This is my second version of Kovakkai kuzhambu recipe. Long back I have shared an Ivy gourd gravy for rice which is like masala kuzhambu. After that I tried this easy, one pot Kovakkai kara kulambu (Tindora gravy for rice) yesterday for our lunch. It came out so well and flavourful. I watched few videos of Ivy gourd gravy in YouTube, made some variations and tried it. Ivy gourd is called as Tendli in Hindi, Dondakaya in Telugu, Thondekai in Kannada.  Kovakkai is a versatile vegetable with so many health benefits. People in Andhra usually make kovakkai fry / Dondakaya vepudu, pachadi ..read more

Peanut chutney recipes in South Indian style / Collection of 10 peanut chutney varieties. My husband is a big fan of Peanut chutney recipe. So I try to make varieties of peanut chutney recipes for idli dosa in my kitchen. Myself and my daughter are not fond of peanut based chutney recipes. But slowly I started loving it especially if its like Andhra style peanut chutney, I never hesitate to give it a try. These peanut chutney recipes are definitely a welcome change from the usual coconut chutney, tomato chutney and onion chutney recipes as side dish for idli dosa. All these recipes tastes ..read more

Asparagus, I have heard about this vegetable from my friends in US. I have also seen them in big supermarkets here in freezer section but never bought it and tasted it. Recently when my friend was sharing about Asparagus stir fry recipe, I got tempted to try it in Indian style. its more like our keerai thandu poriyal recipe. I was amazed to know the health benefits of Asparagus.    Asparagus is a good source of antioxidants like Vitamin A and Vitamin E. These antioxidants help the body fight off free radicals or oxygen particles that cells produce as waste. Free radicals can damage ..read more

  Sweet potato paratha is an easy and interesting alternate to our regular sweet potato sabzi / poriyal. In Tamil, we call it as Sakkaravalli kizhangu chapati. Basically we love to eat boiled sweet potato as a post meal snack. Apart from this, we South Indians make Sweet potato curry / Sakkaravalli kizhangu poriyal or add them in sambar, vatha kuzhambu. For a change, I tried this North Indian style Sweet potato paratha for the first time. It came out so well. Its so easy to make as well. You don’t need to make a separate stuffing for this paratha. Just mix the boiled and mashed sweet pota ..read more

Vishu (Malayalam: വിഷു) is one of the most important Hindu festivals celebrated in Kerala. Its also called as Malayali New Year in Kerala, India. Vishu falls on the first day of the month of Medam in the Malayalam Calendar(April 14 or 15 in the Gregorian calendar). Its the traditional new year of Kerala.  Vishu festival is marked by family time, preparing colourful auspicious items and viewing these as the first thing on the Vishu day which is called as Vishukkani. The Malayalam word "kani" literally means "that which is seen first", so "Vishukkani" means "that which is seen first on Vi ..read more

  Masala puri is one of the most popular chaat recipes in Bangalore. Being in Bengaluru for the past 20 years, I have tasted this masala puri in many street side chaat shops. It has a special flavour and taste. We all love it. Recently when my daughter was asking me to make masala puri at home, I tried to recreate the chaat shop style version after watching many YouTube videos. Actually there are two versions of Bangalore masala puri recipe. Today I have shared the version which was close to the ones I tasted in chaat shops. Friends, do try this recipe and let me know your feedback.&nbs ..read more

Mangalore Cucumber sambar (Southekayi sambar in Kannada) was in my try list for years. I have tasted this kind of sambar in temples and marriage functions. When I was looking for the recipe, I came across this one in Udupi recipes YouTube channel. I tried it for the first time. It came out so well, colourful and tasty with a nice aroma. Its taste was so close to the Karnataka temple style sambar and more like Brahmin's arachuvitta sambar recipe. I am glad to share this post in my blog.  Friends, do try this Karnataka temple style sambar with Mangalore cucumber and enjoy with plain rice a ..read more

After a long time I tried a Broccoli recipe in my kitchen. As I have already tried broccoli curry / stir fry recipe, I wanted to make a gravy for rice. Though its my first attempt, It came out so flavourful. We all loved it. It tastes great when mixed with plain rice adding ghee. Its a kurma style kuzhambu recipe. You can have this broccoli kuzhambu with rice, roti, idli, dosa as well. Friends, do try this easy and yummy Broccoli gravy / Broccoli kuzhambu for rice and enjoy with a papad on side. I enjoyed it with mullangai poriyal and achappam. Broccoli gravy for rice / Broccoli kuzhambu re ..read more

I made this easy, healthy and a traditional sweet recipe - Karupatti paniyaram / Palm jaggery sweet paniyaram on New year day. Usually I make sweet paniyaram and Kara paniyaram recipe in two ways. One with leftover idli dosa batter and the other one is my MIL’s recipe that is prepared with a batter ground using rice and dals. To make this sweet paniyaram recipe, I prepared a separate batter with idli rice, raw rice and urad dal. You can also use our regular idli dosa batter instead. Lets see how to make sweet paniyaram with palm jaggery / Karupatti paniyaram recipe with step by step pictures ..read more

Recent days I have been trying out varieties of Keerai masiyal and Keerai kadayal recipes for our lunch. Mostly I try to make a simple keerai masiyal or kadayal recipe without dal and coconut. I feel addition of dal or coconut gives more yield and tastes more like kootu but I wanted to consume more keerai. So I make it plain with simple tempering. Recently I came across this Kongu style keerai masiyal without dal and coconut in Chef Deena’s YouTube channel. Actually they showed it with Panna keerai but I made it with pasalai keerai i.e Palak. It came out so well and tasty. Friends, do try thi ..read more