kadai soya chunks is a tasty side dish for chapathi / roti / paratha. Usually I make kadai paneer which is very popular in India. But today, I made this kadai soya chunks and it was very tasty. I followed the same procedure for kadai paneer. One thing to be taken care while making kadai soya chunks is that, roast the soya chunks well so that all the water gets
There is something very special about the Indo-Chinese cuisine. We Indians swear by it. It’s so tangy and zesty that no matter what, you can’t say no to a platter of well-made Schezwan Rice or a bowl of piping hot Manchow Soup. Recently, I have shared the recipe of Chicken Schezwan Noodles and Veg Hakka Noodles. Earlier before that, I had shared the recipe of Vegetable Manchurian. To top it,
Turkey berry is called as sundakkai is Tamil. It can be cooked as such or dried and used. Here I have made use of dried sundakkai. Turkey berry contains all essential nutrients and minerals which are helpful in preventing and curing diseases. It is better to have fresh sundakkai than the dried ones. You can prepare sambar with fresh sundakka. It has the ability to kill germs and also helps
Ottada is a special snack of Keralites. The meaning is rice cakes made in clay pot. People in different places making it differently. Some use jaggery, others make it with white sugar. My mother used to make this as an evening snack. It gives me such nostalgia. The smell of the banana leaves itself is mouthwatering. This is a very easy to make recipe. Whenever I go to Kerala I
Beetroot has been in use for its medicinal properties since long time. It’s very helpful in lowering the blood pressure and enhancing circulation. It also decreases the risk of obesity, diabetes, heart disease. It increases energy. In spite of its many health benefits, not many people like beetroot. This cake is a yummy way to include beetroot in your diet every now and then. It’s a great way to get
In Malayalam muringakka means “drumstick” and manga means “mango”. This is a very easy Kerala style side dish for rice made with drumstick and raw mango. The addition of mango gives a tangy taste to the dish. There are various kinds of thenga aracha ozhichu curry. Thenga aracha means cooked in coconut gravy and ozichu curry is one which can be poured and had with rice. The addition of drumsticks
Preparation Time: 10 mins Cooking Time: 15 mins Oats consider as a very healthy and low calorie breakfast. Some use sugar in oats and some use salt in it. It’s very boring to have same breakfast daily. Well we can make interesting and yummy breakfast from oats. Today I am sharing oats upma recipe it’s very easy to cook. Classic and tradition upma is made of semolina (suji). Semolina contains
Hello there! Looking for light and nutritious lunch recipes, are we? Well here is one such easy recipe that you can make. It’s called Palak Wali Dal. It is a made from yellow moong dal and spinach. It pairs up excellently with rice. We also had some rotis, salad and aloo-gobi on the side. This dal is mildly spicy and smells great because of the flavors of spinach and garlic. Let’s
Hello, dear buddies. Today’s recipe is a much requested one. It’s the recipe for Hand Beaten Coffee, also known as Indian Cappuccino. This coffee is deliciously creamy, rich and frothy. A bit time-consuming but you can make the concentrate in advance. Beaten coffee is very different from the regular coffee we make at home using instant coffee powders. This one is certainly a nice upgrade, because of its opulence and
Here is a kashmiri kahwa recepie.This is a special kahwa with spices and dry fruits.Its a comforting drink which comforts our mind and body.As we add spices it helps to increase the circulation and burns fat.Whoever visits Kashmir can’t forget this drink.Two months ago my paster and family visited Kashmir.They were amazed by the taste and she used to make daily even today.I had it just now.wow.Can’t explain….. You can
Kerala is very famous for their prawns dishes. This is a dry prawns roast recipe. It is very easy to make and uses very few ingredients which are readily available in almost all houses. When you are in a hurry and want to make some non vegetarian dish, then, this is the right one you can go for. Apart from the marination process, it takes hardly 20 – 25 minutes
Masala corn is a tasty snack which I usually make as a tea time snack. It is not only easy to prepare, but healthy too. It is a guilt free snack which can be served for people of any age group. My kids like masala corn very much and they always ask me to get it from local street shops. But considering the hygiene factors, I started preparing them at
Preparation Time: 8 Mins Cooking Time: 2-3 Mins Mango chutney is one of the famous and side food dish in summer all over India. Main hero of the dish is raw mango. Every state has different style of preparing it. I am using Chhattisgarh style of preparing Mango chutney. It is a very simple and easy recipe. We generally eat it with rice but you can have it with pratha
Hi again, foodie buddies. Today’s recipe is one of my personal favorites. Seyal Suran Patata is a Sindhi recipe. Suran means yam and patata means potatoes, whereas, seyal is a method of cooking. Seyal recipes have onion based gravies. The onion is caramelised for golden brown colored gravy. Very little water is used to cook these recipes.they pair up well with both rotis and rice. Personally, I like seyal
Pomfret Masala is a spicy, thick, tomato-based curry. It’s bright, red color from the ripe red tomatoes is extremely enticing. Pomfret is a very delicate, fleshy, tender and tasty fish.The pomfret is fried and added to the curry and left to simmer for a few minutes. The spicy gravy and the deliciousness of pomfret make this recipe a perfect side dish with roti or naan. Since it gets ready in
Today’s recipe is an easy to make, tasty and healthy rice dish. It is called as jeera rice as it is flavored with cumin. Inspite of being an easy to make rice dish, it is very tasty and makes use of very few ingredients. Just whole spices, cumin seeds and rice. These are the only three ingredients needed to make this dish and this is a one pot dish. I
Hello, foodies. Today I am sharing a very simple recipe. It’s called Masala Bhakri. Bhakri is a Maharashtrian term for flat bread made from jowar or bajra. They are thicker than chapatis and rotis. This one can be had for breakfast or for times when you want to cook something light. It also makes a healthy lunchbox recipe and a great accompaniment with side dishes instead of the usual plain
Tomato curry is a tasty side dish which can be served along with rice or with chapathi. Tomato curry with appam is also very popular combination. As I have told you before, we usually make chapathi for dinner and hence I prepare different curries to go with it. So few days back I made this simple tomato curry which was a tasty combination with chapathi. I served it for next
Today, I am sharing another easy chutney recipe. Coconut chutney is a tasty South Indian side dish which is served with idli, dosa, uttappam and also with vadas. Coconut is one of the most sought after ingredients especially in a Kerala kitchen since it is used in almost every recipe made in Kerala. It is also rich in vitamins and minerals. Coming to chutney, it is a vital side dish
Kutsinta is one of the most food cravings in the Philippines for it’s a tasty and scrumptious native delicacy. This steamed rice cake filled with flours and a dash of sugar is packed with a large amount of carbohydrates to replace lost energy after tiring hours and to engage again in different kinds of activities. Its shiny texture on the outside and a sticky texture inside resulted by lye water
