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Tomato Rasam or Thakkali rasam is a common South Indian dish. It can be served as soup or with hot steam rice. This is a delicious curry, taste great. It is a simple, easy and quick recipe. It is also healthy recipe good for stomach, and also soothing when suffering from cold and fever. I love rasam it is a healthy also quick recipe specially helpful when I am tired and it is worth trying. Preparation Time:10 minutes Cooking Time: 10 minutes Serves: 3-4 Step By Step Method: Boil tomatoes in hot water and then drain the water and remove the skin out. In mixer jar put the peeled tomatoes, black pepper, cumin seeds, garlic, tamarind pulp, coriander leaves and make paste. Add oil in the chatti, when hot add mustard seeds, when crackle add cumin seeds, asafoetida, curry leaves, whole red chilies. Add the paste. Now add two cups water and let it simmer on slow flame for seven minutes. Rasam is ready to serve. Ingredients: 3 nos tomatoes (Bo...

Ambot tik recipe is delicious tasty curry served with hot steamed rice. Ambot means sour and tik means spicy. It can be made with shark fish, prawns, pomfret, cat fish, sting ray, skate, etc. It is simple, easy and quick recipe. It is worth trying!    Ingredients: 2 nos shark fish (cleaned, washed and applied salt keep aside) 1 onion chopped 2 green chilies slit 2 tsp oil 1 tsp vinegar (can use as your taste) salt to taste To make paste: 10 whole Kashmir chilies 1/2" ginger 6 cloves garlic 6 nos black pepper 1/2 tsp turmeric powder small lemon size tamarind Method: Clean and wash the fish, add salt and keep it aside. Put oil in a pan and heat it. Add chop onion and slit green chilies and saute till pink. Add the paste and one cup water or as required for gravy, add salt and take a nice boil. When boiled add shark fish and again take one boil. Then make flame slow and cook for five minutes. Now add vinegar and after two minutes turn off t...

Dosa is a popular South Indian delicacy. Can be served as breakfast or evening snack or a main meal. Dosas are usually served in pairs with chutney, sambar, milagai podi, gunpowder chutney or other accompaniments. Dosas can be served with a stuffing or plain. The dosa batter can be used to prepare masala dosa, stuffed dosa, Mysore dosa, plain dosa and paper dosa. Onion, potatoes, chillies, tomato, coconut or cheese may be added to improve taste and variation like pizza. They can be stuffed with vegetables, meats and sauces to create a quickly prepared meal. Dosa batter can also be used to make uttapams which are thick pancakes topped with various vegetables, herbs and spices and is enjoyed as a snack, breakfast or a main meal. For The Dosa Batter Ingredients: 1 cup whole skinned urad dal 3 cups idly rice (par boiled rice) 1 tsp fenugreek seeds Salt as taste Method: Soak the rice and dal along with fenugreek seeds separately for 3 hours. Grind dal and fenugreek seeds...

Egg curry recipe is a quick and easy recipe with simple ingredient found in your kitchen. It is delicious spicy preparation of eggs which I have not boiled but dropped in curry with onion, ginger, garlic, tomato, based gravy. It is really yum. Serve with hot steam rice, roasted papad and pickle. Step By Step Method: Put oil in chatti, let it become hot for two minutes.  Add to it chop onion.  Now add to it crushed ginger and garlic. Add chopped tomato and cook till oil comes out. Add mix masala, turmeric powder, salt and one tablespoon water stir all nicely.  Add one glass water or as required for gravy and give a nice boil. Drop in eggs each at one time.  Add coriander leaves and switch off the gas.  Ingredients: 4 eggs 2 small onion chopped 2 big tomato chopped ginger 1/2" crushed garlic 6 nos crushed 3 tsp mix masala 1/2 tsp turmeric powder water as required salt to taste 3 tbsp oil ...

Uttapam recipe is a recipe made from dosa batter ladle on pan like pancake shape and topped with veggies and masala. Uttapam is sometime characterized as Indian pizza. Uttapam can be made from instant mix packets or ready mix dosa available in grocery shop or super market and also from left over batter of dosa. It is a south Indian dish prepared during breakfast or snacks. It is also kids friendly recipe. Easy and quick recipe. Preparation Time: 10 minutes Cooking Time: 30 minutes Serves: 3-4   Step By Step Method: Take dosa batter add salt and mix it. Grease the non stick pan with oil. Spread the batter like pan cake. Sprinkle onion, tomato, green chilies, coriander leaves and also sprinkle red chilly powder. Serve with green chutney or tomato ketchup. Ingredients: 2 cups dosa batter 1 small onion chopped 1 small tomato chopped 2 green chilies chopped 2 tsp coriander leaves chopped 1 tsp red chilly powder or sambar powder oil as req...

Fish fry recipe is the best stater or side dish that can be served with hot steam rice and dal or any fish curry. It has simple ingredients, easy to make and quick recipe to serve. I have used king fish (Surmai), you can use fish of your choice. Ingredients: 8 slice Surmai fish (King fish) 1 tsp mix masala or red chilli powder 1/2 tsp turmeric powder salt to taste 1 tbsp lemon juice 3 tbsp oil Method: Wash the fish and leave it in colander for ten minutes. Apply salt, mix masala, turmeric powder and lemon juice and keep for marination for fifteen minutes. Put three tablespoon oil and let it become hot, once it is hot add fish to it and cook the fish on low-medium flame, cook for five minutes. Now turn the fish upside down and cook for another five minutes or till crisp. Notes: Use fish of your choice. After washing the fish, keep it in colander excess water to drain and then marinate. Adjust spice and salt as your choice. Tip of the day: The omega-3 ...

Pan rolls recipe is a roll stuffed with kheema and blend of spices, wrapped in a fluffy crepe crumbled and lightly fried. My family loves this rolls, which is why they're requested often and it is impossible to eat only one. Kheema can be used any of your choice like mutton, beef, chicken. Vegetarian can also enjoy this recipe by omitting the kheema and option is veggies like cauliflower, carrots, green peas, potato, paneer. It is worth making.   Ingredients: For pancakes: 2 cups refined flour 3 cups water 2 eggs (beaten) 1/4 tsp salt 2 tsp oil Method: Mix the above ingredients together, adding water and oil gradually till the mixture is free of lumps. Leave aside for half an hour. Grease a non-stick pan with oil. Put in a ladleful of batter in the middle of the pan. Swirl the pan around so that the batter coats the pan. When the pancake is cooked flip it onto a plate. Repeat until a few spoonfuls of the batter are left. Keep it aside. For Filling: ...

Masala paniyaram or Appams or Kuzhi paniyaram is a south Indian famous snack. Masala Paniyaram is made by steaming batter traditionally made from pulse (specifically black lentils) and rice using a mould. The batter used is same as that for idle and dosa. Appams or kuzhi paniyaram can be made sweet or spicy. I have made the masala paniyaram the spicy version adding onion, green chillies, coriander leaves, red chilly powder, grated fresh coconut, etc. The sweet appams or paniyaram is made adding grated coconut, coconut milk, jaggary or sugar etc, can read my blog for sweet paniyaram which I have shared. Masala paniyaram can be prepared to carry during journey or long distance trips or traveling. Ingredients:   To make idly batter: 1/2 cup raw rice 1/2 cup par boiled rice 1/4 cup white urad dal 1 small tsp fenugreek seed Method to make idly batter: Wash and soak the raw and par boiled rice together for three to four hours. Now take the white urad dal, wash and soa...