Carrot Soup

Carrot soup is a healthy and tasty soup variety. Carrot has many health benefits. Try this recipe and share your comments below.

Servings:3

Things Needed
Carrot: 2
Tomato: 1
Onion : 1
Garlic : 4
Salt
Pepper
Butter

Preparation
1. Chop the carrots,onions,tomato and garlic. Add the chopped veggies to the pressure cooker and cook for 3 to 4 whistles.
2. Cool the boiled veggies and blend them to a smooth paste.
3. Take a pan and add in the butter and boil the carrot paste for few minutes. Finally add salt and pepper. Garnish with coriander leaves and serve hot.

Try this healthy soup!!!!

Palak Kulambu

Palak Kulambu is a thick gravy and can be had with rice or roti. Palak is a type of spinach which has many health benefits. This gravy is made with Palak spinach and Dal. Try this protein rich gravy and share your comments below. !!!

Servings: 3

Things Needed
Palak : 1 bunch
Toor Dal : 1/2 cup
Small onions : 5 to 10
Garlic : 2 to 4
Tomatoes : 2 Medium
Masala : Red Chilli Powder, Coriander Powder and Jeera Powder
Temper : Jeera

Preparation
1. Take a pan and boil half cup of water. Once the water starts to boil add in the washed and chopped Palak leaves. Let it boil for 10 minutes until the spinach gets cooked.( Do not close the pan with lid)
2. Wash and pressure cook the Dal for 3 to 4 whistles. Once the pressure subsides, mash the dal and keep it aside.
3. Take a pan and add in some oil. Now add in the jeera, once it splutters add in the small onions and garlic. Sauté until it gets cooked.
4. Once onion becomes translucent add tomatoes and sauté until it gets mushy. Add required salt.
5. Now add the Dal and add the masala listed above based on your preferences. Sauté until the raw smell of masala goes.
6. Finally add the spinach and add in salt if needed.

Tasty and Yummy Palak Dal is Ready !!!!!

Vinayaka Chaturthi Special

Vinayaka Chaturthi is a day where we celebrate lord Vinayaka’s birthday by offering sweet modaks and chana sundal. Modak is a dumpling made up of rice flour filled with coconut and jaggery mixture. In this post I have posted celebration picture with modak recipie.

Modak Recipe 

Servings : 3

Things Needed
Rice Flour : 1 Cup
Jaggery : 1 Cup
Coconut : 1 Cup
Cardamom Powder
Salt
Oil/Ghee

Preparation
1. In a nonstick pan add water and little amount of ghee. Once the water boils add the rice flour and stir continuously so that no lumps are formed. Once the rice gets cooked transfer to a plate and let it cool.
2. Now to prepare the stuffing add jaggery water to a pan and once it starts to boil add in the grated coconut. Mix well so that it forms thick paste. Add in the cardamom powder. Stuffing is ready.
3. To make modak grease your palm with ghee and make flat circles using rice flour and place a small ball of jaggery paste in the middle. Start making pleats from the edges.
4. Place the modak in a idli maker and steam it for 10 minutes. Enjoy Serving hot !!!

Tasty and Healthy Modak is Ready!!!!!!!

Brown Rice Pulao

Brown rice Pulao is a main dish made with brown rice. It is one of the healthy recipe for the people who are in diet, diabetics, etc .. The Pulao is usually made with white basmati rice, I have replaced the white with brown rice. Try this tasty and healthy recipe.

Servings :2

Things Needed
Brown Rice: 1 Cup
Carrot : 1 to 2
Beans : Handful bunch
Peas : Handful
Onion : 1
Ginger : 1 small inch
Garlic : 3 to 4
Coconut : 3 Tablespoon
Masala : Red chilli powder, Coriander powder , Turmeric powder and Garam Masala.

Preparation
1. Wash and soak the brown rice for 15 to 30 minutes. Cut onion thin sliced and crush the ginger and garlic to a thick paste.
2. Cut the carrot and beans into 1 inch length or as you prefer. Take a pressure cooker add in some ghee then add the onions and ginger garlic paste. Sauté until onions get caramelised.
3. Add in some freshly grated coconut then add in the masala listed above based on your preference. Sauté for few minutes. Don’t keep the flame high.
4. Add in the chopped vegetables and sauté for few minutes. Then add water and once it comes to boil add in the brown rice and salt to taste. Pressure cook for 3 whistles.

Tasty and Healthy Brown Rice Pulao is Ready !!!!!!!!!!!

Dal Kitchadi

Dal Kitchadi is a main dish and one of the healthiest meal for the day. Kitchadi is made with dal and rice. This recipe can also be given for toddlers and kids. Try this recipe and share your comments below.

