No grinding. No fancy masala. No biryani powder. Just the OG Tomato Rice every Amma packed in our lunch boxes. ❤️🍅 This is not a fancy recipe — this is the original tomato rice that many of us grew up eating from our school lunch boxes. Made with just onions, tomatoes, garlic, and a few …
If you love garlic, this One Pot Garlic Biryani is going to be your new favourite. Made with a handful of garlic fried with skin, fresh herbs, and simple spices — this biryani is deeply aromatic, incredibly flavourful, and comes together in one pressure cooker. No complicated layering. No soaking for hours. Just pure garlic-forward …
Monday mornings are something else entirely. 😄 The alarm goes off. The kids need to get ready. Breakfast needs to happen. And somewhere in the middle of all that beautiful Monday morning chaos — the lunchbox needs to be packed. That’s exactly how this One Pot Moong Dal Rice was born. 🤍 A Monday morning …
Some days you want something light. Something comforting. Something that fills you up without weighing you down. 🤍 This is that recipe. This Vegetable Soya Pulao is my go-to one pot meal whenever I want something simple, flavourful and satisfying. The kind of pulao you find in mess and eateries — light, fragrant, full of …
No basmati? No problem. 😄 This recipe was born out of a pure biryani craving — the kind that hits suddenly and refuses to leave. I wanted biryani. I didn’t want takeout. I didn’t want to go out. But I had no basmati rice and no jeeraga samba. What I did have? Everyday ponni rice. …
One pot. Zero fuss. Full meal. 🤍 That’s everything you need to know about this pumpkin dal. And that’s exactly how Paati always made it — simple, wholesome and absolutely delicious. My grandmother’s recipes always have a quiet confidence about them. No elaborate techniques, no long ingredient lists — just the right ingredients, the right …
After years of making dal makhani — trying different recipes, different methods, different proportions — this is the one. 🤍 This is THE dal makhani recipe that stayed in my kitchen. The one my kids love. The one that tastes genuinely restaurant style without any complicated steps. Rich, creamy, packed with flavour and surprisingly easy …
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 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 …
In our home rasam is serious business. 😄 My Patti makes it. My Amma makes it. Both of them make it differently — and both of them make it amazingly. Growing up I watched them pour a small glass of rasam and drink it like the most comforting thing in the world. That small glass …
