Payasam (பாயசம்) is the tamil word for Kheer and no traditional celebration/festive food is complete without one of the many varieties of Payasam. One of the very popular payasam recipe is Pasi Paruppu payasam. Pasi paruppu is the Tamil word for moong dal. Let’s see visual recipe of this delicious kheer. Ingredients: Pasi paruppu...
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Ingredients: Button Mushroom – 400 gm Onion – 2 (big) Coconut milk – 2 cups (depends on its thickness) Ginger – garlic paste – 1 table spoon Garam masala – 1 tbsp Coriander powder – 1 tbsp Jeera – 1 tbsp Mustard seeds – 1 tbsp Turmeric powder Red chilly powder (as per taste)...
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Kothu Parotta (minced parotta) is a popular recipe from Tamil nadu, where one finds many street joints serving piping hot delicacy thronged by people. The original Kothu Parota recipes is non-veg, where we have chicken, mutton, egg variants. Though now we find restaurants serving vegetable kothu parota, it does not come close to the...
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This recipe for potato poriyal is slightly different from the usual poriyals for that slight different taste. You can serve it hot as a side dish or as a main dish with coriander paratha, small puris or toast bread if you want. INGREDIENTS (Serves 2): Potatoes (diced)-2 Onion (diced)-1 Chana dal – 2 tbsp...
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Ingredients: Gram flour – one cup Semolina – one cup Curd – 4 spoons Eno (Regular) – one small packet (5gms) Mustard seeds – two tea spoons Asafoetida – half a tea spoon Oil – two tea spoons Green chilies – 2 to 3 Coriander leaves for garnishing Water Salt – according to taste...
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This is a quick and easy snack. You can also use it as a starter. I’ve tried some stuffing , you can try and make many many variations with it. So much fun! Firstly, slice off very thin slices from the top and bottom of the tomatoes. Then cut the tomato into two pieces....
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Manjal Kozhukattai is a peculiar dish that is not common in many kitchen. It is a traditional dish of a particular one community in the southern part of Tamil nadu. The dish has a very soothing and cooling effect on the body. Ingredients: Urad dal (black gram) – 1 measure Rice – 3 measure...
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Ingredients: Kerala Banana (nentran vazha -the variety used to make banana chips) Sugar (as per taste) Ghee Step 1: Cut the banana into round pieces. Semi ripe bananas are preferable for this dish. Step 2: Add the cut pieces into a frying pan. Step 3: Add desired quantity of sugar and keep the flame...
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Aval Urundai (அவல் உருண்டை) or Poha laddu is an easy to make sweet dish. Believe me it just takes less than 10 minutes to make! Not just that it also makes a healthy indulgence. Ingredients: Poha (flattened rice) – 3 Cups Grated Coconut – 1 cup Sugar – Half cup or as per taste...
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Ada Paniyaram is a traditional sweet delicacy of southern parts of Tamil nadu. Ingredients: Raw rice: 1 measure Parboiled rice: 1 measure Jaggery: As per taste Moong dal (broken and skinned) Coconut (grated) Step 1: Preparing the batter : Take raw rice and parboiled rice in the ratio of 1:1 and Jaggery as per...
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