Servings: 3

Things Needed
Toor dal : 1 cup
Moong dal : 1/4 cup
Chana dal : 1/4 cup
Basmati Rice : 1 cup
Onion : 1
Tomato: 1
Ginger : 1/2 inch small piece
Garlic : 1 to 4 pearls
Masala : Turmeric powder, chilli powder, coriander powder and garam masala.
Salt
Hing
Ghee
Coriander leaves
Temper : Jeera and Red chilly

Preparation
1. Wash the dal all together and soak it for 10 minutes. Then wash and soak the rice for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile Chop the garlic, ginger, onion and tomatoes to small pieces.
2. In a pressure cooker add the dal and jeera. Pressure cook for 3 to 4 whistles and once the pressure subsides mash the dal so that it’s thick and soft.
3. In a pan boil water and add the rice. Once the rice gets partially cooked, transfer the rice to a plate and keep it aside.
4. Take a pan add in some ghee then add the items to temper once it starts to splutters add in the chopped onion, garlic and ginger. Sauté until onions get translucent.
5. Now add in the tomatoes once it turns mushy add in the masala listed above. Sauté until it forms a thick paste.
6. Add the mashed dal to the pan and mix well. Then add the rice and mix well. Add water if needed and cook for another 5 minutes.
7. Finally add in chopped coriander leaves , hing and a tablespoon of ghee.

Tasty and healthy Dal Kitchadi is Ready !!!!!! Try this and share your comments😎

Note : You can replace basmati rice with normal rice and also if you are going to feed toddlers or old age person reduce the masala spices mentioned above.

 

Urulai Salna

The Salna is not exactly a kurma, or a curry although it does fall under that bracket. At the most it can be loosley translated as "Gravy" It is not a soup, but has the consistency of one. It can be plain or it can be with large pieces of meat or vegetable. It is something that is taken for granted with your order of Set Dosa or Parotta. Big buckets of this are kept at the stalls and punters ladle out the gravy on top of their dishes. This is no side dish that one uses as a dip. Salna is meant to be poured over and submerge your main dish. That is its nature, you will want to drink it. 

Things Needed 
Potato : 1 
Tomato : 3 
Onion : 1
Ginger Garlic paste : 1 Tablespoon 
Coconut grated : Half Cup
Khus khus : 1 Tablespoon 
Chilli Powder : 2 Tablespoon 
Coriander Powder : 4 Tablespoon 
Turmeric Powder: 1 Teaspoon 
Garam Masala : Bay leaf,cinnamon,cardamom and cloves
Salt
Hing

Preparation 
1. Chop the onion and tomatoes to small pieces. Chop the potatoes in cube size and keep it aside. Grind the grated coconut and khus khus to a paste by adding little amount of water.
2. Now take a pressure cooker or pan and add in oil then add the garam masala. Once it splutters then add chopped onion and ginger garlic paste. Sauté until raw smell goes.
3. Once the onion gets cooked add in the chopped tomatoes and sauté until mushy. Now add the chilly powder, coriander powder and turmeric powder. Mix them to a paste.
4. To the tomato paste add in the chopped potatoes and add in necessary salt. Mix well so that masala gets mixed with the potatoes.
5. Now add in the coconut paste and pressure cook for 1 to 2 whistles. Tasty and Yummy salna is ready!!!!

Try this recipe and share your comments friends 😎

Rice Kara Kozhukattai

Kozhukattai is a healthy and easy recipe. It is a steamed rice dumpling and can be had with any spicy chutney. It is a popular South Indian dumpling made with rice flour. It can be filled with jaggery,coconut or even as a spicy dumpling. In this post I am going to share kara kozhukattai.This is my mother in law recipe. Try this and share your comments below.

Kara Kozhukattai

Servings : 4

Things Needed 

Rice : 2 Cup

Coconut : 3 Tablespoons

Temper : Mustard,Urad Dal, Red Chilly and Curry Leaves

Oil

Salt 

Hing

Preparation

1. Soak the rice in water for 30 minutes and transfer the rice to a cloth and let it sit there for few minutes. When there is little moist in the rice grind the rice without adding water.(The mixture should be in a texture like rava). Keep it aside.

2. Take a pan and add in oil and add the items to temper(Red Chillies are the ones that makes the dumpling spicy, add them based on your taste). Now add in the water and salt needed. Once the water starts to boil add in the coconut then the rice flour.

3. Mix the mixture well so that no lumps are formed. Once the mixture looks thick(like upma consistency) turn of the stove.

4. Start preparing the dumplings in any shape and size you want. Steam the dumplings for 15 minutes until the dumpling gets soft and cooked. Serve it hot with spicy chutney.

