Dates cup cake A healthy version of sweet for diet conscious people. I have not used egg, sugar, butter and baking powder If you are a sweet lover, can add jaggery or brown sugar . I have not tried with sweetener. Ingredients 1 cup warm milk 15 seedless dates 1 cup self rising flour( not…
Kadala curry or South Indian style channa curry
Channa curry South Indian style This curry is a bit different from the usual chole and channa curry we make at home on a regular basis. This recipe was passed on to me from my mother, she makes it as a side dish for appams. This curry’s main ingredient would be this particular kind of…
Crispy Cauliflower Masala Dosa
Cauliflower Masala Dosa Masala dosa is one of the popular breakfast item of South India. Generally the masala is made with potatoes. I wanted to avoid potatoes in my breakfast as its known for high carbs. So this time, I replaced the potatoes with cauliflower. Its pretty easy to make and consumes the same amount…
Millet Idly with coconut chutney and onion coconut chutney
Millet idly with chutney Idly is one of the popular South indian breakfast which is very low calorie food. Today I am giving Idly with millets. Millets are very healthy and good for diet.I have used 2 variety of millets ,Foxtail millet and Barnyard millet combined with urad dal and little rice. Let us see…
Vegetable rice sevai or rice noodles sevai
Vegetable Rice Sevai Rice sevai is a very popular breakfast item of South India. With in 15 to 20 minutes we can make rice sevai. I used readymade rice ( noodles)sticks to make this . Let us see how to make this easy breakfast. Ingredients Readymade rice sevai or rice noodles 1 packet 1 potato…
Crispy whole black urad dal vada or Thirupathi vada
Anjeneyar Vada or Crispy whole urad Vada or Thirupathi vada Whole skinned urad dal vada is very famous in many temples like Thirupathi and many Hanuman temples in South India. When we were living in Nairobi I learnt this recipe from a cook who was making vada at Thirupathi temple. These vada’s are deep fried…
Unniyappam or Neiyappam
Neiyappam is one of the traditional festival time snack of Kerala. It is a sweet made with jaggery and rice flour. We can make the batter and keep in the fridge for few days and use. We need a day to ferment the batter so that the texture is spongy and soft.There are two…
Punjabi Kadhi Pakore
This authentic Punjabi dish is loved at home, be it plain Gujarati kadhi or with pakore. Best served with plain jeera rice or even roti. I got inspired to make this after trying it out in one of my friends house. It was delicious! Below is the step by step recipe to make this…
Stuffed Moong Chila Roll
I stumbled upon this recipe while browsing the internet for low calorie breakfast items. Chila is a hit at home, but wanted something with a twist. This stuffed moong chila can be made as per your liking. I used veggies that was pending in the fridge such as onions, carrots, capsicums along with paneer for…
Haricot beans salad or White beans chundal
White beans chundal . White beans is also known as haricot beans or navy beans which is high in nutritional value,high protein,low fat. 1 cup of white bean will give us full protein content for the body for a day. In this recipe I have not added onion and garlic. You can add if you like….
Rava kichdi
Rava kichdi Rava kichdi is one of the most popular breakfast and lunch box item of South India. It is prepared with suji or semolina or bombay rava, onion, tomato and vegetables with generous amount of ghee.I prefer to eat without any side dish.We can make coconut chutney as side dish. Preparation time 30 minutes…
Lapsi and Dal dosa or Adai
Lapsi is daliya or broken wheat.Generally in South India for adai dosa we are using dals and rice. I tried this dosa with lapsi and variety of dals. It is very crispy and spicy. We can have any kind of chutney or jaggery. Preparation time approx 5 to 10 minutes Soaking time: 2 to 3…
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