Thakkali sadam recipe| South Indian style tomato rice

Navaratri 2016 is keeping me quite busy, though we don't keep Golu at home, i am visiting my friends here almost everyday. Thakkali sadam | south indian style tomato rice is a recipe without onion garlic, recently i tasted in one of the friend's house during a navaratri brunch. I first thought this as puliyodarai and then she told it is tomato rice. So i noted down the recipe of thakkali sadam and tried it home the very next day. I packed it for Suresh's lunch box and got good feedback too. Also many readers of Jeyashri's kitchen who are residing in Singapore, are inviting me to their house for Navaratri. As for as possible i am going but too far places i couldn't make it. One among them told me to post few more recipe ideas to serve for guests during Navaratri. This thakkali sadam is a fantastic recipe and you can replace the rice with sevai too. Also this is a perfect travel food and stay good for a day. Check out my other Navaratri recipes too.

Besan kheer recipe | Easy Kheer recipes

Besan kheer | kadalamaavu payasam is a creamy and nutty flavored payasam | kheer with besan, ghee, milk and sugar as the main ingredients. The slow roasting of besan in ghee, as we do for besan ladoo, emits a nice nutty flavour and adds a nice flavour to the kheer. A quick and easy kheer recipe which you can make during Navaratri  neivedhyam and also serve for guests. Check out my complete collection of Navaratri recipes.   These cute bowls are gifted by my blogger friend anu, she sent this through her sister who stays nearby my house.
The besan kheer tasted very nice after it was kept in the refrigerator for 4-5 hours.
Check out other easy kheer recipes

• Rice kheer
• Pasta kheer 

Fruit Sundal recipe | Navaratri sundal recipes with video

Fruit Sundal is a new and different variety of sundal which i tried recently. Few years back i tried a pineapple salad in Hotel Green park ,chennai. I loved it very much and also tried at home. I have given the recipe in my Kungumam Thozi supplement 2 years back. I just added some chickpeas and other fruits to the same recipe and it turned out very well. Try this healthy and easy sundal at home for navaratri. The flavour of the curry leaves and the crunchiness of the urad dal compliments the sundal.  Check out my other Navaratri sundal recipes too.

Navaratri Neivedyam recipes | Navaratri recipes

Navaratri 2016 is starting from tomorrow, Oct 2nd. People keep Golu and do pooja to Godesess and also offer sundal and sweet as neivedhyam. Daily we make one Sundal and one sweet during Navaratri. I have alreay posted a Navaratri Combo menu, for guests, in my cooking for guests series. This post comes with an idea on what to make for neivedhyam on each day of Navaratri. I have just made a combo to give an idea. Feel free to alter according to your preference. check out my sister's post on how to keep Navaratri Golu . 
 Before going on to this post, let me tell you few general rules we follow during this festival. The spice powder which we make for sundal, should not be made in bulk and used. Once you do neivedyam with that podi, the next day you can not use the same for neivdhyam. You can use it up in curries or sambar. Once the food is offered as neivedhyam, it should not be altered even salt is less or spice is more or sweet is less.. no alterations recommended. Check out my complete list of navaratri recipes.
Also Check out my complete collection of Navaratri Sundal and sweet recipes.
Click on the name of the recipe to get the link for the full recipe.
Wishing you all a very happy Navaratri . Let this festival brings abundance of joy, health and wealth.

Javarisi Sundal recipe | Navaratri Sundal recipes

Sago Sundal with video

Javarisi sundal | sago sundal is a new variety of sundal with javarisi and moong dal as main ingredients. I usually make moong dal sundal at home but this one with javarisi is quite new to me. I saw this in subbus kitchen few years back. When i was talking about Navaratri recipes my friend Shriprada passed on this recipe to me. She is a good cook and also cooks all traditional tamil brahmin recipes very well. Also her Golu is always a classic one and mostly theme based too. It tasted quite well and we had it for evening snack. You can make this for Navaratri too for neivedhyam. Check out my other Navaratri sundal and sweets recipes too. I have given a similar recipe with poha in my Kutties kitchen cook book and also in a thozi supplement book 3 years ago.

Keerai Molagootal recipe | Palakkad recipes

Keerai Molagootal is a traditional Palakkad recipe, which i wanted to post here for a very long time. Many readers asked me to post this molagootal recipe and even i have seen readers seraching for Keerai molagootal jeyashri's kitchen. This is nothing but a poricha kootu made with keerai. Though the name has molagu in this, we don't have molagu | pepper in this recipe. This kootu is a simple yet healthy South Indian gravy made with spinach and served with hot rice. Try out this palakkad speical keerai molagootal at home.  Check out my Vazhaipoo kootu , Mambazha pulissery.

Tomato Gojju recipe | Side dish for idli | dosa

Tomato Gojju is a simple yet tasty recipe and a perfect side dish for idli | dosa | ven pongal. Gojju | gotsu recipe is a typical karnataka recipe which i learnt from my friend some time back. When i was running out of ideas as what side dish to make for Ven pongal, suddenly this idea of making tomato gojju came to my mind. It tasted very yum with pongal. Then later i made it again to make this tomato gojju post. Traditionally it is made with rasam powder, but since i don't have in stock i used home made sambar powder. Check out my collection of side dish for idli |dosa. 

Pav bhaji | Mumbai pav bhaji without onion and garlic

Pav bhaji is a popular mumbai street food. I have already posted pav bhaji recipe with step wise pictures, but this pav bhaji recipe is without onion and garlic. I have also given a full video of the recipe of pav bhaji masala. I wanted  to post the recipe of home made pav bhaji masala powder too but will share it soon here. Jain version of pav bhaji is different from this one as authentic jain pav bhaji will not include potatoes too. Try this no onion no garlic pav bhaji recipe at home and let me know how it turned out. My kids enjoyed it after coming back from school and didn't realise the difference in taste without onions. Check out my other  no onion no garlic recipes .  I have given the same recipe in my kungumam thozi supplement book which got published 2 years back.

Cabbage Masala vadai | no onion no garlic recipes

Cabbage masala vadai is basically the paruppu vadai | masal vadai we make with channa dal. Last friday i made Varalakshmi pooja at home  i made this cabbage masala vadai in the evening for my guests along with puliyodarai, coconut rice, apple kheer and curd rice. Everyone loved the cabbage masala vadai. As it is a pooja invite i made everything without onion and garlic. When everyone asked me about the vada recipe i told them that it is the usual paruppu vadai with cabbage. But still many of them requested to post the recipe of cabbage masala vadai in jeyashris kitchen. So i made this on Sunday again and clicked the pictures and video. From now till the end of Navaratri Jeyashri's Kitchen will feature only no onion no garlic recipes. stay tuned for more interesting jain recipes coming up . Check out my complete collection of no onion no garlic recipes. 

Hotel sambar recipe | Sambar recipe

Sambar is the staple in the main coruse menu in all South Indian homes. I have already posted murungakkai sambar, arachuvitta sambar, kalyana sambar and many more in jeyashris kitchen. This sambar recipe is the same recipe in my sambar rice recipe. During my interaction with a marriage caterer for the recipe of vendakkai puli mandi, he told me few tips also and one among them is cooking the spices for the sambar in ghee. I have tried out few times after and it was a super duper hit at home. Varun, my little one who always eats idli | dosa with molagapodi loves this sambar a lot and he drank the remaining sambar in the bowl. Since this sambar is with toor dal, it goes well with rice and tiffin items too.  This exactly tasted like the hotel sambar. If you skip the onions it will taste more like kalyana sambar. Try it out at home and let me know how it turned out. I added mullangi | radish to the sambar.
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