Uppumanga/Mango in brine Curry
Ingredients 1. Uppumanga / raw mango in brine – 150gm (3 – 4 small) 2. Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp Chilly powder – 1/2 tsp (optional) Green chilies – 2 – 3, slit Curry leaves – A few Water –...
Category: Vegetarian
Pumpkin/Mathanga – Vanpayar Erisseri
Ingredients 1. Pumpkin/Mathanga– 250 gm, diced (You can replace mathanga with butternut squash) 2. Red chori /vanpayar – 1/2 cup, dried 3. Green chilies – 3-4, slit 4. Grated coconut – 1 + 1/2 cup 5. Garlic...
Kappa Puzhukku / Mashed Tapioca
Ingredients Yuca Root/Kappa/Tapioca / Cassava - Around 3/4 kg or 1 packet of frozen sliced tapioca Grated Coconut – 1.5 cup Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp Green chilies - 4 Garlic – 3 small cloves Cumin seeds/Jeerakam – 1/4 –...
Vendakka/Okra Masala Fry
The world’s most beautiful women, Cleopatra of Egypt and Yang Guifei of China loved to eat okra according to the history record 🙂 Okra is low in calories at about 25 for 1/2 cup sliced cooked okra. It...
Spinach –Toor Dal Thoran
Ingredients Spinach – 1 bowl chopped Toor dal – 1/2 cup cooked Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp Green Chillies – 4 Garlic – 3 Coconut – 1/4 cup grated Turmeric Powder – 1/4 tsp 8. Oil –...
Raw Banana/Vazhakka / Banana Saba Thoran
Here is a recipe for a simple yet delicious vazhakka thoran. Raw banana is not the same as plantain (ethakka) and tastes different. You must have come across these by the name of banana saba in the Indian stores....
Fried Idli
If you have some left over idli, don’t waste it. We can change it into a yummy snack for tea time. It’s a 10 minute easy recipe with minimum ingredients. Ingredients (Serves 2) 1. Idli – 4 2. Finely chopped...
Mixed Sprouts Salad
Sprouts are full of nutrition and the best source of a balanced food. Sprouts are alkaline in nature and hence improve the health in many respects. They are helpful in complete purification of the body and also improve...
Vegetable Stew
Ingredients 1. Potato – 1 large, cubed 2. Carrot – 1 medium, cubed 3. Fresh Beans – 1/2 cup cut into small pieces 4. Green peas – 1/2 cup frozen 5. Cauliflower – 4 – 5 florets, cut into...
Chuttaracha Chammanthi
This is one of the tastiest chammanthi that I have ever had. The combination is rice, this chammanthi, bittergourd or potato mezhukkupuratti, yoghurt and pappad. You can even use shredded coconut instead of sliced coconut. Try using a stainless...
