Akki rotti is a very popular healthy breakfast dish in many states , mostly in Karnataka using rice flour , and rava rotti is another popular breakfast or lunch staple enjoyed in many Southern states . There are many healthy variations using some vegetables or leafy greens . Whichever way , this form of rotti…
Who doesnt like food that can be cooked instantly or without much labour . More so if you are a constant traveler missing out on delicious home made foods . Almost every family has few members who are travelling on work, business trips or kids living abroad , surviving on campus foods , craving for…
Delicious brinjal pickle that can be relished almost immediately as the fried brinjals are tender , the oil and spices mix well in an hour , for best taste , you can use after 24 hours . As brinjals are available through the year , we can make in small batches. I never thought i…
This post has two recipes , one for roasted red bell pepper chutney and the other recently added green bell pepper chutney . Roasted red bell pepper chutney : In this recipe Iam using roasted bell peppers which Iam greatly fond of by making a chutney using gram dal, roasted pepper and some coconut. This…
Festival lunch for Tamil New Year and Vishu at my home is mostly an amalgam of dishes from both sides owing to my Palakkad origin and therefore the Sadya lunch as we call the elaborate spread of dishes has delicacies from both states. I try to stretch as much as possible and this year it…
Dosa is such an interesting dish , so many varieties to make. Some like their dosas to be soft and spongy, not very thin and crispy, something that is like a meal and very filling. The answer is Set Dosa from Karnataka. a famous preparation and features at the top of the list in most…
There are so many ways to cook raw plantains , but we prefer this podimas , which is nothing but grated raw plantains spiced mildly with minimal ingredients . The raw plantains may be pressure coked or in a pan , i prefer the open cooking as the plantains need to be removed from hot…
Beetroot Pachadi is one of the side dishes or a dip prepared during the festive lunch of Onam, Vishu and even for Tamil New Year . Pachadi in the South Indian version is basically a grated , cooked vegetable used to mix with yogurt, and a spiced coconut ground paste is added to give a…
This is a popular dish from Kerala and is almost always prepared as part of the Sadya. The varieties of making eriseri are many and combination with different vegetables. The most popular erisseri made are the chena (yam) and green plantain (vazhakkai),the yelllow pumpkin/mathanga erisseri.The recipe given below is for the yellow pumpkin/mathanga. Ingredients:…
One of the most popular cuisines around the world must surely be Thai cuisine . I thought i had my taste buds fixed and wouldn’t easily adapt to any other cuisine and would most likely experiment with some trepidation , sounding a bit extreme there but that is who I am ..until I tasted some…