Idly Rice Kozhukkattai with Dal

Idly rawa and dal kozhukkattai. Kozhukkattai is a traditional breakfast item of South India. It is a steamed dish with rice rawa. We have to soak the rice, strain and dry it, then powder it for making rice rawa. Today instead of doing all of this, I made kozhukkattai with ready made Idly rawa. Added…

Sevai

Sevai is one of the popular traditional dish of south India. Sevai is the name of steamed rice noodles.Once you prepare the sevai we can make varieties like tamarind sevai, lemon sevai, tomato sevai, sweet sevai etc. Sevai with pulisseri is most popular break fast or dinner dish at home, I have grown eating this…

Gobi (caulifower) Paratha

Paratha the all time favorite dish is a stomach filling breakfast or lunch or dinner. We can make varieties of parathas. Children who refuse to take vegetables would love to eat parathas with butter. Today I tried cauliflower parathas. Paratha’s are served with curd and pickle. Ingredients 2 cups wheat flour (you can use multi…

Millet Tomato Dosa

Millets being extremely healthy, I have tried to add it in our daily diet. Today, I tried my hand at making millet dosa with tomatoes for a little tangy flavour. This is pretty much an instant dish that can be made anytime. It turned out to be very crispy– I served this with shallot coconut…

Kappa and Unakka Mulagu chammandhi

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…

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…

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…

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…

Vegetable rice sevai or rice noodles sevai

Vegetable  Rice Sevai Rice sevai is a very popular breakfast item of South India. With in 15 to 20 minutes we can make rice sevai. I used readymade rice ( noodles)sticks to make this . Let us see how to make this easy breakfast. Ingredients Readymade rice sevai or rice noodles 1 packet 1 potato…

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…

Rava kichdi

Rava kichdi Rava kichdi is one of the most  popular breakfast and lunch box item of South India. It is prepared with suji or semolina or bombay rava, onion, tomato and vegetables with generous amount of ghee.I prefer to eat without any side dish.We can make coconut chutney as side dish. Preparation time 30 minutes…