Indian Recipes

There are serveral instances in our daily lives, that we are too tired to prepare eloberate dishes, that carry a Wow! factor to it when you are back from a long day at work. The beans poriyal as it is called towards southern India, is nutritious and healthy by all means. It works great with either roti or even our famous rice. The process invovles simple methods. Ingredients: Fresh green beans (french beans) 1.5#Grated coconut 3TbspChilli powder 1.5tspTumeric 1tspSalt tt For the tempering... Read Full Story

Traditional South Indian fish curry. I learnt this dish from my sister-in-law. Traditional South Indian fish curry. I learnt this dish from my sister-in-law. Ingredients: 1 lb Fish (Steak cut) 1 1/2 Cups chopped Shallots 10 Garlic 1" Ginger chopped 1 Tomato chopped 1/4 Tsp Mustard Seeds 1/2 Tsp Methi Seeds/Fenugreek seeds 1 Tsp Chilli Powder 1 Tbsp Coriander Powder 1/4 Tsp Turmeric Powder 1/2 Tsp Garam Masala Powder Lemon sized Tamarind 3/4 Cup Coconut Paste Few Curry Leaves 2 Tbsp Oil... Read Full Story

I'm amazed at the various roti/paratha recipes I see on the web. So many creative ways to incorporate a wide variety of ingredients. Now that I have the hang of making roti/parathas, I'm experimenting now and then with new versions. As I suspected, I had leftover urad dal. Not to worry. It's easy to incorporate leftover dal of any kind into warm and savory roti or stuffed parathas. You get your protein and your arbs in one bite! I put my cup of leftover urad dal in the food processor with... Read Full Story

I usually buy ready to make rava idly pack and make idllies. This time I wanted to try by myself. Learned it from Gayathri's Check how to do? blog in which she has collected a handfull of useful videos. Here is the recipe I followed. Ingredients:- Rava (coarse sooji) - 2 cupsCurd - 1 cupWater - 1 1/4 cup (or required amount)Oil - 2 tbspMustard seeds - 1 tspAsafoetida powder - a pinchGinger - 1 tspChanna dhall - 1 tspUrad dhall - 1 tspRed chillies - 1Cashew - 1 tspCurry leaves - fewGreen... Read Full Story

This is something I made on Varalakshmi Nonbu. This uppu (salt) kozhakattai is different from what we make on vinayaka chathurthi. Here is the recipe I followed to make this recipe. Ingredients:- Toor dhall - 1/4 cupUrad dhall - less than 1/4 cupChanna dhall - 1/4 cupMoong dhall - 1 tbsp (optional)Red chillies - 2 (acc to taste)Salt to taste curry leaves - fewasafoetida powder - a pinchFor seasoning:- Oil - 1 tspMustard seeds - 1/4 tspUrad dhall - 1/2 tspSoak the above said dhall for an... Read Full Story