Tamil Cuisine

Another popular breakfast in TN. You have to get the proportions of flour & rava correctly or else dosai will not have the crisp texture.The batter has to rest for about an 1 hr atleast. It goes well with chutney/sambar/molagapodi. With the following measurement you can prepare around 10-12 dosa

This is one of the most popular breakfasts in Chennai and in other parts of TN as well. Very simple yet filling breakfast.The preparation might take around 15 minutes.

Started to explore Instagram recently and been updating my daily food menu there. It is always encouraging to see ‘likes’ & ‘comments’ for your recipes/pictures. I am planning to write a series of simple breakfast/dinner recipes that I have shared in IG ov

Today morning prepared rava pongal for breakfast. Easy to make,require only few ingredients and a best alternate to our normal ‘Venn Pongal’ that is made using rice. The following measurement serves 2. Since it was a busy morning

‘Spinach/Palak’ – in tamil it is பசலக்கீரை. I prepared a simple kootu(gravy) as a sidedish for lunch. We can try the same recipe for other Keerai varieties too.

I usually enjoy eating this tangy,spicy Vengaya vathakuzhambu along with sutta appalam.Today being a saturday,decided to make a simple yet tasty lunch.So opted for this curry and Palak Keerai kootu.

This is ready to eat Dosa. It need not be fermented.We can have it either with chutney or sambar.I prepared ‘carrot thogayal’ as a sidedish.

Monsoon started and its time for munching some traditional ‘rain’ time snacks 🙂 :). Onion Pakoda comes first in my mind for two reasons.It is easy to prepare and with its crunchiness accompanied with a cup of ‘degree kaapi’ can do wonders.

Easy to prepare lunch box meal. Or when you are going on a long drive during weekends you could pack this with pickle and potato chips.The following measurement serves two.

This is a healthier dish since horsegram helps in reducing weight and cholestrol when taken regularly.The best breakfast food.I learnt this recipe from my MIL.The ingredients used are mostly available at our kitchen.