Palakkai urundai / Baby jack fruit balls: Palakkai urundai or baby jack fruit ball, spicy and delicious ball is served as an appetizer.Innovative idea with palakkai. Normally palakkai is prepared in south Indian cooking like perattal, podimas, kootu as we do with other vegetables, innovatively here we have prepared fried balls, recipe from my mother’s special…
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Pacha Milagai (Green chilli)Thokku
Pacha Milagai (green chilli) Thokku: Extremely mouthwatering and tongue tickling green chilli thokku , wonderful combination with plain cooked rice or with any rice based main dishes.Green chilli thokku is a spicy and tangy side dish, can be stored in air tight container for 6 months.We have seen farmers used to eat green chillies with…
Mini soya chunks masala
Mini soya chunks / meal maker masala: Soy Meal maker is a line of high-protein foods in form of soy chunks, nuggets, granules and mini-chunks. These granules and chunks can be cooked by interchanging them with certain meat preparations in many recipes. Meant especially for those who are seeking to go aboard a vegetarian diet,…
Kathirikkai thovayal / Brinjal chutney
Kathirikkai thovayal /Brinjal chutney: South Indian breakfast or dinner, needs variety of side dishes to make the main dish effective and toothsome to consume on daily basis. Instead of repeating the same menu, here are some interesting and healthy chutnies to include in your repertoire, Brinjal thovayal, ginger thovayal, stem of plantain (vazhaithandu) thovayal and…
Enna vazhakkai perattal
Chettinad Enna vazhakkai perattal (Raw banana fry): Enna vazhakkai is our traditional dish, this wonderful recipe was learnt from our ancestors. In south Indian feast, dishes made out of kathirikkai (brinjal) and vazhakkai (raw banana) plays an auspicious role.In such case, our choice goes to yummy enna vazhakkai as a special treat.This colourful and scrumptious…
Mango/Maa vathal
Mango vathal: We get plenty of seasonal vegetables like mango, brinjal, flat beans and cluster beans in the market during the month of May and June, the hot season. This climate is favorable for drying the seasonal vegetables to make it as vathals. Normally the price of these vegetables increases during the off-season. Achis of…
Malli thokku
Malli Thokku: Coriander leaves thokku is an aromatic, pleasurable dish, good combination with many dishes like idli, dosa, and plain cooked rice, etc…This can be stored fresh for 3 to 5 days without spoilage. Supporting dish for all main course and to pack for a picnic. Health benefits of coriander: Coriander has multiple health benefits,…
Pattani perattal
Pattani perattal: Stock Legumes in your kitchen,it will help you in great deal at time to manage situation if there is any scarcity of vegetables.Dry peas can be used to make Masala,Kurma,gravy and perattal,this will make you to feel satisfied with the meal.Spicy pattani perattal cn be serve with chapathi,roti,rice and rasm .I love this…
Ulundha Vadai/Methu Vadai
Ulundha Vadai/Methu vadai: Ulundha Vadai is a very popular appetizer made in all occasions and seems deliciously appealing and ravenous to eat. Medhu Vadai normally has a crispy outer layer and spongy inner part, and this scrumptious taste which can not be explained through words. It is just awesome to have and makes all of us…
Keerai koottu/greens koottu
Keerai koottu/Greens koottu: We know that greens have tremendous health benefits, which help us in all aspects to improve our health care.Doctors too suggest to include any type of greens everyday in our meals. This koottu variety is better than all another method of cooking because it is close cooked in little water not sauteed.Any…
Chettinad Cookbook - Learn and Serve 