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Super soft and healthy steamed millet kara kozhukattai recipe. I am not a big fan of pidi kozhukattai during my childhood days. But later after marriage, I started liking it very much. This pidi kozhukattai recipe I have already shared in my Millet cookbook. Also, we make Thavala adai also using the same ingredients. Traditionally, we make pidi kozhukattais using raw rice. It is similar to arisi upma but we steam the mixture and make it more healthy....

Samai | Little Millet 1/2 cup Toor dal 2 tblsp Whole pepper 3/4 tsp Cumin seeds | jeera 1/4 tsp Salt as needed Grated Carrot few tbsp (optional) Oil 2 tsp + to cook the adai Curry leaves few Pulse the toor dal, pepper, and cumin in the mixer. Just coarsely pulse this. Δ

Mixed Vegetables* 1/2 cup Chilled yogurt 1 cup Salt as needed Sugar 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Oil 1 tsp Urad dal 1/4 tsp Green chili 1 Curry leaves few Asafoetida a pinch Coriander leaves few *I used carrot, cabbage, capsicum,tomato and cucumber. You can add onions and radish too. Video of mixed veg raita In a wide bowl add chilled yogurt. Whisk it without any lumps. If the curd is sour, add 1-2 tblsp of cold milk....

INGREDEINTS: FOR STUFFING : MAKES 11- 12 APPROX. You can add the quantity of veggies as per you choice and availability. INGREDIENTS FOR DOUGH and OTHER INGREDIENTS Cook the potatoes till soft and in a pan add water and boil the green peas, corn kernells(i used frozen), paneer cubes for 5 minutes. Switch off the flame and drain the water and when it is cool, mash them nicely with the hands....

Chutney dal | Pottukadalai 1/2 cup Dry coconut (kopra) 1/4 cup Sugar 2-3 tblsp Poppy seeds or sesame seeds 2 tblsp Cardamom 2 pinches Method: Keep all the ingredients ready. Poppy seeds or sesame seeds, whichever you use it should be dry roasted till golden brown. I had some powdered sugar so i used that. Here poppy seeds are banned so we don’t get it here. Grind everything in a mixer into a powder....

What is Paneer Butter Masala? Paneer butter masala might be the most popular paneer dish ever. If you haven’t heard of it, think soft paneer in a creamy and buttery, well-spiced, tomato-based sauce. You may also know this dish by another name: paneer makhani. Paneer butter masala is similar to my popular Butter Chicken and my Butter Chickpeas, but it’s also a bit different in that I add cashews to this sauce....

Check out my Beetroot cutlet Soya chunks cutlet Semiya cutlet If you have paneer cubes crumble the paneer by putting them in hot water for 10 minutes. Ensure it has not much moisture. I used the samai millet | barnyard millet. I cooked 1/4 cup of millet in 1/4 cup of water in pressure cooker for 3 whistles. Let this cool completely. Chop the onions, capsicum, coriander and mint leaves very finely....

We make different varieties of paneer recipes to pair with chapati. I have posted many paneer gravies in Jeyashri’s kitchen. This recipe I adapted from Tarla dalal’s cookbook. It turned out very nice. It is made using easily available ingredients. The aroma and the flavour of the spices take this paneer dish to a different level. We are adding chaat masala and dried fenugreek leaves for marinating the paneer. This gives a nice dhaba style taste to the paneer gravy....

Pumpkin | parangikaai 1 cup (cubes) Shallots | small onion | chinna vengayam 7-8 Tomato 1/2 Garlic | poondu 5-6 cloves Red chili powder 3 tsp Coriander powder 2 tsp Fennel powder (sombu) 1/2 tsp (optional) Sesame oil 2 tblsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Venthayam | methi seeds 1/4 tsp Tamarind gooseberry size Salt as needed Curry leaves + coriander leaves few Take the skin out from the onion and garlic....

Do try this Poondu thokku recipe and let me know how it turned out. Method with step by step pictures : Method : Δ

Prawn Tacos I want to open with a grand statement like “I’m yet to meet a taco that I don’t love”, but then I remember that time we bravely tried offal street tacos in Mexico City (intestines, to be exact) and how it was clear that the part we got were……errr…let’s say from the lower part of the intestines, with a distinct, unpalatable flavour that will never be forgotten… So I decided to scrap that and just say – PRAWNS!...

The best part about the holidays: family and food. In the past, I’d spend hours preparing for guests, but now that I’m a new mom, I have to spend my time wisely. After all, most of my waking hours are spent doting on a handsome little guy who relies on me for everything. Babies are so adorably helpless, aren’t they? Yep, I’m clearly in the new mom bliss stage (that’s a thing, right?...

A few weeks ago I shared my Slow Cooker Shredded Chicken Enchilada Soup (that’s a mouthful, isn’t it!!). It’s great because it literally takes 10 minutes to prep then you set and forget. I didn’t expect to be sharing another Mexican Soup again so soon, but I can’t resist. This Quick Taco Soup with Pulled Pork is an express version made using leftover Pulled Pork (but of course you can make it using any leftover meat)....

We started experiencing winter days after we moved to Hongkong. Soups will be a perfect and wholesome one for cold dinner nights. Sometimes if you are bored to cooking an elaborate dinner, you can just make this Ragi vegetable soup. It is very filling and healthy too. Usually, we add cornflour as a thickener to the soups. In this soup, we are using Ragi flour | Finger millet flour. The addition of mixed vegetables, ragi flour, and pepper makes it very tasty and healthy too....

Rava ladoo is a popular Indian sweet, made for diwali, varalakshmi nombu, Janmashtami and other festivals too. It is a sweet made using sooji | semolina. I remember my grandmother making in bulk during festival season. Also, have seen in some houses they add milk for making sooji ladoo. But that reduces the shelf life of the rava ladoo. This ladoo is made by grinding the roasted rava and mixing it with powdered sugar, finally, hot ghee is added to it and made into ladoos....

Rava Pongal- A healthy breakfast or dinner recipe of Pongal made using yellowmoong dal and rava (semolina or sooji). A few years back, I tried making RavaPongal, when I wanted to make something different for breakfast at my in-law’splace. I remembered a friend mentioning this dish to me. After that, Icompletely forgot about this dish. It did not strike me in those days that we could get recipes for different dishes from the internet....

Coconut 1/2 cup Roasted gram | Pottukadalai 3 tblsp Red chili 3 Shallots | chinna vengayam 2 + 1 Oil 1 tsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Urad dal 1/4 tsp Curry leaves few Salt as needed Soak the red chili for 10 minutes . This step is optional. You can directly go ahead and make the chutney. But soaking gives nice colour to the chutney and also get it grind easily....

AN IRRESISTIBLE SWEET POTATO SALAD! This is a terrific “meaty” salad that’s loaded with fantastic textures and flavours, and is filling enough to serve as a main. The combination of peppery fresh rocket / arugula leaves, the sweet potato with the caramelised edges, the soft crunch of pecans with the salty feta then finished with lemony honey dressing is irresistible. One bite, and you’ll go back for more and more!...