With this Summer Soaring high, apart from the coolers that we make to keep our system cool, we also need to utilize it for making all annual staples for kitchen, right from pickles, vadams and vathals. Summers are always busy days for my grandma and mom and have enjoyed my childhood seeing all these preparations,…
Author: KitchenDB
I am a full-time UX Architect in Healthcare IT with a great passion for cooking. I love experimenting with healthy and traditional food. Being an Agriculture graduate turned Medical Geneticist, I try to source organically grown ingredients from farmers and added the health benefits of each ingredient in most of the recipes that are posted here. This is more a personal database (hence DB in the name) of my family recipes and my trials on organic ingredients.
Mango Phirni
The popular North Indian creamy sweet pudding “Phirni” made with the season special Mango which adds up to the richness. It is exotic dessert with goodness of saffron. It is very much similar to our south indian rice kheer. It is another festival delight that is prepared during Holi, Eid and other special occasions. This…
Mangai Paal – Vaikasi Vishakam Special
Vaikasi Vishakam Special that’s made in Kovilur Mandhirapureeswarar temple as told by my Chithi who stayed next to the temple and the family served the temple for years in past. I do remember visiting the temple with my grandma during my childhood days. Thanks to Chithi who is now settled in Raja Mannargudi for helping…
Custard Cookies
A very flavoured cookies that can be made for kids party. Tried baking some Custard Powder Cookies with Vanilla Custard Powder. You can enhance this by adding roasted, chopped nuts and even raisins. I have used the back the fork to give simple patterns here. Custard Powder is by Brown and Polson. You can experiment…
Whole Wheat Nankhatais
Wanted to make some Whole Wheat Biscuits for my Son’s snacks as I got my fresh batch of home processed Wheat Flour. Tried this Nankhatais with Whole Wheat flour and you know what it tasted awesome and loved by my son. A very easy and simple recipe to try out even as a beginner to…
Tea Shop Biscuits / Butter Biscuits
Those yummy biscuits that we get in small Tea shops and it tastes always divine to have it with the hot tea that the shops serve. Tried to recreate this at home with hot hot Masala Tea.My love for this is never ending and am happy that I can make it myself at home now…
Nellai Pazharasam / Fruit Mixture
The one smoothie made out of the native seasonal fruits which I have always cherished whenever I happen to visit that small Juice shop opposite to Mylapore Tank, Abirami Juice Shop. A very small shop owned by a man who sits inside and serves all the delicious freshly made juices and you can always see a…
Cauliflower Lemon Rasam
Cauliflower is one of the Cruciferous Veggie that is rich in Vitamin C and K. It offers a lot of health benefits and it is recommended to include this veggie to our diet at least once in a week. To list out few of the benefits of Cauliflower intake, 1. Rich in antioxidants and Fights…
Green Peppercorns Rasam
Another Rasam Recipe in my Rasam Series with Home Grown Green Peppercorns. Green Peppercorns are very helpful for digestion and protects intestine against Bacterial Infections. Being the season of green peppercorns, its a must try recipe which is enhanced with goodness of garlic and tanginess of lemon. A must try recipe when you get some…
Methi Leaves Lemon Rasam
A healthy and excellent rasam recipe with home grown Methi Leaves and Lemon. Its a very simple Rasam recipe but has huge health benefits. Methi Leaves are easy to grow in even your kitchen in a small container. It is good to include Methi leaves into our diet regularly to keep our system hale and…
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