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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Palak Puri(Poori) Recipe | Spinach Puri

Poori is a deep fried flat bread that can be prepared using whole wheat flour & APF. Poori, Batura are my kids most favorite tiffin items but I rarely make it for them. Even though pooris are easy to make, I am lazy to do deep fry stuffs and will cook only to feed blog.  But the things are changing now, as my kids listing the menu to cook what today and what they like to have. And often Poori will be in their list, so this time it is Palak Puri/Spinach Puri. The little one was so much excited to see green colored puris and he loved it a lot. I also prepared Palak Rasam with the left over palak puree(I used a big bunch of palak to make puree) and that was super hit more than this palak puri. I wanted to make it again to share here as it tasted so good and healthy too.
Sometimes the simple things will turn out great in the kitchen and this palak puri is one such recipe. The color and flavor sure pleases everyone. For palak puree, I prepared the same way I used to do for Palak Paneer but you can also simply use the blanched spinach to make simple puree and mix it with wheat flour and make dough. I like to mildly spice up the puree with some ginger, garlic and green chilli. Here you go.,

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Oats Paniyaram Recipe | Easy Oats Paniyaram Using Idli Batter | Left over Idli Batter Recipe Ideas

Oats paniyaram is an Instant recipe that can be prepared using some left over idli/dosa batter. This oats paniyaram is a healthy, yummy and filling dish that can be served for breakfast, dinner or a perfect after school snack for kids. Here, I used store bought oat flour but you can make it home easily by grinding the rolled oats or quick cooking oats in blender and add it to the recipe. It is good to include oats and other whole grains in your daily meal. Whole grains are rich in fiber and low in calories and also they helps to reduce blood cholesterol and aids in good digestion. I use oats, millets, legumes and lentils in my daily cooking along with veggies.
Oats Paniyaram is one such healthy recipe with great taste. To make it even more tasty and crispy I also added some semolina/sooji/rava and rice flour to the batter. This oats paniyaram is not only my kids' favorite V also loved it a lot. If you don't have paniyam pan/Appam pan or Aebleskiver pan no worries, you can use your tawa/griddle or any wide pan and make it as thick pancake or Oats Oothappam. I tried that too, oats oothappam turned out soft and yummy. Now off to the recipe.

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Barnyard Millet Tomato Bath(Tomato Pulao) | Kuthiravali Tomato Pulao | Millet Tomato Bath | Easy Millet Recipes

Kuthiraivali Tomato Pulao is a simple yet flavorful and healthy one pot meal recipe with step by step photos. Few Months back I saw this millets in Indian Grocery Store in the name of Mario/Vrat Chawal. The grains looked tiny and pale in colour. It also resembles like a Millet grain and checked Google. Then found to know that it the same Kuthiraivali/Barnyard Millet. This Morio/Mario/Sawa Millet/Barnyard Millet is cooked and eaten during fasting days and hence it is also called as Vrat Ke Chawal.
I was happy to found another variety of Millet in my place and immediately bought a packet to try it. I have been using Foxtail Millet/Hulled Millet/Thinai in my cooking and have shared few recipes here too. With Barnyard millet I tried this tomato pulao and it turned good. Mildly flavored and easy to make one pot meal recipe perfect to pack for lunch box or makes a great weekend vegetarian meal along with some raita & vegetable stir fry. I served it with plain homemade curd & Onion Pakoda.

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Mushroom Fried Rice Recipe | Quick Mushroom Fried Rice | Easy Chinese Fried Rice Recipe

Mushroom Fried Rice Recipe, Quick and easy Chinese Fried Rice Recipe flavored with garlic and Mushroom. I have already share the recipe for Restaurant Style Fried Rice Recipe with lots of vegetables, bean sprouts and also a Spinach Masala Fried Rice Recipe with Indian spices/Garam Masala. This Mushroom Fried is a simple lunch box recipe that can be prepared in a jiffy. As mushrooms doesn't require more time to cook, this is perfect to Make Fried Rice. Chinese & Indo-Chinese recipes are our family's favorite ones and it is most welcomed anytime. I do not use more sauces and always prefer to make it light and simple. This Mushroom Fried Rice is one such simple one with great taste and flavor and the recipe as follows...

