CARROT DAL FRY RECIPE | SIDE DISH FOR ROTI|CHAPATI

Dal is a very staple food at our house and all of us love to have dal with plain rice or roti too. Especially kids will eat dal without any complaints. When i shared 30 recipes for Aval vikatan magazine, i gave this recipe of carrot dal too. In the normal dal ,which we make i added carrots and used masoor dal in the place of normal dal. While making this post again for blog, i don’t have masoor dal at home , so replaced with yellow moong dal. Check out my masoor dal tadka. 

DOSA BATTER RECIPE | HOW TO MAKE CRISPY DOSA |SOUTH INDIAN BREAKFAST RECIPES |INDIAN KITCHEN BASICS

Dosai or Dosa is widely popular as a staple South Indian breakfast or snack. It can
also be had at times for dinner. Dosas are basically thin, crispy crepes made of rice and
lentils. It can be accompanied with varieties of chutney or sambar. We also make it a
point to always have it with molaga podi (a spicy powder made using roasted lentils
and dry chilles and mixed with generous amounts of sesame oil). Some like soft, thick
dosas while most love it to be restaurant style crispy. My dosais became a hit
amongst my friends when I recently made them for her kids and there was a demand
from them for dosai batter recipe. This recipe gives detailed instructions on making the
dosa batter in a mixer/grinder and tips on getting fail proof mouthwatering crispy
dosas every time. You can also try making delicious dosais with Idli batter after slightly
diluting the batter. There are a many options for side dish for dosa to make it even
more interesting.
Scroll down till the end of the post to see the tips i have given to make a perfect dosa batter. 

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.