Monthly Archives: May 2020

This is one of the easiest and tastiest salads that I know. I often make this for my daughters to take to school. It’s a great dish because you can make it on the day before and keep it in the refrigerator for taking it to the school or work in the morning. It isContinue reading “Chickpea (Channa) Salad”

This is a very tasty and healthy dish and it is one pot recipe too. It goes well with rice or chappathi. As it is a mild hot side dish, children also can enjoy it. Ingredients Spinach ——————————- 1/ 2 lb Split moong dal —————— 2 tbsp Toor dal——————————– 2 tbsp Potato ———————————– 1 (mediumContinue reading “Spinach (Keerai) Masiyal”

One my friends introduced this dish to me. During the Onam festival in Kerala, the feast called Onam Sadhya is a very important part of it. Puli inji is one of the side dishes served in the feast. When I first tasted this dish, I liked it a lot, so now, I make it fairlyContinue reading “Puli Inji (Sour Ginger)”

Whenever we buy squid fish, I usually make this dish. If you like this fish (I know some people don’t eat squid), definitely give it a try. My mom usually makes the squid fish curry. When we were children, we used to play with the squid fish circles while eating it, by wearing them onContinue reading “Squid Fish (Kanava) Varuval”

This is a spice powder made with variety of dals and whole dry chilies. This powder is also called paruppu podi. In our home, we always have this spice powder. Sometimes if you don’t have any other side dishes for idli or dosa, you can just manage with this powder. It goes very well withContinue reading “Idli/Dosa Podi (Paruppu Podi)”

This is a very colorful and tasty chutney for idli or dosa. I usually add coconut to all kinds of chutneys, until I tried this. Few weeks ago, I asked my daughter to get a red bell pepper from the vegetable shop, but she bought me five of them. So I tried different dishes usingContinue reading “Bell Pepper (Kudamilagai) Chutney”