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  • IDLI UPMA (LEFT OVER IDLI DON’T WASTE IT!)

    IDDLI UPPMAWhen some iddlis remain after breakfast, instead of eating them the way they are, you can mash them and in a pan/pot, season mustard, urad dhal, channa dhal, curry leaves, ginger pieces, onions and green chillies.Fry them for a while and then add the mashed idli and fry a little longer and remove and…

  • ALOO BONDA (POTATO BONDA SNACK)

    ALOO BONDAMake potato curry like you make for Poori masala, but dry. (Cook potatoes and mash them. Then season with cumin seeds, ginger pieces, green chillies, curry leaves and add the potatoes and put turmeric powder and salt and fry until it becomes dry – for poori masala you need to add onions and make…

  • CUTLET (SNACK)

    CUTLETSCook 4- 5 large potatoes  in a cooker and peel and mash them. Cook vegs. like peas, carrots and beans cut into small pieces with salt . Add this to the potatoes. Add small cut green chillies and mix them well together. Then form round shaped balls  and then flatten them to get the cutlet…

  • KICHADI (TIFFIN ITEM)

    KICHADIThe procedure is same as Uppma. First you season cinnamon, cloves, souf and curry leaves in ghee. Add onions, green chillies, two cloves of garlic and vegs. like carrot, peas and beans (cut into small pieces and small quantity) otherwise you will bite into vegs all the time. Then cook it with little water. Add…

  • ADAI (TIFFIN ITEMS)

    ADAISoak half cup channa dhal,half cup urad dhal, half cup thur dhal and half cup pasi dhal. Soak them together for couple of hours. Also soak 1 cup of rice and grind rice seperately and then the dhals, with red chillies and mix them all with salt and leave it overnight. You may grind and…

  • COCONUT RICE

      COCONUT RICEIn a pan, heat ghee and oil and then season mustard, urad dhal, channa dhal, dry chillies, asafoteda and grated coconut, curry leaves and ground nuts. Cook rice with less water and cool it. Put ghee, salt and the fried mixture and serve hot. 

  • FRIED CHICKEN

    FRIED CHICKEN  Buy thigh part of the chicken and cut it into large pieces. Make deep slashes in the chicken. Put one beaten egg, 1 tsp of vinegar and crumbled maggi chicken cubes (3-4) in a bowl. Add the chicken joints and mix well till each piece is coated. Marinate chicken for 2 hours.Coat each chicken…

  • FISH KUZHAMBU (CURRY)

      MEENKOZHUMBUGrind curry leaves,coriander leaves, onion(small onion) about 6 of them, pepper, ginger, cumin seeds with water and keep aside. Use little of each. In a pot, use nallayennai and season mustard, methi seeds and cumin seeds and curry leaves, fry them and then add tomatoes.

  • CARROT HALWA

    CARROT HALWAGrate 4 -5 carrots and cook them with half a cup milk  and some cardamoms in the inside vessel of a pressure cooker and cook for 3 pressures. Cool it and then in a pan, with ghee stir the fry the contents of the cooker until the carrots loose its shape and the content…

  • Bread Idli

    Ingredients1 medium sized bread1/2kg potatoes1 tsp jeera powder1 tsp dhania powder1 tsp saunf powder1 tsp red chilli powdersalt as per taste1-cup tomato sauce1 cup coriander chutney / (pudina)mint chutney / onion chutney / chilli sauce1 cup little sour curdIngredients for seasoning:3 tb sp refined oil1/4tsp mustard seeds1/4tsp jeera seeds2 green chillies1 tsp of freshly-cut coriander…