Ginger or Inji is a popular spice with powerful medicinal properties. Ginger tomato chutney is an excellent combo for Idly and dosa. With very few ingredients we can make this chutney with in 10 minutes. Preparation time approx 10 to 12 minutes. Ingredients. 2 tomatoes. 1/4 cup chopped ginger. 1/4 cup chopped shallots. 3 to…
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Thattukadai style Thakkali (tomato) kuruma
I have already posted one variety of thakkali or tomato kuruma in my blog. But this kuruma is very much different and with in 10 minutes we can make. I have tasted this kuruma on a roadside shop at Coimbatore. With very few ingredients we can make this thakkali kuruma. We can have this kuruma…
Multi lentil adai or dosa.
I have used 12 varieties of lentils to make this adai or dosai. This power packed adai is very easy to make and high in protein and fiber. I have added some spices and little millet also to make it more tasty. There is no need of fermentation to make this adai. If we want…
Puli Aval. or Tamarind poha
Puli aval or tamarind poha is an easy instant traditional breakfast or dinner recipe made with flattened rice. With in 20 minutes we can make this . I used white thick poha or aval to make this . You can use brown poha also. Let us see how to make this. Preparation time approx 20…
Rasam powder.
Rasam means soup. Rasam is a popular lentil based soup from SouthIndia. Rasam is a tangy, spicy concotion. Tamarind and tomatoes gives the tanginess and rasam powder gives the spicyness to rasam. Using this rasam powder we can make many variety of rasams. There are many types of rasam powders we can make or readly…
Coconut Mithai.(no cook no bake)
Coconut mithai is a sweet dish made with coconut, milk powder and sugar. We need not cook or bake this sweet. We can freeze it and make. With in few minutes an exciting sweet will be ready. Even your children can make this . Let us see how to make this. Preparation time approx…
Moong daal Idly, or Diet Idly or pasi paruppu Idly.
http://Moong daal idly is very easy to make with no fermentation , zero oil. Moong daal is good for weight loss and it is rich in Nutrients , lowers diabetes, high in protein and it is a good source of antioxidants. I have already posted moong daal idly recipe in my blog using urad daal…
Banana podimas or vazhakka podimas
Vazhakkai podimas recipe is one of the popular side dish from Tamil nadu and Kerala. Podimas means mash . Vazhakkai podimas is a stir fry of mashed banana. Since i never like the mashed version i genreally grated the banana after cooking. This can be served as a side dish with plain rice. Let us…
Plantain skin subji (nedran kaya tholi thoran)
This recipe i learnt from my grand maa. When i was a small kid after making banana chips my paatty (grand maa) used to make thoran or subji with the peeled skin of plantain banana or nendran kaya tholi without fail. This subji is my grand maa’s one of the favorite dish. Do not use…
Red coconut chutney.
Coconut chutney is a very popular condiment which is made with fresh grated coconut. We can make different varieties of chutney’s with coconut. Today i tried restaurant style red chutney which is served with idly, dosa, paniyaram, aappam, kozhukkattai etc. It is very easy to make . Let us see how to make this chutney….
Rawa Idly.
Rawa idly is one of the easiest popular breakfast item from South . If you dont have dosa batter or idly batter rawa idly is the best option We can make rawa idly instantly with very few ingredients. Let us see how to make this easy breakfast. Preparation time approx. 15 to 20minutes. Ingredients. 1…
Pepper, jeera adai or jeera milagu adai
Jeera milagu or pepper adai is one of the popular breakfast item in Trivandrum. I learnt this recipe from my paatty Anthammai. My paatty was a superb chef and she dictate many traditional recipes 32 years before my marriage. I would like to share jeera milagu adai with you. This adai is very simple and…
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