Looking for an easy side dish for idli/ dosa that has the goodness of lentils and is super simple to make? Then look no further. This moong dal Gotsu recipe is something I grew up eating as a child and is one of my absolute favorite dals. The Gotsu / dal is so versatile, you…
South Indian kuzhambu / Rasam / Kootu
Instant Pot Gutti Vankaya Kura Recipe
I love Andhra cuisine and I also love my instant pot. Gutti vankaya kura is a famous dish in their cuisine and this instant pot version is just as good. Andhra dishes are generally spicy and fragrant with use of ingredients like coriander seeds, sesame, coconut and peanuts. This dish has has quite a few…
Pavakkai Pulikachal
Pulikachal, a traditional south Indian Tam-bram dish gets an interesting makeover here. I was talking to my aunt recently and she mentioned lot of interesting recipes that her mil used to make. One of it was pavakkai (bitter gourd) pulikachal. The moment I heard it I was intrigued. I have been wanting to try pavakkai…
Vepampoo Rasam / Neem flower Rasam
This is one of the easiest and flavorful rasams I have come across and it is my mil’s recipe. The most difficult part about this rasam is soaking the toor dal and extracting tamarind juice, which is simplified even more if you use tamarind paste and cooked dal. 🙂 Neem flowers are supposed to have…
Thakkali paruppu / Simple Tomato Dal
Just the day before we got so much snow here in Raleigh, and I felt like I was in Narnia 😀 Cold weather days like this calls for something comforting, warm and easy. I wanted to make use of this and start working on the comfort food series that I have been wanting to do…
Arachuvitta manathakkali and chinna vengayam Vathal Kuzhambu
I have this friend who is a very good cook. She is a foodie herself and I love all her traditional Indian recipes. I had this arachuvitta vathal kuzhambu ( spicy tamarind stew with small onions and black night shade) once at her place and fell in love with it. It was spicy, tangy and…
Ezhu thaan kootu / seven veggies curry
This ezhu kari kootu / 7 thaan kootu ( kari kootu meaning vegetables curry) is usually prepared during thiruvadhirai or pongal festival. Today is thiruvadhirai and I was asking my mil about this day. So this is what I learnt – Thiruvadhirai is usually celebrated in the tamil month of marghazi for lord Shiva. I…
Instant pot chayote squash kootu / chow chow kootu
Chow chow/ chayote squash is one of my favorite vegetable. We use it at least once a week at home and this instant pot chayote squash kootu is one of my favorite recipe using this beautiful vegetable. It is almost like a comfort food, something that I can eat for any meal! I also…
