Red Capsicum Soup - Soup with red bell peppers, tomatoes and onions

Red Capsicum(bell pepper) Soup - delicious soup prepared with red capsicums, tomatoes, garlic, peppercorns. This red capsicum soup is actually easier than other soups. As this is a quick soup to make, this is also perfect for a dinner party or for a family get-together. The red capsicums also called as sweet peppers and they can be eaten raw or cooked.

Puli Thanni - Tamarind sauce with onions and red chillies - Tirunelveli Puli Thanni Kuzhambu

Puli Thanni - easy kuzhambu for your lunch with simple ingredients in just 10 minutes. This was my first kuzhambu dish I prepared for my family during my college days for dinner. We all enjoyed this kuzhambu with warm rice, sutta appalam and fried gram chutney. Once you try this easy kuzhambu, you will prepare this twice or thrice in a month.

Broccoli Capsicum Sabji - Side dish for roti, nann & rice

Broccoli and capsicum Sabji - a super tasy side dish with broccoli made with our spices. After eating stir fried broccoli at Chinese restaurants, I tried making dishes with broccoli using our masalas and spices. Broccoli is not a favourite vegetable for many of us, but you have to include it because of its health benefits. But if you cook the broccoli perfectly, it tastes really  good.

Sprouts and Mushroom Dal - Easy and Quick Side Dish

Sprouts and mushroom dal - prepared with green gram sprouts, mushrooms and moong dals. This dal is similar to my zero oil sprouts dal. Most of the time when I find a new dish for the dinner I try to use healthy ingredients with very less oil. In this recipe, I haven't used any oil and you can cook this dal within 15 minutes. And, this dal will pair well with anything as you like.

Vazhaipoo Poriyal - Banana Blossom Stir Fry

Banana blossom or Vazhaipoo poriyal is a healthy side dish for your lunch.  This poriyal also combines the delicious coconut paste and cooked toor dal. The shelf life of Banana blossom is 2 or 3 days, so try to cook it before turning black. You will notice the colour change begins inside the flowers. After removing the thick stick and the glossy petal arrange them equally and chop it finely. After chopping the flowers, quickly put it in a buttermilk to avoid the discoloration. Now we will see how to prepare this Vazhaipoo Poriyal with step by step instructions. This poriyal tastes good with Pulikuzhambu, Sambar and Toor dal Rice.