Ulli theeyal curry with shallots Ulli theeyal is a popular dish in Kerala. The taste is well balanced and can be made spicy as per your taste palate. This theeyal can be made in different ways with bitter gourd (pavakai) or channa or prawns. I generally use shallots for the gravy. The gravy goes well…
Category: SouthIndian cooking
Ammini Kozhukkattai or Steamed rice balls
Ammini kozhukkattai One of the traditional dish from South India which is very healthy. Made with very few items. No curd, no soda, no eno. Only rice flour and seasonings. This is a steamed food. No need of any side dish. You can have it like this for breakfast or as evening snack or for…
Magizhampoo murukku or thenkozhal or mullu murukku
Magizhampoo murukku, thenkuzhal or mullu murukku One of the popular traditional snack from South India for an evening with a cup of hot coffee or tea. Made with dhal powder,rice flour and the taste of coconut milk which gives a special taste to this murukku. Its very crispy , crunchy and perfect for anytime munch….
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…
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