Vella Sundal |Sweet Sundal made using Pachai payaru | Green gram | Pasi payaru | Green moong dal with step-by-step pictures, and tips to cook the green moong dal perfect for sundal. Sundal is made for Navaratri neivedyam and I have already posted many Sundal varieties in Jeyashris kitchen. When was making a list of what to post for Navaratri, I realized I hadn’t posted Sundal using pachai payaru. And many times I have tasted this sundal in a friend’s house, and most of the time it was mushy....

Palak kofta recipe Palak pulao recipe Palak 1 bunch Paneer Cubes 1/2 cup Onion 1-2 Tomato 1 Red chilli powder 1/2 tsp Jeera powder 1/4 tsp Coriander powder 1/4 tsp Kasoori methi 2 pinches Garam masala 1/4 tsp Sugar 1/4 tsp Salt To taste Milk 1/4 cup Wash the spinach nicely and microwave it for 2 mins by adding sugar. Allow it to cool and blend it finely to make a puree....

The filling is really rich, thick, creamy and flavorful. And the easy-to-make 3-ingredient gluten-free casserole crust is golden, flaky and crispy when baked. There’s no need to roll pie dough or anything like that. Just make a batch of my 3-ingredient flatbread (also known as Paleo Naan) and layer them on top of the casserole. In the photo below, you can see that I cut a few pieces of flatbread in half to better cover my casserole dish....

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Instant Sevai 1 and 1/2 cup Paneer scrambled 1/2 cup Onion 1 Tomato 1 small Oil 1 tblsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Urad dal 1/4 tsp Ginger garlic paste 1/4 tsp Curry leaves few Red chili powder 1/2 tsp Fennel powder | sombu podi 1/4 tsp Cook the sevai |rice noodles as per the instructions. I used concord brand, i just put that in hot water for 3 minutes and drained the sevai....

Parippu Pradhaman is a popular payasam variety made in Kerala for Onam sadya. I have tried making channa dal payasam in Kerala style. I have posted few recipes for Onam in Jeyashri’s kitchen. Kerala payasams are mostly jaggery based and generous amount of coconut milk is used in the payasams. I actually wanted to posted a jackfruit pradhaman recipe which i learnt from my friend’s mom in Singapore. But I couldn’t find jackfruit in the market yesterday....

This is one of the most common sundal variety made during Navaratri. Compared to other sundal varieties, this needs less soaking time. So it is very easy to make Verkadalai sundal. I have posted many varieties of sundal recipes for Navaratri in Jeyashri’s kitchen. Also we have a good collection of Navaratri sweets and savory recipes. A few weeks back while talking to a friend, she was telling about this Verkadalai sundal | Peanut sundal recipe using a fresh spice powder....

Pineapple Fried Rice Pineapple Fried Rice is of Thai origin, though there’s iterations of it all around the world. While some recipes use little more than a dash of soy sauce, this is a recipe that stays true to the Thai way and will evoke memories of warm balmy evenings in Thailand, eating at beach shack diners with your toes squidging in the sand, sipping on fruit cocktails. Or – at rickety tables at your cheerful local Thai restaurant....

The stepwise pictures are taken in my mobile phone. Will update it when i make it next time. INGREDIENTS: METHOD: Clean and wash the mint leaves nicely. In a pan, add oil and fry the urad dal, red chillies , asafoetida,tamarind in a medium flame , till the dal turns golden brown. Be careful not to get it burnt. Switch of the flame and add the mint leaves to this and saute this in the pan heat for few minutes....

Spinach | Keerai 2 cups (chopped) Tamarind a small gooseberry sized Sesame oil 2 tsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Urad dal 1 tsp Channa dal 1 tsp Red chili 3-4 Asafoetida 2 pinches Salt as needed Jaggery 1 tsp Sugar 1/4 tsp Method: In a pan cook the spinach by adding little salt and the sugar. Adding sugar retains the colour if the spinach even after it is cooked. Cook the spinach by adding 3/4 cup of water....

