Methi Pakoda kadhi | Popular pakora kadi recipe with detailed step-by-step pictures, pairs well with plain rice or jeera rice. Methi kadhi pakoda, for the first time I tried kadhi after I tasted it at my friend’s place and that really turned out so well. I took the recipe from her, the original source of the recipe is Tarla Dalal’s space. I slightly modified the original recipe to suit my family’s taste....
INGREDIENTS: SERVES 3-4 METHI LEAVES 2 CUPS BESAN |GRAM FLOUR 1/2 CUP RICE FLOUR 1/4 CUP SAMBAR POWDER * 1-2 TSP JEERA POWDER 1/4 TSP AMCHOOR POWDER 2 PINCHES CORIANDER LEAVES 1 HAND FUL SALT AS NEEDED GARAM MASALA 1/4 TSP ONION 1 OIL FOR DEEP FRYING *Sambar powder can be replaced with coriander powder and red chilli powder. METHOD: Wash the methi leaves and chop them roughly. In a wide bowl add the methi leaves and add the rice flour, gram flour, sambar powder,coriander leaves,amchoor powder,jeera,salt and garam masala....
Mor kuzhambu and paruppu usili is a classic combo in Tamil Brahmin house. When i got married, most of the sundays will have Vazhaipoo paruppu usili and vatha kuzhambu. Though i love both the combo of vatha kuzhambu and mor kuzhambu for paruppu usili, most of the time i end making in Vatha kuzhambu only for paruppu usili. The family loves both the combos and for them the veggie in the paruppu usili matters, especially the kids....
Now-a-days we started including mushrooms twice a month , as they say it is very good source of protein. Generally i make Mushroom Masala  or Kadai Mushroom  . So i wanted to try something different this time and made this mushroom pepper fry. For a change i made a dry subzi in chettinad style with freshly ground spices. The pepper fry was very nice and it tasted well with rasam rice....
Neem flower rasam | Tamil New year recipes vepampoo rasam is made in all South Indian homes on Tamil New Year | Tamil varusha pirappu. I had already posted the vepampoo rasam of my mil’s version a few years back. Though I am not a big fan of this neem flower rasam, I loved this version very much. I learned this from my cousin who taught me when she visited me a few months back....
Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 10 Mins | Serves: 1-2 Bread slices 4 Nutella to spread on both sides of bread Butter 1 tsp Strawberry + banana as needed Method: Spread nutella on one side of the bread and little butter on the other side. Place the bread on a sandwich maker keeping the nutella side up. Slice the fruits and arrange it on the nutella spread bread portion....
Panakam | pakagam recipe is normally prepared during Sri rama navami along with Neer Mor and Vadaparuppu . Recipe of Panakam updated with full video . During my childhood days, I never drink panagam. My mom used to forcefully tell me to drink. But somehow after marriage, a few years later I started liking panakam. Apart from making this for Rama Navami, we make Panagam | Panakam recipe for Sumangali prarthanai ....
Parippu curry recipe | Kerala style dal | kerala parippu curry – Kerala sadya recipes – Nadan parippu curry recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. This dal is one of the basic dishes in the Kerala Onam sadya menu. It is a simple dal recipe made with moong dal or toor dal along with a coconut paste. The addition of coconut, small onions (ulli), and coconut oil makes it very flavourful....
Peanut kara chutney recipe – Easy to make peanut kara chutney, pairs well with idli, dosai, and kuzhi paniyaram. Chutneys are a staple in South Indian cuisine. Even if you alter the ingredients a little, you will get a different new taste in the chutney. I recently tried this Peanut kara chutney at home and it was a super hit. The main ingredients of the peanut kara chutney are peanuts, onion, and tomato....
Pesarattu recipe, dosa made using whole green gram dal, a popular Andhra style recipe. Pesarattu is generally served for breakfast or dinner. Though I have heard this but never tasted this and attempted to make this at home. My in-laws side used to make a pessarattu with yellow moong dal and rice, which somehow doesn’t fascinate me, and it will be slightly dry too. This recipe with green moong dal I learned from my friend who regularly makes pesarattu at her place....
Restaurant style poori kilanghu with video Potato masala for poori| Poori Kizhangu, a popular South Indian restaurant style gravy, pairs well with poori, dosai and also Rava idli. The Poori masala which they normally serve in restaurants especially in Saravana Bhavan is one of my most favorite. Whenever Varun  order Poori in Saravana bhavan here, he will just dip the masala and eat the poori, so me a big fan of Poori masala will eat it as it is and Varsha will sometimes share with me too....
