Vellarikkai Pachadi (Cucumber Raitha)

Cucumber contains more water and after eating, gives a soothing feeling. This Vellarikkai Pachadi, a popular south Indian side dish suits well with hot spicy meal.  We enjoy this pachadi more in summer. Cucumber is mostly used in salads. Other than salads, cucumber is grated nicely, mixed with curd and seasoned to make it [...]

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Cabbage Stuffed Indian Bread (Paratha)

Cabbage is known for its spicy flavor and because of this used in many dishes. It is used in salad, soup, curry and stir-fry. Diet conscious people love to have cabbage often as it has very less calories.
My family likes stuffed parathas and cabbage paratha is one of our favorites. I grate cabbage and [...]

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Chole (Chick Pea) Masala

Chole or Channa Masala is a traditional dish of north India. Now it is popular all over India and is available even at roadside eating stalls. Chick peas are cooked well after soaking and seasoned with spices like red chilli, garam masala, coriander powder etc.,
Chick Pea is known as Channa or Chole in Hindi. [...]

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Thengai Payasam (Coconut Sweet Porridge)

Payasam (sweet porridge) is part of festival food. Thengai Payasam is a traditional sweet dish prepared with coconut, rice and jaggery. Coconut and jaggery combination gives a nice taste to payasam.
Coconut is known as Thengai in Tamil and as Nariyal in Hindi. Jaggery is known as Vellam in Tamil and as Gur(d) in Hindi.
Cooking [...]

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Sprouted Ragi (Finger Millet) Dosa

Ragi can be used to prepare idli, dosa, puttu, kali etc., Here is healthy, crisp, thin Sprouted Ragi (Finger Millet) Dosa for those who want to avoid rice based dosa.
Cooking time: 2 minutes for each dosa
Ingredients

Sprouted Ragi batter for Idli and Dosa
Oil – to sprinkle on dosa

Method

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Gajar Methi (Carrot Fenugreek Leaves) Stir Fry

Fenugreek leaves are little bitter in taste but are very good for health. It tastes nice when cooked with red carrots.
Here I have prepared Gajar Methi (Carrot Vendhaya Keerai) Stir Fry. My family also enjoys other methi based dishes like Methi Paratha, Vendhaya Keerai Sambar.
Fenugreek leaves are called Methi Saag in Hindi and Vendhaya Keerai [...]

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How to Prepare Idli Dosa Milagai Podi ?

Idli Dosa Milagai Podi is a traditional side dish for Idli, Dosa, Uthappam. In my home, my family members ask for milagai podi, even if sambar and chutney are available for idli and dosa. Red chilli, lentils and asafetida are fried and powdered to make milagai podi. The preparation varies from house to house [...]

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Ulundu (Urad Dal) Kanji

Kanji (resembles to Porridge) is easy to digest and is good for patients suffering from illness. It is prepared in many variations. Some are liquid and some are semi-solid.
Kanji is prepared as sweet or savory with many cereals like rice, wheat, ragi, oats and so on. Lentils are mixed with rice to [...]

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Raw Onion Chutney

Eating raw onion is very good for health. Onions have anti-inflammatory and anti-oxidant property. Onion is called as Vengayam in Tamil and as Pyaz in Hindi. Onion is available in many varieties and colours like pearl onions, white onions, red onions etc. Like garlic this also has a strong spicy flavour.
In India, we use [...]

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Sprouted Moth Bean Curry

Moth bean is known as Matki or Turkish gram. In Tamil we call it as Siru Payaru. This looks like Mung bean but little smaller and brownish. It sprouts very easily as compared to other grams. This gram is used more in Maharashtra. This can be cooked easily without soaking also.
Sprouting: I soaked it [...]

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