Poha dosa is a no fermentation required dosa that is made with uncooked rice and rice flakes or poha or atukulu soaked in sour buttermilk which is left overnight. The next morning, you just blend it, add some spices and prepare delicious dosas. I simply love these dosa with peanut chutney. The sour buttermilk does […]
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Coconut Rice or Thengai sadam – simple food recipe
Today I share my favorite rice recipe – coconut rice or popularly known as thengai sadam which is an aromatic and very flavorful food of Tamil Nadu. I ate coconut rice for the first time in Tamil Nadu when we were on a short trip to Madras or Chennai. I loved the flavors of […]
Homemade Bisi bele bath masala powder recipe
Bisi bele bath is a healthy food from Karnataka that looks like south Indian sambar. It has got a special masala powder in it made with some aromatic spices used in India. It is yet again another easy homemade cooking recipes that can be prepared within minutes, if you have the bisi bele bath masala powder […]
Masala Dosa with potato curry (South Indian breakfast recipe)
Masala dosa is the most loved breakfast item in my family. For me, there is nothing better than Masala dosa served with an easy potato curry, coconut chutney and sambar 🙂 That is a match made in heaven !! There are numerous versions of dosa – oats dosa, chana dosa, ragi dosa, spring roll dosa… […]
Tomato-peanut chutney (Tomato-groundnut chutney)
Chutneys are wonderful to experiment with. I am always delighted to experiment with different combinations of south Indian chutneys. I make south Indian breakfast like dosa, idly, uttappam, vada so regular at home that I often keep searching for something unique and different chutney to go with it. I have already shared some of my […]
Quick Rava Idli (Instant idly recipe)
A delicious variation to the regular south Indian breakfast – idly is rava idli. Rava idli is made using semolina or suji or upma rava that is simply roasted and then added with buttermilk to prepare the batter. It is an instant version to the traditional breakfast idli recipe. My husband loves this over the regular […]
South Indian Sambar (Homemade sambar recipe)
Last week I shared my recipe for homemade sambar masala that is very easy to prepare with just a few ingredients. Today, I share my quick and simple sambar recipe made using my sambar masala. This is a healthy side dish with rice because it has all the protein coming from the toor or tuvar […]
Easy homemade Sambar masala (Sambar powder)
A south Indian classic and the most regularly prepared item in my home is ‘sambar’. I make it atleast once a week and more often twice. Either for breakfast with dosa or idly or also for lunch along with rice, it is a very favorite at home. So, I make a large amount of sambar […]