JEERA ALOO RECIPE| ALOO JEERA DRY | NO ONION NO GARLIC RECIPES

Aloo jeera | Jeera is an easy and simple recipe with potatoes. It can be had with roti and rice too. Even it tastes great with south indian sambar too. This recipe was passed on to me by a punjabi friend of mine. Few more punjabi recipes too she shared ,which i will try soon and post here.  We had with dal tadka and plain rice.

Kalyana gotsu, Side dish for idli, dosa pongal

No onion no garlic recipes

Kalyana gotsu is a excellent side dish made for idli | dosa|pongal, recipe with step by step pictures and video. Last june when we went attended wedding in India, i was so addicted to the gotsu they serve in the wedding. Though i have tasted this many times in weddings, never attempted to try at home. I was bit curious about the recipe and with the help of a mami, i could able to guess the ingredients and attempted at home. It tasted very similar to the Kalyana gotsu. I have clicked it long back but waiting to get published in Kungumam thozi. This recipe was published in the supplement too.

Check out my Kalyana Rasam , Kalyana Sambar.

ADA PRADHAMAN RECIPE | ONAM SADHYA RECIPES

Ada pradhaman is generally made for Onam, a traditional festival of Kerala. Very long back i made this ada pradaman at home, as my hubby loves it very much. Some make this with jaggery and some with sugar and milk too. The one which is made with jaggery is ada pradhaman and the one with sugar and milk is Palada pradaman. Two days back when i went to the indian store, saw this rice ada packet and big nendram banana. So bought these 2 and made the ada pradaman  the next day itself. Will soon post the recipe of nendram banana chips.
  Instead of rice ada, you can add cooked channa dal and make Paruppu pradhaman too.
Check out my Jackfruit payasam | Chakka pradhaman.
 Before going to the post, wanted to share that 30 recipes of mine themed "NO ONION NO GARLIC" got featured in a popular Tamil magazine, Kunguman Thozi. Will share the recipes here soon.

LADIES FINGER STIR FRY| OKRA CURRY| BACHELORS RECIPES

TIPS TO MAKE NON STICKY OKRA CURRY

Vendakkai curry|Okra fry | Ladies finger fry is loved by everyone at home and i make it almost twice a week too. Though i like it very spicy, for kids sake i make it medium spicy. The recipe is very simple, but many of us will end up making it very sticky and mush them in the process of making the curry. So i want to share this basic recipe of making  non sticky vendakkai curry. It will be useful for beginners and also bachelors.

DRY FRUIT MODAKAM RECIPE | DRY FRUITS KOZHUKATTAI | PILLAYAR CHATURTHI RECIPES

As Ganesha Chaturthi is round the corner, i thought i will quickly i will post the recipe of dry fruits modakam. Actually i wanted to post Peanut modakam ,but added some dry fruits into this. I have posted Dry fruits ladoo for last year diwali . You can make the same and make it in modak shapes and offer as neivedhyam. I have made this as a traditional south indian modak with outer covering. Check out my other Ganesh Chaturthi recipes  too.

GANESH CHATURTHI RECIPES | VINAYAGAR CHATURTHI SPECIAL RECIPES 2014

Ganesha chaturthi | Vinayagar chaturthi|Pillayar Chaturthi ,is celebrated on 29th August ,in this year 2014. In all the houses we make modakam for Lord Ganesha in all South Indian homes. In many states, people make different varieties of dishes and offer as neivedhyam for lord Ganesha. Living in a place surrounded by friends of other states, gives me a wonderful exposure to know about their dishes. I have a good collection of Ganesha chaturthi recipes in my blog, and i have compiled here all the recipes commonly made for this festival. Click on the picture for the recipe. This post is updated with new recipes - ganesh chathurthi 2018. Scroll down for more recipes.

Check out my Youtube channel for Ganesh chathurti videos.  Check out my sister's post on how to celebrate Ganesh chaturthi .

MANI KOZHUKATTAI RECIPE | AMMINI KOZHUKATTAI RECIPE WITH POORNAM| VINAYAGAR CHATURTHI RECIPES

Mani kozhakattai or ammani kozhukattai or mini kozhukattai, other wise called undrallu guggillu, in telugu ,is generally made with the left over dough we make for modakam. I have already posted the recipe of the Ammini kozhukattai with idli milagai podi. Last weekend we had a dinner meet with a friends group, and it was a potluck party. One among our  friends told that she will bring ammini kozhukattai as her mil makes it very well. You won't believe, i just had ammini kozhukattais for dinner. It was highly addictive and super awesome too. She made the poornam with toor dal and mixed with the steamed rice balls. This can be had as a evening snack too. Try this one for this ganesha chaturthi too.

PAAL KOZHUKATTAI RECIPE WITH SUGAR | VINAYAGAR CHATURTHI RECIPES

Paal kozhukattai|Undralla payasam( in telugu),  in most of the houses they make for ganesha chaturthi|vinayagar chaturthi. I have posted the version of paal kozhuttai with jaggery , this one is more similar to that. I have replaced the sugar with jaggery in this post.  The addition of coconut milk makes this sweet more rich and nice. Try out this paal kozhukattai for this Ganesha chaturthi. even you can make this on regular days also as a dessert too.

HOME MADE COCONUT MILK RECIPE|HOW TO MAKE COCONUT MILK |INDIAN KITCHEN BASICS

  Coconut milk generally , my mom makes at home. After coming to Singapore, we get coconut milk in different forms. We get fresh coconut milk, in tetra paks and also coconut powder too. So it was too convenient for me and i rarely make it  at home. But the taste which we make it at home is truly amazing, and it is very easy too. I realised this when i made this at home yesterday. I used this coconut milk for Paal kozhukattai. You can have coconut milk for Aapam or Idiyappam too. I have used coconut milk for my Tomato biryani.

BHINDI BADAM MASALA RECIPE | SIDE DISH FOR CHAPATHI |ROTI

I have already shared that my recipes got featured in Aval vikatan a popular Tamil magazine. I also promised that i will post some of the classic recipes from that book here with step wise pictures. Today i am sharing the recipe of Bhindi badam masala , a classic rich gravy, a perfect side dish for roti |naan. this bhindi masala never fails to impress your family and guests too. I got this idea from a cookbook of Tarla dalal which i happened to see in a book store in Chennai..The original recipe was with cashew nuts and was slightly different too. Bhindi was not added in the recipe. I tweaked the recipe according to my convenience and it turned out amazingly well. When i made the recipe for the magazine, i  couldn't take step wise pictures. Also i used tomato puree and so the colour you in the final picture is slightly brownish than in the step wise picture.Stay tuned for more side dish for roti recipes.