Puliyotharai

                    Who dont like puliyotharai. Especially the one which is distribute in temple. Puliyotharai and curd rice is perfect combination.It is also prepared as take away lunch when we go for travel.I remember in my childhood,while traveling mom's use to prepare idli and spicy tomato chutney or we can call it as tomato thokku for breakfast....

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Kara kolukattai

This is my brother's favorite dish.My amma used to make this often .This will be default dish when my brother visit hometown. We make this dish during vinayagar chadurthi festival . We make sweet kolukattai and spicy kolukattai , but without adding onion . Ingredients : Raw rice - 1 cup Idli rice - 1/2 cup Onion - 1 big Green chilli - 4 no Curry leaves - 4 stem Coriander leaves - 3 stem Channa...

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Pesarattu

One of my Andra friend shared this recipe to me long time back.I hesitate to try because i thought it wont taste good,i am wrong when i taste it first time. I bored of having same plain dosa,masala dosa and onion dosa,so i tried this recipe.First time ,dosa consistency is not correct,so it came out as uthappam.After trying four or five times,i caught the right consistency for a crispy dosa. This...

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Poricha kulambu

    Those who feel bored of having sambar daily,can try this recipe. Weekly once i make sambar. My  son got bored of it,so i prepare one week sambar,one week bisibela bath,one dhal rice and one week poricha kulambu. This kulambu will be little spicy and tasty.  Ingredients  :Tur dal -1/2 cupTurmeric powder - a pinchCarrot - 1 Beans - 2 Drumstick - 5 piece Fry and grind :Urad...

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Carrot halwa

     There are different types of halwa in india , like wheat halwa,pushinikai halwa, beetroot halwa,thirunalveli halwa..... I have tasted only the above. Once my neighbour  gave me a sweet which is called carrot halwa. It was yummy but since i don't like ghee,i couldn't enjoy the sweet. So i thought i should prepare this when i have time. When i was searching the fridge,i saw...

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Rasamalai

 I tasted rasamalai only few years back.I love rasagulla till i tasted rasamalai. Though i am calorie conscious,i used to have rasamalai once in awhile. I have tasted it in shop,but didnt tried it in home because of its lengthy process. Its is worth it to take time and prepare it when you taste it finally. Ingredients: Milk - 8 cup Lemon - 1 Sugar - 2 1/2 cup Cardamom powder - 1/2 tsp saffron...

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Sutta kathirikai pachadi ( Smoked baingan raita)

I loveeeee kathirikai.I love to have it as poriyal,chutney,fry or any form. I love to try any new dish which relates to kathirikai. When I was searching for new recipes online,I came across this recipe which is appetizing. I tried it and had it with chappathi. It is yummy and diffrent than normal raita. We can say it as combination of chutney and curd. Ingredients : Big kathirikai(baingan or...

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Vegetable salna

    After coming to US,we miss many thing. One among it ,is roadside parotta and yummy salna. Being a vegetarian, i dnt prefer to make non veg salna to my husband( as i am lazy to prepare a separate gravy for me. So i was searching for vegetarian version of salna. I got this recipe from online and i can say ,so far i have made it more than 30 times. It taste yummy and satisfies both vegetarian...

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Masala egg noodles

After coming to US,i tried many type of noodles. Though each has its own flavour,i love maggie.My all time favorite. My husband by mistake bought maggie atta noodles while grocery shopping . My assumption so far is ,atta noodles wont taste good,but this spicy masala wheat noodles is tastier than normal maggie noodles. Ingredients : Maggie atta noodles - 1 big Onion - 1 big Green chilli - 2 no Green...

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Simple podi idli

 When i am bored of having idli and chutney,idli and sambar , i will make podi idli and have it. Since it is spicy, i like that taste.It is very simple and easy to make. Ingredients : Mini idli - 10 no Gingerly oil - 3 tbsp Idli podi - 4 tbsp Curry leaves - 2 stem Salt - as per taste Recipe: * Prepare mini idli and allow to cool. In a kadai,add gingerlly oil.Fry curry leaves and switch...

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Venthaya kulambu(Methi seed gravy)

My mom used to ask me to take venthayam often as it keeps our body cool.One of my friend used to add meethi seed as thalippu for every kulambu.Since my son dont like the taste of bitterness in venthayam,i wont prefer to add it.I like to take it indirectly.so i prepared this kulambu and it came out well and taste yummy . Ingrediants: Grinding: Venthayam - 1 tbsp Coriander seed - 2 tbsp channa dhal...

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Maravalli kizhangu poriyal(Tapioca curry)

In my childhood,i used to go to my periamma house in kerala for school leave.she use to make many yummy kerala speciality foods like avial,pineapple pachadi,appam..... one of my favourite dish is kanji with kappa(maravalli kizhangu) poriyal.It taste yummy.After my marriage,i came to know my husband like it a lot.After coming to US,intially we missed it because we dont know where it is available,later...

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