Green Dosa!

Green Dosa is a little different than pesarattu from Andhra. It was a first try and everyone enjoyed at home.😃 Ingredients Green gram - 2 cups Idli Rice - 2 tablespoons Coriander - 1 small bunch Curry leaves - 4 springs Green chilli - 2 nos(as per taste) Black pepper - 1 tspn Hing - 1/2 tspn Ginger - 2 inch piece Salt Optional add on Palak or any greens you can add. Can add Mint/pudina leaves also. Onion...

Varagu | Kodo Millet Adai | Breakfast Recipes!

Varagu Adai is really healthy and great to substitute rice with millets. I have been trying to include millets in my cooking mostly in my breakfast and tiffin. This was very tasty and delicious. Do try and enjoy. Ingredients Varagu/Kodo millet - 2 cups Channa Dal - 1 cup Toor dal - 1 cup Urad dal - 1 tblspn Peppercorn - 10 nos(according to taste) Dry red chilli - 5 nos Curry leaves - few Ginger - a small piece(optional) Asafotida...

Paper Rava Dosai!

Rava Dosa is my kids favourite, at home or at restaurant they usually orders this. But he doesn't like curry leaves in it. So I do not add them first once they finish eating then I add curry leaves as I love it in dosa. Try this delicious dosa. Ingredients Rava/Semolina/Sooji - 2 cups(chiroti/fine) Rice flour - 1 cup(fine) Wheat flour - 1/2 cup Jeera - 2 tablespoons Green...

Homemade Bhatura Recipe!

After very long time posting a recipe, checkout Bhatura recipe I prepared for a weekend as my son loves it. Whenever he goes to restaurant he will surely order this. Since my inlaws are also here, my Father inlaw also likes it. It was very tasty and crispy like restuarant. I will be posting more recipes soon. Ingredients APF/Maida - 200 gms Fine Rava/Semolina- 2 tblspns Curd/yogurt- 2 tblspn Sugar - 1/4 pinch Salt...

Mor Kuzhu | Breakfast | Tiffin | Tamil Brahmin Recipes!

Mor Kuzhu is a very delicious tangy breakfast or tiffin. This is one of the favourite tiffin at Brahmin home. I learnt it from my mother in law, I have not had this in Bangalore, after marriage when looking for tiffin ideas, my Mother in law taught me this. Mor Kuzhu is very delicious rice cake. Iyengar's call it as Mor kizhi. They also add tamarind water. Now going to the recipe. Ingredients Rice flour - 3 cups Curds/Plain...

Gojju Avalakki | Puli Aval Upma | Karnataka style

Gojju Avalakki is one of my favorite tiffin, I just love the flavours. A little tangy and sweet. Here is the recipe Ingredients Avalakki/Aval/Poha/Rice flakes - 250 gms Tamarind water - 2cups Groundnuts - handful Sambar powder - 1 tspn(As per your taste) Oil -  tblspn Mustard - 1/2 tspn Turmeric powder - 1 tspn Curry leaves - few Hing - 2 pinches Jaggery - a small piece Salt Coriander for garnish Preparation...

Easy Olive Dosa | Kids Snack box recipe

From the day we brought Olives from Mustafa my son is back of this bottle. He wants all his food with olives imagine sambar with olives:). This morning I was packing his snack box and created this recipe. yeh he finished and told it was very delicious. yesterday was Olive rice, could not take photo in the morning. So will be cooking with olives this week. Serves - 1 Makes - 2 nos Ingredients Dosa maav/batter -...

Batata Poha | Masala Aval Upma | Gujarathi Special!

I discovered this Batata poha (Potato Aval) recently when one my friends mom prepared this. Batata is also known as potato. Its very different from our usual South Indian Aval Upma. Just loved it and now often I am preparing this everyone at home likes it. Ingredients Aval/Poha/Rice flakes - 250 gms(thick/medium) Potato - 2 nos Peas - 1 cup Tomato - 1 no Curry leaves - few Coriander leaves - 2 tblspn Sugar...

Veggie Wrap | Mexican Wrap Indian Style !

After posting Tacos recipe, next week hubby wanted to eat wrap and bought me all ingredients. My parents really enjoyed the wrap for the first time:-) Ingredients Tortilla - 8 nos(store bought wrap) I got Old Elpaso from Giant Capsicum -  all colours 1no each Onion - 1 no Garlic - 1 tblspn Cherry tomato - 15 nos/1 box pav bhaji masala - 1 tspn garam masala - 1/2 tspn Olive oil - 1 tblspn Lettuce or...

