Morappam is one of the less oil breakfast dish. It’s super healthy and contains less calories. It fills you up like a normal meal. Mor means curd in Malayalam and Tamil. Generally we make paniyaram with left over idli batter. But, here I am giving you the recipe with raw rice and a few other…
Category: SouthIndian cooking
Nei Payasam with 6 ingredients
Mmmmmm.. Nei Payasam is everyone’s favroutie type of payasam. I have grown up eating this amazing dish, I remember how my grandmother made the best nei payasam for me. Not only at home but even at the temples in Kerala, nei payasam was given as the ‘prasadam’. I used to go along with my mother…
Crispy Golden Dosa
This would be the most generic meal at a south Indian household. But there is a reason that it has made it to my blog. The dosa batter used is pretty different from the normal batter we use everyday. This dosa batter makes thin crispy restaurant style dosa- it’s pretty much used for all the…
Carrot Burfi
Carrot Burfi This is an instant sweet dish that can be prepared within 15 minutes. If you are craving for gajjar ka halwa and have no time, this is the go to recipe you can follow. They taste the same except gajjar ka halwa is obviously richer. One of my friends gave me this recipe…
Bhindi capsicum masala restaurant style
Bhindi capsicum masala restaurant style. Bhindi is a favourite at home with my children and my husband. Any dish with bhindi is a hit at home for me! This actually makes life much easier, cause you can make so many dishes with this veggie. Well, this particular dish I stumbled upon when I visited an…
Kadala curry or South Indian style channa curry
Channa curry South Indian style This curry is a bit different from the usual chole and channa curry we make at home on a regular basis. This recipe was passed on to me from my mother, she makes it as a side dish for appams. This curry’s main ingredient would be this particular kind of…
Crispy Cauliflower Masala Dosa
Cauliflower Masala Dosa Masala dosa is one of the popular breakfast item of South India. Generally the masala is made with potatoes. I wanted to avoid potatoes in my breakfast as its known for high carbs. So this time, I replaced the potatoes with cauliflower. Its pretty easy to make and consumes the same amount…
Millet Idly with coconut chutney and onion coconut chutney
Millet idly with chutney Idly is one of the popular South indian breakfast which is very low calorie food. Today I am giving Idly with millets. Millets are very healthy and good for diet.I have used 2 variety of millets ,Foxtail millet and Barnyard millet combined with urad dal and little rice. Let us see…
Crispy whole black urad dal vada or Thirupathi vada
Anjeneyar Vada or Crispy whole urad Vada or Thirupathi vada Whole skinned urad dal vada is very famous in many temples like Thirupathi and many Hanuman temples in South India. When we were living in Nairobi I learnt this recipe from a cook who was making vada at Thirupathi temple. These vada’s are deep fried…
Unniyappam or Neiyappam
Neiyappam is one of the traditional festival time snack of Kerala. It is a sweet made with jaggery and rice flour. We can make the batter and keep in the fridge for few days and use. We need a day to ferment the batter so that the texture is spongy and soft.There are two…
Stuffed Moong Chila Roll
I stumbled upon this recipe while browsing the internet for low calorie breakfast items. Chila is a hit at home, but wanted something with a twist. This stuffed moong chila can be made as per your liking. I used veggies that was pending in the fridge such as onions, carrots, capsicums along with paneer for…
Haricot beans salad or White beans chundal
White beans chundal . White beans is also known as haricot beans or navy beans which is high in nutritional value,high protein,low fat. 1 cup of white bean will give us full protein content for the body for a day. In this recipe I have not added onion and garlic. You can add if you like….
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