This gujarati style coriander and peanut chutney is a good side dish for all typles of sandwiches, dhokla, khandvi, bhajiyas ,idly , dosa etc. It svery easy to make this chutney with very few items. We can store in refrigerator for few days.Let us see how to make this all purpose chutney with in few…
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Pavakka and kathirikka ellu curry or Bittergourd and Brinjal curry.
One of the traditional gravy which goes well with rice, Idly and dosa. It’s bitter,sweet,spicy,tangy in taste. Some people are calling pavakka kathirikka curry. I learnt this curry from my aunt. Let us see how to make this very traditional curry. Preparation time approx 20 to 30 minutes Ingredients. 1.bittergourd 5 to 6 round…
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…
Milk powder burfi
Milk powder burfi is an easy sweet dish made with milk powder.We can make this sweet within 15 to 20 minutes with very few items. Try this sweet for this Diwali. It is very easy to make even for the beginners. I have explained the recipe with step by step pictures. Let us see how…
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…
nendran pazham halwa or plantain halwa
Being a keralite we have lot of nendran pzham at my home garden . I love this banana in any form. I tried this halwa for navrathri festival. It is very easy to make with very few items. Let us see how to make this, Preparation time approx 20 to 25 minutes. Ingredients. 3 riped…
Kara vadai
Kravadai is one of the popular evening snack from Trivandrum city ( Kerala).This evening snack is very special in Trivandrum. Still in Agraharam (where tamil brahmins are living) people are making this at home and selling it in the evening. Being from Trivandrum i love this snack. My periyamma is an expert in making this….
Nendran pazham Pradhaman (Plantain kheer)
Nendran pazham means plantain. This type of banana is very popular in Kerala. Being a keralite I love this banana in any form. This kheer is very popular variety on festival times.It is very easy to make this kheer.I made this kheer with home made nendran pazham jam and coconut milk. My amma used to…
Mix vegetable curry (no onion no garlic)
This mix veg curry is a very good combo for roti and jeera rice. I used cauliflower, peas and french beans and little capsicum to make this. We can use potato, babycorn, carrots, mushroom or any vegetable of your choice, I have not used garlic or onion to make this. Let us see how 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…
Instant rawa dhokla
Very popular Gujarati snack which is very easy to make. There is no need of grinding or fermentation. It is one of the best option for break fast or dinner or as an evening snack.Green chutney is the best combo for this. Preparation time approx 30 minutes. Ingredients. 1 cup of suji or rawa 1…
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