TAMIL NEW YEAR RECIPES | TAMIL VARUSHA PIRAPPU RECIPES

Tamil New year falls on 13 th or 14th of April every year. Here are the list of recipes we generally make on Tamil Varuda pirappu or Vishu. Click on the image to get Tamil New year recipes | Vishu recipes. You can follow the same recipes for Ugadi too | telugu new year. 

இனிய தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துக்கள் 

WISH ALL MY READERS A VERY HAPPY TAMIL NEW YEAR.
I have given a list of recipes under different category. Plan your Tamil New year menu as per your family tradition and celebrate the New year.
Traditionally we make Neem flower rasam, mango pachadi on this occasion. It is a must in all the homes. These two dishes has all the 6 tastes of food. We do not add onion or garlic in the menu on festival days as we offer neivedyam for God.
Check out my Tamil new year lunch menu.

List of payasam recipes

• Paal payasam
• Samba Godhumai payasam
• Mango payasam | Mambazha payasam
• Arisi thengai payasam
• Aval payasam
• Palada payasam
• Kerala paal payasam
• Jackfruit payasam
• Thinai payasam
• Rava payasam
• Paruppu payasam
• Besan kheer
• Sakkarai pongal
• Kerala paal payasam
• Chana dal payasam
• Sago moong dal payasam
• Carrot jaggery payasam
• Pachai payaru payasam
• Pumpkin payasam
• Millet paal payasam

South Indian Rice varieties 

• Coconut rice
• Lemon rice
• Raw mango rice
• Gooseberry rice
• Temple style curd rice
• Puliyodarai
• Mango pulihora

South Indian Sambar | Kuzhambu Recipes

• Poosanikaai puli kootu
• Mambazha mor kootan
• Kalyana mor kuzhambu
• Kalyana Sambar
• Udipi Sambar
• Vendakkai sambar with fresh masala
• Varuthu aracha kuzhambu

Rasam recipes

• Vepampoo rasam
• Pineapple rasam
• Ginger lemon rasam
• Orange rasam
• Neem flower rasam
• Raw mango rasam
• Mor rasam

Curries | Accompaniments

• Beans curry
• Cabbage curry
• Beans usili
• Raw banana podimas
• Potato curry
• Vazhakkai curry
• Ladies finger curry
• Aviyal
• Kerala aviyal
• Cabbage paruppu usili

Pachadi varieties

• Raw mango pachadi
• Ripe mango pachadi
• Tomato sweet pachadi
• Carrot capsicum raita
• Vendakkai thayir pachadi- Ladies finger raita
• Ash gourd raita

Vadai varieties

• Ulundu vadai | Medhu vadai
• Thayir vadai
• Rasa vadai
• Paruppu vadai
• Cabbage vadai
• Vegetable vadai
• Aamai vadai | Paruppu vadai

Pickle varieties

• Puli inji
• Raw mango pickle - Instant
• Kerala mango pickle

Poli recipes

• Paruppu poli
• Thengai poli
• Carrot poli
• Dry fruits poli

Other recipes

• Neer mor
• Kosumalli
• Channa dal sweet kosumalli
• Kalyana sweet pachadi

 Wish you all a very happy Tamil New year. இனிய தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துக்கள் 

BREAD PIZZA RECIPE

Pizza on tawa with bread

         I always love to eat to pizza , but now a days since i am so conscious about my diet i am avoiding pizza. Another thing is we don’t get more choice for vegetarians  here in pizza hut also. I always love pizza with paneer toppings.  Since i don’t have an oven, i wanted to try the pizza on tawa with bread .
     I just made 3 slices and eat that for my lunch. I didn’t add more cheese as we add for pizza. Check out my Microwave bread pizza and tortilla pizza recipe too.

