Batata vada is similar to the south Indian Urulai kizhangu bonda . I happened to taste this batata vada in my cousin’s house last week. We attended a birthday party of her son and a cook lady came to help her in cooking. She made aloo vada for starter. The batata vadas were so nice and the way she made it me and mom loved it very much. So the floowing day i had my friends at home for a evening tea....
  Preparation Time : 15  mins | Cooking Time : 25 Mins | Serves: 4-5      Cauliflower   1 small      Shallots |small onion  7      Toor dal    2 tblsp      Tomato    1 small      Garlic      5 pods      Whole black pepper    10      Sombu | fennel powder or cumin powder   1/4 tsp      Green chili    1      Bay leaf    1      Turmeric powder    2 pinches       Jeeragam | cumin   1/4 tsp      Salt      as needed      Curry leaves     few       Oil    2 tsp                         ...
Chettinadu potato biryani Vazhaipoo vadai     Yam | sennai kizhangu (grated) 1/2 cup      Coconut grated   1/2 cup      Red chilli  2-3      Pottu kadalai | Roasted gram | Chutney dal 1/2 cup      Fennel seeds    1/4 tsp      Onion   1      Salt   as needed      Oil  for deep frying....
RECIPE FOR BOTH- a LOW FAT VERSION OF THOUSAND ISLAND DRESSING WITHOUT EGGS Salads are always a super hit at my place. When i soaked channa for making Channa pulao i felt it was little extra and kept a 1/2 cup of soaked chickpeas aside for making salad. Suddenly i thought of making the salad with a dressing and i adopted this Thousand island dressing from Tarla dalal’s cook book. Though we get ready made Thousand island dressing in super markets, most of them contains eggs....
Click the name to get the recipe. Aval upma 2. Vella Aval 3. How to make soft idlies 4. Set dosa 5. Poha bhel served in baked spring roll sheets 6. Instant poha idli 7. Aval puttu 8. Aval mixture 9. Aval pakoda 10. Lemon aval 11. Aval payasam(with jaggery) 12. Aval payasam 13. Milagu aval 14. Aval kesari 15. Mor aval 16. Tomato poha 17. Mango masala poha 18. Poha veg fried rice 19....
The menu included the following items: HOT AND SOUR SOUP SCHEZWAN FRIED RICE VEG HAKKA NOODLES CAULIFLOWER MANCHURIAN NUTELLA BROWNIES- NO EGG-NO BUTTER GREEN TEA
Bread upma is always a winner among guests. Rava ladoo you can make in advance and store in an airtight container. Here is the menu : THOOL PAKODA BREAD UPMA RAVA LADOO GINGER ELACHI TEA
Recipe Cusine : Indian Prep Time : 20 Minutes Cook time : 30 Minutes Serves : 9-10 parathas Author : Jeyashri Recipe Category : Lunch | Dinner | breakfast Description : Dhaba style aloo paratha recipe, with video and step by pictures, potato stuffed popular punjabi Whole wheat flat bread recipe. For the dough Whole wheat atta 2 cups Salt as needed Water to make the dough Oil 2 tsp For potato filling Potato 2 (boiled) Red chili powder 3 tsp (adjust as per taste) Aamchoor powder 1 tsp Garam masala or chaat masala 1 tsp Onion 1 (optional) Coriander leaves 2 tblsp (finely chopped) Ghee | butter to make the parathas...
Recipe Cusine : Indian Prep Time : 10 Minutes Cook time : 25 Minutes Serves : 2 Author : Jeyashri Recipe Category : Lunch | Dinner Description : Murungakkai masala recipe| Drumstick masala, recipe with step by step pictures, popular South Indian dry curry using drumstick pairs up well with plain rice. Drumstick | murungakkai 2 Onion 1 Tomato 1 Oil 3 tsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Curry leaves few Red chili powder 1 tsp Coconut 2 tblsp Small onion 2 Cumin seeds 1 tsp Salt as needed Water 1/2 cup...
Easy Vegetable pulao is a very simple recipe and can be made in a jiffy It is cooked with mild spices and tastes well with any north Indian gravy. This pulao is packed with vegetables and is perfect for a lunch box too. Check out my baby corn pulao , palak pulao , Millet veg pulao recipe. Â Soak basmati rice in 1 and 1/ 2 cups of water. Cut the vegetables except peas into tiny pieces....
