Tomato Ginger Chutney | Side dish for idli dosa

Tomato Ginger chutney, is an easy side dish for pesarattu, idli and dosa. Recently we visited a restaurant in Singapore. It is an Andhra restaurant and a friend recommended to try the MLA pesarattu in that restaurant. They served a tomato chutney with this pesarattu and it tasted very nice. Generally i don't prefer ginger much in my cooking but this chutney i liked very much. Somehow managed to find the ingredients present in the restaurant chutney and attempted at home today. It turned out well and tasted similar to the Tomato Ginger chutney we had in the restaurant.

Veg Salna recipe | Parotta salna recipe

Parotta salna is a famous street food in Tamil nadu, espeically in my native town Madurai. Though i have never tasted the salna in road side shops, i used to admire the sound of Kothu parotta and the mesmerizing smell of the salna made in the shops. Most of the salnas are non veg and so i never attempted to try that there. I remember tasting Chilli parotta from a famous road side shop in Madurai, which our friend bought once for us. Recently i got the recipe of vegetarian salna from our neighbor aunty, who gave me the recipe of kuska, kurunai vadai.. Aunty sent me the handwritten recipe through what's app and i tried it immediately the next day. It tasted so yum and we had with Kuska biryani and kids had with store bought frozen parotta. This parotta salna goes well with chapathi too.

Tomato gotsu recipe| Thakkali kichidi |side dish for idli dosa

Thakkali kichidi | tomato gotsu, a simple side dish for idli| dosa, recipe with video. I recently heard about this recipe of Thakkali kichidi from my friend, during our morning walk. She was telling that her daughter loves this a lot and she make s this very often. I wanted to try this at home and made this today and served with dosa. It was tasty and quite different from our usual chutneys. She calls it as thakkali kichidi, you can name it as tomato gotsu, or tomato chutney.. Give your own name, but trust me, the gravy tasted so yummy with dosa. I am sure it will be tasty with idli, pongal and even chapathi poori too.
Later i had some left over gotsu with curd rice and it tasted very well. A simple side dish using tomato, goes well with everything. Try this simple recipe at home and let me know how it turns out.
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Mint Coriander Chutney recipe for dosa, idli

Peanut flavored mint coriander chutney, goes well with idli and dosa. Last week while making puliyodarai for lunch box, the peanut box was kept on the kitchen counter. I was busy preparing chutney for dosa on the other side and instead of adding urad dal or channa dal for making the chutney, i added peanuts and turned out so well. Varsha, my daughter is a huge fan of green chutney, loved this peanut flavored mint chutney. Today i made this again to post the recipe of Kothamalli pudina chuntey. I have made a quick video for this chutney recipe too. Check out my collection of Chutney recipes.  

Idli Milagai podi with garlic | Side dish for Idli dosa

 Milagai podi | Molaga podi is a classic combo for idli|dosa. I have already posted Milagai podi in Jeyashri's kitchen. This is another version of milagai podi with garlic. Usually in our home we do not add garlic in Milagai podi. A friend shared with me this version of idli milagai podi and also shared with me a portion of the same with me. It tasted very well. The original version she told was to add 2 cloves of garlic but i wanted the garlic flavour to be little more and so i added more garlic. Try this out and let me know how it turned out.

Thakkali Sambar recipe | Easy tomato sambar

Thakkali sambar | Tomato sambar is an easy sambar recipe, generally made as a side dish for idli | dosa | Ven pongal. My grandmother makes thakkali sambar whenever she runs out of veggies in the kitchen. That she makes in the same way as we make drumstick sambar. This tiffin sambar recipe i followed the method which our neighbour aunty in Madurai used to make. As i got a huge pack of  super ripe tomatoes from little India, i thought i will make this easy tomato sambar. I have made a video of tomato sambar too. Try this at home and let me know how it turned out.
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• Thakkali kuzhambu
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Kadamba chutney recipe | Vegetable chutney

