No sambar. No chutney. Just this. 😄 There are days when I don’t make the usual sides for idli or pongal. No time, no energy, or just not in the mood for the elaborate process. On those days — this instant tomato gothsu saves everything. 10 minutes. One pan. And it never ever disappoints. 🤍 …
Every summer without fail — all of us cousins would land at Amma’s village home. It didn’t matter where everyone was, how far they had to travel — when summer came, everyone came home. 🤍 Those days were something else entirely. Eat, play, repeat. Cycling on rented cycles for 1 rupee an hour through the …
I have a confession to make. 😄 My husband’s friend is an amazing cook. He makes the most incredible layered biryani — proper dum style, layered beautifully, cooked to perfection. I have watched him make it and it is genuinely impressive. But I am a lazy girl. 😂 I love one pot meals. I love …
Some recipes are fancy. Some are elaborate. And then there are recipes like this — simple, humble and so incredibly good that everyone who eats it asks for more. 🤍 This is Amma’s macaroni. And it has been making people happy for as long as I can remember. I remember the first time I had …
One simple homemade chutney — but the flavour is next level. 😍 The secret is two ingredients that most tomato chutney recipes don’t use — dry roasted dhaniya (coriander seeds) and white ellu (white sesame seeds) ground separately and added to the chutney base. That combination with tomatoes, garlic and tamarind creates something so comforting …
Some recipes heal you. Not just in body — but in heart too. 🤍 I was living in Coimbatore and I fell sick one day. Cold, digestive issues — the kind of day when you just want someone to take care of you. My support system back then was my house help Akka. She was …
In my native there are small eateries called as Mess. And my place is famous for parotta. 🤍 Hot flaky parotta served with veg kurma — meal maker kurma poured right on top of that fresh parotta. That combination is something else entirely. I have been having it for many many years and the taste …
Some recipes come from cookbooks. Some come from online And some — the most special ones — come from a friend’s kitchen in a city that gave you some of the most magical memories of your life. 🤍 My friend in Bangalore taught me this podi. She had a one year old baby — the …
I am not a sweet person. I rarely eat desserts and I almost never crave them. But mangoes? Mangoes are a different story entirely. 🥭🤍 Mango and jackfruit are my absolute favourites — I could eat them every single day. And every April and May our home fills with mango recipes — mango everything, mango …
Some cravings hit you at the most unexpected moments. 😄 There was a small eatery in my neighbourhood when I was growing up. Their chapattis were amazing — but what I loved most was the lobia curry they served at night. Karamani gravy, rich and flavourful, the kind that you remember for years. Whenever possible …
