Millet is considered as an ancient grain that is high in nutrients and may have health benefits.It is a natural source of many nutrients including magnesium. Kudo millet is good for diabetics. I tried Tomato rice with kudo millet. I cooked rice and added tomatoes, onions and some spices. Let us see how to make…
Category: South Indian
Paal Payasam or Milk Kheer
Kerala Paal Payasam Paal Payasam or kheer made with rice,sugar and milk which is creamy in texture is a popular dessert in the south of India. Ambalapuzha Paal Payasam is very famous and is more of a dessert than kheer made in the temples as prasadam. Since my parents are from of Ambalapuzha, I have…
Thenkuzhal
Thenkuzhal is one of the many crispy snacks made for the festival Diwali. My mother is an expert in making all these snacks. I learned the recipe from her. It is made with rice flour and urad dal. Let us see how to make this crispy white thenkuzhal. I used store bought rice flour and…
Eluppachatti Barnyard millet dosa
Eluppachatti is a pan or a kadai, typically made with iron. My grand mother used to make dosa in an iron kadai. The dosa will be very crispy, tasty and very healthy. I customized the concept and tried making Barnyard millet dosa in an iron pan. Preparation time approx 15 minutes. Soaking time 6 hours…
Wheat Flour cheedai
Wheat flour seedai. Cheedai is one of the savoury items for the Janmashtami festival. Every one is scared to make seedai, because there is a chance it could burst while frying. Once it happened to me also. My mother tried cheedai with all purpose flour. Then only I got this idea of making cheedai with…
Keera Vada(Palak vada)
Keera vada is one of the popular evening snack of South India. Keera means greens in Malayalam and Tamil. I used chopped palak to make this crispy vada. Hot cup of coffee or tea with hot vada is very good combo especially on a rainy day. Let us see how to make this crispy vada….
Peanut Chutney
Peanut Chutney. This is one of the most simple chutney to prepare. Peanut chutney is a perfect side dish for Idly , Dosa varieties .Let us see how to make this simple side dish. Preparing time approx. 15 minutes. Ingredients. 1/4 cup peanuts 1 onion 1 pod garlic 1 tbsp coconut 8 red chillies (…
Oats dosa or adai with drumstick leaves
Oats are very low calorie food which is a good option for weight loss I have been trying to experiment different dishes with oats being the main ingredient. I tried my hand at a new type of dosa with oats and dals topped with drumstick leaves Drumstick or moringa leaves are good for cholesterol, and it…
Cabbage chutney
Cabbage chutney One of the healthy easy side dish made with cabbage for South Indian tiffin items like Idly,rawa idly, any kind of dosa variates, parathas, kozhukkattai etc and plain rice. We can make this chutney with in 15 minutes.Cabbage is a good source of fiber and other vitamins. Let us see how to…
Foxtail Millet/ Thinai Sambar Rice
Thinai or Foxtail is a vegan food and also gluten free cereal. Thinai (foxtail) is rich in protiens, and low in fat. Thinai (foxtail) has good amount of fiber content, calcium, iron. Foxtail millet is a healthy substitute for rice. There is no difference in taste also. We can make different variety of dishes using foxtail…
Kaliyappam
30 years ago I learnt this recipe from my husband’s grand mother. I learnt this recipe from her. My husband’s grand ma used to make this healthy easy spicy yummy recipe after her Ekadasi fasting. On dwadasi day she will have this kaliyappam with hot rice. Kaliyappam is nothing it is amla or nellikka mixed…
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