Wheat Rava upma

Wheat rava upma is a simple breakfast recipe. I like white rava upma much than this one. But nowadays Iam making this upma frequently(diet conscious... he ... he..) My dad always tells that he is best in making this wheat rava upma than mom(he tells like that , but only one time he had made this. Vagely i remember that accident sorry sorry incident. He made upma with little bit excess salt. But still that is special to my heart.

Vegetable uthapam

Uthapam is the thick dosa topped with veggies. My dad likes onion uthapam much. But my mom prepares this occasionally.My mom is keen in making different types of dosa like Ragi dosa, kambu dosa, chola dosa, keerai dosa, venthaya dosa...(Health conscious) Once in a blue moon she makes uthapam. My dad likes the uthapam which is made in kadai than the one which is made in dosa tawa.Uthapam made in kadai have a enriched taste than the tawa uthapam.

Aval (poha) upma

Aval upma is easy and simple breakfast recipe. We can make it in a jiffy. I like aval upma much. But for my hubby its a okay type food. He likes the sweet version of aval than the upma. Sweet aval is prepared by mixing the soaked aval, powdered jaggery and grated coconut. It can be made as a evening snack and it is a healthy one.

     In morning, if i dont have idli or dosa batter in stock and bored of making rava upma my choice will be AVAL UPMA. You can use thick or thin aval. Here i used thin aval.

Idli

Idli is the main South Indian breakfast / dinner recipe. Some are struggling to get soft idlies. if you use good quality urad dal in a correct ratio, I am sure that you will get soft idlies. This post is purely for bachelors and beginners.

 In childhood days,i was an enemy to Idli. I hate idly and sambar. My mom used to struggle a lot to feed idly to me. She used to run behind me for making  me to eat idli. Now I changed a lot and taking idli frequently. After marriage I am making idli at least once in a week. because:

1. It is easy to make. We can refrigerate the batter and  make idlies  in  a tight morning schedule.

2. It is a steam boiled food and contains no oil .

 Okay.. Okay ... my stories are  over...  Here is the recipe...

Adai

Adai is one of the South Indian recipe. It is the mixture of various dals and rice. My mom usually makes this during a weekend.So that all members in the family can patiently wait and have adais. And it involves  some grinding work also,  so that we can' t make this in a hurry. In our family my mom makes Adai one by one . The very first Adai goes to GOD as neivethiyam. Then the next will be to my younger sister. I usually stole some pieces from her plate as i am hungry and can't wait for my turn. oh!!!  that is awesome!!!

Avial is the perfect sidedish for Adai. Adai avial is the classic combo. But i love to have Adai with butter and powdered jaggery.

  Here is the Adai recipe for you ...

Ragi dosa(Millet dosa)

Ragi(millet) is rich in calcium. Which is almost equivalent to milk.So we should consume this for our good health. Many dishes like Ragi puttu , Ragi adai, Ragi semiya, Ragi idiyappam....can be prepared with Ragi easily and this dosa comes under this category . Soon i will post other dishes too...My mom is health conscious and she  frequently prepares this. Initally she prepared by grinding the soaked Urad dal and soaked Ragi and felt that the dosa is little bit hard. Now she learnt the new method. Mixing the dry rice flour and ragi flour with water to form the batter and making dosas. and the dosas are really awesome. They are crispy too...

Cone dosa

Cone dosa

This cone dosa is to impress the kids.Generally kids love to have crispy dosa in cone shape like in restarunts.  By simple folding you can make a cone shape. Here  I have attached the video of  HOW TO MAKE CONE DOSA.(videographer is my hubby) with help of that u give a try at your home.

Here is the recipe...

