Kara Chutney Recipe | Tomato Chutney(without Coconut) for Idli/Dosa | Hotel Style Red Chutney For Idli

Kara Chutney or Hotel Style Red Chutney is one quick & easy to make chutney that pairs well with many South Indian Tiffin recipes like Idli/Dos, Pongal, Chapathi, Paniyaram, Adai, etc., This Chutney tastes similar to the hotel red chutney, mildly tangy and spicy chutney without coconut. It requires only few basic ingredients and can make it in a jiffy. This is one of my favorite chutney and I love it with hot Idlis and Paniyaram. The color of the chutney depends on the variety of tomato used.

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Instant Sambar / Pottukadalai Sambar / Easy Tiffin Sambar

Instant Sambar / Pottukadalai Sambar is a quick and instant sambar that does not need lentils/dal and can be made in a jiffy. This Instant sambar pairs well with all the South indian breakfast items Idli, Dosa, Pongal, Medhu vada, Upma, Paniyaram. Long back saw this recipe from Jeyashri's Kitchen and this is my family favorite sambar and have been cooking this every weekend for Pongal or idli but this time only got time to take pictures.
If i have mood to cook or enough time, will chop some veggies like carrot, yellow pumpking, peas, brinjal to this sambar or else this is my version. Thanks a ton Jeyashri for this quick and instant recipe, this Sambar
comes handy and most of our /Saturday's breakfast will be Ven Pongal and this Instant Sambar. Even On this New year's day i prepared this sambar and clicked picutres.
So if you are looking for a quick side dish for idli/venpongal without comprise in taste and flavor of your traditional favorite sambar then this is one best recipe.

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Broccoli Pasta / Simple Broccoli Pasta

For Vegan Thursday, an event by Priya of Priya's Versatile recipes, am sharing a kids friendly Pasta recipe with Indian touch and our family favorite veg Broccoli. My kids love Pasta that too little one's most favorite, he love to eat the cooked pasta as such before sauteing. But i never cooked cheesy or creamy or sauce based pasta for him, always a simple stir fry method. Very rarely pasta with tomato basil sauce. And today's pasta is a simple pasta with Indian touch. Not much vegetables, spices just onions and broccoli. This is their recent favorite pasta. Here you go.,

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Vazhakkai Varuval / Vazhakkai Fry / Spicy Raw Banana Fry

This is one of the simple & quickest stir fry that pairs well with any kind of south Indian meal - with sambar, rasam & curd/Yogurt or with one pot meal like Arisi Paruppu Sadham, Sambar Sadham, Bisi Bela Batha and even with Variety rice like Lemon Rice, Tomato Rice, Curd rice. Mr.V even like this fry to eat like appetizer, he finish this whole bowl in one go. He loves this kind of fry a lot and Potato Fry is his most favorite. Mostly i cook Vegetarian on all special occasions and if i ask him for the menu his choice will be Sambar, Rasam, Potato Fry, Medhu Vada & Vermicelli Payasam. I love to talk about his favorites and liking a lot but will stop here and move on to the recipe. I have already posted a simple Vazhakkai Stir Fry but this is little different from it which involves tempering and also the addition of onions which took this simple fry to next level with lovely flavor and caramelized onions with the spices smells and tastes so good that cannot be explained you have to feel it, so next time when u get Raw Banana or Vazhakkai try this simple and easy to make fry without fail and please feel free to share your lovely feedback. Now off to the recipe...

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Chilly Tomato Chutney / Spicy Tomato Garlic Chutney

Today's recipe is one simple and easy to make chutney which serves as an accompaniment for Idly/Dosa, Upma, Pidi Kozhukattai, Paniyaram, Rava Dosa, Ragi Dosa/Ragi Adai,Wheat Dosa or even good as a Sandwich spread. I came to know this simple chutney from Priya, thanks Priya for sharing this easy breezy chutney with great taste. Even my kids love this chutney, this stays good up to a week, if refrigerated. This even pairs well with curd rice. Just 4 main ingredients needed for this chutney and the recipe as follows...

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Bhel Puri - Easy & Healthy Chaat Recipe!

After a short four days break, am here with an easy and refreshing snack/Chaat recipe - Bhel Puri. Bhel Puri is nothing but a simple and easy to make chaat with rice puffs/murmura and one of my Hubby's favorite chaat. He love this bhel puri a lot and that too the one from Raj Bhog NJ is his most favorite. When we were in NJ, Raj Bhog chaats  & snacks shop is near to our apartment, just a 5 minutes walk to taste all those refreshing chaats and snacks in an affordable price. Really we miss NJ's Indian Restaurants, chaats  & snacks shops.
But i try to recreate all those chaats & snacks at home and this is Bhel Puri is one such recreated version and also i referred few sites and finally fixed with this simple version. The only thing is it should be served immediately as soon as its done but some people love the soggy rice puffs also, so its purely your choice. We love both crispy & soggy rice puffs.

