Recipe Cusine : Indian Prep Time : 10 Minutes Cook time : 20 Minutes Serves : 2-3 Author : Jeyashri Recipe Category : Lunch | Dinner Description : Raw mango pulihora| Mango pulihora an easy no onion no garlic chitranna recipe, using raw mango and other freshly ground spices. Raw mango 1/2 cup (grated) Raw rice 1/2 cup (uncooked) Sesame oil 3 tsp Peanuts 1 tblsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Asafoetida a pinch Curry leaves few Salt as needed To roast and grind Dhaniya | coriander seeds 1 tblsp Whole black pepper 1 tsp Urad dal 1 tsp Chana dal 1 tsp Red chili 5 Kopra | dry coconut 1 tblsp (optional) Methi seeds | venthayam 1/4 tsp...

Moong dal sundal | atta halwa recipe – Navaratri combo series 3. For this upcoming Navaratri festival, I am doing a combo series on Youtube. I have posted Navaratri Combo 1 , and Navaratri Combo 2 . Moong dal sundal | pasi paruppu sundal is an easy sundal variety. Even if you forget to soak any legumes, you can make this moong dal sundal. Atta halwa is yet another easy sweet recipe made using whole wheat flour, sugar, and ghee....

Nungu rose milk | Palm fruit rose milk recipe with video and step wise pictures , summer coolant recipe made using nungu and rose milk syrup. Rose milk is one of my most favorite drink from the childhood. My mom used to make rose milk for me almost all the days during summer. Most of the days morning after getting up we used to take rose milk only. I got introduced to Rooh afza after moving to Singapore....

Paal kesari| rava milk kesari | Sooji ka halwa , is generally we make by cooking the sooji in milk as the usual kesari is made by cooking the roasted rava in water. This kesari i have tasted very long back in my relatives place when i was in chennai. It was totally fantastic. Very recently when she visited here i asked her for the recipe and she told it is the same as rava kesari replacing water with milk....

Peas kurma recipe | Pattani kurma recipe – Flavourful hotel style pattani kurma recipe to pair with poori | chapati, parotta,biryani and idiyappam. Peas kurma recipe with full video and step by step pictures. I have given this for the magazine as Mushroom peas kurma. This peas kurma is a super hit at home. We usually make veg kurma | vellai kurma for chapati | poori. We usually grind fennel seeds, coconut, cashew nuts and chilis for making the kurma masala....

Pudalangai kootu recipe | snake gourd kootu recipe – A traditional poricha kootu recipe with step-by-step pictures. Kootu is a dal-based South Indian gravy, made with any veggies of our choice. In our house, we make kootu with avarakkai (broad beans), cabbage, mixed vegetables, drumstick, eggplant, chow chow, and spinach too. My mother-in-law makes beans poricha kootu also. The spices are usually freshly roasted and ground along with coconut. Sometimes we add sambar powder too for the kootu....

Pudina chutney | Mint Chutney – No onion no garlic added pudina chutney recipe, a perfect side dish for idli|dosa. Mint chutney recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. We all love adding mint | and coriander leaves to the chutney. We South Indians make different varieties of chutney for idli |dosa. I have posted another version of the mint coriander chutney recipe in Jeyashris kitchen. This is one very simple version without the addition of onion and garlic....

Ragi dosa recipe | millet recipes – Finger millet dosa – South Indian dosai made using Whole ragi grains, little millet and urad dal. Ragi is also called kezhvaragu in Tamil. I always make instant ragi dosa at home. When amma was here when we were talking casually she told us we could soak whole ragi seeds and make ragi dosa too. So tried the mom’s ragi dosa recipe and it was a super hit....

Navaratri|Diwali Sweets Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 10 Mins | Makes: 5 ladoos Sago | javarisi|sabudana 1/2 cup Sugar 2 tblsp Ghee 2 tbslp Cardamom powder a pinch Cashew nuts 5 (optional) Method: In a pan dry roast the sago till it change into a slight brown colour. Do not roast till brown . When it is cool, grind this in a mixie into a fine powder....

Seppankizhangu pepper fry | Arbi pepper fry | Milagu masala – A simple pepper fry made using colocasia | arbi | seppankizhangu in Tamil. Recipe with full video and tips on how to cook Seppankizhangu perfectly. Seppankizhangu | arbi or colocasia in English is one of the rare vegetables I cook in my kitchen. Though I like it, others in the family don’t prefer this much. So I cook this rarely....

