Pottukadalai Chutney without Coconut

This pottukadalai is a simple and easy chutney that can be made in a few minutes with very few ingredients. I like this chutney as it doesn't use coconut and it extremely quick and easy to make. And it also tastes yum! It goes well with idli, dosa and snacks like vadai.

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Simple Chicken Curry | Pressure Cooker Chicken Curry | South Indian Chicken Curry Recipe

Chicken Curry | South Indian Chicken Curry Recipe | Easy & Simple Chicken Curry Recipe | Chicken - In this recipe, we will see how to make an easy and simple chicken curry in a pressure cooker.

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Capsicum Chutney

I like making chutney with vegetables as it's very healthy. Capsicum is rich in vitamin C and  I like to include it as much as possible and this chutney is one of the capsicum dish that I make atleast once every week. It tastes delicious and goes well with idli or dosa.

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Kollu Chutney

Kollu also known as Horsegram in English and Kulthi in Hindi is a super food that is widely used in South India. It is mostly famous because of it effects in weight loss but there is a horde of other benefits associated with horsegram. It helps in digestion, eliminates kidney stones, protects against diabetes, increases immunity, it is rich in protein and anti oxidants, prevents constipation. It is also used in the treatment of irregular periods. 

This kollu chutney is an excellent way to include horsegram in our diet. It's easy and quick to make and tastes good too. I sometimes, add it to my idli podi too. Check out this curry leaves horsegram podi.

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Tomato Chutney | Onion Tomato Chutney

Tomato chutney is a easy and simple chutney recipe that is very common in South India. This is made as a side dish for idli, dosa, uthapam or even paniyaram.

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Karuvepillai Chutney | Curry Leaves Chutney

The vegetable vendor near my house always gives me a lot of curry leaves for free and most of the time I am lost as to what to cook with it! Sometimes I make this chutney or this thogayal and I regularly use it for making curry leaves hair oil too! 

This chutney tastes great, it doesn't taste bitter, it's just the right amount of curry leaves to make it a tasty chutney and a healthy side dish for idlis or dosa!

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Egg Gravy

This is a tasty and rich egg gravy which goes very well with pulao or with roti. It's easy and simple to make and loved by kids too! I made this gravy with a puree of onion and tomato as we were having some kids over for lunch. If you prefer to have a little texture in your gravy then you can finely chop the onions and tomatoes and add it in.

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OPOS Tomato Coriander Thokku | Tomato Coriander Chutney

OPOS stands for One Pot One Shot, it's a new cooking technique pioneered by Mr. Ramakrishnan (founder of Pizza Republic and many other food joints in Chennai). It is the simplest form of cooking where all the cooking is done in One Pot and in One Shot, meaning there is no sauteing and no multiple steps involved. OPOS invloves layering the food methodically and cooking at high heat for a short time. There are many advantages of OPOSing but my favorite are the nutrition of the food remains intact and the taste is awesome.

For more recipes and info, do check OPOS chef on YouTube.

This recipe was shared by one of the members of the OPOS facebook group - United by Food, unfortunately I forgot her name. I will update her name when I find it! The taste and flavor of this chutney is extraordinary! We simply love this and I make this often. You can make the same without the coriander leaves too but I like to add atleast a little bit of coriander as the taste is lovely with it.

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Flax Seed Idli Podi

Flax seeds are known as the wonder food, it has a number of health benefits and including it in our daily meal is very good. It is said to reduce heart disease, diabetes, stroke and cancer. It is rich in fiber, omega 3 fatty acids and lignans. It also helps in digestion and keeps skin and hair healthy. 

The recommended dose of flax seed is 1 tbsp per day. You can have the seed as it is or powder and take it. Adding it to a podi like this is a great way to include flax seeds in our daily diet. 

This podi is similar to the usual idli podi I normally make at home with some slight changes.

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Red Chutney for Idli and Dosa

There are many versions of onion tomato chutney in my blog and out of all of it, this one is my husband's favorite. It's simple to make and tastes spicy and delicious. I make this every time I don't want to make a coconut based chutney. Goes very well with idli or dosa.

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Karuveppilai Thuvaiyal

I buy fresh vegetables everyday and my vegetable vendor, near my house, always gives me tons of free curry leaves every time I buy vegetables and I'm always at a loss trying to find ways to use it all up, without it getting spoilt. One such day I decided to make this tasty and healthy thuvaiyal. I have already shared coriander thuvaiyal and pudina thuvaiyal. These thuvaiyals are healthy and so versatile. You can have it with rice or idli, dosa. It is very easy to make and when kept refrigerated, it stays good for long.