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Peanut Sundal / Verkadalai Sundal

I am happy to share that Spicy Treats Crossed 25 Lakhs Hits and 600+ posts, Thanks a ton to all my readers, visitors and my blogger friends. Without all your constant support and encouragement i couldn't reach this. I thank each and everyone who visit my space regularly from My Bottom of my Heart. Special thanks to my Blogger friends who never fail to encourage my work by sharing their lovely comments. Thank you dear friends and hope you will extend your support in the future coming days also. All my centuries post were a special post with lovely Desserts/Sweets. But right I am not in a celebration mood due to some personal issues. But hope we get back to normal soon and will share a delicious dessert for this occasion soon.
Now-a-days i could not visit all your space regularly, so sorry for that and please don't mistake me. I love blog hop but because of personal issues and commitments couldn't do it regularly, i know everyone is having their own personal issues and commitments but still you people are great never fail to visit mine, thanks a ton. I feel so guilty and hope i can spend some time in coming days and definitely check all your wonderful creations. Thanks again!

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Papdi Chaat / Papdi & Papdi Chaat Recipe

Today's recipe for Vegan Thursday, Papdi & Papdi Chaat Recipe. This is a simple & refreshing snack and one of my favorite chaat item. I have already posted a similar Papdi chaat with Papdis and freshly grated carrots and beets. This time i tried papdi at home and the result was not bad and not perfect. The papdis were super crispy but the papdi come out with lots of bubbles, so it does not look good otherwise the papdis tasted so good. V and kids did not bother about it and happily enjoyed the snack. Its me who always bother for perfect result and everything and sometimes worry for it and waste most of my precious time by simply sitting and starring at my pics whether to post it or not?  After spending almost an hour and a half, finally decided to share it here. Now off to the recipe...

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Peas Chaat / Peas Masala Chaat Recipe / Green Peas Masala Chaat ~ Healthy & Refreshing Snack !

Mr.V love sundals(kind of legume salad) and he mostly prefer it for evening snacks. Though I am not much fond of sundals very rarely prefer Chickpeas/Channa sundal and i love eating these protein packed & fiber rich legumes in chaat form. Peas Chaat / Channa Chaat or any legume simply cooked and sprinkled with chaat masala and few lemon drops would make my snack plate more happy and filling.

This Peas Chaat  / Peas Masala Chaat is one such healthy & refreshing snack, a pure vegan recipe. This recipe was shared to me by my sister long back, 2 yrs back. I cook this peas chaat often but couldn't get chance & time to blog it. But this time made it for blog and clicked happily :) This peas chaat doesn't involve chaat chutneys since we add fresh cilantro, mint, tamarind, jaggery gives spicy, sour & sweet taste. But serving with chaat chutneys makes it even more tasty and refreshing. Without any further delay will move on the recipe....

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Kadamba Chutney / Quick & Easy Chutney for Idli / Dosa

Today's recipe is one quick and easy chutney recipe that goes well with most of the south Indian tiffin variety like Idly, Dosa, Pongal, Paniyaram, Adai, Upma etc., Kadamba Chutney is nothing but a combo of many ingredients like onion, tomato, ginger, chillies, garlic, mint leaves, cilantro, coconut, dal etc. This is one quick and yummy chutney and one of my favorite too. If u have all this veggies in hand but not enough to make a specific variety like Coconut Chutney or Mint Chutney or Tomato Chutney then you can make use of all those tiny bits in one recipe and make a delicious side dish for your tiffin. Now off to this simple chutney recipe....

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Instant Mango Pickle / Quick Mango Pickle / Raw Mango Pickle

After a long time I am so happy to find some Raw Mangoes Here in Indian Store. The raw mangoes which we get here in local grocery stores will not be firm, tangy n doesn't taste great. But a month back during my visit to Patel Brothers(Indian Grocery store) saw this green Raw mangoes. Mangoes were sturdy so tangy n tasted so good like the one we get in India. I was so happy to see and bought few mangoes. we ate all the mangoes as such with salt n chilli powder, me n H love it that way more. As we get it after a long time we could not control our self n had it as salad n snack :) Then i wanted to make few mango recipes for blog and bought 2-3 lbs and tried few recipes to share here in my space.

Here comes the first recipe, Instant Mango Pickle. This pickle is one of the easy pickle that u can make it in a jiffy. This pickle is common in all special functions like Wedding, Baby Shower/Valaikkappu since its easy and quick people mostly prefer this pickle to serve for any feast. This pickle goes well with Curd Rice, Sambar sadham, Lemon Rice, Rasam & rice or you can enjoy this as such like a salad. This is so simple to make, just chop and do tempering that's it...Tangy & Tasty Mango Pickle ready. 

