Today, I am sharing an instant dosa recipe. We all know that ragi is very rich in calcium and today’s recipe is a healthy yet tasty ragi dish. It is nothing but dosa made with ragi. Now you may think – Dosa ? It needs soaking, grinding, fermentation. Lot of process. But today’s recipe is a very easy, healthy and instant dosa recipe which can be made within a very
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
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
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
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,
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
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..
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
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
Adai / ada dosa is a famous dosa variety in South India. It with made with rice and other pulses. The addition of pulses make it a very healthy and nutritious dish. We usually make ada dosa for breakfast and serve it with avial. Though, it can also be served with idli powder or coconut chutney but the avial gives a lift to the dish. Today, I have made ada dosa
Today’s recipe is another paneer based dish which is served as a sidedish for roti which all of you might be well aware of – Kadai paneer. The name is “kadai paneer” derived from the way it is cooked. In India, kadai means a “wok”, not like a Chineese wok, Indian wok is much deeper. Among the many paneer recipes available, paneer butter masala, matar paneer, kadai paneer and palak paneer are
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
Here’s another recipe made with moong dal. I had written down the recipe from some book (don’t remember the name as it was long back). While going through some old recipe books, I found this recipe and made it. It was a variation to the normal dal recipe in which coconut is not added. This was a very flavourful recipe with the addition of coconut, cloves, cinnamon stick, onion and khus
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
Today’s recipe is Palakkadan sambar. Sambar is a very imporatant dish in South India. It is served along with rice, with idli / dosa. As I have told you before, there are various kinds of sambar available. Most of them are made with sambar powder, but Palakkadan sambar is one made with freshly ground spices, and coconut which makes it very unique. You can make use of various kinds of
Today’s recipe is a very simple one which all of you might be familiar of – coconut chutney. There is nothing new about this recipe and is a very big recipe to boast about. But since I have shared the recipe of pesarattu, pongal and also I am sharing many South Indian recipes, I thought of sharing this recipe also. Coconut chutney has a very important place in South Indian
Achinga payar mezhukkupuratti / long beans stir fry is a very commonly made side dish for lunch. It is a very healthy and tasty side dish which can be easily prepared for lunch. Achinga payar is a Malayalam word for long beans. Coming to the health benefits, long beans are low in fat content, is an excellent source of protein, fiber, folic acid and complex carbohydrates. The addition of
