Road trips, music, and wayside restaurants are a great combination. The moment my family begins to plan a short vacation, the first on the list is to check whether we can motor by road within a time period of a...
Category: Idly, Dosa, Adai & Vada
Spot Idli Version 2.0 | Hyderbadi Recipe | Street Food
This is version 2.0 of the famous hyderabad spot idli with minimal oil that was used just to smear the idli moulds. For the preparation of Idli Karam & Idli Batter check our previous blog of Spot Idli recipe Preparation...
Spot Idli | Special Hyderbadi Recipe | Street Food
Idly/Idli is a traditional food in which fermentation increases the essential amino acids and B vitamins. Improved presence of protineases and amylases helps in better digestion. This is why idly is a preferred food recommended for both pediatric and geriatric...
Quinoa Idli | Breakfast Recipe
Grinding for idli and dosa over the weekend has been a practice since I was a kid😁 ages, isn't it? Yes... Those were the days of the traditional grinding stone which my mother would carefully pack with a gunny cloth...
Thayir Vadai | Curd Vada Recipe
Ingredients For Curd Vadai Recipe For the Vadai: Udad dal whole 1 cupGreen chilly 4Ginger 1 inch pieceSalt a pinch For the Curd: Thick fresh curds 2 cupsThin buttermilk very lightly salted 2 cups Green chilly 4Cumin seeds 1 tspSalt as...
Poha- Spinach Vadas
INGREDIENTS POHA/RICE FLAKES - 1 CUP BENGAL GRAM FLOUR /BESAN - 1 CUP CHOPPED SPINACH - 1 CUP KASTURI METHI - 1 TBSP AJWAIN/CAROM SEEDS/OMAM - 1 TSP TURMERIC - 1 TSP CHILLY POWDER - 1 TSP ASAFOETIDA - 1/4...
Sago Vada
Starch loaded, bland sago pearls is a quick cooking ingredient. It's versatility permits a variety of dishes such kichidi, uppma, vada, cutlets porridge, payasam, curd bagalabhath and so on. Easy to digest, these tiny pearls are just right to end...
Karupu Ulundhu Idli
Black gram, native to India is our prized protien source and has several culinary uses. The popular South Indian breakfast.. Idli, dosa and vada predominantly use this dal. In ancient times these delicacies were prepared with the dal with the...
Pesaratu/Pesaru Dosa
The searing Chennai heat was unbearable and so were my sighs and ranting. My family looked at me quizzically, and I could read their mind voice- -you have been a resident of Chennai for the past 38 years. It's recently...
Coconut Dosa / Thengai Dosai
This simple dosa has been in my family for years .This is my paternal grandmother’s recipe passed on to my mother and I remember eating this since childhood. My grandmother a woman of grit had a large family to tend...