Adai is one of the popular breakfast or dinner item from Tamilnadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra. It is a very healthy breakfast. Today i have omitted rice and i used millets to make this adai.Once you prepare this batter you can make idly at first day then dosa and upuma. My amma used to make…
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Khushboo Idly.
Idly is one of the popular dish from South India. We can make many varieties of idlies . Khushboo Idly is very soft and fluffy in texture. This Idly is slightly different from our normal Idly. We are adding one extra ingredient for making this Idly. Let us see how to make this soft Idly….
Vadugapuli naranga pickle. or Curry lemon pickle without oil.
Vadugapuli naranga tastes like a lemon and is much bigger in size than the lime. It is very good for health and cleanses the stoamch and good for nausea and morning sickness. Naranga means lemon in malayalam. It is also known as Wild lemon and Curry lemon. Skin of this lemon is very hard and thick….
chakka aviyal or raw jackfruit curry
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…
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…
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