

One of our family's favourite Sunday breakfast is mutton keema curry with poori's. I am lucky enough to enjoy my mom's version which is mild, less spicy and the other recipe of my MIL's which is very flavourful, super spicy and thick curry either week. This is a very simple and easy recipe to follow. Do try and share your feedback. 

Samai Mushroom Briyani Recipe | Little Millet Mushroom Briyani Recipe | Millet Recipes

My mom used to make many sweet varieties with millets and in each visit to home she surprises with a new recipe and they taste awesome. Starting with a sweet it was easy for me to bring millets in to our food. I was very surprised by the taste when I first made this Samai Mushroom Briyani, it had more than the usual flavours and taste with our regular basmati rice. I enjoy eating mushroom and briyani, and this was a real treat for a mushroom lover like me. It was difficult convincing my DH to eat this as he hates mushrooms and is very choosy with healthy foods :P But I wanted him to get the benefits of traditional foods, so made Samai Chicken Briyani for him and never expected him to like it so much..!!! Now I make samai ven pongal, kambu adai dosa, kambu chutney, cholam dosa, thinai idly, varagu coconut rice, thinai payasam frequently. 

Samai Mushroom Briyani being my favorite among the millets family, I am posting this recipe first. Soon you can find many millet recipes on the space. 

Samai or Little Millet is best replacement for white polished rice and its good for digestion, diabetics, cures stomach related problems and maintains overall health. 

Homemade Tortilla Recipe

Home-made Tortillas makes good wraps either sweet or savoury. Sometimes, you can make these like thin crust pizza and top it with fillings and serve. These Mexican flat breads are simply delicious with its fillings!!!