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
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
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
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
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
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
Preparation Time- 10 Mins Cooking Time- 5 mins Hello dear foodies. I am sharing an easy and quick recipe of Popcorn Bhel, which is a very healthy snack. Bhel is a popular Indian snack. It has a spicy and tangy taste. You can find a wide variety of bhel. Most bhel recipes call for puffed rice or the kurmura / murmura. Since I like fusion food, I used popcorn
Idli / dosa is a staple breakfast of South India, which is often served along with sambar which is a lentil based curry and chutney. Chutney is a condiment which is served with South Indian breakfast items like idli / dosa. There are many types of chutney’s prepared and each has its own unique flavor. This chutney is very tasty and easy to prepare. And since it contains carrots, it
Hello, buddies. The weather has been a little hazy lately. The untimely rains made me crave for a hot and spicy fried snack. I didn’t have much at hand today, so I had to make do with whatever was available. I had half a bottle of schezwan sauce left from the Chicken Schezwan Noodles I made last week. A loaf of bread and some condiments. Bread pakora is what came
Kurma is a coconut based vegetable stew that is very popular across South India and is served as a side dish along with chapathi. You will find vegetable kurma being served as a chapathi side dish in most of the hotels. Potato kurma is a tasty side dish made with potatoes which can be served along with chapathi. It can also be served along with rice. This is very easy
Channa masala is a a tasty side dish which can be served along with chapathi / roti / phulka. Channa masala / chole is a famous Indian side dish. There are different versions of channa masala in India, with amritsari chole, kerala kadala curry and so on. Usually I make kadala curry in Kerala style, which makes use of loads of coconut, but today, I am sharing a non-coconut version
Unniyappam is a traditional snack of south India. Unni means small. Appam means cake. Usually it is giving to church and temples as nivedyam or offering. It is a delicious soft snack easy to make. With one cup of rice we can make 25 nos.,and it is less oil consuming. Olden days our grandparents were making with rice powder. But for the time consumption we are going to make differently.
Achappam is a popular and traditional snack in Kerala. Also called rose cookies. It is a crunchy and delicious evening snack. There is special mold to make this. It will be available in different shapes like flower or star.Very easy to make with less ingredients. Ingredients soaked white rice-2 cup egg-1 sugar-3 tbsp coconut milk powder-2 tbsp sesame seed-1 tsp coconut oil-300 ml How to Make Achappam Beat the egg
Indian food is very famous for its diversity there are a variety of vegetarian foods which are made in India. Today’s recipe is a tasty side dish for chapathi made with potatoes and bottle gourd. It is very tasty and easy to prepare too. I am sharing a pressure cooker method of making this potato bottlegourd curry. This is a very simple, easy to make and tasty North Indian side
Mango pachadi is an easy to make side dish .We can make it differently. During summer, if we don’t have any vegetables to cook,this is the easiest dish to make.In Tamilnadu mango pachadi is the must for the new year celebration as i heard. If you don’t like the raw taste of mango you can cook in a low flame for 2-3 minutes.If you cook more than that the taste
Hello, foodie buddies. Today I am sharing a very special recipe. This one of the quickest yet delicious mutton curry recipes I have ever made. I made this for dinner tonight when we had guests at a very short notice. With very little preparation and slow cooking method, you do not need to worry much over the cooking process. Just toss everything in a skillet and let it simmer away for
Paalappam is a laced pan cake made up of rice flour. Migrated Jewish people introduced this food in india. It is a famous keralite christian breakfast. The meaning itself is pancake made with milk. Olden days it was making with rawrice powder and keep it overnight for fermentation. Early morning they will add coconut milk and salt. But that is time consuming. So in these busy days i am making