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Mushroom Drumstick Curry

We have a drumstick tree in our garden and we get lots and lots of drumsticks from it, that my mum shares it with all our neighbors all the time. One time, one of our neighbors, a grandmother, gave me this recipe of mushrooms and drumsticks. I love mushrooms so I was immediately interested and willing to try it out. This turned out great and my husband and me simply loved it! This grandmother tells me she also makes drumstick with mutton....waiting to try that out some other day!

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Kollu Podi | Horse gram Powder

Horse gram or Kollu is a super food which has lots of health benefits. I came to know about the value of kollu when we took our daughter to a doctor for a problem that she had and he told us to include kollu in her diet atleast 2 days a week and hence I started my research on horse gram and came to of all it's health benefits.

Kollu is extremly rich in iron, protein and calcium. It also aids in digestion, weight loss, reduces cholesterol, is a diuretic, rich in anti oxidants and so many more benefits.

I have been looking for ways to include this in our weekly diet and make it tasty as well so this is the first recipe I tried. This kollu podi is an adaptation of my idli podi recipe and it came out very well. I also added lots of curry leaves to make it more rich in iron.

This podi can be had with idli/dosa or even rice.

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Cabbage Chutney | No Onion Chutney

My mother in law is an expert when it comes to cooking but then I can never blog any of her recipes since it's all a random addition of ingredients. She is so experienced that she just keeps adding the ingredients randomly and they turn out so well!
One day I saw her making this cabbage chutney and I could not get any proportion out of her but then I tried following her steps and then finally came out with this delicious and easy chutney recipe! 
My husband and me simply loved it! We had it with instant oats dosai and it was a healthy and delicious breakfast!

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Peanut Tomato Chutney | Easy Chutney Recipes

I am always on the lookout for interesting chutney recipes which will taste good with idli or dosa, uthapam or even vada. My friend Rohini Mahesh, shared this recipe of peanut tomato chutney and since I already make a plain peanut chutney, I knew this would taste awesome too! So I tried this out as soon as she shared it and we had it for oats idli and true to what she said, this chutney tasted absolutely yum! 

One of the reasons why I love this chutney is because, I already love peanuts and this doesn't use coconut and it's very easy to make. Also this chutney does not get spoilt like the coconut chutney so you can use this chutney to pack for lunch boxes too.

Check out the other side dishes for idli and dosa here

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Pottukadalai Chutney | Easy Chutney Recipes

This is a simple and easy chutney made with pottukadalai called as Roasted Gram Dal in English. This chutney is one of my favorites as it tastes good and it's also very quick to put together. The pottukadalai makes this chutney really yum. My kids and my husband also love this chutney. This goes very well with idli and dosa.

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Mushroom Do Pyaza | Easy Mushroom Recipes

Mushroom Do Pyaza makes a delicious side dish for rotis and even dosa. The dish is called Do Pyaza since there are two types of onions used or the onion is added twice. This addition of onions makes this dish very tasty and different.
I'm always in love with mushrooms and I have plenty of mushroom recipes. Check them out!

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Soya Kurma | Meal Maker Kurma

Soya nuggets are so rich in protein next to meat, for vegetarians this is a wonderful alternative to meat. If you don't take meat and eggs then you can rely on soya nuggets to meet your daily protein quota. These soya nuggets are also great for kids who don't like eating meat. I prefer the small sized soya chunks to the larger ones. I have already posted soya 65 and soya masala. 
I love making kurma, my family too loves kurma for idli, dosa and roti. This kurma is finger licking good!

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Soya Chunks Masala | Meal Maker Masala | Soya Chunks Recipes

I used to love soya chunks when I was little, I remember my mother making biryani with this meal maker and we used to enjoy it. But as we grew older, my brother and me started noticing a weird flavor and raw odour with these meal makers and completely refused to eat it!

Now many years later, I have found that preparing the soya is the key to remove all raw odour in these meal makers, I use a bit of milk and it works wonders and this has once again become a family favorite! 

Check out the soya 65 recipe.

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Mushroom Pepper Masala

This pepper masala is my mom's specialty dish, I have posted a prawn masala and crab masala using the same recipe. This time I decided to try my favorite mushrooms using the same base recipe and as always it turned out great! It is a spicy dish and we simply loved it! I have already posted a mushroom pepper fry recipe which is a dry dish and very different from this pepper masala recipe.
Check out the other mushroom recipes.

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