indian veg bites

Sabji Powder This is a Simple sabji powder which can be added to any vegetable. Easy to make and has shelf life about one month. I always has this powder in kitchen and use when I needed to cook something super easy and delicious at the same time. Now lets jump to the recipe Ingredients: ·          Channa dal – 1 cup ·          Urad dal – 1 cup ·          Red chili- 10 to 12 ·          Little salt Instructions: 1.        In a pan dry roast red chilies, channa dal and urad dal till the dal turns colour. 2.        Once the ingredients cool down transfer it into a dry mixie jar and make a fine powder 3.        Store the powder in air tight container. Little salt is added to increase shelf life. 4.   ...

Capsicum sabji( kodamilagai poriyal) This simple kodamilagai poriyal is always a hit in our family. It is very easy to make and is delicious. You can prepare and store the poriyal podi in advance. This poriyal podi can also be used with other vegetables like brinjal, raw banana. It is a great side dish for Chapati. Goes very well with curd rice too. You can also mix and eat it with white rice. Now let’s jump to the recipe. Ingredients: ·          Capsicum – 2 nos ·          Urad dal ·          Chana dal ·          Mustard seeds ·          Sabji powder ·          Grated coconut – 1tbsp ·          Salt – as per taste Instructions: 1.        Heat oil in tawa...

Instant Kambu rava dosa (Bajra rava dosa) This instant dosa is very healthy and makes a balanced breakfast. You can serve this with idly podi or kara chutney. This recipe is very handy when you have very few mins left to prepare breakfast. Recipe with step by step photos as follows. Ingredients: ·          Bajra flour – 2 cup ·          Rawa – 1 cup ·          Rice flour – ½ cup ·          Maida – ½ cup ·          Salt- as per taste ·          Chilly powder ·          Asafoetidia Instructions: 1.        Take bajra flour, rawa, rice flour and maida in a bowl. 2.        Pour 3 cups of water and mix well without any lumps 3. ...

Long Beans Stir Fry (Karamani Poriyal) Long beans is a low calorie vegetable rich in vitamin A. This is a simple side dish made with karamani, coconut and green chilly. It goes well with curd rice. Now let’s jump to the recipe. Ingredients: ·          Long beans-   200g ·          Coconut – 1tbsp ·          Green chilly- 2nos ·          Coriander leaves –as per taste ·          Salt- as per taste For tempering ·          Oil ·          Mustard seeds ·          Urad dal Instructions: 1.        Chop long beans into small pieces. Pressure cook it in cooker for about 4 mins. Instead you can also cook it in pa...

Kara chutney Hotel Style kara chutney prepared with onion, tomatoes and garlic. This spicy kara chutney goes well with dosas, uthapam, idly and rava idly. I have used onions in this   recipe. You can also use pearl onions. To make it less spicy you can reduce the amount of red chilly used. Now lets go to the recipe with step by step photos. Ingredients: ·          Onions-2 nos (medium size) ·          Tomato – 1 nos(large) ·          Garlic – 4 cloves ·          Ginger- ½ inch ·          Chana dal- 1tbsp ·          Red chilly- 2 nos ·          Tamarind(optional) ·          Jaggery (optional) ·          S...

Green gram pulav (pacha payiru pulav) Green gram is a high source of protein and minerals. This pulav is very delicious and healthy. Usually children tend to skip green grams but this pulav is so delicious that they will be willing to eat it. Ingredients: ·          Basmati rice – 1 ½ cup ·          Green gram – 1/2 cup ·          Carrot- 1 nos ·          Beans- ¼ cup ·          Onion – 1(medium sized) ·          Sombu- ½ tsp ·          Cinamon- ¼ inch ·          Clove-2 nos ·          Chilly powder – 1spn ·          Coriander powder- 1 spn ·     ...