Mixed greens dal is a no onion, no garlic, healthy and delicious side dish to enjoy with roti, chapati or rice. It is a quick and easy side dish prepared with toor dal, mixed leafy greens like spinach, amaranth, chukkakura (sorrel leaves or khatta spinach), tomato and raw mango.. cooked together and seasoned. A healthy…
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Instant Idli | How to make Rava Idli
Rava Idli is a popular instant breakfast food from Karnataka. This is a little variation to the regular Idli recipe, made with semolina or sooji rava, curd/yogurt and some basic spices. Making Rava Idli is very simple and quick since it needs not soaking or fermentation, no pre-planning required. This fool-proof Rava Idli can be…
Instant Radish Chutney in 5 Mins | Mullangi Pachadi
Instant Radish chutney is a no cooking, super simple and easy-to-make recipe prepared in less than 5 minutes using raw radish, coconut, and some minimum spices. This tastes very good with rice and healthy too. This chutney takes very less time and very tasty, if you try it once, I’m sure you will add this…
Masala Mamidikaya Pachadi | Masala Mango Pickle with Baby/Tender Mangoes
Masala Mamidikaya Pachadi – As the summer progresses, this is the right time to think about recipes with mangoes. This is an easy version of making instant mango pickle. There are many versions of mango pickles made all around India during summer season. Most of the pickles are year round pickles/pachadi. Many varieties of raw…
Spring Onion/Green Onion Paratha
Spring Onion/Green Onion Paratha, with detailed photo and video recipe. A quick to make delicious and healthy Indian style paratha. This Spring onion paratha is made by adding green onions to the dough along with few Indian spices. This unique and flavored paratha is an ideal alternative recipe to the traditional paratha recipe which are…
One PotThotakoora/Thotakura Pulusu | Amaranth Leaves Stew
Thotakoora Pulusu is a typical dal/Pappu from Andhra made with amaranth greens and toor dal. The pressure cooked dal with few spices is mashed and tempered with garlic and other seasoning ingredients. As a side dish for steamed rice, chapathi, jowar roti, millet rotis, oats chapathi, this makes a wonderful meal. People who doesn’t like…
Instant Coconut Dosa | Pulusu Dosa
Dosa is a staple South Indian breakfast. We make different varieties of dosa in our home. This is one of the simple and unique dosa recipes made with a combination of rice and coconut. Although rice and coconut are the star ingredients, we also add red chillies, little tamarind and soaked chana dal for added taste….
Caprese Pasta Bake
Caprese pasta bake is a very simple dish the entire family will love! Ready in under 20 minutes, this recipe is so easy to throw together and whether you’re making it for lunch, a quick dinner, packed lunch or even a picnic, this basil and mozzarella pasta bake surely delivers. As you may have already…
FlaxSeed Masala Powder | Flaxseed Podi | Flaxseeds Chutney Powder
Flaxseed Masala powder is a super healthy and nutritious spice mix which is quick, simple and easy to prepare. It is Vegan Friendly, Gluten-free, with just a teaspoon of oil and rich in fibre and proteins. Crunchy and bursting with nutty flavor of flaxseeds and other spices used. This is a versatile chutney powder and…
Tamarind/Chinthakaya Gujju/Gojju
Tamarind/chinthakaya gujju is a versatile recipe. This recipe uses fresh tamarind right from the tree. This is a great combination with rice, upma, rice rava upma, undrallu. Video recipe: How to make Tamarind/Chinthakaya Gujju PREP TIME: 15 MINS COOK TIME: 5 MINS TOTAL TIME: 20 MINS COURSE: SIDES/ACCOMPANIMENTS CUISINE:INDIAN Ingredients Fresh tamarind – around 20 hing –…
Pumpkin Idli & Dosa|Gummadikaya Idli & Dosa
We all know how healthy an Idli is, right? The versions, accompaniments are endless. People are getting so creative everyday and bringing out different varieties that anybody would love to try. This is one such recipe except more nutrition added with pumpkin. Pumpkin is widely used in making desserts around the world. In India I…
Ratatouille
This flavorful French dish is not only delicious but healthy and a great way to get your vegetables! This dish is so good you might not need anything to go with it, or it serves as an incredible side of fine dining for you and your family! Ratatouille (Rah-Tah-Too-Eeh!) is a naturally gluten-free, dairy-free, and…
One Pot Sambar Recipe|Tamil Sambar| Tamilnadu Style Sambar
Tamil Nadu Style Sambar is a South Indian lentil and mixed vegetable stew, a gluten-free, very comforting and heavenly tasting sambar recipe. This traditional sambar is a delicious combination of toor dal, vegetables, herbs and spices. The spices are freshly roasted and then ground with fresh coconut & curry leaves. Curry leaves are the secret…
Sweet & Spicy One Pot Pumpkin Curry |Gummadi kaya Koora|Pumpkin Stir-Fry|Kaddu ki Subzi
Pumpkin Stir-fry is a delicious Indian dish made with pumpkin. With only 4 ingredients, this dish is very simple and easy to make & goes well as a side to chapathi, poori, roti, parathas, jowar roti, sadda roti, masala jowar roti, ragi roti.. basically goes well with any kind of flat bread. This curry is…
Masala Jowar Roti | Sorghum Millet Roti | Kaaram Jonna Rotte with veggies
Masala Jowar Roti – is a healthy and easy version of making gluten-free roti with Jowar flour. Adding more veggies with sorghum flour/jowar flour makes it even healthier to consume. Combination of Jowar flour, carrot, bottle gourd, cucumber, onion, leafy greens, sesame seeds and cilantro is a super healthy combo that explodes with all the…
Baked Feta Pasta – Tik Tok Viral Pasta
Actually I am sharing this super simple and flavorful pasta recipe very late. I can say we are addicted to this pasta this year. Since my kids are obsessed with pasta, I tried many pasta varieties, all are unique and tasty as they are but this pasta is totally stole our hearts. I think from…
Weight Loss Paneer Bhurji & 10 Min Paneer Bhurji Wrap
Paneer Bhurji is a popular and delicious North Indian breakfast recipe made from crumbled paneer(Indian cottage cheese). This is a very simple and satisfying vegetarian recipe and very rich in protein. The bhurji can be stuffed within a roti, or chapathi to prepare roll or paneer bhurji frankie or kati roll. This recipe taste great and…
Simple & Tasty Instant Gongura Pachadi
Gongura pachadi / Gongura Chutney is an authentic and delicious and instant Pachadi or chutney recipe without garlic, is popularly made in ANDHRA PRADESH. This is a tangy, spicy and flavorful pachadi made with gongura/sorrel leaves and sesame seeds as star ingredients. Sesame seeds adds nutty flavor and fried onions gives light sweetness and crunch. This…
One Powder – 15+ Uses | Multi Purpose Spice Powder
One Powder – 15+ uses?? 😲🤐 Wow!! It must be a very special powder.. 😲 – yes.. Hmm..🤔 wait.. no.. not very special though 😏 But Is it hard to make?? 🤨 Ans: No 😌 Will it take so much effort and time to make it? 😓 Ans: No 😃 Yay.. Then please tell me…
Pappula Podi | Dhalia Powder
Pappula Podi/Putnala Pappu Podi/Dhalia Powder/Roasted chana dal Powder – An easy, quick, delicious, healthy and versatile Andhra style (Rayalaseema) podi for upma, poha, uggani, uthappam, wheat dosa, idli, pulagam, semiya upma, rice rava upma, tomato bhat, chapathi, rice sevai, puffed rice(murmure), rekulu or just plain steamed rice and the list is endless. Pappula Podi or Putnala Podi is…
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