Chakka means jackfruit in malayalam. Being a keralite i love chakka in any form. My gtrand mother used to make different variety dishes from jackfruit. Even we will remove the skin of this and used the inner part for making subzi. Today i got some raw jack fruit. I love all curries made with raw…
Category: SouthIndian cooking
Foxtail millet adai dosa or thinai adai dosa
Foxtail millet is gluten free and controls bad cholestrol and good for diabetics. Today i tried adai dosa with foxtail millet. We can make adai with any other millet also with the same proprtion. Aviyal is the best combo for this adai. But i love to eat with jaggery. Let us see how to make…
vangi bath or Brinjal rice.
Vangi bath is a very popular dish from Karnataka. Its a mix of brinjal, rice and some spices. we can powder the spices and store it. Then with in 15 minutes we can make this dish. There is no need of any side dish for this. Vangi bath is one of the good lunchbox dish….
Lemon rice.
Lemon rice is one of the popular varaiety rice from South india. It is offered as prasadam in many temples in Tamil Nadu. Lemon rice is very easy to make with very few ingredients and good option for lunch box. I used sona masoori rice to make this. We can use raw rice or basmati…
Thiruvathira puzhukku ( kerala style)
Thiruvathira is a festival celebrated in Kerala and Tamil nadu. It is celebrated on the Thiruvathira day which is falling on the birth star of Lord Shiv and was celebrated by Hindu married women for the prosperity and healthy life of their husband while youngsters take part in the festivities to marry a man of…
Nendranpazham pulisseri.(Plantain curd curry)
Nendran pazham pulisseri is very traditional curry which is popular in Kerala. Nendran pazham means plantain banana. This curry can made with vegetables or ripped mango also. Today I tried with plantain . It is little sweet, tangy and spicy in taste.We can have this with hot rice, dosa, idly, sevai, idiyappam.Let us see how…
Koottu curry
Koottu curry is a very popular side dish served for festivals and marriages or any celebrations at Kerala.Koottu curry recipe is made with black channa or kadala and yam, white pumpkin, plantain cooked along with coconut. It is a dry dish served as accompaniment .There are different methods of making this in Kerala. We can make…
Lemon,ginger and coriander leaves juice
This drink is full of vitamins. It is good for diagestion also. Very simple to make. We can make this with out sugar also. I have made this juice with out sugar today. let us see how to make this yummy drink. Preparation time time approx 10 minutes. Ingredients. 1 tbsp lemon juice 1 inch…
Beans paruppu usili.( Beans with mix daal fry)
Paruppu usili is a popular side dish of tamil brahmins. It is a cobination of daal and vegetables. Banana flower, Broad beans, Cluster beans and french beans are commnly used vegetables to make this type of curry. Let us see how to make this. Preparation time 30 to 35 minutes. Soaking time 30 to 40…
Benne dosa or butter dosa
Benne dosa or butter dosa. I have tasted this dosa at Bangalore. Benne means Butter in Kannada. This dosa is very popular in Davanagere at Katnataka .Making the batter for this dosa is slightly different from normal dosa. Let us see how to make this dosa. Preparationtion time 10 minutes. Soaking time 5 to…
Keerai mulagoottal
Keerai means green vegetables. This is one of the traditional dish of Palghat Very healthy and easy to make . I used spinach or palak to make this dish. Added cooked moong daal and ground paste of coconut , jeera, red chillies and urad dal. We can use any vegetable to make this dish. Instead…
Kerala Puttu
Puttu is a traditional and popular breakfast dish of Kerala prepared with rice flour and coconut. Puttu is usually served with kadala curry, Banana ,sugar and pappadam also a good combination for puttu. Puttu is made in puttu kutti (Cylindrical vessel for steaming puttu). Now a days varieties of puttu kutti is available in the market. Bottom…
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