A spicy vegetable samba rava upma, very healthy suitable for evening snack, goes well with ketchup or yogurt. you can also try this with white rava.
A simple pulao using coriander leaves and spices.
"Appam" is a famous breakfast and you can find several variations of the basic Appam recipe. It is a relatively simple recipe and you can add vegetables, coconut, spinach or other flavors of your choice to modify the basic Appam recipe given below. This South-Indian favorite can be enjoyed with coconut milk, sambhar or vegetable curries and stews; It's tasty, versatile, and healthy too, so try it out and see for yourself!
Simple and quick lemon flavoured dal, a common lentil gravy served with rice loaded with melted ghee.
Lemon Pappu / Dhal / Dal / Elumichai paruppu / Pulippu Paruppu / Nimmakayi pappu / Nimakayi / Lemony Lentil soup /
This tangy, spicy tamarind chutney goes well with idli, dosai and uttappam. Very easy to prepare if you have a small jar of mixie.
A very simple, easy to make and tasty appam
Tired of having the same idli milagai podi, onion tomato chutney for dosa? Try this chutney and it will ease out the digestion too…
Any festive or special occasion will have this item under the menu. Tamil to English (UrulaiKizhangu ~ Potato, Pattani ~ Green Peas, Varuval ~ Dry fry) This recipe of mine is similar to the one served during marriage or wedding ceremony as a side for Sambar sadam(rice), boiled potatoes and green peas coated with spicy onion gravy.
Aloo matar / Potato Green Peas curry / Kizhangu Varuval / Bangala Dumpa Vepudu / Aloogadda Vepudu / Bangala Dumpa Bataneelu Vepudu
Chicken in coconut milk gravy…very creamy and yummy chicken.
1 Bunch Spinach, Chopped and Washed thoroughly.
1 cup Moong Dal (Pasi Parupu)
1/2 spn Turmeric powder
Salt to taste.
For Paste:
1 Tsp Cumin Seeds
2 or 3 Red Chilli
4 Tblspn Coconut (Shredded)
2 Tsp oil
Tempering:
Mustard, Red Chili, Few Curry Leaves
Method:
In a Kadai add 1 spn oil and fry cumin seeds, red chili and coconut. Make a Paste and keep aside.
Pressure cook the Moong dal and Chopped spinach together for 2 to 3 whistles.