Learn how to make Paal Pongal, a delicious milk-based dish traditionally prepared during the Pongal Festival. Discover the modern-day cooking methods and ingredients used.
Tag: Rice
Idiyappam flour
A simple and quick method for making idiyappam flour
Healthy Sarkarai Pongal
This is low fat healthy Sarkarai Pongal without ghee. This can also be prepared with wheat rawa or millet instead of rice.
Samba Sadham (Pepper, Cumin Rice)
Discover the delicious and traditional “Samba Sadham” (Pepper and Jeera Rice) served as an offering to Lord Nataraja at Chidambaram Temple.
Kal Dosai
This dosa is mostly prepared on Deepavali days in some households. It is served with rich non-veg/veg kurma or veg saagu and other gravy type side dish.
Butter Dosa
These butter-rich dosas, called as “Davanagere Benne Dosa”, are the speciality dish of “Davanagere” of Karnataka. I got the recipe from a leading newspaper. But I made some modification on my own by reducing the puffed rice. I got a nice brown crispy dosa. It is normally served with mashed potato […]
Thavala Adai
This Adai is made with rice, thuvar dhal, red chillies and black pepper.
Ellu sadam (Til Rice)
Ellu sadam also known as Ellodharai is prepared with sesame seeds and lentils. This “Sesame Rice” or “Til Rice” is a simple and delicious South Indian style “variety rice”. It is a traditionally prepared during the Tamil Month Puratasi (புரட்டாசி) Saturdays and offered as Prasad to God.
Sambar Rice
This a rice dish made with mixed vegetables and sambar powder. For the vegetables, you can use any available vegetables of your choice. I used drumstick, brinjal, Ladies Finger, carrot, French beans, Broad beans, Potato, Capsicum. This rice is better served with fried appalam or any chips.
Gooseberry Rice (Nellikai Sadam)
This Nellikai Sadam or gooseberry rice can be served with any kootu.