Paneer wrap recipe – Paneer wrap using home-made flour tortilla – Recipe with step-by-step pictures. METHOD: Heat a pan and add oil. Add the chopped onions and when it becomes nice brown color add the chopped tomatoes. Sauté for a while till the tomato turns mushy. Now add the paneer cubes, shredded cabbage, and the red chilli powder, coriander powder, garam masala, and salt. Sauté well till the raw smell of the powders goes off....
Payathangai thoran recipe | Karamani thoran | Long beans poriyal – Kerela style Long beans curry – recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. Payathangai | Long beans | Karamani is similar to beans. We usually make a simple stir fry or sometimes make paruppu usili too. This one is a very simple recipe, without any onion and garlic. This is served in the Onam sadya menu. I have seen many people adding onions while grinding and also adding chopped onions while sauting too....
When i posted the recipe of POORI MASALA | POORI KIZHANGU , few readers were asking to post the recipe of how to make poori too. Though i make it twice a month, but never had a chance to click the making of Poori as either it would be on weekends or on a weekday morning breakfast. Finally i made poori for kids snack , after they come from school, generally they eat meals as they normally take some tiffin like idli, paratha, chapathi or bread for lunch....
Potato sabzi |No onion no garlic recipe – Easy no onion no garlic version of potato masala recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. We usually make potato masala for poori. Apart from the South Indian version we make the North Indian style Aloo masala too. This one is a super easy one without the addition of onion and garlic. Many people always run out of ideas when it comes to the No onion no garlic version of the Side dish for chapati....
Puli pongal recipe with step-by-step pictures and a video, a traditional recipe made with broken rice and tamarind extract. This puli pongal is a no-onion, no-garlic recipe. It tastes similar to puliyodarai, but a one-pot recipe made using broken rice | arisi kurunai. I haven’t tried this yet, but I have wanted to for a long time. The recipe was shared by a reader of Jeyashri’s kitchen, Mrs. Lakshmi, some time back....
Ragi mor kali recipe | ragi mor koozh – A healthy buttermilk based Traditional South Indian recipe made using Ragi | finger millet. Mor kali recipe with full video and step by step pictures. Instead of making this with rice flour, you can soak raw rice or millet into a smooth paste and make mor koozh. We used to enjoy this hot straight from the pan, but some people cool this and cut it into squares and eat....
Rasam powder recipe | rasam podi- Homemade rasam powder with full video and step-by-step instructions. My mom always makes rasam with homemade sambar powder, so I also follow the same. Even my mother-in-law also makes it the same. But she will add freshly ground pepper and jeera powder to give an extra flavor. But I remember my mom makes separate rasam powder during my childhood days. My Dad is a huge fan of rasam....
Sago kesari recipe – Sabudana kesari – Easy kesari recipe using sago pearls. Sago kesari recipe with full video in tamil and step by step pictures. We usually make kesari using sooji or atta or with semiya too. I have posted the South Indian version of kesari and also the North Indian Sooji ka halwa recipe too. Kesari is a very popular sweet of Tamil Nadu. I have seen Sago kesari on Sharmis passion website....
 Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 10 Mins | Serves: 2    Thattai  | Milagu thattai      6    Beetroot  grated    1/4 cup    Carrot   grated     1/4 cup    Onion    1    Coriander leaves    few    Salt    as needed    Oil   1 tsp For Green chutney    Coriander leaves   1/4 cup    Mint leaves   1/4 cup    Sugar   a pinch    Green chili   half    Salt   as needed    Lemon juice   few drops For Red Chutney   Onion     1   Tomato    1    Red chili   1    Garlic    1    Tamarind   very little piece    Salt  as needed         Â...
South Indian dal, Paruppu kadaiyal, a simple dal recipe with minimum ingredients, pairs well with Rice, chapati, and poori. Usually, I cook dal every day and both the kids will first have paruppu sadam and then will proceed to the next. Even in Tamil Brahmin weddings also, paruppu is served first and then they serve sambar. For vegetarians since dals are the main source of protein, I ensure that the family takes at least one serving of paruppu every day....
