Ginger or Inji is a popular spice with powerful medicinal properties. Ginger tomato chutney is an excellent combo for Idly and dosa. With very few ingredients we can make this chutney with in 10 minutes. Preparation time approx 10 to 12 minutes. Ingredients. 2 tomatoes. 1/4 cup chopped ginger. 1/4 cup chopped shallots. 3 to…
Category: South Indian
Thattukadai style Thakkali (tomato) kuruma
I have already posted one variety of thakkali or tomato kuruma in my blog. But this kuruma is very much different and with in 10 minutes we can make. I have tasted this kuruma on a roadside shop at Coimbatore. With very few ingredients we can make this thakkali kuruma. We can have this kuruma…
Multi lentil adai or dosa.
I have used 12 varieties of lentils to make this adai or dosai. This power packed adai is very easy to make and high in protein and fiber. I have added some spices and little millet also to make it more tasty. There is no need of fermentation to make this adai. If we want…
Puli Aval. or Tamarind poha
Puli aval or tamarind poha is an easy instant traditional breakfast or dinner recipe made with flattened rice. With in 20 minutes we can make this . I used white thick poha or aval to make this . You can use brown poha also. Let us see how to make this. Preparation time approx 20…
Rasam powder.
Rasam means soup. Rasam is a popular lentil based soup from SouthIndia. Rasam is a tangy, spicy concotion. Tamarind and tomatoes gives the tanginess and rasam powder gives the spicyness to rasam. Using this rasam powder we can make many variety of rasams. There are many types of rasam powders we can make or readly…
Moong daal Idly, or Diet Idly or pasi paruppu Idly.
http://Moong daal idly is very easy to make with no fermentation , zero oil. Moong daal is good for weight loss and it is rich in Nutrients , lowers diabetes, high in protein and it is a good source of antioxidants. I have already posted moong daal idly recipe in my blog using urad daal…
Banana podimas or vazhakka podimas
Vazhakkai podimas recipe is one of the popular side dish from Tamil nadu and Kerala. Podimas means mash . Vazhakkai podimas is a stir fry of mashed banana. Since i never like the mashed version i genreally grated the banana after cooking. This can be served as a side dish with plain rice. Let us…
Plantain skin subji (nedran kaya tholi thoran)
This recipe i learnt from my grand maa. When i was a small kid after making banana chips my paatty (grand maa) used to make thoran or subji with the peeled skin of plantain banana or nendran kaya tholi without fail. This subji is my grand maa’s one of the favorite dish. Do not use…
Pepper, jeera adai or jeera milagu adai
Jeera milagu or pepper adai is one of the popular breakfast item in Trivandrum. I learnt this recipe from my paatty Anthammai. My paatty was a superb chef and she dictate many traditional recipes 32 years before my marriage. I would like to share jeera milagu adai with you. This adai is very simple and…
Thavala adai.
Thavala adai is one of the traditional breakfast or evening snack of South India .I learned this adai from my grandma. Thavala adai is a mix of rice,channa daal , thuar daal and some spices .Thavala adai is very easy to make if you powder the Ingredients and store. We can store this powder in…
Ada manga vetha kuzhambu
Ada manga vetha kuzhambu is very traditional curry and very much different from our normal vethal kuzhambu. We are not using tamarind to make this curry. Instead we are using dried mango vethal . We can make this mango vethal and store it for years.I learnt this recipe from my amma. I loved her ada…
Tomato thokku (pickle)
Tomato thokku is a very easy to make pickle. We can have this thokku or pickle with idly, dosa, appam, kozhukkattai, bread, paratha, curd rice etc. I made this thokku using pressure cooker using home made masala. We can make this thokku in open pan also. Let us see how to make this yummy spicy…
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