Have some ripened bananas?

Ingredients:
Ripened bananas -3
Coconut - 2 tbsp
Sugar or honey- 2 to 3tsp
Cardamom powder - a pinch
Raisins or cranberries - a few to decorate

Mix all the above ingredients and enjoy!

How to make Tasty Rasam?

Rasam(also called as "sathamudhu") tastes best when made with a lead vessel called "eeya chombu".

• Always keep an eye on the vessel when you make rasam. Let it boil only in low flame. Otherwise the vessel will melt! :)
• Switch of the gas when you see froth forming on top(see picture).
  

Tip On Making Payasam/Kheer

Adding evaporated milk to payasams makes it very tasty and rich. Evaporated milk does not have sugar unlike condensed milk which is loaded with sugar. Make payasam the usual way. Add evaporated milk in the end. Evaporated milk is not thick. So adding it to payasam may make it watery. So reduce the milk quantity while preparing payasam.

Curd Rice or Bagala Bath

Nothing is as comforting and filling as curd rice. When I was in chennai, I used to go to "Grands Sweets"(famous sweets stall in chennai) just to have curd rice(they used to give everyone for free as a sample). It was so delicious that I wanted to make it just like they did. I have heard that their secret ingredient is - butter. Yes they add butter and mix it with rice, yogurt and other flavour enhancing ingredients like grated ginger, greenchllies, hing, curry leaves, grated cucumber and coriander leaves. Once in a while you can enjoy this meal without any feeling of guilt!

Measurement:

Cook one cup of rice and add a table spoon of butter while mixing yogurt and other ingredients.

Onion Rava upma

Making perfect upma can be tricky. Tips to make upma:
1. Ratio of water and rava should be exactly 2 : 1.
2. Be generous with the oil. Adding more oil makes it tastier obviously. For 1 cup of rava add 2 tbsp of oil.
3. Make sure you fry rava well on very low flame till it gives a nice aroma.
4. Add boiling water to roasted rava. Do not add warm water.

Mixed Vegetables

You can throw in any vegetables you have. The main secret ingredient for a tasty curry is - Badshah kitchen king masala. It gives a unique taste and goes well with any north indian side dish.