JANGIRI FOR 1st BLOG ANNIVERSARY

My blog is celebrating 1st anniversary today. So i wanted to make a sweet dish to celebrate this day.

I started browsing for recipes in internet, 2 years back. I always try recipe from blogs. I slowly started making very few friends out of this and i mail them regarding my doubts and i get quick response from them.
I never thought of starting a blog on my own. Among the few friends i made Raji of Raks Kitchen  got close to me. We both stayed in singapore and that time i was new to singapore too, she answered all my queries patiently. She always insisted me to start a blog, but i am so scared to commit anything new, since i am packed up with my household work and managing both the kids.
Finally after a year, i started a blog with her help and she taught me everything regarding “how to start a blog”.
For the past oneyear i have learnt a lot and still learning. Here i want to thank one of our fellow blogger Lavanya of Cookery corner, who also insisted me to start a blog.. She is very sweet friend and answered all my queries with utmost patience.
So for this anniversary i wanted to try Jangiri from Raks Kitchen. I have tried this very long back, but first time it didn't come out well. This time it came out very great.
My family enjoyed it a lot.


I followed the same recipe from her blog. Please refer to the link above for the recipe.
I thank all my followers, readers and friends who are spending their time in reading my posts , commenting and trying my recipes. Thank u very much for your encouragement and support.
See you all soon with interesting post.

BISIBELABATH RECIPE | HOW TO MAKE BISI BELE BATH

Recipe of bisi bela bath with video   

Bisi bela bath – a delicious meal comprising of rice, lentils and vegetables. Bisi bela
bath or Sambar rice is a very popular, traditional South Indian, one pot meal from
the Karnataka cuisine. Infact, it is a signature dish of the MTR chain of restaurants.
Everybody in my family loves it a lot. I made this last week for the Singapore
food blogger’s potluck party and we all enjoyed it.
I learnt this recipe from my mother about ten years back. After several attempts, I
am not satisfied with the outcome. Cooking Bisi bela bath takes time and we need
patience to get the right consistency. An authentic Karnataka style Bisi Bela Bath
includes a few more spices like cinnamon and star anise. Since, I am not
particularly fond of these spices in the Sambar rice I have customized it to my liking.
Usually, dry coconut or kopra is added to enhance the flavor of this dish. However,
it can also be made using fresh coconut. Also check out,

• Sambar sadam recipe
• Millet bisi bele bath

ARISI UPMA RECIPE | HOW TO MAKE ARISI UPMA

Arisi Upma is a very popular and traditional Tamil Brahmin recipe. It is made
using raw rice and lentil (toor dal). It is a very simple and flavourful one-pot meal,
generally made on fasting days. It makes its presence in my kitchen atleast once a
week for dinners as we all love arisi upma. In the olden days, people made arisi
upma in a brass vessel called as uruli. Even today, my mother and mother in law
continue to make arisi upma in this vessel. My mother, being a working woman moved
on to making arisi upma in a pressure cooker as it was easier and time saving. I
learnt to make this version from her and was totally amazed with the outcome. For a
better texture and flavor, I always add a handful of grated coconut to this arisi upma,
an expert advice given to me by my grandmother. Moving on to the recipe.
Coconut chutney and Kalyana Gotsu pairs well with Arisi upma.

PANNER BHURJI | PANEER RECIPES

  Panner bhurji is an easy side dish which we can prepare with paneer, and can be done in a jiffy. It consumes less oil too compared to other paneer gravies. Even if you have curdled milk at home, you can make paneer bhurji with that.
Check out my

• Paneer methi makhani
• Paneer fried rice

ENTRY TO EVENTS AND AN AWARD

This is my entry to GLOBAL KADAI EVENT an event by Sandhya ,originally started by Cilantro.
I am sending my Carrot and Paneer Paratha to her event.

