Author Archives: Charulata

Sweet corn soup recipe – soup recipes

Sweet corn soup  is a very healthy soup made with sweet corn kernels.  It has a lot of nutrients and is liked by all due to the  delicate flavour of the corns.  This sweet corn recipe is one of the quick and easy soup recipe which can be prepared at home.  Several types of soups can

Khoya burfi or how to make mawa burfi/barfi recipe

Khoya or mawa burfi is an easy and quick to make barfi recipe made with mawa or unsweetened khoya and sugar.  This is a basic recipe of making barfi.  Khoya and sugar are mixed and cooked together with little essence added to it.  You can also make barfi with condensed milk. In that case no

Puranpoli or Holige or obbattu or bobbattu recipe

Puranpoli is a traditional sweet flatbread  with a sweet stuffing made from split bengal gram/chana dal and jaggery and is very popular in the States of Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.  It is called as holige or obbattu in Karnataka, boli in Tamil Nadu, bobbattu in Andhra Pradesh and pooran poli in Maharashtra.

Idli (made with idli rava)/soft idli recipe

Idli is a popular south indian steamed cake and savoury in taste.  They are very light and wholesome. This idli recipe is made with idli rava, urad dal, poha and methi seeds.  Idlis are traditionally eaten for breakfast, but they can be eaten at any time of the day.   The savoury idlis are usually

Green peas masala pulao (microwave recipe)

Green peas masala pulao is a flavourful rice prepared with fresh green peas, basmati rice and cooked in a spicy gravy.  It is a spicy masala pulao and makes up for a good lunch box recipe.  Green peas masala pulao is very easy and quick to make too.  I have prepared this pulao in a microwave,

How to make masala vada (english video recipe)

Masala vada or ambode recipe

Masala vada or ambode is  a very delicious and crispy south Indian snack.  It is popularly known as ambode in Karnataka and masala vadai in Tamil Nadu.  They are very tasty vadas and are prepared for special events, festivals or parties.  Masala vada is also known as chana dal vada, since chana dal is the main

Eggless whole wheat carrot muffins recipe

Eggless whole wheat carrot muffins is a very tasty and healthy recipe with no eggs and maida added to it.  It is prepared from whole wheat flour, sugar, milk, carrots, curd and oil.  Eggless carrot muffins is very quick and easy to make too and can be had as a guilt free snack as no

How to make Adai or mixed lentils Dosa (Kannada video)

Brown rice dosa recipe

Brown rice is a whole grain rice and more nutritious than white rice.  It has more fibre, protein and other nutrients which aids in healthy digestion and weight management.  These are the “good carbs” that help balance your diet and can fill you up.  Brown rice dosa is prepared from brown rice and urad dal which