You can never have too many sambar recipes. While I love using freshly roasted and ground masala for my sambars (arachuvitta sambar), there are days when I want to eat tasty sambars without much effort. We south Indians have different sambars to go with rice, idlis/dosas and other tiffin items. And if you have tasted…
South Indian kuzhambu / Rasam / Kootu
Instant Pot Keerai Kootu with Coconut Recipe
Keerai kootu is a simple yet delicious recipe that can be made easily in an IP. We make this quite often at home (mostly without the onions, but the onions lend a nice flavor to the dish). This keerai kootu with coconut can be had with plain rice and some ghee or be used as…
Kalyana Rasam
This is another favorite of mine from my aunt’s recipes. I had visited my aunt last year during my trip to India and she had made a variety of food for lunch, which is not unusual considering my aunt loves to cook for people and she is so good at it. She had made this…
Idli Sambar
Sambar Idli is one of the staple items that I make for breakfast during weekends since that is the only time hubby has enough time to sit and enjoy a leisure breakfast. If not he lives on eggs, toast and oatmeal most of the time. Now with a crawling baby at home, we seem to…
Pavakai Vatha Kuzhambu / Bitter gourd Tamarind Stew
My mom makes the best vatha kuzhambu. It is a staple in our place. What is surprising is that she doesn’t eat it all, except as a side with curd rice. But the rest of us love it. One such recipe is orange peel vatha kuzhambu, which is quite a hit among my friends. Another…
Tambram style Arachuvitta Sambar
Arachuvitta sambar is a popular recipe from the tambram cuisine in the southern part of India. It is made with Tamarind, lentils and freshly ground spices, cooked in the instant pot or stove top, usually served with rice.
Brinjal pepper kuzhambu
Its been a while since my last post. I have been crazy busy with my studies and work here. My to go food has been a quick dal or one pot mixed rice, something that takes less than 30 minutes to cook. After a lot of easy instant cooking and eating outs, I finally decided…
Cabbage spinach kootu (Cabbage and spinach dal)
This is a healthy and simple kootu/dal made using cabbage and spinach. I usually make this with cabbage alone sans the coriander leaves. But this weekend as I set out to make my usual cabbage kootu, I saw a half packet of unused spinach and I decided to use it along with some fresh coriander…
