Southern Kitchen

Chana Masala

Chana Masala

Ingredients: White Chana – 2 cups (boiled) Onion – 2 (large) Tomato – 2 (medium) Turmeric powder – ½ tsp Plain red chili powder – 1 tsp Sambar powder – 1 tblsp (or) Coriander powder – 1 tblsp Roasted Cumin powder – ½ tsp Fennel […]

Homemade Ulundhu Appalam

Homemade Ulundhu Appalam

//Lentil Pappad// Ingredients: Urad flour – ¼ cup (sieved) Baking soda – ¼ cup Salt – 2 pinches Asafetida – ¼ tsp Cumin powder – ¼ tsp Water – 2 tblsp Gingelly oil – 1 tsp All purpose flour/ wheat flour – ¼ cup (to […]

Soya Chunk Butter Masala

Soya Chunk Butter Masala

Ingredients: Boiled mini soya chunks – 1 cup Diced onion – 2 (large no) Diced tomato – 2 (large no) Cashews – 12-15 nos Ginger – garlic paste – 1 tblsp Turmeric powder – ½ tsp Plain red chili powder – 1 tsp Cumin powder […]

Instant Tomato Dosa

Instant Tomato Dosa

//Thakkali Dosai// Ingredients: Red rice/ Matta rice – ½ cup Sona masoori rice – ½ cup Ripped Tomatoes – 2 (large) Coriander seeds -1 tsp Dry red chili – 3 nos Salt – to taste Water – as required Gingelly oil – as req Add-ons: […]

Madhura Curry

Madhura Curry

//Pineapple-Raspberry Fusion// Pineapple –Raspberry curry/Pachadi Onam Sadya Special Ingredients: Pineapple – ½ cup (diced) Raspberry – ¼ cup Water – ½ cup Jaggery powder – ½ cup Salt – ¼ tsp Plain red chili powder – 1 tsp Tempering: Coconut oil – 2 tsp Mustard […]

Chena Kaya Erissery

Chena Kaya Erissery

Ingredients: Chena kaya / Elephant foot YAM – 1 cup (diced) Dry red chili – 2-4 nos Garlic – 3-5 cloves Fresh curd/yogurt – ½ cup Salt – to taste To grind: Freshly grated coconut – ½ cup Green chili – 1 no Cumin seeds […]

Red rice Black Urad dhal IDLI

Red rice Black Urad dhal IDLI

//STEP-WISE PICTURE// Ingredients: Red rice/ matta rice – 2 cups Black whole urad dhal – ½ cup (heaped) Fenugreek seeds – 1 tsp Salt – to taste Gingelly oil – ½ tsp (to grease idli plates) Procedure: Wash and soak the red rice and black […]

Puli Inji

Puli Inji

Puli-inji/ Inji-puli Ingredients: Ginger – ¼ cup (grated) Tamarind puree – ½ cup (thick) Green chili – 4-5 nos (slitted) Salt – to taste Jaggery – 2 tblsp To temper: Gingelly oil – 3 tblsp Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Asafetida – ½ tsp Curry […]

Nellika Achar

Nellika Achar

Indian Gooseberry Pickle- Kerala Style Ingredients: Indian gooseberry whole – 3 nos Salt – as req Jaggery powder – 2 tsp To temper: Gingelly oil – ¼ cup Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – ½ tsp Curry leaves – few Kashmiri red chili […]

Dal Makhani

Dal Makhani

Black Urad dhal Butter Gravy //DAL MAKHANI WITH STEP WISE PICTURE// Ingredients: Black urad dhal – ½ cup Rajma/ kidney beans – 1 tblsp Tomato – 1 ½ (Large) Unsalted Butter – 2 tblsp + 1 tblsp (for topping) Kashmiri red chili powder – 1 […]