Samba Godhumai Rava Upma is a quick upma that you can make under 30 minutes. When you have no time to make a traditional breakfast like idli or dosa or if you run out of idli batter… this can come in handy and also gives you a satisfaction of an healthy filling meal. Broken Wheat, Cracked Wheat, Fada, Dalia, Godhumai…
Spinach Masiyal / கீரை மசியல் – is one of the easiest, healthiest dish that you can make under 15 minutes. It can be a main dish topped over piping hot rice or can be a side for many meal… its our family routine to have some kind of keerai masiyal thrice a week and this is one such preparation. Some similar recipes…
Poori Masala doesnt need any introduction…. fluffy, puffy, softy, balloony with melony, yellow potato chunks is what i am dreaming as I’m typing this recipe. This is usually considered breakfast but for us its like… anytime whenever there’s no prepared meal ready or any advanced menu prep then we opt for this…..lunch or dinner or lunch box we are ready…
Bisi Bele Bath is a famous hot lentil rice dish from Karnataka… just a different version of our sambar sadam!Typically sambar does not include any garam masala but this version includes some fragrant garam masala which gives that distinct taste. Though its termed one pot dish.. technically its doesn’t work… they all get very mushy and ends up like a…
Easy Instant Doodh Peda recipe using store bought khoya / mawa!
Aval laddu is an easy sweet laddu dish often made during Sri Krishana Jayanthi/ Gokulashmi celebration. Its quite easy and can be made in less time with less ingredients… also its very healthy when made with naatu sarkarai or jaggery/velam and combined with red rice flakes. Today, I have used white aval with jaggery to make this and you may…
Thengai Poondu Podi is an accompaniment for idli, dosa or even can be topped over pipping hot rice and some ghee. Its is more like Andhra pappula podi… just that the coconut dal ratio varies….. My son loves this podi… so make it often, sometimes play with the ingredients hiking one at a time for variety, also it can be…
Easy pan fried version of Brinjal shaped into thick cut roundels or disks!
Easy Kara Pidi Kozhukattai using store bought idiyappam flour. Kozhukattai can be made sweet or spicy using homemade rice flour or store bought or using broken rice…the easiest of all is to use store bought idiyappam flour which works best and this snack can be made in a jiffy. This is usually made during Vinayagar Chaturthi festival…. but can also…
Vendhaya Kuzhambu is a South Indian tamarind based gravy made with fenugreek seeds. I’m big fan of வத்தல் குழம்பு, kara kuzhambu varieties… its almost a staple at home and shows up atleast twice or thrice a week. Definitely veg days calls for a simple kara kuzhambu with kootu poriyal kind of meal and that’s when this fenugreek kuzhambu made it to the table…