HYDERABADI OKRA RECIPE ,SIDE DISH FOR ROTI

Hyderabadi style okra recipe, a different style of making okra| ladies finger which i learnt from a nita metha cook book and i am here to share this recipe with you . This goes very well with roti and of course with rice too. Also check out my

• Kadai bhendi
• Hyderabadi veg biryani

PINEAPPLE KESARI RECIPE

Pineapple kesari recipe with video
After tasting a wonderful pineapple kesari in saravana bhavan ,i wanted to attempt this at home. This recipe i have tried so many times,but every time i make this , it gets over within 5 minutes. This time i pleaded them to wait  till i click the pictures. Thanks to them,so finally i am here with the recipe of pineapple kesari.  .
Check out my Rava kesari recipe.

GREEN BEANS WITH SESAME SEEDS | SIDE DISH FOR ROTI

BEANS CURRY

  I always make beans in this style or make Paruppu usili  .I have never attempted any version of beans curry that can go well with roti.  This recipe i saw in cook book,which my friend borrowed for me recently from the library. This tasted so nice and though we had that with rice, i am sure it will go well with Rotis too.

KACHORI RECIPE , A POPULAR STREET FOOD

KACHORIS STUFFED WITH MOTH DAL.

  Two years back when my neighbour called us for dinner, she made these kachoris and that was extremely awesome. After that i tried that once, but that doesn't turn out so well and i couldn’t get the texture  and crispiness. Then after 2 years i tried out this  and that turned out real yum and so crispy.
  I used MOTH DAL for stuffing . You can also make Kachori with moong dal stuffing and peas kachori. 
The key for this recipe is making the stuffing very dry and frying the kachoris in the oil.

GARLIC RASAM, POONDU RASAM RECIPE

 I always make rasam  by adding toordal and without garlic. We call it tomato rasam/parupu rasam.  My mom makes the garlic rasam when we were running out of cold and cough and during rainy day nights. We all love to have with hot steamed rice and garlic rasam with simple papad only.
Here comes the recipe of  GARLIC RASAM. Check out my pineapple rasam recipe too. The recipe of garlic rasam updated with video.

KUZHI PANIYARAM | SAVOURY VERSION | South Indian breakfast recipes

AUTHENTIC CHETTINAD STYLE.

       Kuzhi Paniyaram  is a common South Indian Breakfast made usually with leftover idli/dosa batter,and  even i have made it  several times. But this time i learnt this from my friend ,who gave me exact recipe of making kuzhi paniyaram in their native place. It turned out so well and it was super soft and fluffy. From that i stopped making paniyarams out of left over idli/dosa batter. Check out my tomato kuzhi paniyaram and instant rava kuzhi paniyaram.

KARADAIYAN NOMBU ADAI | SWEET AND SAVOURY VERSION.

Karadaiyan Nombu (காரடையான் நோம்பு) is one of the major festivals celebrated among the Tamil Brahmin community usually in the month of March. It is celebrated at the moment when Tamil month Maasi  ends and month Panguni starts. Karadai is a special type of offering made on this day which is had after the Nombu which signifies fasting or Vratham. To know more about this festival and the rituals followed therein, do check out my sister’s post on Karadaiyan Nombu. Married women fast for the longevity of their husbands and break the fast by tying the yellow thread (manjal charade) around their neck and eating the sweet and salted Karadaiyan Nombu adais which have been offered to God. I usually make the Nombu adais using the homemade rice flour, however, to save time these adais can be made using store bought rice flour or idiyappam flour. Let us now proceed to the recipes of both the versions.

KEERAI MASIYAL and KEERAI PORIYAL

  TWO DIFFERENT VERSION OF MAKING SPINACH

       This time i am going to share two ways of making keerai,(spinach/greens) one is a semi gravy method and the another is a dry curry one.Last week when a bought 3 bunches of keerai from the Indian shop near my place, i wanted to cook all of them as it was so fresh.
    I bought the mullai keerai .(the one with the stem). For those in Singapore, we get Round spinach in fair price here, you can use that for this keerai masiyal.  My mom makes this masiyal in a traditional stone pot(Kal chatti).
Here comes the recipe for KEERAI MASIYAL. Check out my keerai kootu recipe  and keerai veppudu too.