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Garlic Pickle | Garlic in vinegar brine
This week I will be posting recipes which have garlic as the main ingredient. In the last post I have mentioned so many health benefits of garlic. But I also heard that to reap the real benefits of...
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Garlic Fried Rice | How to make Sinangag
For the third recipe I had to do some research. I had the option of publishing garlic powder similar to our chutney powder / dal powder. But the recipe is very similar to the garlic chutney that I...
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Kovakkai Poriyal
Today is Ganesh Chathurthi. Happy Gowri Ganesh Festival to all my blog readers. We have successfully started the second week of this month long marathon. For the second week I have chosen the...
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Tindora Rice
Readers of my blog would have known by now that I am an avid fan of making and eating mixed rices. I just love them and its generally easy to make and of course pack it for lunch box too. SO when I...
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Kovakkai Thogayal
One side -dish and one rice based dish over with kovakkai. So what next??? A thogayal which will go very well with dosas and idlis and also with chapathi. I have heard that brahmins dont eat kovakkai-...
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Tindora Nu Shaak
While browsing and searching for various recipes using kovakkai - I came across this gujarati special - tindora nu shaak. This is a very easy recipe and can be paired with rice as well as roti. The...
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Manoli Kadle
Searching for different recipes made with Kovakkai, I have reached mangalore. In this area, kovakkai is called by the name manoli and kadle means chick peas. So here is an interesting recipe with...
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Tindora Masala
We have reached the last day of this week. So the last recipe with kovakkai for this mega marathon is a simple kovakkai masala which I often make as a side dish for chapathi.I am happy that I am...
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Tamarind Puttu
We are starting the third week of this mega marathon and the ingredient I have chosen for this week is "puttu". Yes you heard it right the most famous breakfast served in Kerala - puttu made out of...
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Lemon Puttu
My blogger friends should have guessed by now that the second recipe should be lemon puttu since i started with tamarind puttu. I always have stock of lemon at home since it is easier to make lemon...
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Egg Biriyani Puttu
There is a famous restaurant in Kerala in the name of "Dhe Puttu". They serve various varieteies of puttu. I haven't yet visited this restaurant but happened to see their menu in internet. In that menu...
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Veg fried puttu
Veg fried puttu is the fool proof recipe that I fall back to most of the times when I have left-over puttu. Thats because this is my favorite recipe and a pretty good way to include many veggies in...
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Thakkali Puttu
Thakkali puttu is enhancing the taste of puttu with tomatoes. I make this very easily with tomato thokku. I generally have a stock of thakkali thokku at home whenever the tomato prizes comes down like...
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Puttu payasam
Ending this week on a sweet note!! I tried payasam with the leftover puttu. My mom makes vella puttu which I haven't yet tried. This time I tried making payasam with milk and sugar. I really liked it....
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Varagu Pulao | Pulao with kodo millet
My ingredient for this week is Kodo millet (Tamil: Varagu; Malayalam: Koovaragu Hindi: Kodra; Telugu: Arikelu; Kannada: Harka). I have just started experimenting with millets. The only millet I use...
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Varagu Kanji | Porridge with kodo millet
The second recipe I tried with Kodo millet is a simple kanji. H had running nose one day and preferred to have some hot kanji. Instead of making it with the normal rice, I made it with varagu. I made...
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Varagu Adai
The next recipe I tried with Varagu is Adai. I just replaced varagu instead of rice in the traditional adai recipe and it turned out nice. Such replacements are a good technique to include millets in...
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Varagu Idli and Dosa
The next in line with kodo millet is our beloved idli and dosa - the staple breakfast of tamil nadu. Sometime back I read somewhere that idli is the best breakfast recipe from all the breakfast recipes...
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Varagu Pakora | with leftover idli batter
I normally make pakora with left over idli batter. Thats how I got the idea for this varagu pakora. But this time I didn't have any batter left from the idli/dosa batter made with varagu arisi. SO I...
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Varagu Pongal
The last one in the 'varagu' aka 'kodo millet' ingredient week is Pongal with varagu. Millets are rich in fiber, low in cholesterol and are gluten free. I made this pongal along with vadai. Pongal...
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