Kadamba chutney | vegetable chutney is a easy South Indian chutney recipe, made with mixed vegetables. When amma was living in an apartment few years agao, they used to celebrate a festival there. During that time, there will be bulk cooking in a common place for all of them. On the last the day of the festival, they made this kadmaba chutney with all the left over veggies. Hooked by the taste of chutney she asked for the recipe and noted down too. Though i have heard the recipe from her, never attempted to make it at home. Few weeks while clearing up the refrigerator, i tried out this chutney. We all loved it with idli and dosa. Yesterday made this again for the posting this recipe of kadamba chutney in jeyashirs kitchen. Check out my full collection of chutney recipes.
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Veg saagu recipe | Mixed veg sagu

Veg sagu is a kannadiga special recipe made with lots of vegetables in aromatic gravy with Indian spices. Though i have never tasted Veg sagu in MTR restaurant here, i have tasted this in my friend's place long back but couldn't remember the taste. A reader and good friend of mine shared her traditional recipe of making Veg saagu with me. I tried it yesterday and we all loved it. This veg sagu pairs well with set dosa and poori. 

Red coconut chutney | Coconut chutney with red chili

Red coconut chutney is one of the easiest chutney we can make as a side dish for idli |dosa. If you have coconut in hand you can make this chutney in a jiffy.I have already posted coconut chutney recipe. My mom makes coconut chutney with red chili on the days she is running out of green chili. I love the addition of garlic in the red coconut chutney. But i haven't added garlic in the red coconut chutney today. I love tempering the coconut chutney with shallots | small onions. Here is my version of red coconut chutney. Enjoy this with your favorite tiffin. Check out my collection of chutney recipes. 

Curry leaves chutney recipe |Karuveppilai chutney

Chutney without coconut

Curry leaves chutney | karuveppilai chutney is an easy chutney recipe, with karuvepillai |curry leaves as the main ingredient. I have tried this at home few times for morning breakfast but never had the chance to click the picture to make a post the recipe of chutney. Today i was making batter of kambu dosa for the dinner and thought will make this chutney and keep it for dinner. The vibrant green colour of the chutney attracts kids and it is the best way of making them to include curry leaves into their food. You can also add few mint leaves to this and spread on bread, while making sandwich.

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Peanut chutney with tomato | Chutney recipes

Learn how to make peanut chuntey with tomato (no coconut) 

Peanut chutney | Groundnut chutney| verkadalai chutney, is a simple south Indian chutney made as an accompaniment for idli|dosa. I have already posted peanut chutney recipe, but this one i recently tried as i had lots of roasted unstalted peanuts which my mom sent for me from India. I have a asked that to make verkadalai urundai as the one we get here is very big and size. I have a pack of them left and i tried this easy peanut chutney recipe out of them. It tasted very well and we had this with whole wheat grain dosai. You can make this for idli or any variety of dosa too. If you have the roasted peanuts in hand, this chutney can be made in 20 minutes.

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Coriander Chutney recipe | Side dish for idli dosa

No onion no garlic recipes

Coriander chutney | Kothamalli chutney| dhaniya chutney, is made with coriander leaves and a perfect side dish for idli | dosa. My mom's signature chutney and my family's favorite too. Few days back only i realised i have not posted my mom's version of kothamalli chutney recipe. We call it as pacha kothamalli chutney or pykara chutney (do not know why this name !!) . This suits perfect for working women and bachelors too. My appa loves to have this with dosa and  bajji too.  Try this easy and yummy chutney recipe . Check out my Collection of Chutney recipes. 
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Tomato Gojju recipe | Side dish for idli | dosa

Tomato Gojju is a simple yet tasty recipe and a perfect side dish for idli | dosa | ven pongal. Gojju | gotsu recipe is a typical karnataka recipe which i learnt from my friend some time back. When i was running out of ideas as what side dish to make for Ven pongal, suddenly this idea of making tomato gojju came to my mind. It tasted very yum with pongal. Then later i made it again to make this tomato gojju post. Traditionally it is made with rasam powder, but since i don't have in stock i used home made sambar powder. Check out my collection of side dish for idli |dosa. 

