Pappad cone chaat is an easy healthy oil free snack for an evening with a hot cup of coffee or tea. I always prefer oil free snacks. I tried this Pappad cone in the microwave. Filled the cone with a few fresh veggies and spices. Let us see how to make this cone. Preparation time approx…
Sevai
Sevai is one of the popular traditional dish of south India. Sevai is the name of steamed rice noodles.Once you prepare the sevai we can make varieties like tamarind sevai, lemon sevai, tomato sevai, sweet sevai etc. Sevai with pulisseri is most popular break fast or dinner dish at home, I have grown eating this…
Gobi Musallam or Baked Whole Cauliflower
Gobi musallam or whole cauliflower is baked with some Indian spices and Greek yogurt is a very delicious delicacy. After roasting or baking we can have this as a snack with pudina chutney or we can have this as a side dish for roti. Today I tried my hand at this baked version of Gobi…
Gobi (caulifower) Paratha
Paratha the all time favorite dish is a stomach filling breakfast or lunch or dinner. We can make varieties of parathas. Children who refuse to take vegetables would love to eat parathas with butter. Today I tried cauliflower parathas. Paratha’s are served with curd and pickle. Ingredients 2 cups wheat flour (you can use multi…
Baked Dum Biryani
I have eaten spicy biryani at restaurant many times. I thought of making vegetable biryani at home. Then I was searching for a good recipe and stumbled upon this. I got this recipe from one of my friend.T his baked dum biryani is very simple and easy to make. There is no hassle and you…
Eggless Apple Cinnamon Crumble
I got this recipe from my friend Sujaya. The best part of this recipe is that there is a balance of wheat and all purpose flour, which I personally feel good about. The taste does not differ just cause of the wheat flour used. The sponginess of the crumble still remains the same irrespective. As…
Baked Maddur Vada
Maddur vada is a popular evening snack from a place called Maddur near Mysore (Karnataka). I have tasted this when we were in Bangalore. It is a crunchy spicy deep fried snack l. I made this vada with rice flour, jowar flour, wheat flour, rawa, onions and some spices. Since I have been trying to…
Millet Tomato Dosa
Millets being extremely healthy, I have tried to add it in our daily diet. Today, I tried my hand at making millet dosa with tomatoes for a little tangy flavour. This is pretty much an instant dish that can be made anytime. It turned out to be very crispy– I served this with shallot coconut…
Chithambaram Gotsu
Authentically it is prepared with grilled brinjals. Some people fry the brinjals in little oil. Today I have baked the brinjals and made this Gotsu which is a very simple and healthy method. Gotsu with samba rice is offered as a prasadam in Chithambaram temple. It needs very few ingredients. Gotsu is a good combination…
Paruppu Thogayal
This is an authentic Tamil Brahmin dish served with rice . It goes very well with vetha kuzhambu, jeera rasam and any vegetable subji. This is a very simple dish. You can adjust the spice level according to your taste. I like to mix paruppu thogayal with plain rice adding a spoon of ghee. Let…
Lapsi or Daliya or Wheat rawa Nei Payasam
Nei payasam is one of the popular payasam of kerala temples. Generally it is made with rice. I thought of giving a twist to this regular payasam and tried with lapsi or daliya. It tastes very good.The taste is similar to rice payasam. It is easy to make with very few ingredients.Let us see how…
Tomato Thokku
Tomato thokku is different from tomato chutney. It is very easy to make this multi purpose thokku. We can make this and store this thokku for few weeks if refrigerated. This thokku will be more tastier if you are using thil oil. If your tomatoes are sour reduce the quantity of tamarind. I used 3…
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