A simple South Indian lunch meal accompanied with a payasam is for this week’s lunch menu. We all love Keerai molagootal and thengai thogayal combo. I planned to make ladies finger curry but kids asked for kurkure bhindi. Generally they don’t ask anything much, so i decided to make it for this week’s lunch menu. This week’s lunch menu has K eerai molagootal Plain rice Thengai thogayal Kurkuri bhindi Mi xed veg raita Sago carrot kheer I have scheduled posts for the past 2 weeks as i was on a vacation to Chennai....

Preparation Time : 15 mins + 8 hours soaking| Cooking Time : 25 Mins | Serves: 4-5 Kala channa | black kondakadalai 1 cup Coconut scrapped 1/4 cup Coconut bits 2 tblsp Fennel seeds 1 tsp Onion 1 Tomato 1 Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Oil 3 tsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Curry leaves few Red chili powder 1/2 tsp Coriander powder 1/2 tsp Salt as needed Coconut oil few drops (optional)...

Kovil Ven Pongal recipe, Tamilnadu temple style ven Pongal recipe with full video and step by step pictures. Ven pongal is a very popular South Indian breakfast recipe. Also, this is a very staple prasadam in temples too. In this post, I am sharing the small nuances of making the Ven Pongal taste this very similar to the Kovil pongal. What is Ven pongal made of? The main ingredients of this Ven Pongal are Raw rice, yellow moong dal, asafoetida, ginger, ghee, pepper, cumin seeds, and curry leaves....

Lavang latika recipe – Popular Lavang latika recipe with step-by-step instructions and video on how to fold the lavang latika.   Lavang Latika is a popular Bengali sweet, similar to our Suryakala and Chandrakala. I heard this for the first time when my co-sister’s mom made it and brought it for us once. Generally, she makes this sweet for Diwali. She is an expert in making this sweet and every year she brings a box full of this for her daughter when she comes on a vacation to Chennai....

Mahalaya Paksham lunch Dinner combo- 11- Pithru paksham no onion no garlic lunch menu combo. We have been seeing Mahalaya Paksha lunch and dinner menu combo. Today, we are seeing another recipe combo using karunai kizhangu. I used to dislike this vegetable during my childhood. When amma visited us in Singapore, she made this Karunai kizhangu masiyal, and somehow I started liking that. I used to make the maisyal once in a while from then on....

Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 25 Mins | Serves: 4-5 Milk 4 cups Basmati rice or raw rice 3 tblsp Sugar 4 tblsp Mango pulp* 1 cup Saffron to garnish Cardamom powder a pinch Pistachio few (for garnishing) *I used 2 alphonso mangoes Method: Soak the basmati rice in water for 10 minutes. Boil the milk in a heavy bottomed pan. Drain the water from rice and grind this....

Millet Curd rice recipe with step-by-step pictures and video, a popular South Indian rice variety also called Thayir sadam. For us South Indians, especially the Tamil Brahmins, curd rice is a must-have at lunch. I have already posted a curd rice recipe and also shared the Temple-style curd rice recipe. Generally, raw rice or sona masoori rice is best suited for making curd rice. Similarly, we can make curd rice using Millets too....

Pongal festival 2015 is celebrated tomorrow and this year i wanted to post a sakkarai pongal with millet. I have tried sakkarai pongal with Thinai|foxtail millet for the supplement book i made for Mangayar Malar. So this time i wanted to try with Varagu | Koda millet . It is called Kodra in Hindi and Harka in kannada and Koovaragu in Malayalam . Check out the Pongal festival 2015 recipes. I made the normal sakkarai pongal but just replaced the raw rice with varagu arisi....

Modak | how to shape modagam using mould – with a short video on how to shape modakam using a mould. Though I have seen modak moulds in shops, I never bought one for myself. Somehow I am comfortable making modakams in my hands, so never attempted to buy them. Also, my experience with the sweet somas or karanji mould is not so good and so I didn’t buy this modak mould too....

Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 20 Mins | Serves: 12 murukku Rice flour 1 cup Moong dal | Yellow moong dal 2 tblsp Butter 1 tsp Oil 1 tblsp+ for deep frying Salt to taste Asafoetida a pinch Cumin seeds 1/8 tsp Sesame seeds 1/8 tsp Water to knead the dough Method: Dry roast the moong dal and make it into a fine powder. Now a days we get readymade moong dal flour in shops....

Moong dal thogayal | moong dal chutney recipe, easy protein-rich thogayal recipe, with moong dal and red chili as key ingredients. Recipe with full video and step by step pictures. We make paruppu thogayal using toor dal. This recipe is similar to that using yellow moong dal. Thogayal is one of the staple dishes in most South Indian homes. We mix this with hot rice or even have this as an accompaniment for curd rice too....

Navaratri recipes | Navratri recipes – Sundal and sweets recipes This post is updated on Oct 1 2018 Navaratri Sweets recipes. Click on the picture for recipes

Paal Kootu Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 20 Mins | Serves: 2 Parangikkai | Yellow Pumpkin 1 cup (cubed) Coconut 2 tblsp Green Chili 1 (small) Sugar 2 tsp Rice flour 1 tsp Salt to taste Coconut oil 1 tsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Method: In a pan add the cubed pumpkin and add half cup of water. Add little salt and cook the pumpkins till soft....

Bhatura recipe Methi poori recipe Preparation Time : 20 mins | Cooking Time : 15 Mins | Serves: 12 pooris Palak | spinach leaves 2 cups (loosely packed) Whole wheat flour 1 and 1/2 cups Ajwain| Omam 1/4 tsp Green chili 2 Ginger a small piece Salt as needed Sooji | rava 1 tsp Sugar 1/4 tsp Oil for deep frying Method: Wash the palak leaves and keep it in a wide bowl....

Paneer Kathi rolls Paneer 1 cup (cut into long thin strips) Capsicum 1/2 (cut into long thin strips) Onion 2 (cut into long thin strips) Mint almond chutney as needed Cooked basmati rice 4-5 tbslp Hung yogurt 3 tsp Red chili powder 1 tsp Cumin powder 1/2 tsp Kasoori methi 2 pinches Garam masala 1/2 tsp Chaat masala 1/2 tsp Coriander leaves few Salt as needed Vietnamese rice roll sheets 4-5 Tortilla | chapathi 2...

Paneer methi makhani Paneer fried rice   Paneer Bhurji recipe Jeyashri suresh   Panner bhurji is an easy side dish which we can prepare with paneer, and can be done in a jiffy, recipe of paneer bhurji with step by step pictures.  Even if you have curdled milk at home, you can make paneer bhurji with that. I used frozen paneer in this recipe, for making paneer […] Side dish for chapathi | roti |parathas | poori paneer bhurji, paneer recipes, how to make paneer bhurji Indian Print This Serves: 3-4 Prep: 10 minutes Cook: 20 Minutes 20 Minutes Cuisine: Indian Category: Side dish for roti Author: Jeyashri suresh Nutrition facts: Side dish for roti calories 20 grams fat Rating: 5....

Peanut sundal, Arisi thengai payasam, Navaratri Combo series 2. For this upcoming navaratri festival, I am doing a combo series on Youtube. I have posted Navaratri Combo 1 , two days back. This combo will have one sundal recipe and one sweet recipe. It is easy for many people to plan the neivedyam. Jeyashri’s Kitchen has a wide variety of sundal and payasam recipes. Also, check out our Navaratri combo tiffin recipes for guests and Navaratri combo sweets and snacks....

Method: In a wide bowl add the whole wheat flour and salt. Add water little by little and knead it into a pliable soft dough. Cover and keep it aside for 10 minutes. Divide the dough into equal parts. Make the portions big and not small as we do for rotis. Dust the rolling board and and roll the roti into a thick and small disc. Apply ghee or oil on the disc....

Raw mango pachadi recipe is a traditional sweet made on Tamil new year’s Day in our house. Amma makes it quite often during mango season too. During my childhood, I have never tasted this raw mango pachadi as I am a big hater of jaggery-based sweets. Now it has totally changed. I have updated my mango pachadi recipe with a video. Check out my ripe mango pachadi too. Also, check my full collection of Tamil new year recipes....