Ridgegourd curry/Peerkingai kadasal.

Ridge gourd or peerkingai in tamil has many health benefits. It promotes weight loss, enhances vision ,relieves constipation, remedies anemia etc. With in few minutes we can make this curry in pressure cooker. It goes well with all kind of tiffin varities, roti,puri, rice etc. Let us see how to make this easy kadasal.kadasal means…

Pudina Shallot chutney

I thought of making side dish for my chila. Today I tried different method of pudina chutney for my chila. This chutney is a good side dish for idly,dosa, bread, parathas etc. This healthy chutney is very easy to make with few ingredients. If you want you can season it with mustard seeds, asafotedia, urad…

Kumbakonam Kadappa

Kadappa is a very popular dish from the place called Kumbakonam in Tamilnadu. I have tasted this kadappa in many resturants. I got this authentic recipe from my friend who is staying in Kumbakonam.I tried this recipe many times at home. It goes well with Idly, Dosa, Aappm, Idiyappam even with poori it tastes good….

Kathirikka(brinjal) gothsu without onion.

There are many method of making gothsu. Some people are adding moong daal for making this gothsu. I have already posted a variety of kathirikka gothsu in my blog. Kathirikka means egg plant.Today i made little gravy type of gothsu which goes well with Idly, dosa, venpongal etc. I have not used onions today to…

Ragi Dosa and Idly ( Nachni or Finger millet)

Ragi Dosa and Idly: Ragi or finger Millet or Nachni (in hindi) is very nutrious healthy food. We can make variety of foods from Ragi. Ragi dishes by look not much attractive but very good for health conscious people. I made ragi dosa for breakfast. If we are making the batter earlier  and store we…

Verum Arisi Dosa or Dosa without dhal

  Verum Arisi Dosa or Dosa without dhal: Verum arisi adai means  dosa made with rice.There are many variety of dosas. For this dosa we are not using urad dhal like normal dosa. No need of fermentation also. I made this dosa with idly rice or parboiled rice and coconut. To this added drumstickleaves which…

Crispy dosa

This dosa recipe is different from our everyday dosa.This delicious dosa recipe is generally prepared in restaurants Crispy dosa is a winner item in my home,especially with my children. Cooking time: 2 minutes Ingredients: 1 cup raw rice 1 tbsp dehusked urad dhal 1 tbsp thuar dhal 1/2 spoon methi seeds 1/4 cup rice flakes…