Jowar or sorghum in English and cholam in tamil is a gluten free grain. It is an excellent option for people who suffer from “gluten intolerance” and it is rich in nutrients as well. Compaired to other grains it has high fiber, protein ,iron and vitamins. Jowar is a good option for weight loss. Today…
Category: South Indian
Rawa laddoo
Let us start my New year with a sweet recipe. I made rawa laddoo for new year. Its one of the easiest,popular sweet dish from South India. Even beginners can make this sweet without failure. Let us see how to make this sweet. Preparation time approx. 15 to 20 minutes. Ingredients. 1 cup rawa or…
Puli Venda saar.
Puli means tamarind in Malayalam and tamil. Saar means curry. Puli venda saar means boiled tamarind curry. Venda saar is a very traditional curry of tamil brahmins. If we dont have any vegetable or if you are in a hurry to make some curry this one is the best option. Those who like tamarind flavour…
Chembu thaal thalagam or colocassia stem curry.
This thalaga curry is a very traditional tamil barahmin style side dish for rice, idly dosa or any tiffin varaities. I have already posted thalagam recipe. This one is different from that. This is my paatty Anthammi’s recipe. I used stem of colocassia or chembu thaal or arbi for making this curry. You can use…
Thanni Kozhukkattai.
Thanni kozhukkattai is one of the popular traditional breakfast dish from Kerala. Rice and coconut are the main ingredient for making this kozhukkattai. We have to grind the rice and coconut and cook the kozhukkattai in hot water. This water is very tasty to drink and has lot of health benifits also. I learnt this…
Podi podicha palakkad temple style Pulingari
I have already posted the southern kerala style pulingari recipe. This one is totaly different from southern style. . For making podipodicha( means powdered masalas) pulingari we have to powder the masala and add to the curry using very little coconut. This type of pulingari is served in temple festivals also. It is very popular…
Mango floured coconut almond burfi
I was planning to make an easy sweet with in 15 minutes for my thursday prayer as prasadam.. I was having grated fresh coconut at home. With grated fresh coconut i made this yummy sweet adding mango flavour essence and little almond paste. Let us see how to make this yummy sweet. Preparation time approx…
Cauliflower curry without onion garlic.
Cauliflower curry is a simple , delicious and easy to make side dish without onion and garlic. It goesw well with rice, roti, dosa and any other tiffins. I have added cooked moong daal for more healthier way. With in 15 minutes we can make this curry. Let us see how to make this delicious…
Tomato neer dosa
Neer dosa is very popular dosa variety from Karnataka.Neer means water . This dosa batter is watery in consistency. Neer dosa is very soft and light. Some people are adding very little grated coconut it is optional. Today i tried neer dosa with tomatoes and ric . Any chutney or vegetable sagu or potato sagu…
Matta rice coconut dosa.
Matta rice or red rice or plakkadan matta rice is very healthy compared to white rice. I tried coconut dosa with matta rice. It turned out very yummy. I like raw mango chutney for this dosa. You can make any chutney of your choice. For making this dosa we need not ferment the batter. We…
paruppu poli, Obbittu, Puran poli
Obbattu or paruppu poli is one of the popular sweet dish in Karnataka and tamil nadu. This poli is a must for festivals like aavaniavattam, new year etc. I have already posted another 2 varaieties of poli in my blog. This one is different. I used channa daal, jaggery and cocont for filling and all…
Uppu cheedai
Uppu cheedai is a popular savory snack made for Janmashtamy. My family love to eat cheedai at anytime. There are many methods to make this uppu cheedai. Everyone is scared to make this because it may burst when we are frying. Today i am giving an easy and very safe method to make this cheedai….
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