Puli upma, we fondly call this as brown upma during our childhood days. My mom makes the best soft puli upma. Whenever she visits my place, I will ask her to make this for me daily. Yes I can eat this everyday. She makes this in 2 different methods , one using rice flour and other one by soaking rice. I want to document the recipe of puli upma in Jeyashri’s kitchen....

METHOD: Take out the hard skin of the pumpkin and chop them into small cubes. In a pan add oil and saute the urad dal, red chilli and tamarind, till the dal turns golden brown. Keep it aside and saute the cubed pumpkin and saute in a low flame for 10 minutes till the pumpkin shrinks. When done, allow this to cool and grind it to a smooth paste along with roasted urad dal, red chilli, salt, asafoetida, tamarind and coconut....

Delicious eaten plain. Magical used in this Ottolenghi Cauliflower Salad! Welcome to Day 15 of the inaugural Holiday Salad Marathon, where I’m sharing 30 salads in a row through to Christmas Eve. Something different to the usual sugar-loaded baking countdowns!! Though not technically a salad as such, this is a good life skill to have and a precursor to a wonderful cauliflower recipe I’m sharing tomorrow: Roasted Cauliflower I’ve always said that cauliflower is one of the greatest vegetables to roast, transforming from dry and tasteless to soft, sweet and juicy with terrific caramelised edges....

They are SO simple to make and just look at how elegant they look! This dish is perfect for a special occasion: They take 10-15 minutes to make. That is it. And, that includes prep time. Rub some spices on the chops and stick them in the oven. While they broil in the oven, you can reduce balsamic vinegar on the stove top. Simple and Fancy. Serve these sweet and savory chops with a side salad and some mashed potatoes!...

“That moment when you cut through the creamy mashed potato with the golden crunchy ridges and the filling comes oozing out….I can’t describe how satisfying it is!” As a potato-obsessed-carb-o-holic, I take great interest in any potato related dishes. However, with potato skin recipes, the thought that always crosses my mind is, “what shall I make with the potato I scoop out?” That’s why I love making these Shepherd’s Pie Potato Skins....

Easy enough for midweek yet impressive enough for company, this crock pot pork loin is going to rock your world! I will do anything I can to try to convince you to try this, so let me say again: THIS CROCK POT PORK LOIN WILL ROCK YOUR WORLD!!! OK, I confess. I just like that it (kind of) rhymes and wanted to say it. Again. ? I’m done with the fun – now down to business!...

This roast chicken recipe can be slow cooked OR pressure cooked. You can serve up a Sunday Roast Chicken dinner any day of the week! Slow Cooker Roast Chicken – A Gold Nugget Recipe If you’re new to making a whole chicken in a slow cooker, this is going to be life changing. No false promises! This crock pot whole chicken recipe is truly one of my gold nugget recipes....

Spicy edamame No outing to a fusion Japanese restaurant happens without a bowl of edamame to start. While I wouldn’t turn down a bowl of regular plain salted edamame, if Spicy Edamame is on offer, I will pounce on it. Which should surprise no one, given my love of big, bold flavoured food! But – I always cringe when I see the price. It’s usually over $10 for a small bowl while it costs just over $3 for a whole bag of frozen edamame and less than $1 to make the sauce!...

My recipe for spicy sage ground beef and green beans is delicious on its own or served over rice or cauli-rice. If you’re eating it for breakfast, you can even top it with a fried egg (my favorite thing to do with leftovers!). And you can also of course use any ground meat in this dish. Make this on a busy weeknight – it’s so simple, so flavorful and so good!...

As the lockdown is continuing in many parts of the world, this stuffed cucumber is made using simple and easily available ingredients at home. And more interestingly it is a no-cook recipe. This salad is a completely gluten-free, vegan recipe. There was an interesting contest held on Instagram by Mylaporeiyeraathu ponnu Kirthika, cooking without fire. She runs lots of contests during this lockdown period, like singing competition for various age groups, cooking without fire, cooking with Mango, and so on....