Kathirikai Gothsu | Brinjal/Aubergine Sambar| Sidedish for Pongal/Idli!

Gothsu is a south indian gravy, like sambar for Pongal or Idli. For this we use split green gram/siruparuppu. I never knew until I got married to a Chennaiate. Many dishes are different from Karnataka.Tamilnadu dishes are prepared and enjoyed with combinations. I have prepared many times and today posting it. Ingredients Kathirikai/Brinjal -  2nos(Medium size chopped) Tamarind water - 1 cup Paasiparuppu/Split...

Green Dosa | Crepes | Savory Pancake! Healthy Breakfast!

I prepared this dosa for dinner yesterday, wanted to do Andhra Pesarattu but tried different combination. I have already posted Green Gram Adai here. Ingredients Green Gram - 2 cups Curry leaves - 3 sprigs Green Chilli - 4 nos(As per your taste) Channa Dal - 1 tspn Rice - 1 tspn Urad dal - 1 tspn Ginger - 1 inch Onion - 1 no sliced Capsicum optional Salt Preparation Method Soak green gram, dals and rice for...

Bread Pizza Bites | Bread Pizza | Easy and Quick Kids Snack Recipe!

Last week had gone to friends place for tea time, she had prepared this and we liked it a lot. So yesterday my son wanted this for this evening snack after school. Since I don't have microwave it was easy to prepare on tawa. So I prepared and we enjoyed it. This is very easy and quick snack to prepare. I have already posted Paneer Pizza and Tawa Pizza previously here. Hope you like it. Surely kids will love...

Idli Upma with Leftover Idlis | Breakfast Specials!

Idli Upma is very delicious and quick breakfast recipe. You can make it with fresh idlis or leftover idlis or even sometimes when the batter is not fermented fully you end up hard idlis. If you make this Upma no one will know your idlis were hard:-) Do checkout my other Idli varieties here. Ingredients Idlis - 10 nos (I have used previous night leftovers) Onion - 1 no(big) Tomato - 1/2 no Curry leaves - few Sambar...

Soya Bean Idlis | Breakfast Recipes!

I have already posted recipes for Idlis here, this time when my Mother in law told about this, I have been adding soya bean to batter. Its very healthy and perfect for breakfast and dinner. Ingredients Idli Rice - 5 cups Whole Urad dal- 1 cup Fenugreek seeds - 1 tblspn Soya Bean - 1/2 cup Salt Preparation Method Soak rice separately and dals separately except salt for 5 to 6 hrs. Grind it to coarse...

Simple Veggie Aval Upma with Leftover curry | Lunch Box Spl

This tiffin I prepared for evening with leftover curry. It was quick and tasty dish. Ingredients Leftover curry - 1 cup(For choice of poriyal click here.) Aval/Poha - 3 cups Onion - 1 no Green chilli - 1no Oil - 1/2 tspn Curry leaves few Turmeric powder - a pinch. Salt Preparation Method Wash and rinse aval in water. Heat a kadai, add oil and onion. Saute for few minutes. Add the curry and saute for few mins. Add...

Mixed Flour Dosai!

I make a lot of mixed flour dosas at home for Breakfast, tiffin or Dinner. Each time the mixture is different, now I am posting one of those recipes. I prepared for dinner, sorry about the photo. Ingredients Ragi/Millet flour - 1 cup Rice flour - 1 cup Rava/Semolina - 1/2 cup Maida/APF - 1/2 cup Wheat flour - 1 cup Buttermilk -1 cup Water as required Jeera - 2 tablespoons Green chilli - 1no(As per your spice level) Crushed...

Ragi Semiya Upma!

Ragi/Millet  is very healthy food. Ragi is staple food in villages as they grow. To know more Benefits click here. This is also good for diabetic people. I love Ragi Mudde. Ingredients Ragi Semia (Anil Semia) - 1 pkt Bengal gram - 1 tspn Mustard - 1 tspn Aasafotida - 1 pinch Curry leaves - 10nos Oil - 4 tspns Onion - 2 nos chopped Ginger - 1 tspn chopped Green chilli - 2 nos Fresh Grated coconut - 1/2 cup Coriander...