Hotel sambar recipe | Sambar recipe

Sambar is the staple in the main coruse menu in all South Indian homes. I have already posted murungakkai sambar, arachuvitta sambar, kalyana sambar and many more in jeyashris kitchen. This sambar recipe is the same recipe in my sambar rice recipe. During my interaction with a marriage caterer for the recipe of vendakkai puli mandi, he told me few tips also and one among them is cooking the spices for the sambar in ghee. I have tried out few times after and it was a super duper hit at home. Varun, my little one who always eats idli | dosa with molagapodi loves this sambar a lot and he drank the remaining sambar in the bowl. Since this sambar is with toor dal, it goes well with rice and tiffin items too.  This exactly tasted like the hotel sambar. If you skip the onions it will taste more like kalyana sambar. Try it out at home and let me know how it turned out. I added mullangi | radish to the sambar.
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Urad dal chutney recipe | Side dish for idli | dosa

Chutney Without  coconut - Ulutham paruppu chutney

 Urad dal chutney is asimple and tasty made with urad dal, red chili, onion and garlic as the the main ingredients, and it serves as a perfect side dish for idli , dosa or kuzhi paniyaram. The tamarind is added to balance to the spiciness of the red chili. Check out my other chutney | side dish for idli dosa recipes. 

Kara poondu chutney recipe | Spicy Garlic chutney

Kara poondu chutney, is  a side dish for idli | dosa, made with few easily available ingredients. I have already posted a garlic chutney, this kara poondu chutney, is also similar to that. I was introduced to this chutney by a friend few days back, and i immediately tried it at home. It tasted very good with idli and dosa.  Check out my collection  of side dish for idli and dosa.

Kumbakonam Kadappa | Kadappa recipe

Side dish for idli| dosa|poori|chapathi

Kumbakonam kadappa| Kadappa , the name itself is quite new for many of us. It is a very simple gravy which pairs very well with Idli, dosa| poori | chapathi. I have heard about this a lot from my cousins but never tasted it at home. My mom's side this a very popular gravy. Except my mom every one at her home makes this gravy. Somehow i never had a chance to taste this too even i visited my mam's house. But all my cousins are a very big fan of this kadappa. Recently during our group chat in what's app, one of my cousin who lives in US, searched for Kadappa recipe in jeyashri's kitchen but he couldn't find it. He was telling me about that. I said i never tasted that and also i don't mind posting it if someone here tell me how to make  Kumbakonam kadappa. As we all live in different time zones, one of my cousin came as a saviour and shared the recipe with a voice note. When i tried it last week, i loved it very much. It went well with idli and we had it for dosa too for dinner too. Check out my sodhi recipe which is similar to this recipe. From next week on wards i will be posting no onion no garlic recipes for a month. Stay tunes for interesting recipes coming up.

SODHI RECIPE | TIRUNELVELI SODHI KUZHAMBU

Sodhi recipe is a popular gravy from the district of Tirunelveli,a  town in Tamilnadu . I have been asked by many readers to post this sodhi kuzhambu here for a long time. Though i have heard about this from my mom, never tasted or tried at home. It is similar to the Vegetable stew recipe which we make for aapam. Though there are few versions in the sodhi recipe, i am posting a simple version of Tirunelveli sodhi kuzhambu. This goes very well with aapam, idiyappam and even dosa too.

COCONUT CHUTNEY RECIPE | THENGAI CHUTNEY| SIDE DISH FOR IDLI |DOSA

Thengai chutney | coconut chutney | getti chutney, whatever name you call, i love to have this chutney though i am served with any variety of chutney. Whenever we go to Murugan idli kadai, the thengai chutney bucket will be kept of the table, so that the waiter will not have too many visits to my table. Somehow i am not a big fan of my mom's thengai chutney, she add little tamarind to that. Our neighbour aunty makes the coconut chutney very well with several variations. Check the kurunai vadai recipe i learnt from her. Last week, when amma visited aunty i asked her to clarify few doubts from aunty and finally i am confident to write the popular south indian coconut chutney recipe. 

KADALAI PARUPPU CHUTNEY | CHANNA DAL CHUTNEY | SIDE DISH FOR IDLI|DOSA

Kadala paruppu chutney is yet another yummy and tasty recipe which i learnt from the friend's mil, from whom i learnt the Kola urundai. This chutney is a perfect side dish for idli|dosa. The addition of mustard seeds in the recipes make it very unique and flavourful. The taste was close to the murugan idli kadai tomato chutney . Check out my Chutney recipes .