Popular Palakkad cuisine which is tangy and blend of country vegetables seasoned with some spices.. Main ingredient for this dish is bindi, brinjal , raw banana. It goes well with mulagoottal or rasam. Let us see how to make this. Preparation time approx 20 minutes. Ingredients. 200 gram ladies finger or bindi 200 gram violet…
Category: SouthIndian cooking
Kara kuzhambu
Kara kuzhambu Kara kuzhambu is a tamarind based gravy which goes very well with rice, dosa, Idly, Appam, Idiyappam ,Kozhukkattai etc. I always like tamarind based curries. Kara curry is very simple spicy gravy. You can make this curry with different vegetables. Let us see how to make this curry. Preparation time approx. 40…
Arbi or Chembu or Colocasia roast
Arbi roast is one of the simple side dish with rice. In hindi we are telling arbi in english colocasia in tamil cheppan kizhangu in malayalam it is chembu. Very easy side dish without onion and garlic . We can make this with in few minutes. I have not added much oil to make them…
Barnyard millet dosa
Millet’s are very healthy and it is good for diet. Today I tried dosa with barnyard millet. I soaked the urad daal and barnyard separately and grind it. Fermented it overnight and made dosa. Preparation time approx. 10 minutes soaking time 5 to 6 hours or overnight. fermentation. 8 hours. Ingredients. 3 cup Barnyard millet…
Gothumai or Lapsi Pradhaman
Gothumai means Dhaliya or lapsi or wheat rawa. One of the traditional payasam of Kerala made with moong daal, daliya, , jaggery and coconut milk.It is very easy to make this. You will get different sizes of lapsi rawa. Choose slightly bigger size lapsi. rawa. I used store bought coconut powder to make coconut milk….
Arachuvitta Pulingary
Puli means tamarind in tamil and malayalam. Curry means gravy. Pulingary means gravy made with tamrind base. This is one of the traditional curries of Southern kerala. For this gravy we have to use more coconut. I learnt this recipe from my mother. My mother is good in making all traditional dishes. She used to…
Carrot Burfi
This sweet I learnt from Sundari Nathan another blogger. I love her recipes. I would like to share this recipe with all my friends. We can make this sweet dish with in 20 minutes. Very easy to make also.Let us see how to make this burfi. Preparation time approx 20 minutes. Ingredients. 1/2 cup grated…
Ukkarai
Ukkarai is one of the traditional sweet made in tamil brahmin houses during diwali or any other festival. It is made with channa daal and jaggery. My mother is an expert in making this sweet. I learnt this recipe from my mother. Let us see how to make this sweet. Preparation time approx. 40 minutes…
Kudo millet tomato rice.
Millet is considered as an ancient grain that is high in nutrients and may have health benefits.It is a natural source of many nutrients including magnesium. Kudo millet is good for diabetics. I tried Tomato rice with kudo millet. I cooked rice and added tomatoes, onions and some spices. Let us see how to make…
Paal Payasam or Milk Kheer
Kerala Paal Payasam Paal Payasam or kheer made with rice,sugar and milk which is creamy in texture is a popular dessert in the south of India. Ambalapuzha Paal Payasam is very famous and is more of a dessert than kheer made in the temples as prasadam. Since my parents are from of Ambalapuzha, I have…
Thenkuzhal
Thenkuzhal is one of the many crispy snacks made for the festival Diwali. My mother is an expert in making all these snacks. I learned the recipe from her. It is made with rice flour and urad dal. Let us see how to make this crispy white thenkuzhal. I used store bought rice flour and…
Eluppachatti Barnyard millet dosa
Eluppachatti is a pan or a kadai, typically made with iron. My grand mother used to make dosa in an iron kadai. The dosa will be very crispy, tasty and very healthy. I customized the concept and tried making Barnyard millet dosa in an iron pan. Preparation time approx 15 minutes. Soaking time 6 hours…
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