Kodubale or spicy ring rolls: One of the traditional snack which is very famous in Karnataka.It goes very well with a hot cup of coffee or tea. Kodu bele is a spicy, crunchy,crispy, ring shape rolls made with rice flour, maida, chutney dhal, red chillies, green chillies, hing, coconut and curry leaves. There is no…
Category: South Indian
Nendran Pazham Chundiyathu or Plantain with jaggery
Nendranpazham chundiyathu or plantain with jaggery Preparation time approx 15 minutes: Ingredients: 2 big size ripped Nendranpazham or plantain banana. 100 gram jaggery 1 tbsp ghee or clarified butter 1/4 to1/2 cup water (if your bananas are well ripped add less water ) Method: Cut the bananas into round shape Heat a thick bottom tawa….
Keerai Aviyal or Red Amaranth curry
Keerai aviyal or Red amaranth curry One of the traditonal Kerala dish for plain rice. Red colour keerai is available plenty in Kerala. My children love the taste of this aviyal. Very easy to make this aviyal. Very healthy also.Let us see how to make. Preparation time approx 20 minutes: Ingredients: 2 bundles of keerai….
Kothimbir Vadi or Coriander leaves Fritters
Kothimbir Vadi one of the most famous snack from Maharashtra. ‘Kothimbir’ means coriander in Marathi. Kothimbir vadi are coriander fritters made from lots of steamed coriander leaves mixed with besan and then deep fried for the crunchiness. Best if had with spicy green chutney or red garlic chutney. Below is the step by step recipe…
Boli ( sweet made with channa dhal and sugar)
Boli Many of us are making puran poli. But this boli is slightly different from puran poli.Boli with paal payasam is a very famous combination in Trivandrum ( southern kerala).For all sadyas they will serve boli first above that pour paal payasam or milk kheer. The filling is made with channa dhal and sugar…
Nendran kaya upperi or Banana chips
Nendran kaya upperi or Banana chips Nendran kaya means plantain in English. Nendran kaya variety of banana is used for making chips. In Kerala generally we are using coconut oil for deep frying this chips. You can use any oil of your choice. We are slicing the banana directly to hot oil using a slicer….
Arachu vitta sambar(without sambar powder)
Arachuvitta sambar (sambar without using sambar powder. ) Arachuvitta sambar is popular traditional dish in South Indian families. Arachuvitta means freshly ground. For this sambar we are not using sambar powder. We have to fry all masalas and ground them freshly. My son always love this sambar only. For this sambar we are using less…
Coconut Burfi
Coconut burfi or thengai burfi in tamil is one of the popular and easiest sweet dish of south india. We need only very few ingredients to make this burfi. I learnt this from my amma who is an expert in making coconut burfi. Let us learn how to make this burfi. Preparation time approx 20…
Tomato Dosa
Tomato dosa I saw tomato dosa recipe in a magazine. I was very tempted to try it. We can make tomato dosa with very few items. No need of fermentation also. For this dosa we are not using urad dhal like normal dosa. Preparation time approx 4 hours Soaking time of rice for 3…
Tomato rasam
Tomato Rasam I am making rasam daily. My children and husband love to have rasam daily. All most all South Indian houses rasam is unavoidable . There are many varities of rasam. Hot rasam and plain rice is good combo. Medhu Vada soaked in rasam is yet another popular dish. We can drink rasam like…
Mysore Bonda
Mysore bonda First time I have tasted this bonda was in 1988 at Bangalore. After some years when I was reading a cookery book and I saw this recipe. I made it as a starter in a get together. It was a super hit. Mysore Bonda is very popular evening snack of Karnataka. It is…
Tomato kuzhambu or kurma
Tomato kuzhambu or kuruma or curry for peas pulav and plain rice This tomato kuzhambu is very simple and easy to make. I tried this recipe for mutter pulav which is less spicy.I have not added much masalas. Tomato kurma is a good combo for plain mutter pulav or rice. We can make this gravy…
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