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Sweet Corn Clear Soup | Sweet Corn Vegetable Soup | Easy Vegetable Soup Recipe | Sweet Corn Soup Recipe | Restaurant Style Vegetable Soup

Easy, healthy and delicious Restaurant style Sweet Corn Vegetable Soup Recipe with Step by Step Photos. I always love simple and clear soups than the blended/creamy soups. I often make Cabbage clear soup for me, it is like a diet soup. Except me no one likes that cabbage soup so for them I made this restaurant style Clear Soup with Sweet corn, Mixed vegetables & green onion(spring onion). It turned out good and even my kids loved this soup.

This is a mildly spiced, light soup loaded with fresh vegetables. You can add any vegetables of your choice, here I used Sweet corn, carrots, beans, cabbage, green onion. Like my other soup recipes, here also I used Homemade Vegetable Stock/Broth but you can use store bought or plain water too. But try to make it vegetable stock. Making stock at home is so simple and easy, if interested checkout my Vegetable Stock recipe. This time, I added a small piece of Cinnamon to my stock and the cinnamon flavor was well incorporated with the stock and the soup was flavorful and healthy too.

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Methi Puri Recipe | Dried Methi(Kasoori Methi) Poori Recipe

Methi Poori Recipe with step by step photos. Methi Poori is a deep fried whole wheat flat bread with Dried Methi leaves. My kids love pooris a lot but I cook it very rarely. And now the elder one started giving menu each day. I am cooking as per his choice now-a-days. Last week, he wanted Poori & Channa Masala for breakfast, that means Chole Batura. It was a busy weekday morning and I don't have enough time to make Batura that time, instead of Batura I prepared this quick Methi Poori. As this methi poori, doesn't require resting time and can be prepared in a jiffy.
So One side set Easy Channa Masala in Pressure Cooker and the other side fried Methi Poori. My kids happily had their breakfast :) I added little Rava/Sooji/Semolina to the dough, that gives crispy and puffy poori, and also the pooris didn't drink oil. As you could see in the pictures, poori were not oily. Outer crispy puffed layer and inner layer was soft. Now off to the recipe.

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Kale Stir Fry | Kale Poriyal Recipe | Indian Kale Recipes

Kale or borecole (Brassica oleracea Acephala Group) is a vegetable with green or purple leaves, in which the central leaves do not form a head. It is considered to be closer to wild cabbage than most domesticated forms of vegetables, wiki says. Kale is rich in Vitamin K, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Iron, Magnesium,  anit oxidants etc.,Most important health benefits of consuming Kale regularly helps in blood glucose control in Diabetes and also lowers the blood pressure. Though I cook Kale dishes often, never get a chance to click and share here.
Like Broccoli, Kale also suits well with Indian spices and Indian recipes. The taste of Kale Poriyal is similar to that Drumstick leaves Poriyal. Though the fresh kale has different flavor from Drumstick leaves, the cooked one tastes like Drumtick leaves. I love drumstick leaves recipes a lot, but I do not see here often. So, started using Kale in place of Drumstick leaves. This Kale Poriyal is a simple recipe and makes a perfect accompaniment for Rice & Rasam or with Curd Rice, Lemon Rice & Sambar Sadham. We had Kale Poriyal with plain rice, Brinjal Puli kuzhambu, Vazhakkai Varuval & Fresh Homemade Curd.

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Broccoli Masal Dosa Recipe | Masala Dosa With Broccoli | Dosa Recipes

Masala Dosa/Masal dosa is a popular south Indian dish, a thin crispy dosa served with potato masal(sabzi). Broccoli Masal is nothing but a usual potato masal(sabzi) with the addition of Broccoli. I love broccoli in any form and I love to cook it the Indian Way more, especially in all possible south Indian dishes. Have tried Broccoli Rasam, Broccoli Kootu, Broccoli Poha Upma and few more recipes.

