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…
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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….
Kadamba sadam.
Kadambam menas mix. Kadamba sadam (rice) is a mix of vegetables, rice and daal. My grand mother used to make this one pot dish . We need not make any side dish for this spicy rice. Today i have added 2 extra ingredients after seeing a you tube video. Ajwain and dried turkey berry. These…
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…
Tomato chutney
Tomato chutney is one of the easy chutney without coconut for any kind of dosa, Idly, oothappam, paniyaram, parathas etc. My children love this even with bread. We can make this chutney with in few minutes. Let us see how to make this chutney. Ingrdients. 250 gram tomatoes. ( less sour tomatoes) 250 gram chopped…
Khatta meetha mango pickle or chutney
I have tasted this chutney or pickle from my friend’s house. I loved the taste. It is a type of Bengali pickle. In the original recipe we need to use sugar. I generally avoid sugar. So instead of sugar i have added jaggery. If you like to use sugar you can use instead of jaggery….
Smoky flavoured Daal
I have tasted this daal in one of my friend’s house. My children are very fond of any kind of daals. I tried smoky daal at home. We need small piece of charcole for this smoky flavour. Let us see how to make this daal. Preparation time approx 20 to 25 minutes. Ingredients. 1/2…
Raw banana methi tikkis
Raw banana tikkis are very easy to make and healthy evening snack with a hot cup of tea or coffee. . I was planning to make tikkis. I thought of avoiding potatoes. Raw banana is a good option for potatoes. Let us see how to make this yummy evening snack. You can have this tikki…
Ennai kathirikka kuzhambu( masala stuffed brinjal gravy
Ennai kathirikka is one of my favourite kuzhambu. With hot rice and little ghee it will be very yummy. I powdered the spices and stuffed in small brinjals and made. I have not added garlic. If you like garlic you can add along with onions. Let us see how to make this curry or kuzhambu….
Toamto and Channa daal chutney without coconut.
Chutneys are unavoidable side dish for breakfast in my family. I am bored of making coconut chutney. Thought of making some different chuntey for dosa today . I made this tomato , channa daal chutney without coconut. It came out very well. It goes well with Idly, Dosa, Adai, Paniyaram, Aappam etc. Let us see…
Baked black eyed rolls
I made black eyed beans subzi. I was having some leftover cooked beans, So I was planning to use this black eyed beans to make some evening snack.I have added some cooked potatoes and some more ingredients. I thought of avoiding oily food. Tried baking this. If you wish you can deep fry also. It…
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