Preparation Time : 15 mins + Soaking time 30 mins | Cooking Time : 10 Mins | Serves: 1-2 Idli rice 1/2 cup Salt as needed Water to soak the rice Method: Heat water in a sauce pan, once it is hot switch off the flame. Do not boil the water. Add the idli rice to this and cover this and keep aside for 30 minutes to 1 hour. Drain the water later and grind this into a fine paste....
Preparation Time : 25 mins | Cooking Time : 5-7 Mins | Makes: 33 small modak Desiccated Coconut 2 and 1/2 cups Condensed milk 1 tin (1 and 1/2 cup) Mixed nuts* 1/3 cup Cardamom powder 2 pinches Saffron a pinch Milk 1 tblsp Ghee 1-2 tsp *I used badam, pistachio and cashew nuts. Method: In a mixie, powder the mixed nuts. It will give 1/2 cup of the powder. Soak saffron in warm milk and keep it aside for 5 minutes....
Soya chunks chili – Meal maker chili recipe – Non-fried soya chunks chili recipe with step-by-step pictures. My mom usually adds soy chunks in vegetable biryani, but after marriage, I have never tasted or cooked soy chunks| in a meal maker even in restaurants too. When I saw this in the nearby Indian grocery store I bought a pack of soya chunks to try out any recipe with soya chunks recipe....
Recipe Cusine : Indian Prep Time : 10 Minutes Cook time : 30 Minutes Serves : 1 and 1/4 cup approx. Author : Jeyashri Recipe Category : Lunch | Dinner| Breakfast Description : Thakkali thokku in tamil, Tomato Thokku recipe, made using fresh tomatoes, sambar powder and sesame oil as main ingredients, pairs well with idli, dosa, curd rice and chapathi too.       Tomato  10       Sambar powder   4 tsp      Red chili powder  1 tsp      Jaggery  1/4 tsp      Salt  as needed      Sesame oil  4 tblsp      Mustard seeds  1/2 tsp      Asafoetida  1/4 tsp     Fenugreek seeds | venthayam  1/4 tsp     Curry leaves  few     Oil  1 tblsp...
Thavala dosa recipe, How to make Thavala dosai – A traditional brahmin recipe with full video on how to make Thavala dosa. How to make Thavala dosai with step by step pictures. I have grown up eating Thavala adai which my paati makes at home. That recipe is a long due, will post the Thavala adai recipe soon. This Thavala dosa recipe I heard it for the first time in my friend Janani’s place in Singapore....
Thengai aracha kuzhambu recipe | Thengai kuzhambu, no onion garlic, kuzhambu recipe. Thengai kuzhambu recipe without any cooked dal and sambar podi. A traditional recipe of Thengai kuzhambu with full video and step by step instructions. This is similar to Varuthu aracha kuzhambu but with fewer ingredients. The flavor and taste of this kuzhambu was too aromatic. I used drumstick for making this thenga aracha kuzhambu but you can use ladies fingers or brinjals too....
Thengai dosa | Coconut dosa recipe, easy no fermentation dosa recipe with full video and step by step pictures. Dosa is a staple South Indian breakfast. We make different varieties of dosa in our home. I have posted many varieties in Jeyashri’s kitchen as well and the popular ones being Ragi dosa, Rava dosa, Masala dosa, Mysore masala dosa.. While I was talking to my mom a few weeks back, she was telling me that my grandmother makes this Thengai dosa....
Uppu huli dosa | Pathrode dosa, an easy dosa recipe, originally a udupi style recipe, unique and tasty dosa recipe. If you are looking for an instant dosa recipe which doesn’t need any fermentation process then you must try this uppu huli khara dosa. Living here in Singapore, I have friends from various parts of India. We tend to share mutually recipes of our region. One of our friend shared with me few Mangalorean recipes with me....
Varuthu aracha mor kuzhambu | Poosanikai mor kuzhambu recipe – Traditional Tirunelveli style Mor kuzhambu recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. We usually make Mor kuzhambu by soaking little dal and use green chilis for grinding. This is a different style of mor kuzhambu which I learned from my friend Banu. A few days back, during our evening walk, she was telling me that she made Mor kuzhambu and sevai for dinner....
