This is a simple rice perfect for a lunch box. this is a little different from the Beetroot Saadam I posted earlier. This is cooked in milk so the colour is little pale. But it tastes great. The ingredient list is also very small and the pulao can be cooked…
Rice is the staple food of south India. With out rice the meal is incomplete for us. So every south Indian household cooks rice on daily basis. Granny used to cook rice in mud pots and that rice is very good for health. Even now a doctor in Chennai asks…
Today is the third week of Blogging Marathon #19. I am posting under the theme Cooking with greens. The first recipe is for a coloured rice perfect for kid’s lunch box. If you love okra, then this is for you. The palak flavour along with okra was very nice. As…
Puttu is a south Indian special snacks made out of rice flour. It is very soft and it is mainly because of the flour we use to prepare it. Raw rice is used for this flour. The rice can either be ground at home or can be ground at a…
Happy Independence Day to all my readers For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli chose Ulundangali ( Urad dhal halwa which uses sesame oil. She gave us two recipes to try. I opted this recipe which uses equal quantities of rice and urad dhal. This kali is given to girls…
My mom prepares delicious vaangi baath. I also prepare a type but it is not as flavourful as mom’s. So I asked her about the recipe and she told me that she adds a spice powder which gives the distinct flavour. Then she gave me the list of ingredients and…
I didn’t know about this kichdi until one day when my mom asked me about it. My SIL asked my mom about this and my mom asked me to search the web for the recipe. Then I browsed the net and wrote down this recipe. I forgot to note down…
I used to love puttu during my school days. When ever I asked for it, my mom prepared it for me. After marriage, I don’t prepare it often. When hubby went to Dindugal on a trip, there was a hotel famous for nei puttu. They fold it in banana leaves…
Akki roti is a speciality of Karnataka. Usually rotis are patted directly on tawa and cooked. These rotis usually have onions and green chillies in them. They also have avarekalu during season. But the akki roti I am posting today is my friend’s recipe. When ever I think of akki…
Bisi bele bath is a famous dish from Karnataka. As the name suggests the rice consists of dhal and is served piping hot. Some call it as bisi bela huli anna. As tamarind is also added to the rice it is called so. What ever the name is, we are…