Lemon rice is one of the popular varaiety rice from South india. It is offered as prasadam in many temples in Tamil Nadu. Lemon rice is very easy to make with very few ingredients and good option for lunch box. I used sona masoori rice to make this. We can use raw rice or basmati…
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Tomato chutney
Tomato chutney is one of the easy chutney without coconut for any kind of dosa, Idly, oothappam, paniyaram, parathas etc. My children love this even with bread. We can make this chutney with in few minutes. Let us see how to make this chutney. Ingrdients. 250 gram tomatoes. ( less sour tomatoes) 250 gram chopped…
Smoky flavoured Daal
I have tasted this daal in one of my friend’s house. My children are very fond of any kind of daals. I tried smoky daal at home. We need small piece of charcole for this smoky flavour. Let us see how to make this daal. Preparation time approx 20 to 25 minutes. Ingredients. 1/2…
Puliyodharai or tamarind rice.
This is one of the traditional tamil brahmin style rice. Tamarind rice is very easy once we pre cooked the pulikachal or spiced tamarind paste. There are different methods of making this paste. Today i am going to tell you one of the methid of making this rice. Let us see how to make this….
Ennai kathirikka kuzhambu( masala stuffed brinjal gravy
Ennai kathirikka is one of my favourite kuzhambu. With hot rice and little ghee it will be very yummy. I powdered the spices and stuffed in small brinjals and made. I have not added garlic. If you like garlic you can add along with onions. Let us see how to make this curry or kuzhambu….
Toamto and Channa daal chutney without coconut.
Chutneys are unavoidable side dish for breakfast in my family. I am bored of making coconut chutney. Thought of making some different chuntey for dosa today . I made this tomato , channa daal chutney without coconut. It came out very well. It goes well with Idly, Dosa, Adai, Paniyaram, Aappam etc. Let us see…
Mulagu (milagu)vellam.
Molagu vellam or milagu vellam is a typical Palghat Iyer dish which is very simple in making.If we are having curd we can make this curry with in few minutes. Milagu means pepper. Vellam means water. It’s a concoction of pepper curd and water. This curry is very good after delivery. I learnt this recipe…
Sarkkarai pongal or sweet pongal.
Today is the pongal festival. This festival is celebrated as a thanksgiving ceremony for the year’s harvest. Pongal, one of the important Hindu festivals, falls around the same time as Lohri every year. Sarkkarai pongal is also known as sweet pongal which is made as prasadam in most of the south indian temples. On pongal…
Thiruvathira puzhukku ( kerala style)
Thiruvathira is a festival celebrated in Kerala and Tamil nadu. It is celebrated on the Thiruvathira day which is falling on the birth star of Lord Shiv and was celebrated by Hindu married women for the prosperity and healthy life of their husband while youngsters take part in the festivities to marry a man of…
Nendranpazham pulisseri.(Plantain curd curry)
Nendran pazham pulisseri is very traditional curry which is popular in Kerala. Nendran pazham means plantain banana. This curry can made with vegetables or ripped mango also. Today I tried with plantain . It is little sweet, tangy and spicy in taste.We can have this with hot rice, dosa, idly, sevai, idiyappam.Let us see how…
Koottu curry
Koottu curry is a very popular side dish served for festivals and marriages or any celebrations at Kerala.Koottu curry recipe is made with black channa or kadala and yam, white pumpkin, plantain cooked along with coconut. It is a dry dish served as accompaniment .There are different methods of making this in Kerala. We can make…
Bombay potato masala or Bombay chutney
Puri is one the favourite break fast or dinner dish of my family. All ways they like potato masala as side dish. In south India potato masala is different. My husband and daughter like mumbai style potato masala. We are adding one secret ingredient to this which gives shiny gloss and thickness to the gravy….
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