For Keralites or those who have been to Kerala at least once, there is no need of any introduction. It is a very favourite recipe and when you have it with a cup of chayya (tea), it is simply superb. In old malayalam films, heros will be introduced with a glass of tea in one hand and munching a vada with the other. Ingredients required channa dal/ toor dal –
Today I have made oats pongal. Pongal is a South Indian breakfast recipe which is usually cooked with rice and moong dal. Today I am sharing with you a healthy, easy to make pongal made with oats. I have made this pongal in the same way as we make normal ven pongal. It turned out to be very yummy and tasty. Oats is gaining popularity with all its health benifits
This is a very simple, yet tasty and healthy recipe. This recipe makes use of very few ingredients mainly avocado, milk, sugar and cashew nuts. This is very much liked by my children. Here I haven’t used water at all. But you can add ice cubes at the end and blend it once more if you want a really chilled shake. Avocado is a fruit which has got a creamy texture, and
In malayalam, muringa means drum stick and ella is erissery. In our place it is told that drum stick and drumstick leaves are very good for health. It is grown in most of the houses. So this erissery will be prepared at least once in a week. My mother adds drum stick leaves to dosa and chapatti also. But this is one recipe which my mother learnt from a magazine called vanita and she taught
Chow Mein simply means ‘stir-fried noodles’. This dish is one of the popular items appears in the menu of all Chinese restaurants using chicken breasts and chow mein, one of the most popular Chinese recipe can be made at home even by a beginner. INGREDIENTS : Wheat Noodles – 400 gm Chicken Breast, boneless and skinless – 2 pieces Onion – 1, small Capsicum – 2 medium, cut into
A moist and delicious Pineapple Cake made with Pineapple Jam and a mere handful of fresh Pineapple pieces. This cake is truly delicious than I thought !! Cake Size = 10″, Net Weight = 1.20 kg., approximately INGREDIENTS: All Purpose Flour (Maida) – 300 gm Unsalted Butter – 300 gm (kept in room temperature) Castor Sugar – 300 gm Pineapple Jam – 150 gm Fresh Pineapple – 100 gm piece
Today’s recipe is a filling healthy milkshake recipe. I have already discussed here our love for milkshakes. But there is one more thing I don’t like oats. But oats being a healthy cereal, I always look out for recipes where I can include it in my daily routine. This is one such recipe which is very easy to make and tasty too. This can also be served for breakfast when
Kuska biryani – is nothing but plain biryani without vegetables cooked with masala and spices. This is an easy to make biryani as there is no need to chop vegetables, and the rice is cooked in coconut milk which gives it a wonderful flavor. I usually make this biryani when I am running short of time or when I don’t have enough vegetables to prepare vegetable biryani. You can also make
Hello folks. Weekend is coming and most of us are always looking for something special to cook during that time. So today’s recipe is a vegetarian pizza recipe. Believe me when I say that this is a real treat for the vegetarians out there. It has everything you would want on your pizza. Hence the name – Veggie Delight Pizza. Making pizzas from scratch can be quite a task. So
Here is a simple version of samabr with Beetroot as its main ingredient. Sambar accompanies many South Indian meals, like dosa, idli, vada, rice. INGREDIENTS : Toor Dal – 1 cup Beetroot – 2 nos, medium size peeled and cubed Ladyfinger – 5 nos, cut into 2 inch size Potato – 1 nos, medium size peeled and cubed Shallots – 15 to 20 nos Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp Sambar
A dry dish using fresh Prawns tossed in hot chilli sauce and mildly spiced with black pepper, bell pepper and green chillies. It’s a simple recipe without deep frying or shallow frying the Prawns. So, the oil consumption is very minimum !! INGREDIENTS : Fresh Prawns – 500 gm Ginger Garlic Paste – 2 tsp Green Chilli – 3 nos, slit Celery, finely chopped – 1 tbsp Spring Onion, finely
Semiya pakoda is a tasty crunchy snack prepared with semiya or vermicelli. Vermicelli is very popular in Indian cuisine and there are various dishes like vermicelli upma, vermicelli payasam, kesari, and many other dishes prepared with semiya. This recipe makes use of vermicelli and potatoes as the main ingredient. I have made use of rice flour here as rice flour gives a crunchiness which we expect from pakodas. This can be
Today’s recipe is a nice tasty biryani which can be prepared easily and can be served to your family, for guests or even packed for lunch. The difficult part in making this biryani is cleaning mushrooms and the easiest part is this can be cooked in a pressure cooker. This recipe makes use of biryani masala, you can make use of homemade biryani masala powder or store bought ones. This
Upma is a common South Indian breakfast. Though traditionally it is made of rava, here is the simple recipe of a different type of upma using Broken Wheat as the main ingredient. INGREDIENTS: Broken Wheat – 2 cups Oil – 1 tbsp Mustard Seeds – ½ tsp Urad Daal – 1 tsp Dry Red Chilly – 2 nos Curry Leaves – few Onion – 1, finely chopped Green Chilly –
Pongal is a famous festival of South India, it is a harvest festival. Pongal in Tamil means something that is overflowing. Usually it is overflowing of rice and milk. Ven pongal or khara pongal is a famous breakfast dish in Southern part of India. It is very easy to prepare, tasty and healthy. This can be served with coconut chutney or sambar. My husband loves it with onion salad, though
Today’s recipe is a very healthy thoran made with green gram and fenugreek leaves. Thoran as I have already told you, is a traditional Kerala dish made with vegetables or with lentils and a coconut mixture. It is a very tasty side dish that can be served with rice and any other curry of your choice. At home we all love thoran and I try to mix various vegetables along
Puttu ularthiyathu / puttu upma is a traditional Kerala dish which can be prepared from fresh puttu or left over puttu. I have already shared the recipe of puttu. Puttu is a traditional breakfast dish in Kerala and is served with pazham which means banana and papad or with kadala curry (black chickpeas curry). Puttu with kadala curry is a very tasty combination. But sometimes at home, we have some
Semiya upma / vermicelli upma is a popular South Indian breakfast dish. It is made from vermicelli, mixed vegetables and other spices. I try this recipe very often and is a hit in my family. This is a very simple version of vermicelli upma with loads of vegetables and no extra spice powders added to it. Not only for breakfast, it is great for snack also. In this
SAMBAR സാംബാർ is a vegetable stew or chowder based on a broth made with tamarind and pigeon peas, and is very popular in the southern regions of India especially in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Each state in South India prepares it with a typical variation, adapted to its taste and environment. Sambar accompanies many South Indian meals, like dosa, idli, vada, rice. INGREDIENTS : Toor Dal –
BLACK POMFRET CURRY ആവോലി കറി is an authentic Kerala style mildly spiced fish curry using fresh Black Pomfret cooked in a ground coconut based gravy. This is a good accompaniment with boiled rice. INGREDIENTS : Black Pomfret (ആവോലി) – 500 gms Red Chilli powder – 1 tbsp Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp Coriander powder – 1 tsp Fenugreek powder – 1 pinch Ginger, finely chopped – 2 tbsp Garlic –