Green apple puliyodarai | apple pulihora – Easy and interesting puliyodarai recipe using apples – Recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. Puliyodarai | pulihora is a popular rice recipe from South India. I have already posted few versions of puliyodarai like Kalayana puliyodarai, kovil puliyodarai, Andhra pulihora and puliyodarai podi too. I have tried Methi leaves puliyodarai too. This apple puliyodarai is in my to-do list for a very long time....
Guava and Strawberry juice recipe – Summer thirst quencher recipes – recipe with step-by-step pictures. During our recent holiday trip to Srilanka, every day we have a wide spread of food for morning breakfast which includes many varieties of juices and one among them which we relished every day is the combo of guava and strawberry juice. My kids wanted this juice to be made at home and finally today I made at home and enjoyed it a lot....
Recipe Cusine : Indian Prep Time : 60 Minutes Cook time : 20 Minutes Serves : 2 Author : Jeyashri Recipe Category : Lunch | Dinner Description : Kerala matta rice, how to cook Palakadan matta rice, pressure cooker method, with video and step by step pictures. Kerala rice | Palakadan matta rice 1 cup Water 5 cups Video on how to cook Kerala Matta rice Method : Wash the rice and soak it in 5 cups of water for an hour....
I started browsing for recipes in internet, 2 years back. I always try recipe from blogs. I slowly started making very few friends out of this and i mail them regarding my doubts and i get quick response from them. I never thought of starting a blog on my own. Among the few friends i made Raji of Raks Kitchen  got close to me. We both stayed in singapore and that time i was new to singapore too, she answered all my queries patiently....
I actually wanted to post Vella adai recipe(will post tomorrow ) but while i was talking to my sister we both were casually sharing the memories about the Karthigai sweet appam which my mom makes for Karthigai deepam. Also, she makes it for Janmashtami too. Then only I realized I haven’t posted it here. I have posted the wheat appam recipe , the same one she will deep fry. As we used to gobble it when amma makes it....
Keerai masiyal and keerai poriyal – South Indian version of keerai recipe. This time I am going to share two ways of making keerai,(spinach/greens) one is a semi-gravy method and the other is a dry curry one. Last week when a bought 3 bunches of keerai from the Indian shop near my place, I wanted to cook all of them as it was so fresh. I bought the mullai keerai ....
Chia seeds 3 tblsp Milk 3/4 cup Mango pulp 1/4 cup Mango bits 2 tblsp for garnishing Vanilla essence 1/2 tsp Honey or sugar to taste (optional) Nuts for garnishing (optional) Method: Soak the chia seeds in 3/4 cup of milk for 2 hours or overnight. I used raw milk, if using boiled milk, allow it to cool completely. Mix this up well without any lumps. Add vanilla essence to this and honey or sugar if adding....
Mango nei appam, Instant nei appam using ripe mangoes. Mango nei appam recipe with full video in Tamil and step by step instructions. Traditionally nei appam is made by soaking the rice for few hours and grinding it. I have posted a few varieties of nei appam recipes in Jeyashri’s Kitchen. This year we didn’t get proper stock of Indian mangoes due to lockdown. I have tried a few mango recipes using the local variety of Mango but somehow I am not fully satisfied....
Medhu bonda | மெது போண்டா Medhu bonda recipe| medhu pakoda recipe with video and step by step pictures, deep fried tea time snack served in local tea shops in Tamil nadu. Pakoda | bonda are always a super hit accompaniment with tea. Generally we make crispy onion pakoda | vengaya pakoda at home for tea time snacks. This medhu bonda recipe is a softer one and we can see this on the road side tea shops around Tamil nadu....
Pallipalayam paneer recipe – If you are looking for a non-deep-fried starter for a party, try this recipe Pallipalayam Paneer recipe with step-by-step pictures. Pallipayalam is a small town in Erode district of Tamilnadu. The original recipe is a non-vegetarian recipe. I have heard about this recipe a lot on many cooking channels and TV shows. The dish is known for its simplicity and taste. Recently during my India trip, I tasted a vegetarian version of this using Paneer....
