Vendhaya kali recipe | வெந்தய களி

Vendhaya kali | வெந்தய களி in tamil is a popular recipe made generally when a girl attains puberty or else if she is pregnant. Even in many south Indian  houses they make it as a breakfast as it very healthy. Especially in summer to make the body cool, the vendhaya kali is made. Vendhayam in tamil means methi seeds | fenugreek seeds which is a natural coolant for the body and very good for mensurating women. Though i have heard about this bu never tasted or tried at home. One of my friend who makes it regularly used to share in our friend's what's app group that she makes vendhaya kali every weekend. When a reader asked me to post vendhaya kali recipe, i asked my friend the recipe and she elaborately explained me with perfect measurements. Try this healthy venthaya kali at home and let me know how it turned out.

Onion raita recipe | How to make raita

Onion raita is an accompaniment of biryani. As we all know onion raita  is choped onions mixed with creamy yogurt. But whoever comes to my house, never fail to appreciate the onion raita which i make for Biryani or pulao. It is a misnomer if i call this as a recipe. But just want to share with you  all the way i make the onion raita. I learnt this from my friend's mom during my college days, and since i saw her making this raita, i can never forget this recipe. Try this onion raita recipe at home and let me know how it turned out.

Mambazha moru kootan | Mambazha Pulissery

Mambazha mor kuzhambu - Palakkad special

Mambazha pulissery | mambazha moru kootan is a Palakad special dish, made with ripe mangoes. Though i have heard about this recipe through my friend's mil, but never was bit skeptical to try this at home, as i am not sure about the taste. But after hearing very good reviews about this morkootan, finaly i tried this mambazha morkootan. It tasted very nice and  went well with plain rice and spicy potato masala.

Mor koozh recipe | Mor kali recipe

Mor koozh | Morkali is a authentic , traditional recipe which is one of my favourite from my childhood. Whenever my mom asks me what to make for breakfast, the entire family's voice will be either mor koozh or puli upma or rava upma. How simple it will be for my mom with such non fussy kids !!. Even whenever we go out and watch a movie or come home late after a trip we demand amma to make this for us. Even for my dad who is diabetic she makes the same by replacing rice flour with wheat flour. Try this authentic delicacy this summer and enjoy your breakfast| dinner.

Fruit popsicle recipe | Summer coolers

As Varsha is posting for the past 2 sundays some interesting popsicles , today she is sharing the furit popsicle recipe, which we tried even last year too. We are going for a holiday and i have scheduled some posts till the end of the month. Please bear with any delay in replying your mails or comments. Over to Varsha.....
It is really important to stay hydrated and healthy during summer. I usually find myself opening the
fridge every 2 minutes to look for something cold and nice to drink and since we have holidays now, all that my brother and I eat are chips, cookies and other junk food. Amma keeps insisting that we should eat fruits instead of all that. But do we listen to her? NOO ,So I came up with this popsicle. So the next time you crave for something nice and cold have this popsicle instead. It's healthy and refreshing at the same time. BTW this is the last post of the SUNNY SUNDAY POPSICLE series, as we are going for holiday. But don't worry I'll be back with other posts some time later. BYE BYE.

Urad dal chutney recipe | Side dish for idli | dosa

Chutney Without  coconut - Ulutham paruppu chutney

 Urad dal chutney is asimple and tasty made with urad dal, red chili, onion and garlic as the the main ingredients, and it serves as a perfect side dish for idli , dosa or kuzhi paniyaram. The tamarind is added to balance to the spiciness of the red chili. Check out my other chutney | side dish for idli dosa recipes. 

Dates popsicle recipe | Easy popsicle recipes

Sunny Sunday popsicles post by my daughter Varsha. Check out her coconut lemonade popsicle recipe.  Over to Varsha....
Today is my parents wedding anniversary, so I thought I would post a 'perfect date' recipe. Do you guys get the pun? I am not so good with puns or writing introductions. Since the Ramadan Month is starting tomorrow, Amma suggested that I post a dates recipe. Nowadays it rains quite often but you don't need a sunny weather to eat popsicle, right? Well at least I don't think so. Popsicles can be eaten anytime, anywhere. I am the kind of person who eats ice cream when its raining outside.  This is a perfect recipe for people with a sweet tooth. Enough said,  let's move on to the PERFECT DATE RECIPE. Check out the eggless dates cake recipe and dates kheer recipe too.

Mango phirni recipe | Mango dessert recipes

Mango phirni | Mango payasam recipe, is a creamy rich mango based dessert | pudding. I have given this recipe for Kunguman Thozi and it got published in the May 1-16th issue. I have already posted Phirni recipe, and this is similar to that one but with the addition of mango. A must try mango dessert in this mango season. You may also like mango sago pudding and  mango float. 
Very happy to share with you all that my second cook book, themed Kids friendly recipes, got published by Vikatan publications. The book will be available in The Chennai book fair from june 1-13. After June 15th it is available for online order from Vikatan publications. To order my first book on millets you can follow this link and also the same book will be available at book fair too.

Coconut lemonade popsicle | Summer recipes

This post is from my daughter Varsha, who wants to mess up write post for my Jeyashri's kitchen on weekends, as she is having Summer vacation. As we are going for holidays, i have already scheduled posts for the month of June and told her to stop with one post. But she is so enthusiastic and wanted to do few more popscile posts. She has posted her maiden post for me last year, an eggless double chocolate cake.  Over to Varsha.
Heyyy! I'm back. I wanted to post a recipe for Mother's day itself but I was busy with my exams so I
couldn’t do so. Since its summer now I thought of posting a popsicle recipe. It's getting really hot in
Singapore these days. So I thought of having a series known as SUNNY SUNDAY POPSICLES, where a popsicle recipe will be posted by me on Sundays for the next few weeks. I chose this recipe for the first week because it's very easy to make. It's time to beat the heat with my COCONUT LEMONADE POPSICLES.

Coconut lemonade popsicle

  Preparation Time : 15 mins +freezing time 7 hours  | Cooking Time : Nil|Serves: 4

     Tender coconut water | ilaneer   1 and 1/2 cup
     Sugar   3-4 tsp
     Lemon juice  1 tsp
     Coconut bits  2 tblsp
     
     

Method:

• Take out the water from the coconut. Pour it in a bowl. Add the lemon juice to this.
• Add the sugar.  Mix well.

• Chop the tender coconut into small bits. Transfer the bits to the coconut lemonade mix.

• Pour this in popsicle moulds and cover it. Freeze it overnight or freeze for 6 hours.
• Once done, run this moulds into water and gently take it out from the mould.
• Enjoy them cold.

• You can even enjoy the coconut lemonade as a drink itself without freezing them into popsicles. 

Mango paratha recipe | Mango recipes

Mango paratha is a interesting recipe which flashed me, while i was having my lunch with my friends yesterday. We went out for lunch yesterday in Kailash parbat restaurant here, and they have a wide variety of fresh mango recipes in their menu card. Being a hardcore fan of mangoes, i was simple gazing at the list and one of my friend ordered a mango drink from that list. Though it is a juice, they added little crushed cumin seeds in that. I tasted that and was quite impressed by its taste. On our way back picked up of big bag full of mangoes and today morning, with my own creativity, did this simple mango paratha. It turned out pretty good and i had this for my lunch with boondi raitha. Try this out at home and enjoy the summer with mangoes. Stay tuned for more mango recipes coming up on Jeyashri's kitchen.