South Indian Snacks

Medhu Pakoda

Medhu Pakoda

Ingredients: Besan flour/ kadalaimavu – ½ cup (heaped) Rice flour – ¼ cup Chopped onions/ shallot – ¼ cup Chopped chilies – 2 nos (medium) Chopped curry leaves – 1 tblsp Grated ginger – 1 tsp Roasted cumin powder – ½ tsp Asafetida – ½ […]

Milagu vadai

Milagu vadai

Pepper/Milagu/ Anjaneyar kovil vadai: Ingredients: Urad dhal – ½ cup Whole peppercorns – 1 tsp Rice flour – 1 tsp Hot oil – 1 tsp (optional) Salt – to taste Cooking oil – to deep fry Procedure: Soak the urad dhal for about half an […]

Vazhaipoo/ Banana Flower Vadai

Vazhaipoo/ Banana Flower Vadai

Ingredients: Kadalaparuppu/ splitted chickpea – ½ cup Vazhaipoo/ banana flower – 1 cup Small onion/shallot – 5 nos (finely chopped) Coriander leaves – 2 tblsp (finely chopped) Salt – as req Fennel seeds/ sombu -1 tsp Garlic   – 3 pods Curry leaves – 1 […]

Mayavaram Mixture

Mayavaram Mixture

Ingredients: Kadalamavu/ chick pea flour – 3 cups Rice flour – ½ cup Poha – 1 cup Roasted gram/ pottu kadali – 1 cup Peanut/ verkadalai – 1 cup Curry leaves – 3 sprigs Baking soda – 1 tsp Cumin powder – 1 tblsp Red […]

Medhu vadai

Medhu vadai

ULUNDHU VADAI/ URAD DHAL VADAI/ MEDHU VADAI: One of the healthiest pulses, we south Indians use to have this on our regular diet in terms of medhu-vadai/ idli/ dosai/ uttappam/ bonda/ kali. This is mainly given during pregnancy and puberty to this will strengthen your […]

Masala Vadai

Masala Vadai

Vadai itself it’s a south indian classic snack. Masala vadai is one of my dad’s favorite snack. Since my daughter like this kind of snack so I try to incorporate the nutritional facts in every meal. This taste like amazing. If you wish to do […]

VEGGIE-BREAD CUTLET

VEGGIE-BREAD CUTLET

VEGGIE-BREAD CUTLET Another common snack in our SI town. Most of us won’t do this at home because of various reason, due to un-availability of bread-crumbs/ mixed veggies/ the process and simply laziness. But here is the easiest way of making CUTLET at home within […]

MYSORE BONDA

MYSORE BONDA

MYSORE BONDA I don’t know the exact reason of the name MYSORE BONDA, but I loved it-very soft on the inside and crispy outside, it is made up with simple ingredients all-purpose flour/ maida and curd these two are the major ingredient for the crispy […]

ULUNDHU BONDA

ULUNDHU BONDA

ULUNDHU BONDA/ URAD DHAL BONDA One of the healthiest pulses, we south Indians use to have this on our regular diet in terms of medhu-vadai/ idli/ dosai/ uttappam/ bonda/ kali. This is mainly given during pregnancy and puberty to this will strengthen your child pelvic […]

VAZHAIPOO BONDA

VAZHAIPOO BONDA

MUTIGRAIN-VAZHAIPOO BONDA Very Healthiest Bonda but  such a wired combination, but you never regret. We usually make ulundu bonda, mysore bonda. But what is in Multigrain Vazhaipoo bonda. You won’t believe me I have added one more healthy combo into it- MURUNGAI KEERAI/ DRUMSTICK LEAVES […]