Sundal podi recipe |Sundal powder – Navarati sundal podi recipe – Spice powder for sundal with full video and step-by-step pictures. Sundal is made in South Indian home during Navaratri on all 9 days. Even people who don’t have the custom of keeping Golu, make sundal and do neivedyam for God. I have posted many varieties of Sundal recipes on my website. Usually, we temper with mustard seeds and red chili in coconut oil and add the cooked sundal and garnish with coconut....
Tomato pepper chutney recipe – Easy to make pepper flavoured tomato chutney recipe – Side dish for Idli, Dosa and Kuzhipaniyaram. Tomato pepper chutney with full video and step-by-step pictures. We make Idli | dosa for breakfast | dinner on most of the days. Even if we run out of idli, dosa, batter, we make Rava dosa or Instant karacha maavu dosa or Rava Idli. We love to enjoy breakfast with different varieties of chutney and sambar....
Method: Wash the poha nicely and drain the water. Cover it and keep aside. Chop the onions and tomato finely. In a pan add mustard seeds and add urad dal(if using). When the dal becomes golden brown add in the curry leaves and slit green chili. Add the chopped onions and saute for few minutes till they becomes translucent. Add in the chopped tomatoes ,salt and turmeric powder. When the mixture turns mushy add garam masala if you want, and mix well....
Ulli theeyal is a popular Kerala gravy | South Indian gravy for rice, made with shallots(chinna vengayam) and coconut as the main ingredients and other flavourful spices. I am a big fan of vengaya vathal kuzhambhu , so i wanted to try this for a long time. Few months back one of my friend’s mom while casually talking told me the recipe of ulli theeyal and i recorded the same in my mobile....
Watermelon rose cooler Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : Nil| Serves: 2 Watermelon 1 and 1/2 cups (roughly chopped) Rose milk essence as needed ( i used 2 tblsp of haldirams) Water 1 cup Method: In a mixie or blender add the watermelon cubes and the rose syrup. Generally the essence has sugar but if you do not sugar in the syrup or if you are using the rose milk powder, add sugar to this now....
Batata poha recipe with video Batata poha is a Maharastian breakfast recipe made with poha|aval . This can be had for breakfast or evening snack or for a light dinner too. Though i make poha upma at home regularly, i always want to learn the Maharastrian style batata poha. They make Kande poha also without the addition of potatoes. This upma is loved by all at home. I have learnt this recipe from my son’s friend’s mom....
Stuffed brinjal curry Kathirikkai podi curry INGREDIENTS: BRINJAL | EGGPLANT 1 (BIG) ONION 2 SAMBAR POWDER 1 AND 1/2 TSP TURMERIC POWDER 1/4 TSP SALT AS NEEDED COOKING OIL 1-2 TBLSP CURRY LEAVES FEW MUSTARD SEEDS 1/4 TSP METHOD: Cut the brinjals into cubes. Slice the onions thinly. In a pan add oil and throw in the mustard seeds and curry leaves. When it crackles add the thinly sliced onions and saute for 2 minutes....
Cauliflower malli fry, Cauliflower marinated in coriander paste and deep-fried in oil. Cauliflower malli fry recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. Gobi | Cauliflower is a popular winter vegetable. It is one of my most favorite vegetables too. Usually, we make curry as an accompaniment for South Indian gravies. And we also make cauliflower sabzi to pair with Roti, naan, and pulaos. I have posted many recipes using Gobi | cauliflower in Jeyashris kitchen....
Chaat sundal, Aval sakkarai pongal, Navaratri Combo series 7. Today in Navaratri combo series we have 2 interesting and easy recipes. Chaat sundal is posted in Jeyashris kitchen many years back. This is a super-hit one among guests. A very different one from the regular sundal. Aval sakkarai pongal is a super hit recipe and a very easy one too. I have posted aval ven Pongal recipe in Jeyashris kitchen before....
