how to prepare ragi koozh (fingermillet/kezhvaragu/nachani) Divine aadi month starts from mid days of July and lasts till mid-August.Majority of days during this aadi month are special and moreover its a dedicated holy month for worshiping god and goddesses.All through this month limitless amount of aadi koozh (kind of summer-drink) are made and served to people,most...
simple lemon rice /marudhuskitchen Most befitting travel friendly food here in South Indian houses is the lemon rice I remember my amma making either lemon rice or tamarind rice for picnics we go or even for temple visits.Whether its a tour to distant places or a simple picnic we don't travel alone as a single family...
simple indian (south) food recipes for lunch /tamil lunch menu A Typical Tamil Lunch is a well-organized lists of menu to go with the main South Indian staple "rice" and serving food in banana leaf is a special custom in most of the southern states like Karnataka,kerala and Andhra.As a South-Indian am more used to this...
cabbage kootu with moong dal /muttaikos(e)kootu Sambar,kootu,karakulambu,morkulambu are the iconic main items in a TamilNadu lunch menu and in this special spread of tongue tickling dishes Kootu has a very special place.I love moong dhal specially for its nutty taste and love to have it in any form but particularly the paruppu payasam made with...
Crispy deep fried taro /Seppankizhangu dry fry Taro/Arbi/Seppankizhangu/Colocasia becomes a highly priced complex carbohydrate vegetable than that of its equivalent root vegetable potato because for its low glycemic index property(eating low glycemic food maintains our blood sugar in level)after boiling and peeling the vegetable it becomes a kind of slightly slippery!it is cut into even sized discs...
pumpkin mor kulambu (ash gourd)/simple recipe of rice Hotter climate kindles people to take more buttermilk/neer mor!In southern parts of India its a belief that if we take more buttermilk/curds in our diet it cools our body!as you would expect don't know whether its proven scientifically.As an extra factor curds/yogurt neutralizes the acidity created by various...
radish sambar south indian (for rice)/Tamil Nadu style There is an interesting history about "sambar"!read the below information The following Information is from the site named History telling.wordpress.com (Via The Story of Sambhar by Padmini Natarajan.)(click above line to the site) “The Marathas were ruling Tanjore. Sambhoji was a great cook (the male clan members to note) and very...
how to make horse gram rasam /kollu rasam Down my memory lane my friends would make fun of me saying"I thought that kollu/horse gram is only for feeding horses but you make a meal out of it"but this was the case long back and now they too make quite some dishes out of it realizing its...
rasam without dhal / goddu rasam You may all know that a SouthIndian lunch menu is never complete without a rasam and many varieties of rasams are made each having different taste,aroma and flavour.Most of the rasam recipe's uses cooked dhal as main ingredient!some rasam varieties are made even without the cooked dhal they are easy...
how to make crispy dosa recipe /dosa south indian A proper south Indian living means it is ever indispensable to have idli dosa batter at home for always!more than that the fermentation process is given more importance in our Indian diet.Lentils,rice,cereals are common inevitable raw materials for any South Indian home.Indian foods always had been giving...