Semiya kesari, karamani sundal with fresh sundal podi – Navaratri Combo series 8. In today’s Navaratri combo series we are going to see the video for easy recipes, Semiya kesari and karamani sundal. Semiya kesari is the one I learned from my friend Janani’s mom Mallika aunty, when I was in Singapore. Mami makes delicious semiya kesari and those days I never know we can make kesari with semiya. This is a super-hit recipe among my friends too....

Thakkali sadam, Tomato rice a simple bachelor friendly | lunch box recipe. Recipe with full video and step by step pictures. Thakkali sadam, Tomato rice is a Popular South Indian variety rice. I have fond memories of taking tomato rice for lunch during my school and college days. Since amma was a working mom, we would mostly take dosai with molagapodi for lunch. Happily, we would take it as we are a huge fan of dosai molagapodi....

Recipe Cusine : Indian Prep Time : 10 Minutes Cook time : 25 Minutes Serves : 17-18 appams Author : Jeyashri Recipe Category : Sweet Description : Nei appam made using millet flour, over riped banana and brown sugar, easy recipe for bachelors and working women. Thinai maavu 1/2 cup Wheat flour 1 tblsp Rice flour 2 tblsp Brown sugar 1/2 cup Over riped banana 1 Coconut or coconut bits 2 tblsp Cardamom powder 2 pinches Salt a pinch Ghee as needed (to make appams) Water 2-3 tblsp...

Wish you all a very Happy New year 2016. I wanted to start the New year with a healthy recipe and so made this Thinai Ven pongal today and posting the same. Pongal is a staple South Indian breakfast. During my very short vacation to Chennai last week, i got organic thinai | foxtail millet. Both my brother in law and his wife , left their IT job and doing organic farming in a small village near Pondicherry....

Tomato murukku, tomato chakli recipe, easy instant murukku made using besan and rice flour and tomato puree. Tomatoes are in season and here in Hongkong, we are getting Indian tomatoes. The bright red tomatoes are too good and I tried a few new recipes and updated a few old recipes with video too. Check out Jeyashri’s kitchen youtube channel for more updated videos. Murukku I always make during Diwali time. I rarely make it at other times and we don’t buy snacks from outside too....

Water melon  1 cup ( chopped into cubes)   Cucumber    1/4 cup (chopped into cubes)    Honey or sugar   to taste    Water  1/2 cup   Ice cubes  Few   Method: Put the water melon and cucumber in a mixer. Filter this to take out the seeds of cucumber. If you want , you can skip this step and have the juice as it is....

Appalam Vatha kuzhambu- South Indian tamarind-based, no onion no garlic gravy with papads. Recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. Vathakuzhambu is a very popular South Indian gravy, especially in Tamil Brahmin cuisine. Traditionally dried sundakkai or manthakali vathal for making vatha kuzhambu. We also use veggies like Drumstick, brinjal, small onions, okra, and capsicum for making vatha kuzhambu. This one is made using urad dal appalam. I have fond memories of having appalam vatha kuzhambu in my paati’s home....

Arisi paruppu payasam, White peas sundal, Navaratri Combo series 5. This combo has 2 interesting recipes, which I have never posted in Jeyashri’s Kitchen. Arisi paruppu payasam is a vegan recipe, this is similar to sakkarai pongal but in a payasam form. The addition of coconut milk makes it more creamy and tasty. White peas sundal is made with a unique sundal podi. Usually, we add chana dal while making the sundal podi....

Beetroot curry recipe| easy and simple beetroot stir fry recipe – with step-by-step pictures. Beetroot is one of the vegetables loved by everyone at home. We make curry, pulao, salad using beetroot. After moving to Hongkong, we get beetroot with its greens too. So I started using beetroot greens in my cooking. We can make our regular keerai molagootal or keerai poriyal using beetroot greens. Usually, it is a little hard to cut the beetroot into fine pieces....

Cheesy tomato pasta recipe | Desi cheese pasta – Creamy cheesy pasta recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. An easy kid’s friendly pasta recipe with a homemade tomato-based sauce. This cheesy pasta recipe is made using easily available ingredients at home. We are not using oregano or any other Italian seasoning for this recipe. We are using garam masala and it turned out yum. Kids loved this and it is a super hit at home....

