Rava idlis are wheat based healthy steamed cakes, popular breakfast or tiffin item from Karnataka.
Rava Idly / Rava Idlly / Rawa / Rawa Idly / Rawa Idli
Rava ~ Cream of wheat ~ Semolina ~ Sooji
Bhature / Bhatura, is a popular punjabi style deep fried bread. Often this bread is served with the combination of chole / channa masala and hence its also known as Chole Bhatura.
Bhature / Chole Bhature / Chole Bhatura / Channa Bhatura / Batura
Fast food style spicy chicken fillet sandwich.
Eral Biryani is one of my favourite dish and there are quite a few ways of making it. Cooking seafood with a tinge of coconut has been a family tradition and this one is no exception. Making this with fresh baby prawns would be awesome but quite hard to find small shrimp or prawn around my place and ended up making with jumbo shrimps to satisfy my palatte. This mild flavoured biryani requires minimal work and comes in handy for a quick non-veg treat.
Shrimp Briyani / Prawn Briyani / Prawn Biryani / Eral Biryani / Eral Briyani / Era Biryani / Era Briyani
Potato when combined with broccoli makes a great dry curry. Would try any combo to include broccoli in my diet and this is my latest venture. This dish goes well with Sambhar or curd rice.
Spicy onion chutney for hot steaming idlis and set dosas.
Crispy deep fried lentil fritters, a popular street side savoury snack from Tamil Nadu, India.
My latest farmers market pick was eye catching fresh purple roma beans. These sweet, mild and creamy texture beans are native to Italy and taste similar to our val or mochai. They are also called by the following names, Purple Roma Beans, Cranberry Beans and Borlotti Beans. Available fresh as well as in dried form. Dry beans needs to be soaked overnight. Fresh shelled beans are used here for sambhar and would be a great choice for people who love Mocahi / Val beans.
We, in our family circle have this flair for combining vegetables with non-veggies and get to taste something unusual atleast once a week. In one way, it was good, as we consumed the dish just for the smell and taste without even caring about the veggie. Here's one such interesting combination… Kovakkai cooked with shrimp and loads of freshly ground black pepper. (Kovakkai ~ Ivy gourd, Milagu ~ Black pepper, Eral ~ Prawns/Shrimp)
Ivy Gourd ~ English
Kovakkai ~ Tamil
Kundru ~ Hindi
Dondakaya ~ Telugu
Chapati or Chapatti, is a type of Indian flat bread popular among northern parts of India. This is a simple roti made with Whole wheat flour, salt, oil and water. Making them real soft is the tricky part and search engines just overflow with tips. As far as my verdict goes "eat them immediately after making", having them hot off the griddle is the only solution to have them soft. Ofcourse you can always store, reheat and eat, but they tend to become little chewy.