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When I was planing what to do for weekend breakfast, I remembered one of my friend used to do Mooli or Radish paratha. I was not so clear of her recipe but tried out my own style and it came out really well than I expected.

Ingredients:
Radish - 1
Ajwain - 1tsp
Red chili powder - 1tsp
Garam Masala - 1tsp
salt to taste
Oil
Wheat flour - 2cups

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After seeing chakka Adai from Jayashree,I can't wait to have vellam dosa(we don't get jack fruit here :-( ) since it was looking similar to sweet wheat dosa. This remembers my school days, when my brother and me always relished this dish as soon as we come home from school. Those days she used to prepare all kinds of snacks in the evening which now elapsed , since we grown up. So I though why don't I give a try and my husband liked the most.

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Being in Hyderabad, does anyone could say you don't like briyani? No way. We both love spicy briyani and we always love to have "Paradise Briyani" which is very famous in Hyderabad. But I am not going to write about DUM briyani here. I am not so expertize in preparing DUM briyani, So I prepared a regular vegetable briyani in my MOM's style. By adding all the spices and the correct ingredients it turned out excellent. One thing that you should note in briyani is, the rice should not be overcooked… Continue

Every time the mango season comes, I put on extra few pounds.... I looove Mango( Thought I need a rythym) . This is once again adopted from my Mom, she used to prepare the dish and add a tsp of ghee...hmmm... always yummy... what do you say?
I really loved the texture of this mango,

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Sweet Potato is one of my childhood favorite, as often Mom used to steam and serve. But my Aya (Grandmother) does a different dish with sweet potato. During school days whenever we get annual holidays, we head to our native village where my Aya used to prepare this dish for the Rice field workers. Once the dish is prepared we take some quantity for us without anyone knowledge ;-)

Hmm... for along time I haven't ate the dish because no one lives there now and no occasion has come to prepare this… Continue