I love stuffed dosa and this broccoli masal dosa is one of my favorite, broccoli pairs well with potato in any form and this Broccoli Masal is another winning recipe. Even if you don't like Broccoli or hesitate to cook broccoli, don't worry, you can cook it along with any of your favorite dish or vegetable. Potato is one of our family's favorite vegetable, I tried more recipes with Broccoli & Potato combo. Also, Broccoli goes well with Indian spices,I have tried lot of recipes the Indian Way.
I prefer Indian Cooking more than any other cuisines, cooking with spices is my favorite. We eat breakfast either idlis or rotis or upma or pongal, even bread and milk and sometimes for weekends I cook elaborate meal for breakfast and Last weekend we had such elaborate typical south Indian breakfast- Idli/Dosa/Broccoli Masal Dosa with 2 chutneys & sambar.

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Easy Idli/Dosa Recipe Using Rice Flour & Urad Flour | How To Make Idli/Dosa Using Rice Flour & Urad Flour | Easy Idli Batter Recipe Without Grinding | Crispy Paper Dosa Recipe

Homemade Idli/Dosa Batter using Flours | Easy Idli/Dosa Recipe using Rice Flour | Super Soft Idlis & Crispy Paper Dosa Recipe With step by step pictures. This week I am sharing one of the staple & popular breakfast recipes of South India. Making a soft idlis and crispy paper dosa is definitely a challenging task and that too for some North Indian people who love Idli/Dosa and trying to make it at home is really a big task. Most of my North Indian friends ask me for this idli/dosa batter recipe, but after hearing about the grinding part, particularly urad dal with Mixie/blender they will lost the interest to try idli batter at home.

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Beetroot Soup Recipe | Vegan Beetroot Soup | Roasted Beets Almond Soup | Beets Soup With Almonds

Vegan Beetroot Soup|Beetroot Soup Recipe|Beetroot Almond Soup Recipe with step by step pictures. I am here with another healthy, delicious and interesting soup recipe that is perfect for your Valentines Day Dinner Menu. The smooth, creamy and silky texture with bright red color is sure to impress everyone. For a change, I added some Almonds to the soup and instead of adding beetroot as such I roasted in oven and added to the soup. It was so flavorful and delicious with mild sweet taste from beets. I loved this soup a lot, even without cream or milk the soup got its rich taste and flavor from almonds. It was filing too. If you want are planning for a healthy meal to serve on this Valentines Day occasion, please add this soup to your menu and give it a try and am sure you will love it.

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Podi Idli Recipe | Beetroot Idli | Beetroot Podi Idli Recipe | Kids Friendly Valentines Day Recipe Ideas

Podi Idli Recipe / Beetroot Idli recipe/ Roasted Beets Idli with step by step photos. I wanted to share few Valentine Recipes with red or pink colored dishes. But at the same time I do not want to make any cakes or cookies or desserts. Because, I have already had so much of sweets/desserts in the name of blog during Diwali & Christmas. So I am staying away from sweets and no more sweets or desserts for sometime.

Then after a long thought, I decided to cook few savory dishes with beetroot. And first in the row comes, Beetroot Podi Idli. Once I have tried Roasted Beets Pasta and used the left over beets pesto to make dosa. With that recipe in mind, I tried this Beetroot Podi Idli. To make it even more attractive,I cut the idlis with heat shaped cutter and my kids were so much excited to see the red colored heart shaped idlis. They kept asking me, How the idlis got red color? How I made it? Why heart idlis? Are we having Valentines Party at home? and so on until I gave them their plate of beets podi idli :)

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Carrot Soup Recipe | Vegan Carrot Soup | Carrot Soup With Lime !

Carrot Soup|Vegan Carrot Soup Recipe with step by step pictures. Carrot and Tomato soup are my favorite soups and these are the soups that my Mom prepares at home once in a while.
As I do not like adding cream or milk based soups I prefer mostly vegan or simple soups with any veggies. This Carrot soup is one such recipe with great taste and flavor.  Any crispy bread pairs well with this soup and makes a perfect meal.