Ingredients

1. Raw Mango    1 no. or 1 and 1/2 cup (chopped pieces)
2. Turmeric Powder    a small pinch
3. Salt     1/2 tsp or to taste
4. Chilli Powder     1/2 tsp or to taste
5. Hing     a small pinch

To Temper

1. Oil      2-3 tsp
2. Mustard seeds    1/2 tsp
3. Urad dal    1/4 tsp
4. Curry leaves    few (optional)

Method

• Wash Mango thoroughly and wipe with a paper towel, then chop in to fine pieces or to your desired shape n size and keep ready.
• Heat oil in a pan, when its get heated add mustard seeds and allow to splutter then add urad dal and fry till golden brown and add curry leaves n hing.
• After that add chopped mango pieces, turmeric powder, chilli powder, enough salt and stir everything well.
• Keep stirring in medium heat for a minute. I like my mango pieces to be bit crunchy so i saute for a minute then removed the pan from heat.
• If u want it to be soft then stir fry for one more minute and turn off the stove.
• That's it..Quick Mango Pickle Ready. 

Notes:

This pickle should be consumed within a day. 

I do not add roasted fenugreek powder/Methi seeds powder but if u want u can add a generous pinch of it.

Do not saute the mango for long time, just 1 or 2 minutes is enough.

Kadai Paneer / Kadai Paneer Recipe ~ Restaurant Style

Kadai Paneer, One of the Easiest Paneer recipe i have tried so far. Kadai Paneer is nothing but a simply, mild spicy & flavorful side dish using Paneer & Bell Pepper/Capsicum with the prepared kadai masala. And the most important part is this dish should be prepared in a kadai/wok. Sounds interesting right? Kadai Paneer is a very quick stir fry like recipe which is made in a Kadai. And thus it got the name "Kadai Paneer". I have tasted this recipe in Indian Restaurants here but recently tried this at home and loved it a lot. Because of fat content & calorie conscious i reduced cooking Paneer, but my kids love paneer a lot and also to feed my blog baby few weeks back tried it. I got the recipe from Dassana's Veg Recipes of India. I slightly tweaked the recipe by adding few finely chopped onions and it turned out so good. Thanks to Dassana for this wonderful recipe, it tasted just like that of Restaurant Kadai Paneer. Lets move on the recipe quickly...

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Pavakkai Chips / Bitter Gourd Chips

Today's recipe is simple & easy crispy snack, Bitter gourd Chips. This is one of the easy n best way to make kids eat bitter gourd or anyone who hate bitter gourd. The mild spicy & crispy Bitter gourd chips makes a perfect tea time snack. I have already posted the recipe for Bitter gourd Pakoda which is also a deep fried tea time snack. But compared to the pakodas this chips uses very little flours, spices and its as simple as fried onions and can be done in a jiffy n serve with your favorite hot or cold drink. We even love this bitter gourd chips as a side dish with rasam or sambar rice.

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Vegetable Chalna / Veg Chalna

Today's Post is a special post, a virtual Celebration post to give a surprise treat to one of my dearest friend and a well know Blogger, Divya Pramil of You Too Can Cook who is celebrating her birthday today. Blogging had changed my life and brought so many wonderful memories and new frenz relations to me. I never thought that the virtual friends which i came to know via blogging will become a part of my life but it happened with some of my blogger friends who really luv and care for me and am more comfortable with them to share everything with them, family, personal, GK, cinema, photography, cooking and of course blogging. One such friend is Divya Pramil, within a short time we get close each other with true luv and care. Very encouraging and supportive person, I really so happy to do a special post for her and Wishing Her a Very Happy Birthday...
"Happy B'day Divya...May this day be the beginning of a year filled with Happy Memories, wonderful moments & shining Dream"
God Bless U with all u needs & fulfill all ur dreams & Desire. Good Luck My dear :)

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Cracked Wheat Upma / Cracked Wheat Recipes

Today's recipe is a nutritional n diabetic friendly recipe, Upma using cracked wheat/Dalia/Fada. Upma are quick, simple & a saver recipe on pretty busy days. I reduced using white rava except for Rava dosa rarely and completely use this cracked wheat for upma. As this Cracked Wheat are not processed one its so healthy n rich in fiber too. This is one perfect n healthy recipe for Diabetic people. This cracked wheat surely controls/lower the sugar level, i myself experienced this during my gestational diabetes. This cracked wheat upma & cracked wheat pongal are my constant breakfast recipes on those time. Not only for diabetic people generally its good to include cracked wheat in our diet and its a great breakfast recipe choice for diet, calorie n health conscious people. Now off to the recipe...