Texture to prepare dumpling

Dumplings before

Kozhukattai

Veg Pulav

Veg Pulav is a healthy and easy recipe. This is a main dish and can be had with raita or kurma or plain salna. It is a one pot dish made with rice and vegetables. In this post I have added step by step pictures. Try this recipe and share your comments below.

Servings : 3

Things Needed 
Basmati Rice : 1 Cup
Onion : 1 Big
Vegetables: Carrot,beans,potato and capsicum
Ginger Garlic Paste : 1 Tablespoon
Briyani Masala : Bay leaf, Cinnamon, Cardamom and Cloves
Ghee
Salt

Preparation
1. Take a pan add some ghee then add the Briyani masala, once it splutters add the chopped onion( you can chop the onion either in length wise or small size), then add ginger garlic paste.

2. Once the onion becomes translucent then add the chopped vegetables and add salt needed for the vegetables. Sauté for few minutes.

3. Then add the water and salt needed for the Pulav.  I have added 1:3 ratio. Once the water starts to boil add the washed rice.

4. Pressure cook the rice for 1 to 2 whistles in a medium flame. Do not over cook or burn the rice.Once the pressure subsides transfer the Pulav to the serving plate.

Tasty and Yummy Pulav is Ready !!!! Try this recipe and share your comments below.

Idly Sambar

Idly Sambar is a side dish to be had with idly or dosas. I prefer eating this sambar with dosas. It is an easy and quick recipe. Try this recipe and share your comments below.

Servings : 4

Things Needed 
Moong dal : 1 cup (medium size)
Small onions : 5 to 6 pearls
Tomato : 1
Carrot : 1
Sambar powder : 3 Tablespoon
Turmeric Powder
Oil

Preparation
1. In a pressure cooker add the washed dal, onions, tomato and carrot with turmeric powder. Pressure cook them for 3 to 4 whistles.
2. Once pressure subsides mash the dal and keep it aside. Take a pan and some oil then items to temper, now add sambar powder and fry it. Add this oil mixture to the dal and heat it by adding few cups of water. Finally garnish it with coriander leaves.

Try this easy and tasty recipe !!!!! Share your comments below

Puffy Chapathi

Chapathi is a flat bread made with wheat flour. I learned making chapathi in my periamma’s home. My periapa used to teach me how to make Chapathi. He is very particular about the size and thickness of the Chapathi 😜. To make soft chapathi no need to add milk or hot water or any other ingredients. Try out the below procedure and share your comments if the chapathi comes soft for you.

Things Needed
Wheat Flour : 2 Cups ( Aashirvad Atta)
Water
Salt

Preparation
1. Take the wheat flour and transfer it to a wide bowl. Add in salt and mix the flour with salt .
2. Add in water little by little and knead the dough with your fist 👊. Knead well, chapathi becomes soft by kneading process.
3. Once the dough becomes soft, close the dough and keep it aside for few minutes.
4. Now Knead the dough again and make small balls out of it. Take a small cup of flour and keep it for making chapattis.
5. Take a ball and press it with your palm in the flour front and back. Then roll it with the chapathi roller in a round size. Don’t take too much of flour and don’t press too hard while rolling.
6. Heat a tawa and add the flat dough to the tawa. Once you see bubbles flip it front and back.

Soft and Tasty Chapthi is Ready!!!! This chapathi can be had with any of the side dish. In my next post I will share side dish for chapathi recipe.

Friday Lunch Box Recipe

Hi All 👋 ... In this post I am going to share Friday lunch box ideas. For Friday I am going to prepare  mango sambar, boiled rice and beet root pachadi. Try this recipe and share your comments below.

Beet root Pachadi

Things Needed 
Beet root : 1 cup grated
Coconut : Half Cup grated
Garlic : 2 pearl
Green Chilly : 2 small
Jeera
Curd
Hing
Temper : Mustard, Urad Dal and Curry Leaves

Preparation
1. Take a pan and add some oil then add the items to temper then add the grated beet root sauté until the beet root gets cooked.
2. Now grind the coconut, garlic, chilly and jeera into a paste by adding water. Add this paste to the pan and sauté until the raw smell goes.
3. Now turn off the stove and add in the beated curd once the mixture is cold. Do not add while it’s hot.

Tasty and Yummy Pachadi Ready !!!!

