Lemon Semiya

Yet another popular breakfast item of south india. Lemon Semiya Upuma is very easy to prepare . There are many variety of upumas. Today we will learn how to make lemon semiya. Coconut chutney is an excellent combo for this upuma. preparatiome approx 20 minutes Ingredients 2 cup broken semiya 3 or 4 green chillies….

Opos Rawa Kesari

Opos means one pot one shot. I learnt this opos method of cooking from Mr. Ramakrishnan from one food group. He has given many recipes in opos method. Today I am giving you very simple method of making Kesari with suji or rawa. Kesari is one of the traditional sweet of South India.When we are…

Odicha mulaga or mulaga curry or long chilly pickle

Odicha mulaga or mulaga curry Mulaga means chillies in tamil. Odicha mulaga means cut chillies. This is one of the traditional pickle for idly, dosa, kozhukkattai, rice,poori, parathas.Odicha mulaga is a mix of all tastes. Spicy, tangy,and sweet. The chillies used for this pickle is not that spicy.It is  like bhajji variety chillies. In southern…

Mor Kuzh or curd and rice cake

Mor kuzh One of the traditional evening snack which is very healthy,very popular from Tamilians. I have never tasted this snack being from southern Kerala till my marriage . My in laws are from palakkad. I have tasted this snack after marriage only. I loved this.My husbands grand mother used to make this. But slightly…

Kodubale or Spicy ring rolls

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…

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…