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…
Elai Vadam ( Translated as Rice batter with some spices steam cooked on plantain leaves.. ) The only vadam / wafer that I make almost every summer in a small qty . Not at all time consuming as many would think . I prepare the batter in the morning or evening , allow to rest…
Millets and fenugreek !! There cannot be a more healthier mix to make delicious soft, porous , crispy edged and soft centred dosas to satisfy all dosa lovers . The scent of the ground fenugreek seeds and the amazing colour of the dosa is sure tempting .If you are a die hard dosa fanatic, then…
Olan is a family favorite and I make it as often as possible . With the simplicity of preparation and the ingredients it can be made many times and will not be overpowering as the flavors of the coconut milk is so subtle, creamy and any age can enjoy this easy dish without any health…