Dahi Bread Chaat | Easy Chaat Recipes

No onion no garlic recipes

Dahi bhalla chaat is always a super hit at my house. But making vadai is a slightly lengthy process and needs planning too. But you can make a super chaat with bread too. As i mentioned in my earlier post i will be posting No onion no garlic recipes for the next 1 month. From today the Mahalaya Paksham starts and after 15 days Navaratri will begin. So many people will refrain from using onion and garlic in their food. Also i have lot of request form my friends and readers to post some interesting no onion no garlic recipes. I have few collections which are yet to be posted here, the recipes which i gave for Kungumam Thozi last year. This bread chaat i gave for the magazine and posting it here now. Do try it at home and let me know how they turned out.

Rava Dosa recipe | Instant crispy Rava dosa | Onion rava dosai

Recipe of rava dosa with Video

If you wonder on reading the title of the post, yes it is Rava dosa recipe only. IT has been six years now i have been blogging but never posted this recipe of rava dosa in jeyashri's kitchen. Some how during my childhood days it was never made at my house. Whenever we go to eat out, my parents will order for Onion Rava Dosa and me and my sister will order Parrota. Always out neighbour aunty makes rava dosa and many times she either call us when she is making or send it to home too. So i always have the inhibition to try out this Rava dosa at home. It has been a request from my readers for a very long time and finally i asked the recipe from that aunty, and got it perfect for the first time. Then i wondered why i was such reluctant to try this recipe at home and keep on postponing for a long time. Now Rava dosa i make at home once a week and all of us are a big fan of crispy rava dosa. Try this rava dosa at home and let me know your feedback. Check out my crsipy dosa recipe and Instant wheat flour dosa too. I halved the original recipe given by her. Sorry my dear readers for making this post very late.

BABY CORN FRIED RICE| BABY CORN MANCHURIAN FRIED RICE

Baby corn will mostly cooked in my kitchen every week, either i make baby corn pulao or baby corn masala or baby corn kurma. This baby corn manchurian fried rice i gave for Kungumam Thozi and got published in Sept 16-30 edition. It was a super hit recipe at my home and kids love it a lot. A simple raita too goes well with this baby corn manchurian fried rice. Check out my fried rice recipe and baby corn manchurian gravy too. Baby corn can be replaced with cauliflower or Mushrooms too.

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.

HOW TO MAKE CROUTONS | HOME MADE BREAD CROUTONS

Bread Croutons generally we put in soups and salads. When i relocated to Singapore, i was looking for this croutons here as my little on loves this a lot. Somehow i couldn't find this croutons in stores here also i don't know how to make croutons at home too. Also those days i don't have oven at home and somehow i didn't try further too. Today i saw a few slices of bread lying down and it was 3 days old too. Suddenly this croutons idea flashed me and made it successfully. Check out my Soup recipes. 

CHOCOLATE PEDA MODAK | PEDA MODAK RECIPE

Peda modak is a popular one made by Maharastrians during Ganesh Chathurthi festival. As i mentioned in my khoya stuffed modak  post, i have a lot of maharastian friends here and they make the celebration too elaborate. They keep the Ganpathi at home for 3-5 days and all the days it will be like a festival for them. We will be invited for Dharshan and they will visit as many houses as possible for Ganpathi dharshan. Being born and brought up in South India, for me it is very interesting to know about the tradition followed by them. I still remember the kids of friends will cry when they do the Visargen of Ganpathi (immersion of ganesha idol). Maharastians make modak with khoya and they call it as Khoya | Mawa modak. The same pedas which we make for Diwali will be made as a prasadh for Ganpathi. They make varieties of modak and few of my friends make eggless cakes too for neivedhyam. This chocolate peda modak also made in some houses for this Ganesh chathurti festival. I have adapted this recipe from Sanjeev kapoor's recipe. Try out this easy peda recipe and check my other Ganesh Chathurti recipes too.
Wish you all a very Happy Ganesh Chathurthi

MODAK | HOW TO SHAPE MODAGAM USING MOULD

Though i have seen modak moulds in shops, i never bought one for me. Some how i am comfortable in making modakams in hands, so never attempted to buy it. Also my experience with the sweet somas or karanji mould is not so good and so i didn't buy this modak mould too. When i got it for Raji too i never got one for me. But when my Maharastrian friends were telling about this mould a lot and also i got request from a reader to post the procedure of how to make modak using mould, i thought i will post this recipe . I got this cute little modak moulds from my friend here and tried at home this weekend. It turned out well and was a good experience making with these moulds too. I have tried another modak too with this mould which i will be posting tomorrow. Check out my other modakam | kozhukattai recipes.

KHOYA MODAKAM | GANESH CHATHURTHI RECIPES 2015

KHOYA STUFFED MODAKAM| KOZHUKATTAI

I have lot of Maharastrian friends here and they used to share with me many recipes. While talking about the Ganpathi celebrations in Mumbai, they were telling about the types of modakam they make too. Generally these khoya|mawa modaks they make in a different way. they make khoya|mawa pedas and using he modak mould they make them as modaks. I wanted to try this as our usual south indian kozhukattai. It turned out very well and we all loved it very much. So for a change from the usual thengai poornam kozhukattai, try out this Khoya Modakam for Ganesh chathurthi 2015. Check out my video on how to shape modakam.

14 MODAKAM | KOZHUKATTAI VARIETIES| GANESH CHATURTHI 2015 RECIPES

VINAYAGAR CHATURTHI MODAKAM| PILLAYAR CHATURTHI KOZHAKATTAI

Vinayagar chaturthi | Ganesha chathurti 2015 is on September 17th. We always make kozhukattai | modakam for ganesh chaturthi. I have posted many varieties of Modakam | Kozhakattai so far. Here in this post i am compiling all the Vinayagar chaturthi kozhukattais in one place, so that it will be easy for all readers. Click on the pictures for the recipes. Check out my Video on How to make modakam

MODAKAM | KOZHUKATTAI WITH MOONG DAL POORNAM

GANESH CHATURTHI|VINAYAGAR CHATHURTI RECIPES

Among all festivals celebrated Ganesh Chaturthi is always very special to me. Though during my childhood days i am not much fascinated by eating modakams but i love the buying of Pillayar(Ganesha) for the pooja at home the next day. When i was very small, every time my mama will buy the clay Pillayar from the market. I could still recall the smell of it. The Pillayar will not be painted and will be rustic color of clay only. Mama will bring this Pillayar to home and me, my sister and appa and  amma will be waiting with Aarthi (the coloured water) to welcome the Ganesha to our home. The moment we hear the car horn our face will lit up. Mama will give the Pillayar from the car itself and he will go to his house to do the pooja. Then the celebrations will start at home. Paati will put a small poonal for the pillayar and also decorate with flowers. In our town we don't have access to Pillayar Kodais (umbrellas) .Even we never know that such thing exist too. As we grow we love to go to the shop on our own and buy the Pillayar. So me and my sister will take bath early and take our bicycles and also take the koodai(basket which is hand made using wire)and go to the place where the Ganesha idols will be displayed for sale. Also we buy the fresh flowers, garlands and bring it back home very carefully. After getting married and moved to chennai every year the before day of Pillayar Chathurti me and my fil used to go to West mambalam Station road and buy the Ganesha idol, kodai and all other items for the pooja. 

I have posted many varieties of Kozhukattai | Modakam and today i am posting moong dal poornam kozhukattai. Check out my Thengai poornam kozhukattai, modakam with Kadalai paruppu poornam, Ellu kozhukattai, fried modakam and Dry fruits modakam. Stay tuned for more interesting modakam and kozhukattai varieties coming up next week.