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Payasam is a traditional sweet made in India during festivals.And it is a easy sweet to satisfy all the sweet lovers. There are  more than 100 varieties of payasam .It can be made  with sugar or Jaggery .The red aval payasam is a mouthwatering sweet.  Ingredients Red aval( poha)- 1 cup Sugar- 1/2 cup Milk 1 cup Water- 1/2 cup Cashews -10 Dry grapes -10 Cardamom-3 Ghee-2 tablespoon Pinch of salt. Note: you can use white aval instead of red.Jaggery can be used instead of sugar. But Jaggery should be dissolved in water and boiled till sticky and single sting consistency before adding to payasam. Method Wash and soak the red aval in water for 15-20 minutes.In a pan add milk and water boil for 3 minutes and add the soaked red aval in the pan.Boil till the aval is completely cooked. Add sugar and stir well till it dissolves. If using jaggery add at this stage.  Add  water if required .Add a pinch of salt and cardamom and stir well.In a tempering pan add ghee and fry t...

The vadai or vada is a famous south Indian dish.We make many types of vadai at home.The common one is urad dal vadai(medhu vada).Other types of vadai include masala vada,keerai vada etc. But this is a different style vadai made with 3 dals.We all think we should not eat fried food.But actually vadai is a healthy food, if you eat it once in a while.That is once in a week is fine. This vadai is rich in protein and vitamin B.If we use full black urad dal with black lentils it will be more healthy. Ingredients Urad dal -1 cup Chana dal-1/2 cup Moong dal -1/4 cup Grated coconut - 5 tablespoons Curry leaves - 25 leaves  Black Pepper -3 teaspoons Oil for frying  Required salt Method Wash and soak chana dal and moong dal for 1 hour.Wash and soak  urad dal for 1 hour sepertaly. After an hour filter the water from dal using strainer.   Grind the dal to a coarse mixture in a blender. Don't add water. Pluse the blender in reverse for several  times to get the correct m...

Spinach has high fiber and iron content.Spinach should be included in our daily meal or atleast 3 times a week to have a balanced diet.All types of spinach are good for heath.This keerai masiyal is a yummy and easy dish that can be made in 15 minutes.It will be colourful and kids those who don't like spinach also will love to eat.  Ingredients Siru keerai or arai keerai- 1 bundle  Green chillies-10-12 Onion -1 Mustard -1 teaspoon Urad dal - 1 teaspoon Hing -1/4 teaspoon  Oil - 2 teaspoon  Salt as required.  Method  Wash the spinach thoroughly in water. In a pan add water and then put  spinach.Add the green chillies and onion to it.Let it cook for 10 minutes. In a tempering pan add oil,Mustard let it crackle then add urad dal,Hing.Keep the tempering ready.Once the spinach is boiled transfer to mixer and grind it. It will mash so quickly. Don't Mash it too smooth.It will be better in taste if you use clay pot and mathu to mash it instead of mixer.Pour th...

The kesari is the simplest sweet made in home for all occasion.But we all have the habit of  adding colorful food color to it.It adds color to  kesari as well as effects our health. This kesari recepie is without any food color .A white yummy kesari.Try this and enjoy a healthy sweet.  Ingredients Rava - 1 cup Sugar -1/2 cup Cardamom -2  Water required -250 ml A pinch of salt  Ghee-3 tablespoon Cashews-10 Dry grapes -15 Method In a pan dry roast the rava in low flame  till the aroma Comes.Transer to a plate. Boil some hot water and keep it  ready. Add the water to rava and cook for 3 minutes. Add the sugar to rava and mix well till the sugar  dissolves add a pinch of salt and cardamom  and cook for 2 minutes.In a tempering pan add 3 tablespoon ghee.Fry the cashews and dry grapes till golden brown.Pour the tempering over the kesari and mix. The yummy aromatic kesari is ready to serve. Kesari

The word snacks makes us feel happy. The snacks Which are store bought might not be healthy and cause health issues. We can make simple mouthwatering  murukku at home to satisfy our taste buds. A crispy snacks in the evening is loved  by everyone at  home. Ingredients Rice flour-4 cups Urad dal flour-1 cup  Cumin or sesame-3 tablespoon Butter -2 tablespoon  Salt to taste  Oil for frying  Method To make urad dal flour dry roast the urad dal till golden brown.Make a fine powder. In a wide Plate take rice flour, urad dal flour, cumin,butter and salt .Mix all the ingredients till they combine well. Add the required water and make a soft  dough. Heat oil in a heavy buttom  kadai till the oil is very hot. Fill the murukku achu with dough. Turn a plate upside down and make murukku. Drop them into the hot oil. After 2 minutes flip the muruku. In the slow flame fry till crispy. Transfer the murukkus into a plate.Fry all the murukkus in the same manner...

The coconut chutney is one of the  famous chutney made often in many of our homes for breakfast . It is a south Indian cuisine that is served with idly and dosa.But have you tried mint coconut  chutney it is a mouthwatering and healthy chutney. Ingredients Grated coconut -1 cup Mint leaves -a handful Green chillies -5-6 Ginger -1/4 inch Garlic-3 cloves Tamarind -small ball  size Fried gram -3 tablespoon  Mustard-1 tablespoon Urad dal-1 teaspoon Red chilli -3 Curry leaves -12  Salt to taste  Oil -2 teaspoon  Mint coconut chutney Method In a pan add 1 teaspoon oil then put green chillies and fry for 2 minutes transfer to a plate .Then add 1 teaspoon oil add mustard let them crackle then add urad dal fry till golden brown add red chilli and curry  leaves switch off the stove. Keep the tempering ready. In a mixee add the grated coconut,mint leaves, green chillies,roasted gram,ginger,garlic,tamarind,salt and grind to smooth chutney add required water a...

The snacks chips is liked by everyone from children to aged people. All are familiar with potato chips.But have you tried to make chips with raw banana.It is more tasty  and simple process than potato chips. Ingredients Raw banana-3 Lemon-1 Pepper powder -2 tablesoon Chilli powder -1 tablespoon Salt to taste Oil for frying  Method The raw banana should be nicely ripened.But it should not change to a fruit. It should be like this. Raw banana Peel the skin of the raw banana and put it in  a  vessel filled with water and cut a lemon and put it in that. After that in a plate cut it to thin slices using slicer. In a plate add chilli powder,pepper powder and salt and keep it ready. In a heavy buttom Kadai heat the oil till it is very hot.Then put the sliced pieces in the oil sepertaly not touching each other.  Fry till the bubbles of oil stop and the chips turns golden Brown and crispy.Add the pepper powder mix when the chips is hot and mix well.Fry the remaining batc...