Thinai maavu Nei appam recipe, Easy appam recipe

Millet flour nei appam recipe with video and step by step pictures. Easy and Instant Nei appam made using millet flour, over riped banana and brown sugar, easy recipe for bachelors and working women. Generally we make nei appam with rice or rice flour or wheat flour. I have posted many varieties of nei appam in Jeyashri's kitchen. We make nei appam for ganesh chaturthi, avani avittam, Karthigai deepam and Krishna jayanthi too. This version of nei appam is with Thinai mavu | foxtail millet flour. I got a pack of thinai maavu to try out some sweet. Among the millet flours, thinai is perfect for making sweets. I have given few sweet recipes using thinai maavu in my Millet cook book. Recently a friend shared with me this recipe of nei appam using brown sugar. It tasted so yum and she made with rice flour. I wanted to try the recipe using the Thinai maavu i got from Sri Murugan stores.
For my readers in Singapore
We get Thinai maavu in Sri Murugan stores. They have a wide range of millet flours in their outlets. You can place your order through Sri Murugan stores android or iOs app too. Check out their newly opened huge store at Yishun mall.
Check to see the full collection of Karthigai Deepam recipes in Jeyashri's Kitchen.

Methi leaves Tomato Chutney recipe

Venthaya keerai Tomato chutney recipe, Methi leaves chutney recipe with video and step by step pictures, a chutney recipe using methi leaves and tomato as main ingredients. We South Indians make many varieties of chutneys for idli| dosa. I have posted varieties of recipes in Jeyashri's kitchen. Recently during Navaratri, we tasted a delicious chutney at a friend's place and she told that her mom will make the same with vendhaya keerai too. The recipe sounded very interesting and i tried the chutney, few days later, at home. It was a super duper hit. I wanted to share the recipe with you all. Do try it at home and let me know how it turned out. The best way to make kids eat the greens. Check out my
Methi Thepla recipe
Vendhaya keerai kara kuzhambu

Carrot Pumpkin Soup recipe, Easy Soup recipes

Easy to make carrot Pumpkin Soup recipe, recipe with step by step pictures and video. We get Pumpkin throughout the year and this soup is made almost twice a week in our home. Kids too love this creamy delicious Pumpkin soup and the addition of carrot makes it more healthy and gives a nice colour too. Soups are liked by everyone at home so i make it a point to serve it during dinner, some times we have a soup and Salad for a weekend breakfast too. Pumpkin is in season now, so i thought i will post the recipe now. Also the weather is getting bit cold, a hot soup with a bread on the side will be a perfect starter. This Pumpkin soup i learnt from my friend long back and it is a super hit among my guests and no one can guess that you have used pumpkin in soup. Try out this recipe and let me know how it turned out.
Check out my

• Carrot Ginger soup
• Garlic Almond soup

Khoya Matar recipe, Side dish for chapati

Khoya matar recipe with video and step by step pictures, a popular rich gravy made using mawa and peas pairs well with chapati, roti and naan. I had a small portion of khoya with me after making Diwali sweets, i wanted to try a gravy using khoya for a long time. So i tried yesterday the popular Khoya matar, generally paneer will be added to the gravy but i don't have stock of paneer so i skipped it. The gravy was finger licking delicious and creamy and tasted very similar to a Restaurant style Khoya matar.
Generally we get frozen peas here, all through the year. Now this time of the year the fresh peas is in season, so try this rich and creamy Khoya matar recipe and enjoy your meal. If you do not have khoya at home, try this easy Instant home made khoya recipe. 
We had this Khoya matar with Home made tandoori roti, for which I will share the recipe soon.

Coconut Chutney with Urad dal, Chutney recipes

Coconut chutney recipe, made with urad dal and green chili as main ingredients. We make many varieties of coconut chutney, and mostly we add roasted gram or channa dal for making coconut chutney. We South Indian brahmins make Thengai thogayal with coconut, red chili and urad dal. Recently one of my friend told that she tasted coconut chutney with urad  dal and it tasted very nice. I had 2 coconuts lying down in my refrigerator and i immediately thought that i will try it out for sure. It turned out quite good and we had with Tomato Dosai. I have given some slight variations to this Coconut chutney in the notes section, so please scroll down till the end to read the notes section.
So if you are looking for variety of chutney recipes for idli | dosai, then this is a nice variation to the usual coconut chutney recipe.

Puliyodarai Podi recipe, How to make puliyodarai podi

Puliyodarai podi,with step by step pictures, a dry podi made using dhaniya, channa dal, red chili and tamarind as main ingredients, to make the popular South Indian Puliyodarai. I have seen MTR Puliyodarai podi and tasted too in my friend's house too. Few months back, i got to taste it in a friend's house. Her mil got it from a wedding caterer, but it was not like a dry powder. Roughly she gave an idea of the recipe, i noted it down but didn't attempt it. Later, during Navaratri, when i visited my neighbour's house, she made super spicy puliyodarai and while i was talking to her, she told that she made it using puliyodarai podi. I somehow mistook that as store bought podi, as i had a  feeling that it can't be made at home. I always pre assume many things like this. Few years back i thought, Pav Bhaji can only be made in restaurants and we can't make at home😆.  She then clarified that it is home made and her mother in law makes it quite often and it is a super hit recipe. I felt that it is perfect for working moms and perfect for travel too. I was bit skeptical about the grinding of tamarind, as it will be wet, but when i tried it few weeks back, it turned so well. I tweaked the recipe as per the ingredients i used for Iyengar puliyodarai recipe, but followed her method. You can use this puliyodarai podi for making Puli sevai and puli aval too.

