Onion Uthappam or onion oothappam is a popular breakfast dish of south India. It is a pancake prepared with Dosa batter and topped with vegetables like onion, green chillies and tomato. Traditionally Uthappam is served along with coconut chutney (or any chutney) and sambar. As we have added green chillies and chopped vegetables, uthappam can be…
Category: Vegetarian
Dal Fry (Yellow Dal)
Dal fry is a very tasty North Indian lentil recipe prepared with tuvar dal / split pigeon peas and spices. Any other mixed lentils also can be used to prepare dal fry. Cooked dal is seasoned with onion, tomato and red chilli powder. It goes very well with jeera rice or any Indian bread. Preparation…
Palakura Pappu (Spinach Dal)
Palakura Pappu or Palak dal is a traditional south Indian dal prepared with lentils, spinach and green chillies. It is a healthy one pot curry prepared with 1 teaspoon of oil and in less than 20 minutes. Palak dal goes well with any Indian bread ,steamed rice or jeera rice. Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 15…
Jeera Rice
Jeera rice is a very easy and mild flavored rice prepared with Basmati rice, cumin seeds and ghee. It goes well with almost all Indian vegetarian and non vegetarian curries. Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: 20 minutes Serves: 4 to 5 servings Ingredients: Basmati rice: 1 cup Ghee/oil: 1 tablespoon Cumin seeds: 1 tablespoon…
Dahi Vada (North Indian style)
Dahi Vada is prepared with split black gram fried dumplings dipped in yogurt. North Indian dahi vada is little different from south Indian style dahi vada. In North India fried dumplings are first soaked in water to make them soft. After some time vadas are squeezed and dipped in yogurt and topped with tamarind chutney and…
Medu Vada
Medu Vada or Minapa Garelu is a South Indian crispy deep-fried breakfast snack prepared with urad dal / split black gram batter, ginger and green chillies. It is usually served along with coconut chutney or Sambar. These fried vada can be soaked in yogurt to prepare Dahi Vada. Preparation time: 15 minutes Soaking time: 2…
Tomato Rice
Tomato rice or tomato bath is a South Indian rice prepared with lot of tomatoes, Basmati rice and red chillies. Kashmiri red chillies are best for this rice because of their color and mild flavor. To maintain tomato taste and flavor there is no need to use ginger garlic paste,turmeric,coriander powder or garam masala to…
Stuffed Bitter gourd (Gutti Kakarakaya)
Bitter gourd has got many nutritional benefits. It controls insulin levels of diabetic patients. Stuffed bitter gourd or Gutti kakarakaya is a dry curry. Each state has got their own version of this curry.South Indian style stuffed Bitter gourd is prepared with ground nuts, sesame seeds, dry coconut. Small piece of jaggery and tamarind paste are…
Chef Radhika 