Dosa

We can count the people who doesn't likes crispy dosa. Ghee dosa + coconut chutney + drumstick sambar is the ultimate combination in the world.(Agree?) . Iam proud to say Iam a expert in making crispy dosa. During School and college days, I used to make crispy dosa for the whole family(batter making process will be done by my  mom...I dont want to do that messy works. But after marriage!!!!??? No way to escape from that work. )

Whenever i go to my grandma's house for the vacation. My uncle wants me to prepare dosa for him. Grandma and mami used to prepare dosa for all the members except mama. When my uncle comes to eat , my grandma leaves kitchen to me..(old memories...)

This post is for bachelors and beginners...

Thogayal varieties

• Kollu  ( Horse gram) thogayal
• Karuvepillai ( curry leaves) thogayal
• Kothamalli  ( Coriander ) thogayal
• Thengai ( coconut) thogayal

Podi varieties

• Idli milagai podi
• Seasame podi

Kulambu / Sambar / Kootu / Rasam

Kulambu and Sambar

• Drumstick/ Murugaikai  sambar
• Mango/ Manga  sambar
• Arachu vitta  sambhar
• Brinjal / Kathirikai  poricha kulambu
• Vatha kulambu/ Puli kulambu
• buttermilk / Mor kulambu
• Urundai kulambu

Kootu

• Bottle gourd / Suraikai  kootu
• Snake gourd / Pudalangai  kootu

Rasam

• Rasam with freshly grounded spices

Side dishes for chapati/poori/naan/roti

• Malai kofta curry
• Aloo bhaji
• Poori masala/Poori kilzangu
• Dal fry
• Vegetable manchurian gravy 

Side dishes for idly / dosa

Sambar and gosthu

• Moong dal /  Pasiparupu gosthu 
• Ridge gourd /Peerkangai gosthu
• Chidambaram gosthu/  brinjal (kathirikai )gosthu

Chutney

• Coconut / Thengai chutney 
• Onion tomato chutney
• Mint / pudina chutney
• Ridge gourd / Peerkangai  chutney

Rice varieties

• Vegetable Fried rice
• Peas pulao/ Patani sadam
• Paneer pulao
• Jeera rice/ pulao
• Mint rice/ Pudina sadam

Sweets and desserts

• Bread gulabjamun
• Pagu kozhukatai
• Basundi
• Chocolate peda
• Semiya payasam / Semiya kheer
• Brown rice sweet pongal/ Sivapu arisi sakkarai pongal

Snacks

• Masala vada
• Vegetable puff
• Ragi pakoda/ Millet pakora
• Semiya adai/ Vermicelli adai
• Phool makhana

Bakes and cakes

• Eggless vanilla cake with chocolate frosting
• Eggless sponge cake/ milkmaid cake/ vanilla cake
• Eggless dates and nuts cake
• Eggless vanilla cupcake with choco chips

Drinks and Beverages

• Thandai
• Strawberry banana smoothie
• Ragi/ Finger millet porridge
• Strawberry milkshake

North Indian dishes

• Gobi paratha
• Palak  paratha
• Vegetable paratha
• Methi Thepla

Lunch menu combos

• Lunch menu  1 with Rice , Curry leaves thogayal , Snakegourd stir fry and Rasam.
  
• Lunch menu 2 with Rice, Brinjal poricha kuzhambu, Carrot beans poriyal, Rasam, Coriander thogayal and cucumber carrot salad.

Breakfast recipes/ Dinner recipes

• Dosa
• Idli
• Cone dosa
• Restaurant style dosa/ Crisp dosa
• Ragi dosa
• Sorghum/ Chola dosa
• Vegetable Uthapam
• Adai
• Aval upma
• Kanda poha
• Wheat Rava Upma
• Arisi upma
• Venpongal

Poriyal(stir fry)

• Cabbage poriyal
• Ladys finger poriyal
• Carrot beans poriyal
• Cluster beans parupu usli
• Bitter gourd (pavakai) paruppu usli
• Snake gourd (pudalangai) poriyal
• Ridge gourd  (peerkangai) poriyal
• Aloo gobi mutter stir fry
• Broccoli stir fry
• Potato curry