Curd Oats Recipe-Oats with Yogurt-Thayir Oats Bath

Everyone loves oats as it is easy to cook and is very versatile. I love to have oats for lunch as oats is packed with fiber and keeps you feeling fuller longer thus preventing you from snacking in between meals. The other day, I made my favorite curd rice with oats for lunch. As I love my lunch to be colorful, I added fresh fruits and vegetables to it. Needless to say it was very delicious.

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Mathanga Pachadi-Kerala Style Pumpkin Pachadi Recipe

Mathanga Pachadi or Pumpkin Pachadi  is a curd based gravy which is served with rice. Pachadi is another common dish served during onam festival. Today we will learn how to make Mathanga Pachadi following this easy recipe with step wise pictures. 








Mathanga Pachadi-Pumpkin Pachadi




 Prep Time : 15 mins

 Cook Time : 15 mins 
 Serves: 3-4
 Recipe Category: Side Dish
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Sambaram Recipe-Kerala Style Spiced Buttermilk-Moru Vellam-Pacha Moru

Sambaram is Kerala style spiced butter milk. It is flavored with ginger, green chillies, shallots and curry leaves. I love all types of spiced buttermilk whether it is neer mor or masala chaas or sambaram. It is refreshing and very delicious. As Onam is just a few days away, I wanted to share this moru vellam recipe. Today we will learn how to make Kerala style Butter milk/Pacha moru following

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Onion Raita Recipe-Vengaya Thayir Pachadi-Side Dish for Biryani,Pulao

Onion Raita or Pyaaz ka Raita is a very simple, quick and refreshing dish made with yogurt and onion. It is a great accompaniment for any biryani or pulao. I love to have it even with parathas. You can prepare it in just 10-15 minutes. Today we will learn how to make onion raitha following this easy recipe. 








Onion Raita




 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Serves:3-4
 Recipe Category: Side Dish

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Moru Curry-Moru Kachiyathu-Seasoned Buttermilk Recipe Kerala Style

Moru Curry/moru kachiyathu/kachimoru is a very simple dish prepared with buttermilk and flavored with spices. It is a common dish in most malayali's home. It is absolutely delicious and very easy to prepare. When you do not have much time to cook or if you are tired, this moru curry comes to your rescue as it can be made in a jiffy. Moru Curry is served as a part of Onam sadya. Today we will

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Mango Shrikhand Recipe-Amrakhand Recipe-Mango Recipes

Shrikhand is a very popular Indian dessert made from strained yogurt. It is one of the main desserts in Maharashtrian and Gujarati cuisine. In Gujarati cuisine, shrikhand is eaten either as a side-dish with breads such as poori  or as a dessert. It is commonly served as part of a vegetarian thali in Gujarati restaurants and is popular as part of wedding feasts.(source-Wiki) A popular variation

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Lassi Recipe-Sweet Lassi Recipe-Punjabi Lassi

Lassi is a very popular yogurt based drink from Punjab. Punjabi meal is incomplete without lassi. Lassi can be prepared in two ways-salted and sweet lassi. Sweet lassi is made from yogurt and sugar. Punjabi lassi is usually flavored with rose essence. Salted lassi is a savory drink mostly flavored with roasted and ground cumin powder. Sweet lassi can also be flavored with fruits. The most

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Instant Mor Kuzhambu-More Kulambu Recipe (without coconut)-Indian Lunch Ideas

The mor kulambu which I have posted earlier is very popular not only in my family but even among many others. Many have tried and tested that kulambu and have written to me that they loved it very much.This is an instant recipe which can be prepared in just 5 minutes time and the good thing is it does not require coconut. You cannot expect this to taste as my earlier mor kulambu recipe but

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Mor Keerai-Keerai Mor Kootu Recipe

This is another authentic Tamil Brahmin recipe. Since we all love yogurt in our home, this dish is one of our family's favorite. This is a very nutritious dish prepared with greens and yogurt. I have used red thandu keerai  (mulai keerai) known as Amaranth greens in English to prepare this dish.You can use siru keerai, arai keerai, mulai keerai or palak to make this dish. Today we will learn

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Mixed Vegetable Raita-Mixed Vegetable raita recipe

Mixed Vegetable Raita-Mixed Vegetable Raita recipe




Raita is nothing but an Indian salad with yogurt dressing. Mixed vegetable raita goes well with Mint pulao,Vegetable Pulav, Peas Pulav, Vegetable Biriyani, Bisibelabath, Tomato rice, Brinjal rice and most mixed rice recipes. I love to have it with roti/chapati , paratha, sometimes as such without any accompaniments.






Ingredients

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Lauki Raita-Bottle Gourd (Dudhi) Raita Recipe

This is another healthy dish prepared with lauki which I love very much. It can be served as a side dish for biryani, chapati, parathas and rotis or can be had on its own.This raita tastes great when served chilled. Today we will learn how to make Lauki ka raita following this simple recipe.




How to make Lauki Raita (Sorakkai Pachadi)

Prep time - under 10 mins
Cook time - under 10 mins

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Special Curd Rice

Thinking of curd rice, I remember my younger days when I used to eat curd rice just for vadu manga. Curd rice with vadu maga-wow! I just love it so much. It is so comforting and heavenly. Today we will learn how to make seasoned curd rice with added vegetables following this easy recipe.








Curd Rice




 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 15 mins 
 Serves:1
 Recipe Category: Rice

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Buttermilk Kuzhambu or Mor kuzhambu

Buttermilk Kuzhambu or mor Kuzhambu is commonly prepared in South India. It is easy to prepare and tastes great with hot steamed rice and potato fry. Today let us learn how to make tasty Mor kulambu  (Tamil Brahmin style) following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.







Mor Kuzhambu Recipe-Buttermilk Kulambu




 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 10 mins 
 Serves: 4
 Recipe Category

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