Curd is a dairy product produced by adding a starter culture to milk. When made in clay pots, the porous nature of the pots permits the curd to develop a richer and more flavorful texture. Curd made in clay pots is commonly believed to be more nutritious and probiotic than when made in other types…
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Onion Tomato Masala Recipe | Basic Gravy for 100 plus Veg and Non-Veg Indian Curries
Onion Tomato Masala is such a versatile recipe that can be prepared in advance which simplifies your daily cooking. Also, this gravy can be used as a base gravy for 100 plus Indian veg and non-veg recipes. I have made this masala using Nutricook electric pressure cooker. The same can be done in the regular…
Homemade Rice Flour Recipe | Pacharisi Maavu
Homemade Rice Flour is a quintessential ingredient in almost all South Indian kitchen. If this flour is prepared in advance and stored, this can be used in different varieties of South Indian recipes. This rice flour is mainly used in making idiyappam, adhirasam, kozhukattai, maa vilakku, murukku and much more. Even this flour can be…
Sambar Powder Recipe | South Indian Style Sambar Masala
Sambar Powder is a must in all South Indian households. Usually, we prepare sambar powder in kgs for a whole year at my mom’s place. When I go for vacation mom packs me sambar powder for a year. But this can be prepared at home easily. Using a mixer, sambar powder can be ground to…
Instant Poondu Podi | Instant Garlic Chutney for Rice
Instant Poondu Podi is a dipping condiment for idli dosa and can be mixed with rice too. This poondu podi uses only three ingredients and tastes awesome. This podi can be prepared whenever needed instantly. The traditional method of making poondu podi is made with chana dhal (kadalai paruppu) but this instant version is made…
Curry Leaves Idli Podi Recipe | Karuveppilai Idli Podi
Curry Leaves Idli Podi is a dipping condiment for idli and dosa or can be had with hot steamed rice with a drizzle of ghee or sesame oil. This is one more easy dipping condiment where comes handy when you have no time to prepare any side dish for idli or dosa. I have already…
Homemade Ghee Recipe – using Unsalted Butter
From my childhood, I am having Homemade Ghee. Mom buys butter from the shop and makes ghee at home. Similarly, my MIL too makes ghee at home only. But she churns butter at home and makes ghee out of it. So as I learned this from them, I too frequently make ghee. Homemade ghee is…
Ginger Garlic Paste Recipe | Homemade Ginger Garlic Paste
Ginger Garlic Paste is an essential ingredient for almost all Indian dishes whether it is vegetarian or non-vegetarian. Nothing can beat the fresh ginger garlic paste. But at times it is necessary to have this paste handy if you don’t want to spend time in peeling and grinding while making dishes. Being non-vegetarians, we almost use…
Coriander Powder | Homemade Coriander Powder
Coriander Powder is our home recipe, especially from my MIL. Generally, we use plain coriander powder for all North Indian dishes. But for all South Indian vegetarian and non-vegetarian Kurmas, we use this homemade coriander powder. I don’t make coriander powder here in UAE. My MIL sends me this or whenever I visit her she makes…
Home Made Paneer | Indian Cheese Recipe
Paneer is a fresh cheese common in South Asia, especially used in Indian cuisines. It is an unaged, acid-set, non-melting farmer cheese or curd cheese made by curdling heated milk with lemon juice, vinegar, or any other food acids. It’s crumbly and moist form is called chenna in eastern India. This can be used to…
