Arisi Upma is a very popular and traditional Tamil Brahmin recipe. It is made using raw rice and lentil (toor dal). It is a very simple and flavourful one-pot meal, generally made on fasting days. It makes its presence in my kitchen atleast once a week for dinners as we all love arisi upma. In the olden days, people made arisi upma in a brass vessel called as uruli. Even today, my mother and mother in law continue to make arisi upma in this vessel....
   Wheat flour | Atta   1 cup    Ghee (melted)  1/4 cup    Sugar   1/2 cup    Cashew nuts   few    Cardamom powder  a pinch Method: In a pan add little ghee and fry the cashew nuts till they turn nice golden brown, Keep it aside. In the same pan add the atta and roast it nicely till it gives a nice aroma....
Carot and cucumber salad – Kosumalli Fruit Chaat Rice varieties Capsicum Rice Coconut Rice Coriander Rice Vegetable pulao Peas Pulao Tomato Rice Methi Pulao Mango Rice Carrot Rice Sweet corn Rice – No onion No Garlic recipe Cabbage Rice Vegetable Rice Thayir sadam | Curd rice Lemon Rice Kashmiri Puloa Broccoli Rice Jeera Pulao | Jeera Rice Semiya Biryani Baby corn Pulao Andhra pulihora Tawa pulao Sambar Rasam and Kulambhu Varieties...
Capsicum we generally add for paneer gravies or other onion tomato based gravies. We make south indian style Sambar with Capsicum too. I have already posted a Capsicum dry curry too. This recipe was published in the Aval Vikatan Supplement book which i contributed 3 months back. A very easy and rich gravy with capsicum and a perfect side dish for roti too. Phulkas Plain paratha Lachha Paratha      Bell Pepper | Capsicum(all colours)   1 Cup      Onion    1      Tomato   1      Red chilli powder   1/2 tsp      Ginger Garlic paste   1 tsp      Oil    3 tsp      Garam masala     1/4 tsp      Salt   to taste   To roast and Grind    Cumin seed   1/4  tsp    Coriander Seeds    1/2 tsp    Cinnamon    1 small stick        Cashew nuts  6-8...
Carrot ginger soup recipe – Easy to make carrot ginger soup – Recipe with step-by-step pictures. Soup is always welcome at my place, and I always try new combos in making soups. A few years back, when we went to Kottayam, we stayed in a resort, and since we are vegetarians most of the time, the chef prepared the meal according to our specifications. On a rainy day evening, he made a carrot ginger soup, and till we tasted the first spoonful, he was beside us waiting for our response....
ALL PURPOSE FLOUR 1 CUP COCOA POWDER 1/4 CUP BAKING POWDER 3/4 TSP BAKING SODA 1/4 TSP VANILLA ESSENCE 1/2 TSP SUGAR 1/4 CUP ALMONDS 1/4 CUP OIL 1/4 CUP WATER 4-5 TBLSP METHOD: Sift the flour, cocoa powder,baking powder and baking soda. In a mixer, pulse the almonds and add to the flour mix. If using chocolate chips instead of almonds add it now. In a bowl, add water, vanilla essence, sugar and oil....
Pancakes i make rarely in my kitchen as only Varsha likes it a lot. Me Suresh and Varun are a not a great fan of pancakes. I have given this same recipe, replacing flour with millet flour in my Millet cookbook 2 years back. So i thought i will try a pancake recipe using whole wheat flour. I just tried replacing half of the flour with whole wheat and turned out pretty well....
Ellu murukku recipe – Sesame seeds murukku Easy, crispy murukku recipe – Perfect tea time snack and diwali snack recipe. Murukku using rice flour, urad dal flour and roasted gram flour. Ellu murukku recipe with full video and step by step pictures. We make varieties of murukku for Diwali snacks. Murukku is a popular Diwali recipe. We also make murukku for janmashtami too. I have posted many varieties of murukku in Jeyashris kitchen....
 Preparation Time : 15  mins | Cooking Time : 10 Mins | Serves: 3-4    Carrot*  2 cups (cubed)    Green peas** 1 cup    Onion 1    Red chili powder 1 tsp    Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp    Salt  as needed    Oil 3 tsp    Cumin seeds 1/4 tsp    Ginger  1/2 tsp (grated)    Roasted cumin powder 1 tsp    Amchoor Powder 1/2 tsp    Coriander leaves few  *I used 2 big Delhi red carrots....
