Hi again, buddies. Today’s recipe is Vegetable Manchurian. It is an Indo- Chinese recipe and consists of fried veggie dumplings and cooked with gravy. It’s an all time favorite in my home. But I don’t like that dark and blackish color of gravy due to the soy sauce. So when I make this dish I add some finely chopped veggies to make it look colorful and tempting. Also the tiny
Hi again, dear foodies! Today I am going to share the recipe for ‘Pithla’, which is one of the most iconic preparations from Maharashtra. Pithla is a side-dish made from gram flour, tempered with spices and cooked to perfection. Pithla is usually had with jowar bhakri,i.e., the flatbread made from pearl millet. Pithla and bhakri is the most cherished duo in the world of Maharashtrian food. We have always had a
Hello buddies. Today I am sharing the recipe of ‘Gajarachi Koshimbir’. It is a Maharashtrian recipe and has carrots as its main ingredient. Carrots are called gajar in Marathi. Summers are here and koshimbir is something a lot of people enjoy. It’s a good break from the plain old salads. I like my carrot koshimbir cold and they provide a momentary respite from the hotness of food. This one has
Today, I am sharing an easy to make egg recipe – egg bhurji or mutta upperi as we call in Malayalam. It is very easy to make and can be served for breakfast or for dinner. I made it for lunch and served it along with pepper rasam. Now, to the recipe.. Ingredients required eggs – 2 onion – 1 green chilly tomato – 1 ginger – one small piece
Today’s recipe is a cake made with tutti frutti / candied fruit. Candied fruit / tutti frutti is preserved fruit that has been dipped several times in concentrated sugar syrup. This process preserves the original color and shape and gives it a smooth shiny coating, and a sweet taste. I have added 1/2 cup of tutti frutti here in this recipe, but the interesting part is that you can adjust
Pepper rasam is a very popular South Indian delicacy. Though I am not a big fan of rasam, nor do I prepare it very often, but this is one such dish which tastes great with steamed rice. Pour a teaspoon of ghee and it tastes yumm… Moreover this is a best medicine to cure cold and fever. I usually grind the masala for rasam in mortar and pestle, but you
Hi again, foodie buddies! Hope you are having a ball today playing with colors and enjoying special food on the occasion of Holi! We have been making preparations since yesterday, making sweets and beverages that are enjoyed at our place with great fervor. Yesterday, I shared the recipe of Thandai, which you can find here. Today I am sharing the recipe of Gheeyar or Ghear. It is basically a Sindhi specialty.
Today I am sharing the recipe of kadala curry or channa curry. It is a very tasty accompaniment for puttu. Kadala is a malayalam word for channa and here for this recipe, normal whole brown channa is made use of. Puttu and kadala curry for puttu is a very tasty and healthy breakfast dish served in Kerala and is usually served with kadala curry. Kadala curry can also be served with
Hello folks. Festivity is here once again, and I am here with a very special recipe for the occasion. It’s Holi, the festival of colors that would be celebrated tomorrow. Food is obviously the most important aspect of celebrations, and Holi has its own special menu. Gujiyas, thandai, jalebis, ghears and what not! Today I made two such very special Holi recipes, which I am sure you would love to
One of the traditional chutney recipes of Kerala cuisine using the roasted coconut pieces in the wood burning fire. Toss the coconut pieces and the red chilies in the ashes and the coal pieces left after burning the wood and let them roast. The coconut gets a smoky flavor from the wood fire. INGREDIENTS: Coconut – ½ coconut, diced Dried Red Chilies – 5 nos Tamarind – one gooseberry size
Vazhakkai varuval is a very tasty side dish for rice. Vazhakkai is a tamil word which means plantain. Here raw plantain is made use of for making this dish. As I told you before, this is a very tasty side dish. I was very lazy to prepare an elaborate lunch, so made an easy lunch with pepper rasam, egg burji and some vazhakkai poriyal. It was a very yummy combination,
Idli / idly – is a very popular Indian food. It is a traditional breakfast in South India but very popular through out the country. It can be considered as a steamed rice cake. I always keep idli / dosa batter ready in refrigerator. It makes my job easier during busy morning hours. I have always noticed that whenever I have idli / dosa batter ready, I am not at
One of the traditional dishes of Kerala which can be served with different types of homemade dips as breakfast, lunch or as dinner. INGREDIENTS : Tapioca – 1 kg Salt – to taste Water – as required Green chilies – 10 nos or to taste Shallots – 15 nos Coconut Oil – 2 tbsp Salt – to taste METHOD OF COOKING : Peel the tapioca and cut it into big pieces.
Today’s recipe is yet another easy side dish for rice made with a mixture of beans and potato. This is a best way to make use of all the left over vegetables. When ever I buy vegetables, I usually keep few beans, potatoes, carrots aside so that I can make use of it while making vegetable biryani, but some remains unused and then I chop all the left over vegetables
Moru curry is a tasty curry for rice. It is a tasty delicacy from Kerala. It is called as morozhichu kootan or moru curry. Moru is a malayalam word which means curd / yogurt. This is a traditional curry which is made in all Malayalee families. It can be prepared with various vegetables like cucumber, raw plantain, yam, jack fruit seeds and so on. Here I have made use of
Today’s recipe is a paratha recipe made with whole brown channa. Kids usually don’t prefer vegetables or channa or any healthy thing as such and this is one method by which we can make them eat healthy food without their knowledge. You can make use of left over channa masala for making this paratha, but since I didn’t have any, I have made everything from scratch. Now to the recipe..
Erissery is a traditional and very popular dish in Kerala. A variety of erisseries can be prepared by substituting different vegetables, pulses or a combination of both. Here is the recipe of an erissery using raw jackfruit as the main ingredient. INGREDIENTS: Raw Jackfruit flesh, deseeded – 500 gm Coconut – 1 no, grated Cumin Seeds – 1 pinch Turmeric Powder – ¼ tsp Black Peppercorns – 5 nos Garlic
Chena mezhukkupuratti is a healthy stir fry made with chena / suran / yam. This is one of my favorite side dish for rice but one dish which no body likes in my family. But I make it very often and have it with some curd rice. This is a very healthy and tasty dish. This tastes great with papad and moru kootan. Now to the recipe.. Ingredients required Chena
Here is an authentic recipe of Prawns Theeyal cooked with roasted coconut masala gravy and is a good accompaniment with boiled rice. INGREDIENTS: Prawns – 250 gm, cleaned Grated Coconut – 2 cups Drumsticks – 2 nos, cut into 3” long size Shallots – 20 nos, thinly sliced Green Chilli – 2 nos, slit Curry Leaves – 2 sprigs Chilli Powder – 3 tsp Coriander Powder – 2 tsp Turmeric
Dates and peanut ladoo is a best example of a sweet that taste really good and is also very easy to prepare. I am always looking for new recipes that work well as a treat, is healthy but don’t contain too much sugar. These can be served as mid-morning snack for kids. This is very easy to prepare at home and is very healthy snack for kids. This is a very