I followed the same Vegan Broccoli Soup recipe but instead of roasted broccoli I added carrots. And i have seen in many carrot soup recipes with lemon and ginger, here i used lime juice and it paired well. I have made it couple of times and this our family's favorite soup now.

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Chole Masala Recipe | Easy Chole Recipe | Channa Masala For Batura

Easy Chole Masala Recipe/Chole Recipe for Batura with Step by Step photos. I have already shared Chole Batura and Restaurant style Channa Masala recipes, this chole version is a quick and easy pressure cooker method. I always prefer one pot meal or one pot cooking method and this is one such recipe using store bought chole masala powder. Actually, I wanted to share the authentic Punjabi Chole recipe. Being a friend and neighbor to Punjabi family, I wanted to learn  authentic Punjabi recipes. I have tasted Punjbai Samosa, Aloo Parantha, chaats, Kadhi Pakora, Punjabi Chole, Batura & few more recipes prepared by Auntie. She makes the best samosa, kadhi and all her dishes are yummy.

When I asked Auntie for the Chole recipe, She said that they use an unique Chole Masala Powder for Chole. And she added that the Chole Masala Powder is from Delhi, India from their well know spice store. Auntie & myself tried to identify the ingredients from that powder but in vain. We able to judge 1 or 2 ingredients but not the whole and the proportions. She said that she have tried couple of time to make homemade channa masala powder but wasn't successful. But she suggested to try the it the same way with any store bought Chole Masala Powder. Then one fine day as per her suggestion I tried this recipe and it turned out good.

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Tomato Pulao Recipe | Thakkali Pulao Recipe | Easy Pulao Recipe ~ One Pot Meal Recipe Ideas!

Tomato Pulao - Easy lunch box  Recipe with step by step pictures. Tomato Pulao is a quick, delicious and flavorful one pot meal that can be prepared in a jiffy. I saw this recipe from a cook book, Saiva Veetu Samayal by Chef Dhamu. This tomato pulao is entirely different from our regular tomato biryani or tomato rice or any Pulao recipe. I have tried lot of Chef Dhamu's recipes from tv channels but this is very unique and interesting recipe. This recipe takes less than 30 minutes and can be done in one pot. Really a saver recipe for those busy weekdays cooking and also an apt recipe for weekend special lunch. There's not much spices used and this recipe involves an unique cooking method. Without any further delay lets move on to the recipe...

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Oven Roasted Broccoli Soup | Roasted Broccoli Soup Recipe | Vegan Broccoli Soup

Oven Roasted Broccoli Soup / Vegan Broccoli Soup Recipe. I wanted to try Broccoli Soup since long time but most of the recipe uses either milk or cream. I do not like milk or cream based soups and V too. So bit hesitated to try soup with milk. Earlier this month saw this Roasted Broccoli Soup on Foodgawker site and the recipe does not require any milk or cream and also it is simple and healthy. Immediately after making Homemade Vegetable Stock, I tried this soup and loved it to the core. Roasted broccoli flavor was too good and without milk and cream the soup got nice creamy texture due to the addition of potato. I added 1/2 of a medium potato and the result was awesome. I also tried Carrot Soup the similar way(recipe coming soon) Here I made it Vegan using olive oil for sauteing but you can also use butter. Now off to the recipe...

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Onion Kachori Recipe | Pyaz Ki Kachori Recipe

Onion Kachori Recipe with step by step pictures. Winter Evenings sure needs some garam garam savory snack & Hot Beverage. Last week it was very cold, cloudy and rainy days. V was working from home for 2 days and he requested me to make some spicy snack. I know what he means by spicy snack, nothing but any deep fried savory delights. First I thought of making Punjabi Samosa but samosa making consumes much time for shaping and it was already 2 pm. Within 2 hours I can't finish cooking and clicking. Since after 4 there will not be enough light as it was really a dark gloomy day. So decided to make some Kachoris and with one quick and yummy Onion filling, Pyaz Ki Kachori|Onion Kachori.