Drumstick Mango Sambar

Things Needed 
Raw Mango : 1
Toor Dal : 1 Cup
Onion : 1 Big
Drumstick : 1 Big
Sambar Powder : 3 Tablespoon
Turmeric Powder: 1 Teaspoon
Tamarind : Lemon size ball
Fenugreek: 1 Teaspoon
Hing
Salt
Oil

Preparation
1. Wash the toor dal and pressure cook for 3 whistles with turmeric powder. Once pressure subsides mash the dal and keep it aside.
2. Take a pan add oil then add fenugreek seeds, once it splutters add the chopped onions and salt. Sauté until onion becomes translucent. Now add the chopped mango and drumstick and sauté for few minutes.
3. Add in turmeric and little water to the pan. Let the vegetables get cooked for few minutes. Later extract the tamarind with 3 cups of water and add in the sambar powder. Let it roll boil until the raw smell goes.
4. Later add the cooked dal to the pan and mix well. Add salt to taste. Garnish it with coriander leaves.

Note : If Needed you can also add coconut jeera paste to it.

Tasty and Tangy Manga Sambar is Ready!!!!  Try this and share your comments below.

Thursday Lunch Box

Hi 👋 all, For Thursday lunch box I am going to prepare Carrot Salad, Palak Rice with Potato Fry. So we have a day to go for the weekend 😍. This lunch box recipe will take 30 to 40 minutes of preparation only. Try this and share your comments below.

Carrot Salad

Things Needed
Carrot : 1 Big
Curd : 1 Cup
Salt

Preparation
1. Grate the carrot finely and add the grated carrot to the curd . Mix well by adding salt.

Tasty and Healthy Carrot Salad is Ready !!!!!

Palak Rice

Things Needed
Palak : 1 Cup
Ginger : 1 inch
Garlic : 3 to 4 pearl
Green Chilly : 2
Basmati Rice : 1 Cup
Onion : 1 Medium
Tomato : 1
Briyani Masala : Bay leaf, cardamom, cloves and cinamon.
Salt
Hing

Preparation
1. Wash the Palak leaves and separate the leaf from the stem. Take a mixie jar and add in the Palak leaves, ginger, garlic and green chilly. Grind to a smooth paste by adding water.
2. Take a pressure cooker add in ghee then add the Briyani Masala listed above. Once it splutters add in the chopped onion then sauté until onions get fried.
3. Now add in the chopped tomatoes and sauté until it turns out mushy. Add the grinder paste and little amount of chilli powder. Sauté until oil comes out from the green gravy.
4. Add the rice and sauté with the gravy. Now add water and pressure cook for 1 to 2 whistles.

Healthy and Tasty Palak Rice is Ready !!!!

Potato Fry

Things Needed
Potato : 3 medium
Temper : Mustard, Urad dal, curry leaves
Red chilli powder : 1 tablespoon
Salt

Preparation
1. Chop the potatoes in small cube sized and keep it aside.
2. Take a pan and add in some oil then add the items to temper, once it splutters add in the chopped potatoes, chilli powder and salt.
3. Close it with a lid and let it cook in medium flame until it gets cooked.

Tasty and Spicy Potato Fry is Ready !!!  Share your comments below.

Chana Pulav

Chana Pulav is easy and healthy lunch recipe. Chana is rich in protein and it is one of the healthy recipe. You can use white chickpeas for this recipe. Try this recipe and share your comments below. I have also uploaded the image in this post. 😎

Servings : 3

Things Needed
Chick peas : 2 Cups
Basmati rice : 1 Cup
Onion : 1 Big
Tomato : 2
Ginger : 1 inch
Garlic : 5 pearl
Chilli Powder : 3 Tablespoon
Coriander Powder : 4 Tablespoon
Turmeric Powder : 1 Teaspoon
Garam Masala : 1 Teaspoon
Briyani Masala : Bay Leaf, Caradmom, Cinammon and cloves (1 or 2 each)
Ghee / Oil
Salt
Hing

Preparation
1. Soak the chickpeas in fresh water overnight . Finely chop the onions in small sizes. Then crush the ginger and garlic into a paste. Grind the tomatoes into a fine purée.
2. Take a pressure cooker and add in the ghee, then add the Briyani masala listed above. Once it splutters then add the chopped onion and ginger garlic paste . Sauté with salt for few minutes until onions become translucent.
3. Now add the tomato purée and sauté until the oil comes out in the edges of the cooker. Then add the chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, garam masala and salt to taste.
4. When the gravy becomes thick add in the soaked chickpeas in the tomato paste and mix well for few minutes.
5. Add in 2 to 3 cups of water and pressure cook it for 3 to 4 whistles. Once the pressure subsides open the pressure cooker, and add in the rice , pressure cook it for another 1 whistle. ( Do not add water while adding rice, if u add more water the basmati rice will get smashed)
6. Finally garnish it with coriander leaves.

Tasty and Healthy Chana Pulav is ready !!!! Share your comments below.