SSP powder asafoetida SSP ultra powder asafoetida SSP Crystal Asafoetida Fresh Coconut 1 cup Red chili 3-4 Tamarind a small piece Asafoetida | perungayam| hing 1/8 tsp Salt as needed Oil 3 tsp + 1 tsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Curry leaves few In a pan add 3 tsp of oil and add the red chilis. Saute for a minute till the color slightly changes and ensure not to turn it black....

Curry leaves rice | Karuveppilai sadam – Easy and flavourful karuveppilai sadam recipe with step-by-step pictures and full video No onion no garlic recipes | Karuveppilai sadam recipe Curry leaves rice | Karuveppilai sadam is a traditional rice variety made for festivals such as Aadi Perukku and other South Indian festivals too. We can even make this for a lunchbox, too. I have already posted a version of karuveppilai sadam | curry leaves rice and also a karuveppillai sevai too....

Easy chocolate clusters recipe | easy to make 2 ingredient chocolate nut clusters recipe. Chocolate nut clusters recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. Chocolate clusters are nuts coated in melted chocolate. You can use any nut of your choice. They are bake-free goodies, perfect for a party or for gifts. We make this with nuts and melted chocolate. What are the main ingredients of Chocolate clusters We use semi-sweet chocolate chips of dark chocolate and any nuts of your choice....

Eggless banana choco-chip muffin | Eggless baking recipe – with detailed step-by-step pictures. Super soft moist eggless muffin recipe Easy eggless, no sugar added, whole wheat banana muffin recipe. A perfect one for kid’s snack boxes or you can serve it at birthday parties too. I adapted the recipe from eggless banana walnut muffin from Raks Kitchen . I added plain flour and whole wheat flour and added jaggery powder instead of sugar....

Recipe Cusine : Indian Prep Time : 15 Minutes Cook time : 30 Minutes Serves : 3 cups approx. Author : Jeyashri Recipe Category : Snack Description : Garlic ribbon pakoda| Garlic seeval recipe, spicy garlic flavored ribbon murukku recipe with step by step pictures, a perfect savory for diwali Besan | Kadalai maavu | gram flour 1 cup Rice flour 1 cup Red chili 7-8 Garlic 7-8 pods Hot oil 2 tblsp + Oil for deep frying Salt as needed...

Ginger 1 big piece Garlic 20 to 25 pods Turmeric powder a pinch Oil 1 tblsp Salt 1 tsp Peel the skin of ginger, wash it and pat chop them into big cubes. take out the skin of Garlic and wash it and keep. Pat both ginger and garlic with kitchen towel. Dry roast the salt in a pan. This is to avoid the moisture oozing out from the salt....

Hyderabadi Okra recipe is a very interesting side dish for chapathi made with ladies finger |bhindi – Recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. Hyderabadi style okra recipe, a different style of making okra| ladies finger which I learned from a Nita metha cookbook. This goes very well with roti and of course with rice too. We are not adding fresh cream to this recipe but the curd and cashew paste makes it so creamy and rich....

I have already posted Sabudana kichidi here, this is a version of south indian version of sago upma. I have given thsi recipe for Kungumam thozi last year themed No onion no garlic recipes . This upma can be made so easily and a pacca bachelor recipe too. If the sago is soaked prior then the upma will be ready in 15 minutes. Last week i made this for me and my hubby for breakfast and clicked too....

Kalyana sambar Kalyana gotsu Channa dal kosumalli Method Chop the fruits into small cubes. Slice the banana into roundels. In a pan add sugar and add 1/2 cup of water. I used brown sugar. Boil the sugar till it reaches a one-string consistency. Once the consistency reaches, switch off the flame. Add the cut fruits to this when the syrup is hot. Add cardamom powder to this(if adding) Add the cashew nuts to this need to roast the cashew nuts in ghee....

Preparation Time : 5 mins + 3 hours resting time| Cooking Time : Nil | Serves: 2 Curd | yogurt 1 cup Sugar 3 tblsp Milk 1/2 tbsp Saffron a pinch Cardamom powder a pinch Pistachios 5-6 Method: In a big strainer or a muslin cloth put the curd and keep it aside for 3 hours. If keeping in a strainer keep a vessel below this for the water to get collected....