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Carrot Poriyal / Carrot Stir Fry

This is one of the simple & quickest stir fry or poriyal. I love carrots and this poriyal is my favorite, i even like to eat this with plain rice or sometimes i used to add some rice to the poriyal saute it and enjoy as Carrot Fried rice :)
You can make this carrot poriyal in jiffy just it takes only 5 minutes or less to make this yummy stir fry. Here i have made this recipe with carrots alone but you can very well combine with beans and make as Carrot Beans Poriyal. Recently i posted the recipe for Beans Poriyal, this is also a similar recipe but here i used green chilli instead chilli powder. The recipe as follows..

Ingredients

1. Carrot     1/4 kg or 2 cups(finely chopped)
2. Onion   1 medium (chopped)
3. Curry leaves      1 sprig
4. Green chilli     2 no.s(chopped)
5. Turmeric powder       1/4 tsp or less
6. Coconut(shredded)     1-2 tbsp or more
7. Cilantro      1-2 tbsp(finely chopped)
8. Salt    to taste

To Temper

1. Oil      2 tsp
2. Mustard seeds      1/2 tsp
3. Chana dal/Yellow split peas    2 tsp
4. Urad dal /White lentils        2-3 tsp

Method

• Heat oil in a kadai, add mustard seeds when it popup, add chana dal, urad dal and fry till golden brown.
• Then add the finely chopped onions and curry leaves saute for 1-2 minutes.

• After that finely chopped carrot, turmeric powder and enough salt and stir well.
• Now sprinkle 1-2 tbsp water and cook covered for 2 minutes.

• After that open the lid and stir fry for few seconds and add shredded coconut mix well.
• Lastly add some finely chopped cilantro and stir fry in medium high heat for few seconds.
• That's it..Yummy Carrot Poriyal / Stir Fry Ready.

• I served this carrot poriyal with rice, Okra Sambar & Tomato Rasam.

Notes:

After adding water cook covered not more than for 2-3 minutes. otherwise the carrot gets over cooked n turn mushy.

Adding coconut is optional.

Instead of green chilli u can use 1/2 -1 tsp chilli powder.

This stir fry can be served with chapathi, dosa or even as sandwich filling.

Fruit Custard / Mixed Fruit Custard - Easy Fruit Dessert Recipe.

One of my reader requested to share some simple & easy to make fruit recipes/fruit salad/dessert recipes. The first recipe came to my mind on reading the mail was this simple Fruit custard. And also its been long since i made this custard related desserts. So immediately made this fruit custard with available fruits but this time used Mango flavored Custard which turned out even more flavorful & delicious. My kids loved this fruit custard more and requested to make it often. You too give it a try its very simple to make and one of the delicious way to serve fruits to kids. This is also a perfect party dessert, easy to make it in huge portion, just boil the custard with milk, allow to cool and mix it with chopped fruits, any desired fruits combo. The recipe as follows...

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Bread Pizza / Easy Pizza Recipe / Quick Bread Pizza - Kids Friendly Snack Ideas!

Today's recipe is one of the easy & quick kids friendly snack recipe using Bread - Bread Pizza. My kids love bread and i always stock breads in my pantry to make some quick snack / breakfast / brunch for them. Their most fav breakfast is plain bread toast with cream butter & jam and a glass of milk, its so easy & simple for me to make. But this won't work for all the time, still happy that once in a while they make my job quick and easier.

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Mango Kulfi / Easy Kulfi Recipe - Summer Special!!!

Summer at its peak in India and few other conutires but here in WI its still little chill, windy and only from this week weather is getting warm and bright. After spending 6-7 months in minus degrees we feel that 70 or 75F itself too hot, sweat n thirsty. Dunno h we managed in India but now we cant bare the heat n we look for chill air n cooling alternatives like food n drink which makes our body cool n
refreshing.
We keep ourselves cool n energetic by taking fresh fruits n its juices, lemonade, mocktails, ice creams in hot sunny days. Here we get all kinds of fruits round the year except the price varies but in India summer is very very special & colorful. We get the season's fruit - mango, watermelon, jack fruit, nungu(palm fruit) and everywhere u can find roadside shops/small stalls selling these fresh fruits, sherbath, lemonade, fresh fruit juices, khulfi, ice creams, badam kheer, tender coconuts, kambu koozhl, neer more n many more. Really missing all!!!

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Dosa Toast / Savory French Toast / Quick Bread Toast Using Idli/Dosa Batter

I wanted to try this Dosa Toast for long time, recently saw this recipe on my Friend Manjula's Desi Fiesta Blog and was so much tempted and tried it immediately. Glad that i tried it, dosa toast was so delicious and my family members loved it and now this is my lil' one's most favorite breakfast. Thank You Manju for this wonderful recipe. If u are looking for a easy & quick recipe to make use of ur left over idli/dosa batter and bread slices this is one of the best choice of recipe. To pair with this dosa toast i made coconut chutney, the best ever combo. Now off to the recipe..

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