Rice Accompaniment

Cabbage paruppu usili, a traditional tamil brahmin recipe, made with lentils and veggies, a perfect accompaniment for rice. Generally we make paruppu usili with beans, broad beans and cluster beans.…

Garlic podi recipe, poondu podi, an aromatic South Indian spice powder| podi made using chana dal, urad dal, red chili and garlic. This garlic podi can be mixed with hot…

Methi dal recipe| Methi dal fry, using toor dal, a simple, healthy  dal recipe with methi leaves pairs well with rice, chapati and pulaos. Dal is always a staple food…

Dill leaves dal | Shepu or Suva dal, with step by step pictures, using moong dal and dill leaves as the main ingredient, a popular dal variety of Karnataka. Dill…

Pavakkai podi recipe, Karakaya karam, Bitter gourd podi is a simple and easy podi made using bitter gourd, pairs well with hot rice and even curd rice too. I have…

Tomato Saaru recipe | Mangalore Rasam  with step wise pictures, an aromatic, delicious udipi style rasam recipe made using freshly ground rasam powder. Rasam is a very staple food in…

Pirandai KaruveppilaiThuvaiyal recipe, in tamil we call it as pirandai, it is called as Adamant creeper in English and Hadjod in Hindi. Pirandai thuvaiyal recipe with step by step pictures,…

Puliyodarai podi,with step by step pictures, a dry podi made using dhaniya, channa dal, red chili and tamarind as main ingredients, to make the popular South Indian Puliyodarai. I have…

Omavalli leaves rasam | Karpooravalli rasam with video and step by step pictures. Omavalli leaves rasam| ajwain leaves rasam recipe, a soothing comfortable easy rasam recipe made using freshly ground…

Kothamalli Thogayal | Coriander thogayal is a simple recipe made using coriander leaves, red chili and coconut as main ingredients. We generally make pudina thogayal, kothamalli thogayal, paruppu thogayal, thengai…

South Indian style Kara kuzhambu recipe using fresh sundakkai | turkey berry. Sundakkai | turkey berry, generally we make Sundakkai vatha kuzhambu using dried turkey berries. But this Kara kuzhambu…

Kollu Thogayal recipe| Horse gram chutney, a healthy thogayal recipe with horse gram, red chili, garlic as main ingredients. Kollu or Horse gram is a very healthy grain we make…