Vendakka means ladies finger or bindi. Vendakka puli is one of the popular side dish for rice. Mulagoottal and vendakka puli is a good combo for rice. Vendakka puli is a spicy gravy which is cooked in tamarind water. Let us see how to make Vendakka puli. Preparation time approx. 15 to 20 minutes. Ingredients….
Category: Side Dishes
Carrot salad with seasonings.
One of the easiest, healthiest salad made with carrot 🥕gratings and seasoned with few ingredients. We can have this as a side dish for rice or we can eat like that also. With in 10 minutes salad will be ready. Let us see how to make this salad. Preparation time approx 10 minutes. Ĺ. 2…
Pumpkin Flesh chutney/ Mathan kudal thogayal.
Pumpkin Flesh/ Mathan kudal chutney/ chammandi goes well with hot rice,roti, paratha, dosa, idly etc. Mathan means parangikkai in tamil. Using the inner flesh and seeds we are making this chutney or thogayal. We can use even the flesh of raw pumpkin 🎃. Pumpkin seeds are very nutritious. Let us see how to make this….
Kappa puzhukku or Tapioca curry
Dishes made with kappa is most popular in Kerala. During the world War 2 Travancore state faced acute scarcity of rice. Kappa or maracheeni served as a staple food of kerala in those times. I loved kappa/ maracheeni in any form. In my family my amma used to make variety of dishes with kappa like…
Pulisseri
Pulisseri is a traditional curry with buttermilk and spices. In southern kerala especially in Trivandrum Pulisseri is a side dish for sevai or steamed rice noodles. In our home balance sevai is soaked overnight in Pulisseri and morning we used to have this for breakfast with pappadam. It goes well with plain rice, idly,dosa or…
Carrot chutney without coconut.
Carrot chutney is very healthy ,easy side dish without coconut for dosa, idly, uthappam etc. We need very few ingredients to make this. Let us see how to make this chutney Preparation time approx 15 minutes. Ingredients. 1big onion chopped finely. 1 big or 1 cup grated carrot. 2 tbsp channa daal 2 pod of…
Turkey berry / pacha chundakka sambar.
Turkey berry is a hearty plant that thrives in a variety of climates, but it grows best in sunny, temperate regions. Pacha chundakka or turkey berry has many medicinal health benefits. It eradicate the harmful uric acid from body thus keeping various kidney diseases. It can prevent the onset of stroke, it lowers high blood…
3 minutes Tomato 🍅curry for dosa Idly
This easy tomato curry we can use for all kind of tiffins and with in 3 minutes we can make. This curry is a good option for chutney and sambar. I always make this because it’s less calories. With very few ingredients we can make this yummy curry. Let us see how to make this….
Chembu thaal thalagam or colocassia stem curry.
This thalaga curry is a very traditional tamil barahmin style side dish for rice, idly dosa or any tiffin varaities. I have already posted thalagam recipe. This one is different from that. This is my paatty Anthammi’s recipe. I used stem of colocassia or chembu thaal or arbi for making this curry. You can use…
Podi podicha palakkad temple style Pulingari
I have already posted the southern kerala style pulingari recipe. This one is totaly different from southern style. . For making podipodicha( means powdered masalas) pulingari we have to powder the masala and add to the curry using very little coconut. This type of pulingari is served in temple festivals also. It is very popular…
Cauliflower curry without onion garlic.
Cauliflower curry is a simple , delicious and easy to make side dish without onion and garlic. It goesw well with rice, roti, dosa and any other tiffins. I have added cooked moong daal for more healthier way. With in 15 minutes we can make this curry. Let us see how to make this delicious…
Thattukadai style Thakkali (tomato) kuruma
I have already posted one variety of thakkali or tomato kuruma in my blog. But this kuruma is very much different and with in 10 minutes we can make. I have tasted this kuruma on a roadside shop at Coimbatore. With very few ingredients we can make this thakkali kuruma. We can have this kuruma…
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