Recipe Cusine : Indian Prep Time : 10 Minutes Cook time : 30 Minutes Serves : 3 Author : Jeyashri Recipe Category : Lunch | Dinner Description : A variety of Indian flat bread made using Jowar flour, a healthy variety of millet Besan | Chickpea flour | Kadalai maavu 1 cup Jowar flour 1 cup Whole wheat flour 1 cup Onion 1 very finely chopped Garlic 3-5 cloves crushed Cumin seeds 1 tblsp Ajwain| Omam 1 tblsp Turmeric powder 1 tblsp Green chili 2 Salt to taste Coriander leaves handful Oil | Ghee 2 tblsp + oil for cooking the bhakri Warm water to knead the dough I halved the recipe...

Thavala adai recipe | Thavala adai in Tamil, a traditional tiffin recipe, made using rice, toor dal, and pepper. Recipe of thavala adai with full video and step by step pictures. We make arisi upma at home using raw rice. Sometimes elders at home, pat the same upma into crispy thavala adais by smearing lots of oil. I have memories of my grandmother making this and also my husband’s grandmother making it too....

 Preparation Time : 15  mins | Cooking Time : 25 Mins | Serves: 3-4   Seeraga samba recipe 1 and 1/4 cup   Water 1 cup   Coconut milk 3/4 cup   Tomato 2   Onion 1   Red chili powder 3/4 tsp   Biryani Masala 1 tsp   Salt as needed   Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp   Ginger a small piece   Garlic 4 cloves   Small onion  8-9   Fennel seeds 1 tsp   Mint leaves  few   Oil + Ghee 1 tblsp each   Green peas  1/4 cup *Generally jeera samba rice is used to make tomato biryani, if u want u can use basmati rice too....

Tomato Ginger chutney, is an easy side dish for pesarattu , idli and dosa. Recently we visited a restaurant in Singapore. It is an Andhra restaurant and a friend recommended to try the MLA pesarattu in that restaurant. They served a tomato chutney with this pesarattu and it tasted very nice. Generally i don’t prefer ginger much in my cooking but this chutney i liked very much. Somehow managed to find the ingredients present in the restaurant chutney and attempted at home today....

Uttapam Sandwich recipe, sandwich uttapam, interesting kids friendly snack, a recipe with full video. A popular South Indian breakfast| Dinner | tiffin recipe. I have posted Mini masala uttapam , small onion uttapam , and vegetable uttapam recipe in Jeyashri’s kitchen. Sometime back I have seen a Youtube video on Uttapam sandwich from a Mumbai street shop. I was thinking to try that at home. Now since the kids are home every day wanted to make something interesting for them....

Preparation Time : 30 mins | Cooking Time : 2 Mins (to toast bread) | Serves: 2 Bread slices 4 Yogurt | curd 1/4 cup Bell pepper | capsicum 2 tbslp (cut into long) Onion 1 Cabbage 2 tblsp Chilli flakes or pepper powder to taste Butter to toast the bread Coriander leaves few Salt to taste Method: Put the yoghurt in the tea strainer and keep it inside the refrigerator for 30 minutes....

Avakkai pickle recipe | Avakkai mango pickle, is one of the most favorite dishes I love to make. I learned this during my early days of marriage from my athai(aunt). She is an expert in doing this and she used to send big bottles of pickles to me after I got married. She was staying close to my in-law’s place. I always wanted to learn the recipe from her and when I asked her she beautifully explained me the procedure....

Avalakki Upkari | Poha upkari a no cook aval based Udupi style recipe, served for breakfast or as tea time snack. Recently during a casual conversation with my friend, she was telling about this udupi style upkari. This recipe does not involve any cooking. She sent me a box full of avalakki upkari | poha upkari for tasting and also shared this easy poha recipe. We need to use thin poha for this poha recipe....

Carrot paneer paratha recipe, a popular stuffed paratha recipe, Indian flat bread made using paneer and grated carrot. Detailed recipe of carrot paneer paratha with step-by-step pictures and full video. Parathas are a staple in my kitchen and I make Gobi paratha , aloo paratha , mooli paratha , sev paratha regularly, and other non-stuffed paratha like dal paratha, Mango masala paratha, pudina paratha, and methi paratha too. I have posted the Dhaba style paneer paratha and the popular combo of palak paneer paratha i n Jeyashris kitchen....

 Preparation Time : 5  mins | Cooking Time : 15 Mins | Serves: 2 Ingredients:    Cauliflower florets 2 cups    Onion 1    Tomato Ketchup* 1 tblsp    Red chili powder 1 tsp    Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp    Oil 1 tblsp    Salt as needed    Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp     Coriander leaves few *1 chopped tomato can be used instead of ketchup....