Sambar recipe with step by step photos – A typical south Indian sambar recipe calls for lot of vegetables like pumpkin, bottle gourd, drumstick, eggplant, cucumbers, lady finger, sweet potatoes, onions and tomatoes. The choice of vegetables is based on a personal liking and are optional. Each vegetable lends a different flavor and taste. Sambar […]
South Indian Recipes
Idli recipe | Soft idli recipe | How to make idli batter recipe with rice or rava
Idli recipe, Learn to make soft idli batter with rice or rava. Soft idli can be made in 2 ways, one is using rice and the other using idli rava. I am sharing both the methods in this post. Making idli using rava is a breeze, we don’t need to grind the rice to make […]
Butter murukku recipe | How to prepare easy butter murukku | Benne chakli
Butter murukku recipe – also known as benne murukku, benne chakli or venna murukku. Murukku is a deep fried crisp snack made with rice flour and chickpea flour. These are eaten through out the year and is most commonly made during festivals. Butter murukku is a lighter version of the traditional murukku or chakli. These […]
Thattai recipe video | Thattai murukku | South Indian snacks recipes
Thattai or thattu vadai are one of the popular deep fried Snacks from Tamil cuisine. Traditionally these were made with rice flour, urad dal flour, salt and other ingredients. Festivals are incomplete without thattai and murukku in most South Indian homes. Thattai are known as Nippattu in karnataka and chekkalu in Andhra. However all these […]
Medu vada recipe | Garelu | How to make vada | South Indian vada recipe
Medu vada recipe. – Garelu, uddina vade, ulundhu vadai are other South Indian names to these round disc shaped fritters. Vada are made of lentils like urad dal or chana dal. These are one of the very popular South Indian food . Especially these are served for Breakfast or snack in street stalls and tiffin […]
Cabbage vada recipe | How to make cabbage vada | cabbage dal vada
Cabbage vada recipe – Vada or vadai are deep fried snack made from ground lentils or dal and other basic ingredients. The most common one made is the medu vadai made with urad dal i.e skinned black gram. Cabbage vada are a kind of vadai that are again made with either mixed dals or only […]
Podi idli recipe | How to make podi idli
Podi idli recipe – This is one of the most common idli varieties I make often at home for the breakfast. Making podi idli is super easy if you have the podi ready in your kitchen. However assuming most readers would not have the Idli podi ready, I have shared how to make the podi […]
Rasam recipe without rasam powder | How to make rasam
Rasam recipe – Easy, needs no rasam powder, no dal. A quick bachelor’s recipe and it is suitable even for babies, if spices are adjusted. Rasam means “juice” in tamil and telugu. It can mean any juice, but in south Indian cuisine Rasam is a thin soup made with tamarind, tomatoes and other spices like […]
Tomato rice recipe | How to make tomato rice | Easy tomato rice recipe
Tomato rice recipe – Simple, quick, spicy, flavorful and delicious one pot tomato rice made with only few ingredients. This can be made in a pressure cooker or a pot. If you are looking to use up left over or excess white rice, then you can make tomato rice just under 20 mins following this […]
Dosa recipe | How to make dosa batter at home | Crispy dosa recipe
Dosa recipe, Learn to make dosa batter at home. This is a detailed post that will guide you to make dosas of all kinds – soft, crispy, restaurant style, home style and healthy dosas. No matter you are a beginner or an experienced cook the tips & tricks mentioned in this post will help you […]
Dal vada recipe | How to make mixed dal vada recipe | Chana dal vada
Dal vada recipe – How to make mixed dal vada in South Indian style using moong dal, chana dal and urad dal. To make festive time fun-filled and special, most of us prepare toothsome foods. Mixed dal vada can be made during any festivals or even as a tea time snack during the monsoon. I […]
Idli podi recipe | How to make idli podi recipe | Podi recipes
Idli podi recipe – a flavorful spice powder made of lentils and few spies. Idli podi is used with south Indian breakfast idli. I make idli podi only few times a year, it is the peanut podi or flaxseed podi that i prefer to make since they are the kids favorite at home and more […]
Corn pakoda recipe | Andhra style spicy sweet corn pakoda
Corn pakoda recipe – A quick evening snack recipe with sweet corn made in Andhra style. I know I have been sharing lot of fried snacks for sometime now. Very soon my kids’ school holidays will end and hopefully I will be able to share healthy recipes for kids. I made these spicy sweet corn […]
Murukku recipe | How to make murukku | Murukulu | Jantikalu
Murukku recipe – Murukulu or murukku is a deep fried Snack made with rice flour and dal flour. Chakli, chakuli, chakralu and jantikalu are the other Indian names to these. There are so many varieties of murukku, the one I am sharing here is a basic, very old and standard recipe that is followed by […]
Idli sambar recipe | How to make idli sambar | Tiffin sambar recipe
Idli sambar recipe – A quick tiffin sambar recipe that goes good with idli, Instant Rava idli, medu vada, khara pongal, Crispy dosa and most other South Indian breakfast. On most weekdays, we eat the typical South Indian breakfast like idli, dosa and pesarattu since they are high in protein and healthy as well. Sometimes […]
Wheat dosa recipe | Instant atta dosa recipe | Godhuma dosa recipe
Wheat dosa recipe is made using whole wheat flour or atta. A quick instant atta dosa recipe to make an healthy breakfast or a meal with some easy chutney. This recipe yields crispy dosas and it can be used to make wheat uttapam as well. To get the thin and crisp texture little rice flour is […]
Vangi bath recipe | How to make vangi bath powder | Brinjal rice recipe
Vangi bath recipe with homemade vangi bath powder. Vangi bath is a unique tasting brinjal rice recipe from karnataka cuisine. It is popular in South India like tawa pulao in mumbai. It is easy to make as easy as even bachelors can make it. It barely takes 10 to 15 mins if you have the white […]
Ven pongal recipe | How to make Khara pongal recipe with video
Ven pongal recipe – Pongal is a popular South Indian food prepared with rice & moong dal, either to a sweet or savory dish. Ven pongal or khara pongal is the name given to the savory version. It is offered to the GODS or diety as naivedyam not only in South Indian homes but also […]