PEPPER KUZHAMBU | MILAGU KUZHAMBU RECIPE

Pepper Kuzhambu | Milagu kuzhambu is a tamarind a based South Indian Kuzhambu variety. This can be prepared with or without garlic. Its absolutely your choice to use it or not, but i prefer adding garlic . Both the version will taste very yummy. Generally this pepper gravy is included in the pathiya samayal, the food which is given for newly delivered moms.
Check out my sukku milagu kuzhambu. 

IDLI MILAGAI PODI RECIPE | SIDE DISH FOR IDLI|DOSA

Molaga podi recipe updated with video



Milagai podi- a spicy, flavourful powder made by coarsely grinding roasted lentils
and dry chillies. Milagai podi or Molaga podi or Idli podi (commonly referred in
restaurants) is a quick and easy recipe to pair with idli or dosa. We loved this since
our childhood days and have always insisted on having idlis and dosais with this
podi despite our mother making sambar or chutney. I fondly remember my mother
scolding us sisters for finishing off this podi in no time. As we say, history repeats
and now I find myself reprimanding my daughter for doing the same thing.
If you are a huge fan of molaga podi then you must check these recipes too

• Idli milagai podi with peanuts
• Thengai milagai podi

Apart from having molagapodi with idli, dosa you can use milagai podi for making Podi sevai and Millet capsicum rice. 

KADALAI MAAVU(BESAN) CHUTNEY, SIDE DISH FOR IDLI | DOSA

Kadalai maavu chutney is an instant and easy chutney recipe, pairs well with dosa and idli. During my childhood my  mom makes this kadalai maavu chutney | besan chutney | bombay chuntey, during weekends. We all sit together and relish this with idli and dosa. This kadalaimaavu  chutney can be made in a jiffy and i personally love this with dosa. My dad used to feed us dosa with kadala maavu chutney during all weekends, even we are grown up.

Kadalaimaavu chutney

  Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 20 Mins |Serves: 4-5 

     Besan | kadalai maavu   2 tbslp
     Water   3 cups
     Shallots    8
     Tomato   1
     Green chili  1
     Red chili powder 1 tsp
     Oil  3 tsp
     Mustard seeds   1/4 tsp
     Turmeric powder  1/4 tsp
     Salt  as needed 
     Curry leaves  few

Method: 

• Chop the onions into round and tomatoes finely.
• In a bowl,add the besan, turmeric powder,salt and red chili powder.


• Add water and mix it nicely without any lumps.
• Use a hand whisk, will give better results.

• Heat a pan and pour oil to it.
• Add mustard seeds  and when it splutters add the green chili and  onions .
• Saute till it turns pink.

• Add the tomatoes and saute well till tomatoes becomes mushy. 

• Now add the besan mixture to it.
• Keep the flame very low, otherwise it will form lumps.
• Stir it nicely for till it gets cooked.
• The besan will get cooked in 3-5 mins.

• Add curry leaves and serve hot with idli/dosa. 

NOTE:   The chutney should always be served hot, otherwise it will become thick and lose its original taste.

TOMATO RASAM RECIPE | SOUTH INDIAN RASAM RECIPES

   
 Rasam is always loved in my family and i make this on all weekends. Normally i make tomato rasam and add some toordhal to it. Some may call this as PARRUPU RASAM also.
         My mom and my mil,used to make rasam in a special vessel made out of lead. We call this “Eiyya Chombhu” in tamil. This vessel itself enhances the taste of rasam. My mom also gave me one when i got married. Now i am making rasam in this,and no doubt this is loved by all in my family.
   We can make it in a kadai/a normal vessel too. Check out my kandanthipili  rasam recipe .

KHAMAN DHOKLA RECIPE AND GREEN CHUTNEY

The past two weeks went very busy as kids are at home on vacation. Finally today school reopened and i had time to post one of my favorite snack.  I have tried this a few times and this time i thought of blogging this. I learnt this from here, but she gave the recipe for suji dhokla, but i replace with besan,since i love this khaman dhokla. Check out my Gujarathi Khandvi recipe and khatta dhokla.