In this season, we get lots of mangoes. Mangai thokku is a pickle which is made from raw mango. We make thokku by peeling the raw mangoes and grating them and adding some spices. Mango thokku will be very tasty and tangy and it goes well with curd rice. It also goes well with idly … [Read more…]
We make different types of snacks in our home.we make snacks like murukku, thattai, ribbon pakoda, omapodi, etc. We generally make thattai using rice flour. But I have made thattai using wheat flour. This is a crispy deep fried snack. To make crispy thattai, we need to roll it thin, otherwise the thattai will not … [Read more…]
Bitter gourd is one of the healthiest vegetable which is also hated by most of the people as it is bitter in taste. Bitter Gourd has always managed to stay as an indispensable vegetable in the Indian cuisine owing to its amazing health benefits.
One of the most prepared rice in North Indian cuisine is Jeera rice. For making this rice we use basmati rice which is cooked with jeera and other mild spices. Jeera rice is served with side dishes like Paneer Butter Masala, Palak Paneer, Kurma, Chole Masala, Rajma Masala and dhal.
Generally we make vadai using ured dhal and channa dhal. Do you know that we can make vadas using moong dhal also? Making pasi paruppu vadai is very easy and this vada cooks fast. This is a tasty vada which can be had as an evening snack with tea. This vada tastes well with coconut … [Read more…]
Thattai is a traditional South Indian snacks. This thattai is made with fried gram flour mixed with rice flour. The addition of fried gram flour makes the thattai more crunchy and tasty. I have already posted traditional Thattai recipe. This is a slight variation of traditional one.
We often eat oranges and throw the orange peel. This recipe uses the peels of orange to make a tasty and tangy kuzhambu. Orange peel contains good amounts of provitamin A, folate, riboflavin, thiamine, vitamin B6, and calcium.
Today I am sharing a thogayal recipe which is made from ridge gourd peel. We can make this with simple ingredients. We usually peel the peerkangai and make peerkangai kadyal or make some other dish. Peels are fibre rich and have nutritive value.
Peerkangai Kadaiyal is a village style preparation. This is a Tamil Nadu style preparation. Kadaiyal means adding the required vegetables and cooking well and mashing with wooden masher called mathu and tempered with some tempering. Peerkangai Kadaiyal goes well with stemed rice or dosa. Peerkangai is also known as Ridge Gourd, Turai or Beerakaya .
Spring Onion pakoda is prepared by mixing gram flour and rice flour along with spring onions and some spices. Spring onion pakoda is a perfect rainy day snack. This pakoda is crunchy outside and soft inside and tastes awesome.