Tomato Oats Recipe-Thakkali Oats-Weight Loss Recipes

Tomato oats is a very simple dish similar to tomato rice. I have replaced rice with rolled oats. This dish is low in calories and is great for weight loss. It keeps you fuller for a longer time, reduces your hunger cravings and it is also delicious. It takes just 15 minutes to make this dish with oats. Today we will learn how to make delicious tomato oats with step wise pictures.








Tomato

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Hotel Sambar-Hotel Idli-Dosa Sambar Recipe-Restaurant Style Tiffin Sambar

 I have posted many sambar recipes for both tiffin and rice, this idli sambar is another addition to it. This delicious hotel sambar goes well with idli, dosas and pongal. It is also easy to make and tastes awesome. Today we will learn how to make hotel style tiffin sambar following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.








Hotel Sambar-Restaurant Style Tiffin Sambar




 Prep Time : 10

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Aval Cutlet-Poha Tikki Recipe-Easy Poha Recipes

Poha Cutlets (Flattened rice cutlet) are easy to make and very delicious. It can be made with ingredients easily available at home. I love making cutlets as a tea time snack or as a side dish for variety rice as it is much healthier than deep fried snacks. These delicious aval/poha cutlets can be served as a tea time snack or as an after schools snack for kids.You can even pack in their snack

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Keerai Thandu Kootu-Keerai Recipes-Healthy Recipes

Keerai thandu is a rich source of fiber and is very nutritious. You can use the tender stems of thandu keerai or mulai keerai (amaranth) for making this keerai thandu kootu. It goes very well with rice. I usually prefer simple and nutritious lunch. Our lunch on that day was lemon rasam, carrot potato curry, rice, keerai thandu kootu and curd. You can follow me on Instagram to get more lunch

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Potato Podimas Recipe-Urulaikizhangu Podimas-Easy Side Dish Recipes

Potato podimas is a quick and easy side dish made with mashed potatoes. It is served as an accompaniment with rice. I love it with rasam and sambar sadam. Learn to make potato (aloo in Hindi and Urulai kilagu in Tamil) podimas following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.








Potato Podimas




 Prep Time : 10 mins

 Cook Time : 5 mins 
 Serves: 2
 Recipe Category: Side Dish-Potato

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Bulgur Wheat Upma Recipe-Bulgur with Mixed Vegetables-Bulgur Indian Recipes

Bulgur wheat as I have mentioned in my earlier bulgur recipes is very popular in Middle East. I love it as it cooks faster and is so versatile. You can make khichdi, salad, biryani, pulao, upma etc with bulgur. I personally do not prefer eating rice everyday. I include a variety of grains and bulgur is one of my favorites. Bulgur is high in fiber and low in calories. As I love upma, I often

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Narthangai Oorugai-Citron Pickle Recipe-Easy Pickle Recipes

Narthangai is known as citron or bitter lemon in English. This pickle is extremely easy to make and taste very delicious with curd rice. Today we will learn how to make Narthangai Oorugai/citron pickle following this easy recipe with step wise pictures. 








Narthangai Oorugai-Citron Pickle




 Prep Time : 20 mins

 Yields:1 1/4 cup
 Recipe Category: Pickle
 Recipe Cuisine: South

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Quinoa Adai-Quinoa Adai Dosa Recipe without rice-Easy Indian Quinoa Recipes

Quinoa has more protein, antioxidants, minerals, and fiber than many other grains. It’s also gluten free.This South Indian style adai made with quinoa is very healthy, easy to make and also tastes very delicious. I have made this quinoa adai without rice, so it is diabetic friendly also. Today we will learn how to make Quinoa Adai following this easy recipe.








Quinoa Adai without rice

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Millet Pulao-Varagu Arisi Vegetable Rice Recipe-Millet Recipes

Millet Vegetable Pulao is a delicious one pot meal, which is easy to prepare and also nutritious. I have used Kodo millet (varagu in Tamil) for making this pulao. You can substitute it with barnyard millet or little millet. Today we will learn how to make Millet Veg Pulao following this easy recipe with step wise pictures. 



Kodo Millet (varagu) pulao-brinjal raita-salad-potato curry

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Brinjal Kootu Recipe-Kathirikai Kootu-Tamil Brahmin Style

Brinjal kootu is a simple Tamil Brahmin style side dish made with brinjals and dal. It can be had as a side dish for rice or it can be enjoyed mixed with rice, topped with a tsp of ghee. Many ask me for low fat recipes, I always tell them that most of Padhuskitchen recipes are low in fat. I have used just a tsp of oil to make this delicious brinjal kootu. Today we will learn how to make Brinjal

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Easy Pressure Cooker Biryani-How to prepare Vegetable Biryani in Pressure Cooker

Biryani has always been one of my most favorite dish. It is easy to make and taste very delicious. The procedures are also very simple. I have already posted Veg Biryani in rice cooker, today we will learn how to make veg biryani in pressure cooker with step wise pictures.