Garlic ribbon pakoda recipe

Garlic ribbon pakoda| Garlic seeval recipe, spicy garlic flavored ribbon murukku recipe with step by step pictures, a perfect savory for diwali. I have posted 3 varieties of Ribbon pakoda | ola pakoda recipe with video. I have posted garlic sev recipe too. Yesterday Varsha was telling me to make garlic flavored ribbon pakoda for Diwali. That brought me so many childhood memories. Those days garlic in cooking was so rare at home so once when i asked my grandmother to make garlic flavored ribbon pakoda, she gave a weird look and told me that we don't make those stuff at home. My friends at school bring Garlic sev and Garlic Ribbon pakoda and i used to enjoy it. We lived in Madurai and so we used to get the famous Sattur seeval, Arupukottai seeval from friends who travel to these places quite often. These cities are quite closer to Madurai and the snacks taste so yummy. They use a traditional seeval kattai for making this ribbon pakoda. But since we don't have it at home, i used the achu which i used for making the Coconut ribbon pakoda. Do try this Garlic ribbon pakoda recipe at home and let me know how you liked it. Check out our full Collection of Diwali recipes. 
I followed my masala murukku | poondu murukku recipe procedure for making this garlic ribbon murukku, you can grind garlic only and add red chili powder to the flour and make the dough.

Wheat flakes chivda recipe, Healthy Diwali snacks

Wheat flakes chivda recipe, with video and step by step pictures, a healthy diwali snack recipe using Wheat flakes. Diwali is a time to indulge in varieties of sweets of snacks. Generally we make lots of sweets and savories for diwali but some people who  really can't eat oily food prefer some healthy recipes for diwali. I have already posted Healthy Poha chivda, Corn flakes mixture in Jeyashri's kitchen. Check out our Complete collection of Diwali recipes.
For my readers in Singapore
I have seen this Wheat flakes Chivda in Sri Murugan Stores, in East point mall Simei. I just grabbed the packet from there and then found out it is just like our regular cornflakes made with wheat. Staying in abroad we always miss the celebrations back home in India. But Sri Murugan Stores, Simei brings all the festivity just nearby our home and once you enter there you feel like you are in India. I have shared some pictures from there in Jeyashri's Kitchen Instagram during Ganesh Chaturthi. Also stay tuned to our Instagram page to see more pictures from Sri Murugan stores for Deepavali too. Buy your groceries for this Diwali through Sri Murugan online app, available on iOS and Android.

Rava Gulab Jamun recipe, Diwali Sweets

Gulab jamun recipe using Rava| sooji, soaked in sugar syrup a perfect dessert for diwali, Recipe with Video and step by step pictures.  Gulab jamuns are a must in most of the Indian families for Diwali. We always make Gulab jamun using Instant Gulab Jamun mix available in stores. We also make Khoya Gulab Jamun, Milk powder Gulab jamun, Paneer gulab jamun too. This Gulab Jamun is made using Rava| sooji| semolina. It is super easy to make and tasted so delicious too. So if you don't get any Gulab jamun mix in your place or running out of time in the last minute, just go ahead and make this Easy Rava gulab jamun.
I planned to post this recipe of sooji ka gulab jamun during Janmastami but then postponed to Diwali festival . Bookmarked the recipe from here and altered it suit my preference.
Go ahead and try out this Rava Gulab jamun for this Deepavali and celebrate the festival. Check out the Complete Collection of Diwali Sweets and Savory recipes from Jeyashri's kitchen

Madras mixture recipe, Diwali recipes

Sri Krishna sweets style Madras mota mixture recipe, with step by step pictures.
Madras mixture recipe with kara boondi, plain sev, maida biscuits, cashew nuts and peanuts as main ingredients, gives a classic sweet stall style mixture. Deepavali is incomplete without making mixture in a South Indian family. We always buy Mixture from Sri Krishna sweets, a popular sweet shop in Chennai. They have outlet in Chennai airport and so it is always convenient for us to buy from there before we board the flight. My kids are a huge fan of their Madras mixture, now they renamed this as Mota mixture. Though they have wide variety of sweets and snacks we buy only this mixture from them. So this year for deepavali i attempted to replicate the recipe, just with the taste and the ingredients i have seen in their packets. I slightly customised to suit my kids taste too. Celebrate this Diwali with Jeyashri's kitchen by choosing from our wide range of Diwali Sweets and Savory recipes.