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Moong sprouts seasoned with spices and cooked to perfection. Great healthy lunch box idea when rolled up in a warm chapatti or tortilla. ( Whole Green Gram – English, Paasi payaru– Tamil, Mudi Pesalu – Telugu, Sabut Moong – Hindi, Idi Hesuru – Kannada, Cherupayar – Malayalam )
Here's an easy recipe to bring home the most hated veggie on earth. Though Italian born, when given life with protein packed Indian lentils, this would no longer be looked down with a frown. Usili, a famous South Indian preparation takes an interesting twist in this recipe when combined with broccoli.
Beetroot vadai …yet an other authentic variety of vadai prepared with a unique combination of beetroot and dhals,shaped into vadas and deep fried in oil.This can be had as an evening
snack or with rice as a side dish too.Taste's good with Curd rice and Ghee rice.
Crunchy rice and lentil based savoury snack from Tamil Nadu.
Thattai – Tamil
Chekkalu – Telugu
Nippattu – Kannada
Kuzhi Paniyaram is a popular Chettinad tiffin item, where fermented rice and lentil batter mixed with seasoning and steamed in special pans which comes with little golf ball size holes (kuzhi in Tamil). These paniyarams can be made either sweet or savoury. The savoury dish is called Kaara Kuzhi Paniyaram and here is how you make it. (Ponganalu / Pongadalu / Kuzhi appam )
Most sort white kurma often served as a side for chapatti, iddiappam or appam in chettinad restaurants. This can be either made with meat or mixed vegetables. Here's the mixed vegetable version. (Chettinad White Kurma / Korma)
Bisi Bele Bath is an authentic and by far the most distinctive dish of Karnataka which is prepared with a unique combination of Rice,lentil(dhal),assorted veggies and other ground spices.It is very similar to 'Sambar Sadham' of Tamil Nadu except that, it has his own distinct flavour.Ideal to have this dish for lunch.
There are different ways of preparing this dish.Here is one way of preparation from my end.
A secret home recipe revealed:
I've come across various types of Tomato Pickle but this one is very different which doesn't require preservatives but still lasts for a month or so. I had mastered this scrumptious recipe of Tomato Thokku/Tomato Pickle from my mom. This tastes good with Roti, Paratha, Rice, Idli, Dosa etc. Keep reading…
This is a very tasty chutney which can be had with Idly, Dosai, and Pongal. Very easy to make.Hope u will enjoy this recipe.
Minced Eral mixed with roasted gram flour (Pottukadalai / Channa / Dalia flour), shaped into little vadais and deep fried. Rare chettinad influenced recipe, perfect appetizer and also a great side for any non -veg meal. (Shrimp Vadai / Prawn Vadai / Royyala Vadai )
English to Tamil, Shrimp / Prawn — Eral.