Kachoris are in my to do list since long time, long back tried Peas Kachoris but it was like Stuffed pooris and not the crispy snack kind. I referred Vahchef's video for Onion filling and prepared dough on my own. I got good tips for making crispy kachoris/Samosa from my Neighbor Aunt. She said that for making crispy, flaky samosa and kachoris you need to add more oil to the flour, the flour should be mixed well with the oil first then use very little water to knead dough. Minimum 3-4 tbsp of oil for 1 cup of flour is needed. And then you get crispy, flaky and perfect punjabi samosa. 4 tbsp is 1/4 cup of oil for 1 cup of flour. But i don't want to add that much oil, so I tried with 1 tbsp oil and it turned out good at first attempt. The most important thing for crispy kachoris, that you need to fry them in right temperature. If its too hot then it will turn soft and become stuffed pooris, If it is less hot then kachoris will be oily and soggy. Please read all the instructions and notes before starting the recipe.

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Cauliflower 65 Recipe | Gobi 65 | Crispy & Spicy Fried Cauliflower

Cauliflower 65 or crispy & Spicy fried cauliflower is a tempting and addictive snack and guess it is almost everyone's favorite from kids to aged person. There are tons of recipes for this cauliflower. I too have already posted Restaurant style Gobi 65, in which the cauliflower florets are dipped in a batter and then deep fried till crisp. But this recipe is super quick, so easy and doesn't require any batter. My MIL make gobi 65 this way but with Instant 65 Masala Mix. And once I saw Chef Dhamu's recipe on tv channel and recreated myself. Only thing there's no batter and everything is mixed like we do for Pakoda and deep fried immediately. This recipe sure gives you perfect crispy and yummy fried cauliflower.

This cauliflower 65 makes a perfect tea time snack with some hot beverages. Not only as a snack, this cauliflower 65 makes a great side dish with Tomato Biryani, Fried Rice, Rasam & Rice, Curd rice.
I wanted to post this recipe since long time and finally few weeks back prepared mainly to click some pictures for blog.

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Guacamole Recipe | Spicy Guacamole Recipe | Easy Avocado Dip

Guacamole is nothing but a creamy and delicious dip/Condiment prepared using Avocados. One of the healthiest Dip for snacks, spread of Sandwiches/Burritos. It is one of the popular Mexican recipe.
After referring few sites and recipe card from Fresh Markets, I made this yummy Dip and it turned out perfect and tasted similar to restaurant style guacamole. Adding Jalapeno Pepper is optional, if you want it spicy then add it or simply skip it and add some fresh ground pepper for mild spice and flavor. Once in a while we buy Tortilla/Tostitos Chips for snacking and I usually make Fresh Tomato Salsa or sometimes we buy canned ones from store.
This time I had Avocados in hand, so made this creamy and yummy dip and we thoroughly enjoyed munching those crunchy tortilla with this delicious Spicy Guacamole. Next time when you buy Avocados from Market, please try this Guacamole and enjoy with chips/sandwiches/Burritos or You can make it as a salad with adding some steamed or grilled corn & some black beans.

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Pasiparuppu Paniyaram | Moongdal Paniyaram ~ Healthy Snack Recipe

Today's recipe is one healthy, delicious, simple and easy after school snack recipe for kids using Moongdal / Pasiparuppu - Pasiparuppu Paniyaram. This is my Grandma's recipe and one of my favorite childhood food. Pasiparuppu Paniyaram is a good old recipe that many of you did not even heard or completely forgotten, I am happy that I learned such healthy, delicious recipes from her. My grandma is good in making different varieties of Paniyaram / Adai & Vadai. Most of our evening tiffin or snack will be Idli Batter Paniyaram, Chola Paniyaram, Pasiparuppu paniyaram, Ragi Adai, Murungai Adai. These are delicious, nutritious and filling snack. If you love Paniyram then you must try this recipe, this pasiparuppu paniyaram needs any spicy tangy dip like tomato garlic chutney, kara chutney, coconut chutney with dry red chilies. My kids love to have it with tomato sauce.I have posted this recipe long back and now updating it with new pictures and step wise pictures.  Now off to the recipe

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