Erisseri is a traditional dish of Kerala especially during festivals. There are many varaities of erisseri. Raw banana and yam combination is most popular combination for erisseri. I haves tasted drumstick erisseri after marriage only. My mother in law makes very tasty erisseri with drumstick. Southern kerala side erisseri is a side dish for rice….
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Idly Samabr
There are many method of making sambar. Today I am giving you sambar recipe which we get in restaurant style.I have not used tamarind to make this sambar. I replaced tamarind with tomatoes.I made small idly’s and pour over sambar. My idly was floating in hot sambar. It is very wasy to make this sambar….
Instant Amla Pickle
Instant Amla or nellikka or Indian gooseberry pickle is very easy to make and can be used immediately. We need very few items to make this.Ideal to serve with any meal, it tastes especially good with curd rice . It is very spicy and tangy. I learnt this recipe from my grand mother. Let us…
Kadala curry
Kadala curry. Kadala curry is a very popular cuisine from Kerala. I have already posted the same recipe with white channa. Today i tried the same recipe with black channa. This is one of the signature dish of my amma. It goes very well with appam, Idiyappam ect. If you are getting a pandon leaf…
Pudina tomato onion chutney
My daughter always like chutney for dosa, Idly, Parathas, Kozhukkattai ect. Today i was planning to make a simple spicy chutney for her. I want to make any kind of greens per day in my menu.So today i tried this pudina ,onion, tomato chutney for dosa. It is spicy tangy in taste. Let us see…
Puliyakuthi Upperi
Popular Palakkad cuisine which is tangy and blend of country vegetables seasoned with some spices.. Main ingredient for this dish is bindi, brinjal , raw banana. It goes well with mulagoottal or rasam. Let us see how to make this. Preparation time approx 20 minutes. Ingredients. 200 gram ladies finger or bindi 200 gram violet…
Vangi bath or Brinjal rice
Vangi bath is made with brinjal, rice, seasoned with spice powder and is one of the most popular dishes from Karnataka. We can powder the spice mix and store it. With in 20 minutes we can make this rice. No need of any side dish for this. Brinjal or egg plant rice is spicy and…
Kala Gulab jamun with instant khoya
Kala gulab jamun and gulab jamun recipe is all most similar. For this kala jamun i used home made instant khoya with milk powder. We can make this khoya with in 5 minutes and refrigerate for few weeks.. I used khoya and paneer to make this sweet. With in 15 minutes we can make this….
Kara kuzhambu
Kara kuzhambu Kara kuzhambu is a tamarind based gravy which goes very well with rice, dosa, Idly, Appam, Idiyappam ,Kozhukkattai etc. I always like tamarind based curries. Kara curry is very simple spicy gravy. You can make this curry with different vegetables. Let us see how to make this curry. Preparation time approx. 40…
Arbi or Chembu or Colocasia roast
Arbi roast is one of the simple side dish with rice. In hindi we are telling arbi in english colocasia in tamil cheppan kizhangu in malayalam it is chembu. Very easy side dish without onion and garlic . We can make this with in few minutes. I have not added much oil to make them…
Barnyard millet dosa
Millet’s are very healthy and it is good for diet. Today I tried dosa with barnyard millet. I soaked the urad daal and barnyard separately and grind it. Fermented it overnight and made dosa. Preparation time approx. 10 minutes soaking time 5 to 6 hours or overnight. fermentation. 8 hours. Ingredients. 3 cup Barnyard millet…
Gothumai or Lapsi Pradhaman
Gothumai means Dhaliya or lapsi or wheat rawa. One of the traditional payasam of Kerala made with moong daal, daliya, , jaggery and coconut milk.It is very easy to make this. You will get different sizes of lapsi rawa. Choose slightly bigger size lapsi. rawa. I used store bought coconut powder to make coconut milk….
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