Keerai Molagootal or Keerai Kootu is an excellent side dish to accompany rice for a sumptuous meal. This version is more famous in Kerala. It takes about 30 minutes to make this spinach kootu, and it is an excellent recipe to make for a quick dinner. Keerai Molagootal is a very typical Palakkad Iyer dish, and I love this Keerai kootu more than the typical Tanjore Iyer’s keerai masiyal ....
A simple Vegan Okra Stir fry / Okra Curry made with garden fresh Okra . This side dish will definitely make you an Okra lover (if you are not one already)! Growing up and to this day, Vendakkai / Okra is one of my favorite vegetables. My favorite has now transformed into a family favorite as my boys love okra more than any other vegetable. A lot of people shy away from this vegetable because of its slimy texture, but if we cook it right we can get rid of that texture and achieve a wonderful recipe....
When you have a craving for a pulao this paneer pulao helps you satisfy those cravings. This Paneer fried rice can be a full meal for a special occasion or for a weekend meal. I love paneer in any dish and nowadays I substitute most of my paneer dishes with tofu. The main reason for this is that my older one does not appreciate paneer as much as he does tofu....
Thogayal is a comfort food in every South Indian house and this Peerkangai thogayal (Ridge gourd chutney) is no different. After a busy day of work, it is a pleasure to come home to steaming hot rice with a dollop of ghee and this ridge gourd thogayal. Thogayals are very easy to make and take hardly 15 minutes from start to finish. This peerkangai thogayal might take a little longer as we have to peel the ridge gourd’s skin, which might take a little time....
This savory swirl buns with basil pesto and paneer bell pepper masala is a good fusion of taste from Italy and India. Adding pesto sauce to this creates a different flavor profile to the traditional paneer bell pepper masala. When deciding for the recipes to bake for the baking mega marathon, I only had savory dishes lined up. As the days went by I managed to include a few sweet bakes....
Semiya Pakoda is an excellent way to re-purpose leftover semiya upma which will otherwise end up being thrown away. This vermicelli fritters takes less than 20 minutes to make and is an excellent after school snack for the kids when pairing with ketchup. Alphabet ‘S’ sounds so simple, but I was stuck deciding what to make with this alphabet. Semiya was the only ingredient that kept coming to my mind, but I have pretty much made all the Tamil Nadu dishes that we make at home with semiya....
There is no other coffee in the world that can be any better than South Indian filter coffee also called Madras Degree Kaapi. That is the rule in my house and we are pretty serious about it. As I was growing up, I had always been among people who were serious coffee drinkers. There are different ways they liked their coffee, but what made it all come together was that it was filter coffee....
Tamatari Kasoori Pulao is an excellent one-pot meal that uses tomatoes and dry fenugreek leaves. They pair well with any raita or just plain yogurt. Off late I have been getting a lot of cookbooks from the library. This recipe is from one such book that I brought back from the library. The book not only has some delicious recipes but also interesting tales from ancient India. It was very interesting to read through different stories from various regions of Ancient India....
Instant Tomato dosa is a crispy and delicious South Indian crepe / dosai made with rice and fresh tomatoes. The best part about this thakkali dosai is that it does not require fermentation. Being a South Indian, Dosai is one of our staple breakfast, tiffin and dinner recipes. Everyone loves dosa in our house (my husband will say differently as Idli is his favorite). This tomato dosai is a very unique recipe and so delicious made with rice and fresh tomatoes....
Ammini Kozhukattai or Vegan Spiced Rice Flour Balls, is a Gluten-Free snack that is simple to make and very flavorful. This is one of my grandmother’s favorite recipes. When I was planning out my third recipe under the Steamed meal’s theme, this Ammini Kozhukattai, popped into my mind. This is quite an underrated recipe and is usually made with leftover Kozhukattai dough. It is in fact one of my grandmother’s favorite recipes....
2012 has come to an end and we are welcoming the New Year 2013. Wishing you all a Very Happy New Year 2013! Let me begin this New Year with a traditional South Indian sweet, Ashoka halwa or Asoka halwa . Asoka Halwa is a halwa variety, not very popular for some reason. It is one of the famous halwas served at South Indian weddings. There is generally so much to eat at weddings that I have never paid a lot of attention to it until I ate this at my Father’s 60th Birthday celebration....
Basundi or Basundhi is a famous Milk sweet loved by everyone. This is one of my favorite desserts that I make during the festival season or for special occasions. When festival season is upon us, I always lean towards the traditional Indian sweets that I grew up eating. Hailing from an agricultural family, I grew up with cows at home. Hence we always had fresh milk in hand. My grandmother would always Therattipaal or Paal Kova ....
Boulanee Katchalu or Afghani Bolani is a potato-stuffed Vegan Flatbread from Afghanistan. They can be eaten as is or with a side of dhal or subzi. Boulanee , also spelled as Bolani is a Farsi name for ‘stuffed bread’ and is a kind of flatbread from Afghanistan. This is once again a vegan flatbread and depending on what kind of fillings we use, the names of the flatbread differ....
Goli bajje is a popular snack also known as Mangalore Bajji is a Mangalore special deep fried snack. It is a lightly fermented batter that yields a soft and fluffy fritter. Coming to week of blogging marathon, I am going to be making evening snacks for the next three days. This Goli Bajje recipe was suggested by Priya Suresh for South North Challenge. She had challenged the North Team with this delicious fried snack....
This Instant Rava Kara Kuzhi Paniyaram is a life savior to make in the morning for kids lunch box as well as adults. If you are a fan of appe pan recipes, then this Lunch Box Appe Recipe is something you will love. I have blogged several Lunch Box recipes and still there are many mornings when I am at loss as to what to pack for lunch. I prefer to make something that we all in the family can enjoy....
Kanelbullar is the Swedish version (and probably the original version) of the American cinnamon rolls is less sticky and not as sweet. This kanel snegle involves the use of an overnight starter and hence takes a little planning to make. I cannot believe that 2013 is over and we are entering yet another exciting year. The past year had been full of experiences (good and bad) and as always these are something that makes me become a better person....
Karadayan nombu is a major Tamil festival celebrated during the Meena Sankranti or the Sankramana that comes in March. This is also known as the ‘Savithri Vratham’ or ‘Savithri Nombu ‘. Karadaiyan Nombu Adai is the neivedhiyam for this festival. This Karadaiyan Nombu festival is celebrated at the precise moment when the month of Maasi ends and the month of Panguni begins. The prayers are offered, and the rituals are done at that exact moment....
Mahjouba is an Algerian Crepe that is a very thin and flaky flatbread made with semolina flour and filled with a spicy tomato and onion mixture. When looking for a recipe to make with M, I kept skipping past the Mahjouba recipe as most of the recipes called it the Algerian Crepe. Finally out of curiosity, when I peeped into the recipe, I realized that this is a flatbread and it would fit my A to Z International Flatbread series perfectly....
This delectable Methi Malai Matar recipe is a perfect combination of flavors of the richness of the cream, the earthiness of fenugreek leaves (methi), and the sweetness of green peas (matar). I am always on the lookout for some new subzi to make as we eat chapatti/roti for dinner often. Many times, it feels like I am repeating the same kind of subzi again and again, even though they are different....
This Cloverleaf Rolls recipe was very simple to put together and I also let the dough sit in the refrigerator for a day before I made the rolls. This dough can be made a couple of days ahead and refrigerated. This week I am doing shaped and yeasted bread/rolls and the first one I chose is this cloverleaf-shaped dinner roll. I have never worked with ‘No Knead’ bread recipes and this is my first trial with it....
