Semiya is Indian vermicelli and is usually available in the Indian grocery stores. Different things likes upma, kheer, pulao, dosa can be made using these rice noodles. This is a favorite and in our house this upma has transformed from a breakfast/tiffin/evening snack dish to a main course lunch/dinner dish owing to lack of time. The good thing is that this is a one dish meal and that means less work with cleaning and dish washing. This is also a crowd pleaser and can be put together in no time (if you have the semiya/shevai on hand). This is also…
Sabudana Khichidi/ Sago Upma
Sabudana also known as Tapioca or sago is used for making khichdi, vada, kheer and sun dried vodi. This khichidi is an awesome combination of sweet, salty, spicy and tangy topped with peanuts which give it a light nutty crunch. Sabudana khichidi can be eaten for breakfast, as a snack and while fasting as it does not have garlic or onion. This has been a childhood favorite of mine and our Saturday’s would not be complete without the Sabudana Khichidi as evening snack followed by a movie on Doordarshan. When I tried making this earlier, I did not get the…
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Capsicum Spinach Dal
Warm and comforting a simple Daal makes any meal filling and satisfying. Today I am sharing this recipe which is made using split moong daal. I find this recipe especially useful for my 7 year old who is fussy about eating certain vegetables. So I sneak in those vegetables while cooking the daal and proceed to making daal the regular way. The dal goes right in without him noticing or making a fuss about it. This time I added capsicum and spinach; I do not miss an opportunity to sneak in some greens and making it healthier. Now you can…
Spicy Pan Fried Eggplant/Brinjal
Remember the spicy dosa/ Uppu huli dosa a popular South Kanara dish that I had posted earlier? The one in which the batter does not require fermentation and the dosas can be made instantly? With the batter you can makes the dosas (of course) but then with the left over batter you can make these spicy pan fried eggplants. Crispy on the outside, soft in the inside and coated with delectable batter, they make good side dish with rice –daal or rice –rasam, yogurt rice. The idea for this comes from “Heerekai dosa” a traditional specialty of Karnataka made using…
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Uppu Huli Dosa/ Spicy Sour Red Dosa
Uppu huli dosa is a very popular dish in Mangalore and Udupi and is usually eaten for breakfast. This does not require any fermentation and so the dosas can be made right after the batter is prepared. First rice is soaked and then ground with spices, tamarind and red chillies, giving it its fiery red color. In Kannada Uppu means salty and huli means sour. So this delicious dosa is a combination of salty sour spicy and sweet. It can be eaten as is, with butter or with coconut jaggery mixture. Ingredients: 1 cup raw rice (I use sona masuri…
Easy Black Eyed Peas Salad
Did you know that in the Southern United States, eating black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day is thought to bring prosperity in the New Year? Quite frankly I did not know this either and heard about it only recently from a friend. Not sure if it brings good luck or not, but I am pretty sure that they are good for you. Black-eyed peas are very good fiber sources, rich sources of potassium, natural sodium and zinc. These legumes are pretty versatile. They can be used for making dry stir fry, soups, gravy based curries and salads of course. I…
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Kulith Idli/ Horsegram Idli and the Giveaway winner….
Thank you dear readers for participating in the Masala Dabba giveaway. Based on the response it appears that many people are impressed with the ying yang version of the Masala Dabba designed and created by GitaDini. As promised I did a lucky draw with help from random.org and my 7 year old. Without much ado the lucky winner is “Triveni Limye”. I have sent her an email and she has gladly responded back. Congratulations Triveni, hope you enjoy the sleek masala box which you will receive shortly. And now off to today’s recipe of making Idli using Kulith/ Horse gram.…