Vattayappam is a traditional dish of Kerala. It can be used as a snack and as a meal. It is a fermented steamed pan cake. It makes in special occasions. This is soft and fluffy. We can make it in different shapes . If we don’t have round vessel to fit correctly in the steamer .We can use idly pan. According to our preference we can use jaggery or white
Pesarattu is a very classic and tasty dish from Andhra Pradesh. Andhra pesarattu and MLA pesarattu are both famous breakfast dish. Pesarattu is a very healthy protein packed breakfast dish made from green gram. It is usually served with ginger pachadi or allam pachadi. Both together it is a wonderful combination. But sometimes, when I don’t get time, I prepare coconut chutney and today, I didn’t have coconut with me,
Thengai sadam / coconut rice is a very tasty rice variety from South India. Variety rice are always an interesting change from kootan and upperi. It is easy to prepare and can be served with a simple side dish like potato roast. This is one such dish which can be prepared during busy morning hours. The flavor of this rice comes from the roasted coconut and the addition of cashews
Here I have made this curry in the way I usually make kadai paneer. But I have added potatoes also along with this as potatoes are rich in starch and since this dish is prepared for kids, I had a feeling that more the usage of vegetables, much better it would be and potato is one veg which is liked by most of the kids. Ingredients required cauliflower – 1
Besan toast is an easy to make snack or breakfast item. It can also be considered as a very healthy snack for kids and adults alike. Now a days, bread has become an important part in our day to day lives and there are numerous recipes which can be made with bread as a main ingredient. Starting from simple bread omelette to sandwiches, every dish is tasty in its own
Paratha is one dish which is easily accepted in my family without any fuss. . Usually I pack aloo paratha, methi paratha, methi thepla, mooli parathas and so on. Most of the kids being picky eaters it becomes difficult to give them the right nutrition. I have already shared with you about my daughter and I have followed this method of grating the vegetables and adding it to the dough
In today’s world, oats has gained popularity and is considered as a very healthy breakfast. They are low in calories , great for weight management, and helps to fight against diseases like breast cancer, type 2 diabetics, heart diseases and blood pressure. It is also believed that oats can considerably reduce cholestrol levels in your body. Oats contain a good quantity of magnesium, protein and dietary fiber, which makes them
Today’s recipe is yet another instant dish which can be served for breakfast, snack or dinner . It tastes good and is healthy in its own way. I am a person who loves instant recipes. Enter the kitchen, finish off your work and come out. But there is one more thing I want rather than finishing my job fast. Make the dish healthy. So this is one easy and healthy
Today’s recipe is garlic naan. Naan is one such dish which I thought could be made only in hotels, but when I tried, found that it is very easy to make at home. I made this few days back and served with kadai paneer. Hope you like it. Now to the recipe.. Ingredients required Maida/ All purpose flour – 2 cups Butter milk – 3/4 cup Warm milk – 1/4
Poricha Kuzhambu is a classic tamil Brahmin recipe. This can be made with vegetables like brinjal, snake gourd, drumstick, pumpkin or chow chow. This is a recipe which is similar to the molakushyam which is very famous in Kerala cuisine. This recipe contains a combination of lentils with vegetables. The vegetables can be used alone or combined with other vegetables. This can be served with any poriyal or pachadi of
Today I am sharing with you recipe for adai dosa or ada dosa as we tell in Malayalam. It is my husband’s favourite when paired along with avial (mixed vegetable curry – Kerala style). It also pairs with onion tomato chutney, coconut chutney or if you don’t have any thing with jaggery or sugar. This is how my daughter always takes it – adai with a teaspoon of sugar or jaggery. It is a
Today’s recipe is another easy to make dish that can be served with rice – Kadhi. Kadhi is a famous gujrati sidedish which can be served with rice, kichadi and even with roti. Most important thing to be noted is that for this you don’t have to cut any vegetables. Being a Keralite, I always love curd based dishes but our food always contains curd and loads of coconut which
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
Lemon rice is a South Indian dish which can be easily prepared even when you are in a hurry. This can also be made with leftover rice. This recipe comes handy when you wake up late and want to prepare lunch. This is also best dish to pack for lunch or it is also good to pack during travel time. Since lemon is added, this rice dish will not get
Vendakka mezhukkupuratti is an easy to make and tasty side dish for rice. This can be served with rice and any curry of your choice. It is very easy to prepare and requires very few ingredients mainly, okra, onion, green chilli. Now to the recipe.. Ingredients required Vendakka / lady’s finger – 1/2 kg Green chillies – 2 shallots – 10 – 15 (chopped) Turmeric powder – 1/4 teaspoon Red
Methi seeds are widely made used in Indian kitchen and also the leaves of fenugreek. Fenugreek leaves are very well known for their anti diabetic properties but due to its bitter taste, it is mostly avoided by children and even by grown ups. But when mixed with some other vegetable like potato, the taste becomes wonderful. So today, I have made aloo methi which is a dry vegetarian side dish
Lachha paratha is a type of Indian flat bread with its origins from Punjab and is popular throughout India. Here I have made laccha paratha with whole wheat flour. This can also be made with half wheat and half maida. Now to the recipe.. Ingredients required Wheat flour – 2 cups Oil – 3 tablespoon Chaat masala – 1 teaspoon salt – to taste Technique For dough 1. To the
Curd rice is a very popular South Indian meal. It is a very easy to make rice recipe which can be made even by a layman. The method of making curd rice is very simple – cook the rice, mash it, mix it with milk, curd, butter and salt. Finally temper the ingredients and add it to the rice mixture. Ready. Tasty curd rice is ready to be served. Apart from
Today’s post is a healthy paratha, which is made with radish. I used to make this paratha few years back (though not in the same way), but stopped making it when aloo paratha started taking preference over other parathas. Recently, I got a request from a reader asking for recipes with radish. Though I gave the suggestion as radish paratha, but she was worried about the raw smell of radish.