Vegetable Biryani in Pressure Cooker-Easy Biryani Recipes




 Prep Time : 20 mins

 Cook Time : 20 mins 
 Serves:

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Bulgur with Peas and Mint-Easy Vegetarian Indian Bulgur Recipes

Whole grains are good source of fiber and other important nutrients. I love to include different types of grains in my diet like millets, buckwheat, rice, wheat, quinao, sorghum, oats, amaranth etc. Today we are going to make a very simple and quick dish with bulgur. You need just 15-20 minutes of your time to make this filling and nutritious lunch. Bulgur is often confused with cracked wheat,

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Ragi Kali Recipe-Kezhvaragu Kali-Keppai Kali

Keppai Kali/Ragi Kali is a nutritious meal and very popular among the rural folks of Tamil Nadu. In Karnataka, it is known as ragi mudde. Ragi mudde is made without using rice, which I will share it separately. I love traditional healthy recipes and this is one of my favorite ragi dish. Today we will learn how to make Tamil style ragi kali following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.

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Capsicum Gravy for Rice,Chapati-Capsicum Masala Curry Recipe

One of Padhuskitchen readers sent me 4-5 Andhra recipes long time back asking me to try it and share it with others. I tried her Capsicum masala curry and loved it a lot. This capsicum gravy can be had as a side dish with rice, chapati, phulkas, parathas and flavored rice like ghee rice, jeera pulao etc. It can be mixed with rice to make a simple and delicious one pot meal. Today we will learn

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Broccoli Rice Recipe-Easy Broccoli Pulao-Indian Broccoli Recipes

Broccoli Rice is very simple and easy to prepare. This is my style of preparing Broccoli rice. This dish can also be prepared with leftover rice or brown rice. Kids and adults will love this simple dish very much. According to the American Cancer Society "Broccoli is considered a good source of nutrients because it is rich in vitamin C, carotenoids (vitamin A-like substances), fiber, calcium,

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Foxtail Millet Adai-Thinai Paruppu Adai-Healthy Dinner Recipes-Millet Recipes

Foxtail Millet is know as Kangni in Hindi, Thinai in Tamil, Korra in Telugu, Navane in Kannada and Thina in Malayalam. It is a variety of millet. Millets are gluten free and highly nutritious. The good thing is millets can be substituted in place of rice or wheat in most recipes. This adai has lentils and millets, so it is highly nutritious, full of fiber and rich in protein. This adai can be

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Ragi Puttu-Finger Millet (Kezhvaragu) Puttu Recipe-Finger Millet Recipes

Finger millet is know as Ragi in Kannada and Hindi, kezhvaragu or keppai in Tamil, ragulu in Telugu and koovaragu in Malayalam. It is a highly nutritious millet. Ragi is an excellent source of calcium (i.e.) about 10 times that of rice or wheat. Consumption of Ragi can reduce the risks of fractures and osteoporosis to a considerable extent. Ragi is also a rich source of fiber and helps lower

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Ada Pradhaman Recipe-Kerala style (with jaggery and coconut milk)-Onam Sadya Menu Recipes

Ada Pradhaman is another classic dessert or traditional payasam of Kerala. Payasam especially Ada payasam, be it palada payasam (prepared with rice ada, milk and sugar) or ada pradhaman (prepared with jaggery, rice ada and coconut milk) is especially popular during the festival of Onam. It  is an integral part of Onam Sadhya Menu. Today we will learn how to make Ada Pradhaman following this

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Palada Pradhaman Payasam-Kerala Ada Pradhaman-Onam Special Recipes

Ada Pradhaman is traditionally prepared with coconut milk and jaggery. Palada pradhaman is prepared with rice flakes, milk and sugar. Rice ada or rice flakes is used for preparing both the payasams. As Onam is round the corner (16th, Sept 2013), I wanted to share this easy Palada Pradhaman payasam recipe.Today we will learn how to make Palada Payasam following this easy recipe.



How to make

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Pal Kozhukattai Recipe-Chettinad Pal Kolukattai-Easy Kozhukattai Recipes

Paal Kozhukattai is a very popular Chettinad sweet/dessert prepared with jaggery/sugar and coconut milk.This is an authentic recipe in which the dumplings are prepared by soaking and grinding rice. It tastes great and is simple to prepare. Today we will learn how to prepare paal kolukattai following this easy recipe.




How to make Pal Kozhukattai

Prep time - under 15 mins
Cook time - under

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