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…
Puliyodharai or tamarind rice.
This is one of the traditional tamil brahmin style rice. Tamarind rice is very easy once we pre cooked the pulikachal or spiced tamarind paste. There are different methods of making this paste. Today i am going to tell you one of the methid of making this rice. Let us see how to make this….
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…
Mulagu (milagu)vellam.
Molagu vellam or milagu vellam is a typical Palghat Iyer dish which is very simple in making.If we are having curd we can make this curry with in few minutes. Milagu means pepper. Vellam means water. It’s a concoction of pepper curd and water. This curry is very good after delivery. I learnt this recipe…
Sarkkarai pongal or sweet pongal.
Today is the pongal festival. This festival is celebrated as a thanksgiving ceremony for the year’s harvest. Pongal, one of the important Hindu festivals, falls around the same time as Lohri every year. Sarkkarai pongal is also known as sweet pongal which is made as prasadam in most of the south indian temples. On pongal…
som tam salad.
Som tam salad is made with green pappya which is a very popular street food of Thailand. Green pappaya salad is a spicy salad made from shredded raw papaya. Its one of the popular street food made with fish sauce. I have avoided the fish sauce and made this salad in vegetarian style. I learnt…
Puran poli.(Gujarathi style)
Puran poli is an Indian sweet flatbread from many regions of India .Puran poli is made for all festivals in Maharastra and Gujarat. But the method is slightly different in both places. Some are making the stuffing with channa daal and jaggery and roti is made with all purpose flour . In gujarathi style inside…
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