INGREDIENTS: GARLIC 2 BULBS SESAME OIL 2 TBLSP METHI SEEDS(VENDAYAM) 3/4 TSP REDCHILLI 5-8 CUMIN SEEDS 3/4 TSP TAMARIND EXTRACT 1/4 CUP JAGGERY 1/2 TSP SALT AS NEEDED METHOD: Dry roast the red chilli, cumin seeds, methi seeds and add salt in the last. When it cool and grind into a fine powder. Take out the skin of garlic. Add oil in a pan and add the garlic pearls to the oil and saute in a low flame till it turns golden brown....
Mochai potato curry Yam curry  INGREDIENTS: GREEN PEAS 1/2 CUP SHALLOTS 10 NO COCONUT 3 TBLSP CUMIN SEEDS 1/4 TSP SALT AS NEEDED RED CHILLY 2 NO GARLIC 2 NO OIL 1 TSP MUSTARD SEEDS 1/2 TSP TURMERIC POWDER A PINCH METHOD: Take out the peas from the shell. Take out the skin of shallots and chop them finely. Add water in a wide vessel and add the green peas ....
How to make chapati dough in mixie | Easy chapati dough in 2 minutes – Learn how to make roti dough in a normal mixie and how to make soft chapatis. Recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. We usually knead the dough for chapati with our hands. In this method, we are kneading the dough in a mixie jar. We are not using any fancy mixie jar | food processor or stand mixer to make the chapati dough....
    Onion    1     Tomato   1     Channa Dal | Kadalai paruppu  2 tbslp     Urad dal   1 tblsp     Mustard seeds  1/2 tsp     Salt   to taste     Red chilli  2     Oil  2 tsp    Â...
Kaju katli | kaju katli recipe – Recipe with step-by-step instructions Generally, Kaju katli we make during Diwali time as it is one a must recipe for diwali at my in-law’s place. But my mil is made in a different way which I have posted already as Kaju coconut burfi . I tried this version of Kaju katli 3 years back when I learned from my cousin. This method is extremely easy and doesn’t involve as much ghee as we use for other sweets and also it is mild in sweetness too....
Mahalaya Paksham lunch Dinner combo- 14 – Pithru paksham recipe without onion and garlic We are almost on the second last of Mahalayam and tomorrow is Mahalaya Ammavasai. Today’s menu comes with an interesting North Indian Pulao and a potato sabzi. My amma learnt this potato sabzi from my athai many many years ago. We used to call this Aloo dum those days. Those days amma made kurma whenever she made chapati, on festival days and Mahalayam days, South Indian dal was made, or coconut chutney was made, which we used to hate during those days....
Malai kofta recipe – A popular North Indian side dish for roti/naan – Deep fried potato, paneer balls served with a creamy onion-tomato-based gravy. Restaurant-style malai kofta recipe with step-by-step pictures. Malai kofta is a very rich and popular gravy recipe. Usually, we order this when we go to restaurants. It is not difficult to make at home, but it is a little time-consuming and also high in calories. So once in a while when we go to restaurants we order malai koftas....
Millet Kalkandu bath recipe |with video and step-by-step pictures, a popular sweet made during the Pongal festival in Tamil Nadu. Traditionally, we make Sakkarai pongal for the pongal festival in Tamil Nadu. Sakkarai pongal and Ven pongal are also offered as prasadams in temples in most places in South India. Kalkandu bath | kalkandu sadam, is a creamy sweet | dessert, made using rice, milk, and sugar candy. I have posted Kalkandu Pongal, but this one is with Millets....
Mint flavored baby potato fry – No onion no garlic baby potato fry – Recipe with detailed step-by-step pictures. We usually make baby potato curry by adding sambar powder in the traditional South Indian way. This one is a different and interesting one. Boiled baby potatoes marinated in mint-flavored chutney and pan-fried. This pairs well with roti and rice. Baby potatoes are loved by kids and adults. The minty flavor gives a unique taste to the potato....
Mushroom Biryani using seeraga samba rice, recipe step by step pictures and video, learn how to make Chettinad style Mushroom biryani in pressure cooker. Biryani is always a super hit in many houses. I wanted to try out Biryani using seeraga samba rice, a unique variety of rice used in South India for making Biryanis. Apart from making biryani, this seeraga samba rice can be used for making paal payasam, ven pongal, sakkarai pongal and curd rice too....
Onion Uttapam recipe | small onion uttapam recipe – Murugan idli kadai chinna vengaya uttapam recipe with detailed step-by-step pictures and tips. I rarely make uttapams at home as kids prefer crispy dosas, but we both like uttapams, especially with the addition of onions in that. Whenever we go to Murugan idli Kadai ( A restaurant originally from Madurai famous for idlis) we order these small onion uttapams. I wanted to try this at home for a long time....
