Cucumber Dal
Comfort food at its best - a tangy south Indian dal enriched with the goodness of cucumber tastes amazing. Serve it with some steaming hot rice to make it a heart-warming meal.
Comfort food at its best - a tangy south Indian dal enriched with the goodness of cucumber tastes amazing. Serve it with some steaming hot rice to make it a heart-warming meal.
A pachadi can perhaps be called a South Indian style raita. It is served as a side dish, especially when the main dish is a spicy one. Here we bring you this pachadi which is made with grated beetroot which is cooked, mixed with a simple coconut masala and yogurt. The final touch is tempering that gives it an added flavour.
Mutte thoran is a scrambled egg dish from Kerala. Eggs cooked with spices that are commonly used in South Indian cuisine is a dish that is so flavourful that will appease any palate. So why wait, just make it and enjoy the taste.
This is a South Indian style peanut chutney. Roasted peanuts ground with a simple yet flavourful mixture of Madras onions sautéed with garlic, cumin seeds and dried red chillies. It is further tempered. It makes a wonderful accompaniment to idli or dosa. This pachadi is definitely a must try.
Dadpe pohe is made with thin pohe. A traditional Maharashtrian snack that is easy and quick to make and is popularly served at breakfast. It has a wonderful crunch and burst of flavours in every bite.
There are scores of people for whom vada pav is way to fill their stomachs on working days. This famous vada pav is every Mumbaikar's pride. Tasty batata vadas (potato fritters) placed inside a pav (bun) along with generous chutneys never fails to impress anyone.
Bharda Bhaat, a specialty of Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, is a simple flavouful rice dish made with ingredients which are easily available in every home. It is a one-pot meal which is spicy, filling and delicious too.
Whole green gram or sabut moong is called cherupayar in Malayalam, the local language of Kerala. Here is a traditional curry made with green gram cooked in a flavourful coconut based masala. It can be served with puttu or idiappam to make a wholesome meal. You can serve this curry even with rice or porotta.