Category: Healthy Recipes

  • Walnut Chutney – How to make Walnut Chutney

    Walnut Chutney – How to make Walnut Chutney

    Walnut Chutney – a quick healthy chutney.. great side for idli dosa. As they enter the house the first question ? what’s for dinner? & with thiruttu? muzhi I go.. dosai with coconut chutney. Most weekday dinner shifts? some chutney will be “on call” duty.. and yesterday it was walnut chutney from @malathy.ajay feed. ?Walnuts are…

  • Paneer Kathi Roll – Chilli Paneer Wrap

    Paneer Kathi Roll – Chilli Paneer Wrap

    Paneer Kathi Roll, a famous street food where a paratha is stuffed with saucy paneer & fresh veggies… its all yours today, who doesn’t like Indo chinese afterall:-P  Be prepared 🙂 they may ask for a second roll, so make more of the stuffing… wrap as many as you want to go! Some interesting sandwiches,…

  • Aloo Tikki Burger – Veggie Burger

    Aloo Tikki Burger – Veggie Burger

    Aloo Tikki Burger 🙂  Potato Cutlet Burger is what it means 😀 Oh my its vegetarian 😛 too! Lets get into the recipe with no further boring stuff… all you need is few potatoes, etc etc veggies, burger buns, mayo cheese and love! Ingredients to make the patty Boiled potatoes – 2 Green peas –…

  • Keerai Thandu Kootu

    Keerai Thandu Kootu

    Keerai Thandu Kootu – technically made with thandu keerai…. how on earth am i going to find that in USA 🙄 you know what? matured amaranth greens are thandu keerai (tandalja bhaji) and you know many Indian stores have these thick stemmed amaranth at times and we normally discard thinking its way too thick… not…

  • Coriander Peanut Chutney – Kothamalli Chutney

    Coriander Peanut Chutney – Kothamalli Chutney

    Coriander Peanut Chutney – a simple accompaniment for your idli dosa… This quick and tasty chutney can be made in a jiffy, little colorful & healthy too! Ingredients Roasted Peanuts – 1/2 cup Coriander leaves – 1/4 cup Fresh Grated Coconut – 1 cup Green Chilli – 3 Ginger – 1 inch piece Salt –…

  • Vazhaipoo Ven Pongal – Banana Flower Ven Pongal

    Vazhaipoo Ven Pongal – Banana Flower Ven Pongal

    Vazhaipoo Ven Pongal – Have tried this combo? sounds interesting isn’t it? That how i felt when i first heard and immediately tried when my friend Shanthi shared a pic of this dish on her insta feed. Nothing complicated… just the usual ven pongal with sauteed fresh vazhaipoo (banana blossoms). The taste doesn’t differ much from…

  • Vegetable Gotsu – Accompaniment for Idli dosa – காய்கறி கொத்சு

    Vegetable Gotsu – Accompaniment for Idli dosa – காய்கறி கொத்சு

    Vegetable Gotsu is an easy accompaniment for Idli dosa or Pongal. Normally gotsu is made with dal and veggie combination with no ginger garlic in it but this idea adapted from one of those Arusuvai Idhu thani suvai TV program by Mrs. Revathy Shanmugam where she shares making a gotsu using ginger garlic paste which…

  • Keerai Masiyal | கீரை மசியல் | Spinach Masiyal

    Keerai Masiyal | கீரை மசியல் | Spinach Masiyal

    South Indian style mashed spinach greens tempered with spices!

  • Cabbage Paratha – Lunch Box Recipes

    Cabbage Paratha – Lunch Box Recipes

    Cabbage Paratha – this is the easiest of all parathas… just mix all of it the dough, knead, roll out and cook. Kids will love this for their lunch boxes… adults too 😛 Ingredients Wheat Flour – 1 cup Cabbage – 1 cup Green Chilli – 1 (finely minced) Ginger – 1/2 inch (finely minced)…

  • Vallarai Keerai Poriyal – Indian Pennywort – Brahmi leaves

    Vallarai Keerai Poriyal – Indian Pennywort – Brahmi leaves

    Vallarai Keerai Poriyal – Indian Pennywort / Brahmi leaves is very healthy and nutritious… my happiness knew no bounds when i spotted this in a Chinese market…. & it was cooked as a side dish for rice–made a simple poriyal! You can find Vallarai (in tamil) in stores near you but with a different name…