Mixed nuts Kozhukkattai: Healthiest Innovation in our traditional recipe. Kozhukkattai is traditionally made with rice flour as a base and filling prepared in various combinations to stuff inside the Kolukkattai, including spice and sweet. Here, I thought to prepare something healthier to consume and without any artificial sweet or sweets like sugar and jaggery. Dates…
Bitter Gourd Golden Fry / Chips
Bitter Gourd Golden Fry / Chips: The name is enough to make kids run away, I am sure there are still some people who hate this vegetable. This type of fried recipes will grab their attention, it is really awesome to match with plain cooked rice and sambar. My mother used to crush this fried…
Fried chutney
Fried chutney: Normally, in the southern part of India, we have Idli, dosa as a staple food to consume every day. Different type of side dishes from our repertoire makes this an interesting dish to serve relishable. In such case, we have innumerable chutneys, here fried chutney from our repertoire. We saute 2 sets of…
Coconut Burfi
Coconut Burfi: Coconut Burfi can be prepared within few minutes, with minimal effort, time and ingredients. It is interesting, isn’t it? Yes, only two main ingredients Coconut, sugar, and a little milk are added to improve the texture and soft bite of burfi. This is a traditional sweet recipe made often for festivals and functions….
Aval Puttu / Flatten rice Puttu
Aval Puttu / Flatten rice Puttu: Janmashtami special recipe, Krishna felt happy by a fist full of plain poha (Aval), but we prepare versatile recipes with Aval to please our lord Krishna for his grace. Aval puttu is one such sweet verity as neivedhyam. This has a soft texture and delicious taste. Ingredients to prepare: Aval -2 cups…
Beans Thovattal / Stir fry
Beans Thovattal / Stir fry: South Indian traditional meal consists of plain cooked rice, sambar, rasam with the repertoire of vegetables which includes a mild and spicy combination of vegetables.One of such vegetable is mild flavoured beans thovattal, or stir fry with dal and coconut. Ingredients: Beans-200 gms Onion-1 peeled and chopped Curry leaves-1 twig Toor…
Potato Subji/ Poori Kilangu
Potato / Subji: Versatile recipes can be prepared with Potatoes. Potato as the main dish, as a base, as a thickening agent and also kids favourable chips varieties and much more can be made with this wonderful stem variety. Health Benefits Potatoes are a very popular food source. Unfortunately, most people eat potatoes in the form…
Dal fry or Dal curry
Easy cooking Dal is very popular north Indian dish served with hot plain steamed rice or Jeera rice. Simple and protein rich dal curry is a tasty vegetarian companion. Toor dal is also sometimes referred to as lentils or split pigeon peas. This traditional Indian dish is often served with rich spices over rice and…
Aval Upma / Poha
Aval Upma / Poha:Method -2 Aval upma is otherwise known as Poha popular breakfast in India. Iron-rich poha is an all-time favourite breakfast recipe, especially in Maharashtra. In fact, poha can be had any time – packed in a box, a snack on the move, or a tea-time accompaniment.We Indians love our poha (or beaten rice…
Beetroot Puri
Beetroot Puri: Mind-blowing puri with innovative ideas of mixing healthy vegetables or greens has a fantastic fusion and gives an attractive colour which decorates the festive table or the children’s lunch box with more appeal as mini puri’s. It has a soft texture and delicious taste. Add more dark coloured vegetables in your diet, that…
Chettinad Cookbook - Learn and Serve 