Kappa and unakka mulagu chammandhi is one of the very famous combo dish from Kerala. Kappa means tapioca or cassava. It is full of starch equal to rice. In Kerala people generally opt for this for rice. I love kappa in any form. We can make different varieties of dishes with kappa.The most famous combo…
Category: SouthIndian cooking
Elai Adai
Elai adai Elai means leaf. Elai adai is one of the traditional sweet dishes of South India.It is made with Chakka varatti or jack fruit jam mixed with grated coconut and rice batter. we use banana leaf to make this sweet. We have to spread the rice batter on the banana leaf and use…
Manga Koottan
Koottan means curry or gravy in Malayalam that can be mixed with rice.Manga means mango. Manga koottan can be made with raw mango and vellarikka (ash gourd). Manga koottan is one of the important dish on vishu day .In Kerala we used to keep vellarikka for vishu Kani and make this dish using the Kani…
White Channa chundal or salad
Preparation time 10 to 15 minutes approx Soaking time 7 to 8 hours Channa chundal is South Indian stir fried dish made with chick peas or white channa and very few masalas. White channa is very high in fiber which is good for cholesterol. In South Indian temples chundal is giving as prasadam during festivals…
Morappam
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…
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…
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