Mangalore Cucumber Sambar | Southekayi Sambar Recipe
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4d ago
Mangalore Cucumber sambar (Southekayi sambar in Kannada) was in my try list for years. I have tasted this kind of sambar in temples and marriage functions. When I was looking for the recipe, I came across this one in Udupi recipes YouTube channel. I tried it for the first time. It came out so well, colourful and tasty with a nice aroma. Its taste was so close to the Karnataka temple style sambar and more like Brahmin's arachuvitta sambar recipe. I am glad to share this post in my blog.  Friends, do try this Karnataka temple style sambar with Mangalore cucumber and enjoy with plain rice a ..read more
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Broccoli Gravy For Rice, Chapathi, Dosa | Indian style Broccoli Kuzhambu Recipe
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1M ago
After a long time I tried a Broccoli recipe in my kitchen. As I have already tried broccoli curry / stir fry recipe, I wanted to make an Indian style broccoli gravy for rice. Though its my first attempt, It came out so flavourful. We all loved it. It tastes great when mixed with plain rice adding ghee. Its a kurma style kuzhambu recipe. You can have this broccoli kuzhambu with rice, roti, idli, dosa as well. Friends, do try this easy and yummy Broccoli gravy / Broccoli kuzhambu for rice and enjoy with a papad on side. I enjoyed it with mullangai poriyal and achappam. Broccoli gravy for ..read more
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Sweet Paniyaram Recipe | Karupatti Paniyaram | Palm Jaggery Sweet Paniyaram
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2M ago
I made this easy, healthy and a traditional sweet recipe - Karupatti paniyaram / Palm jaggery sweet paniyaram on New year day. Usually I make sweet paniyaram and Kara paniyaram recipe in two ways. One with leftover idli dosa batter and the other one is my MIL’s recipe that is prepared with a batter ground using rice and dals. To make this sweet paniyaram recipe, I prepared a separate batter with idli rice, raw rice and urad dal. You can also use our regular idli dosa batter instead. Lets see how to make sweet paniyaram with palm jaggery / Karupatti paniyaram recipe with step by step pictures ..read more
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Palak Keerai Masiyal | Pasalai Keerai masiyal without Dal | Spinach Masiyal
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3M ago
Recent days I have been trying out varieties of Keerai masiyal and Keerai kadayal recipes for our lunch. Mostly I try to make a simple keerai masiyal or kadayal recipe without dal and coconut. I feel addition of dal or coconut gives more yield and tastes more like kootu but I wanted to consume more keerai. So I make it plain with simple tempering. Recently I came across this Kongu style keerai masiyal without dal and coconut in Chef Deena’s YouTube channel. Actually they showed it with Panna keerai but I made it with pasalai keerai i.e Palak. It came out so well and tasty. Friends, do try thi ..read more
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Snake Gourd Kootu Without Coconut | Pudalangai kadayal without dal | Pudalangai kootu
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4M ago
Here is a super easy and one pot Snake gourd kootu without dal and coconut. You can call it as Pudalangai kadayal too. Its a very simple recipe that can be prepared directly in a pressure cooker. Working women and bachelors can make this side dish for rice quickly under 15 minutes. Not just a side dish, we can mix it with plain rice adding few drops of ghee. It tastes great ! Just add in chopped snake gourd, tomato, onion, ginger, garlic, sambar powder, salt and pressure cook it for one whistle.  Mash it well and temper in ghee. Voila, Snake gourd kootu is done. You can mix this kootu w ..read more
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Mixture Recipe | South Indian Mixture Recipe | Madras Mixture
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4M ago
This year I am starting my Diwali recipes with this must try Diwali snack – Mixture recipe. Its basically a South Indian style Mixture recipe which is popularly known as Madras mixture. This Tamilnadu mixture is a combination of Omapodi, Karaboondi, Fried aval, cashew nuts, peanuts , curry leaves mixed with spice powders like salt, red chilli powder and hing. In this mixture, I have also added small maida biscuits which is fondly called as mixture biscuit. When I was a kid, I used to pick these mixture biscuits alone from the pack of mixture and savor it. Iam not a big fan of South Indian mi ..read more
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Rice Bath Recipe | Karnataka style Rice Bath Recipe
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4M ago
I love Karnataka style rice bath recipe in hotels here especially Darshini and SLV rice bath is my favorite. Though the ingredients are similar to veg pulao, its cooking method, taste and flavor is slightly different from Karnataka Veg palav recipe. I tried this recipe from Rekha aduge YouTube channel. It came out so well in my first attempt itself. My Karnataka style veg pulao recipe which I have shared long back is a super hit recipe in my blog. I recommend you try this rice bath recipe as well. It tastes and smells so good. This recipe and taste will surely remind you some resta ..read more
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How to clean Silver pooja Items at home | How to clean silver utensils, silver vessels
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5M ago
Every week I wash the brass and silver pooja items at home for doing my Thursday Guru pooja and Friday Lakshmi pooja. Usually I use Vim liquid and Sabeena dish washing powder for washing the silver lamps, vessels and pooja items. But once or twice in a year, I follow this method to clean or polish the tarnished Silver pooja items look new especially before Navarathri, Karthigai deepam, Diwali or before Varalakshmi pooja for which we utilise most of the silver utensils at home. To wash the tarnished silver pooja items at home and make it new, all you need is just two ingredients namely Alumi ..read more
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Sorakkai Kadayal Recipe | Sorakkai Kadaiyal For Rice | Bottle Gourd Chutney For Rice
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5M ago
Sorakkai kadayal | Sorakkai masiyal | Bottle gourd chutney is an easy, one pot recipe for rice. It tastes good with idli, dosa and chapathi as well. It can be prepared directly in a pressure cooker. I got this recipe from Kavitha’s samayalarai Youtube channel. I made small changes in the ingredients and recipe as per my liking. It came out so well. Nowadays I am making this sorakkai kadayal recipe at least once in a week. Addition of ginger is the highlight of this recipe. So don’t skip it. Ok, lets see how to make Sorakkai kadayal recipe for rice, idli, dosa and chapathi with step by step p ..read more
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Puliyogare Recipe | Karnataka Style Tamarind Rice | Puliyogare Gojju Recipe
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6M ago
I learnt this Karnataka style Puliyogare recipe from my School moms group friend Lakki. Recently we went to Sattvam restaurant, JP nagar for our kitty party. In their lunch buffet, I tasted Puliyogare and it was so good. Lakki told me that she can make a better version than the restaurant ones which would be more like temple style. I was so tempted by this and got the recipe from her. Usually many people here make Instant Puliyogare with MTR puliyogare paste or powder. But my friend shared the recipe of making homemade Puliyogare gojju along with powder. So no need of store bought puliogare ..read more
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