Foodies Us!

Be it a wholesome crispy dosa or a little white fluffy idli, none of them are complete without the coconut chutney; here is a new version of the Coconut Chutney with Roasted Chana Dal recipe. This South-Indian chutney recipe will have you licking your fingers clean even after wiping every bit of it from your plate. With a gritty twist of chana dal, this coconut chutney will break the monotony and will enhance the flavor and aroma of your regular coconut chutney. This is the easiest chutney that I make regularly. I love it more than the regular Coconut Chutney we make with Idli or Dosa. You can enjoy this chutney with pakoras or parathas too. Coconut Chana Dal Chutney Ingredients Half cup fresh grated coconut Half cup roasted chana dal (Dalya) 4-5 green chilies Salt to taste Handful of coriander leaves Recipe Take all the ingredients in a grinding jar. Add little water to it, season with salt and ground it to a smooth paste. Thickness of chutney depends...

Rasam is an authentic South Indian Soup. Earlier I have shared Tomato Rasam so today I am sharing Tamarind Rasam with you all. Tamarind Rasam is very tangy in taste and is really very less oily. You can have it as soup before your meals and the best way to serve it is with Steaming Hot Rice. The ginger and garlic adds and enhances the taste of Rasam more and more. So dearest foodies this is the time to tickle up your taste buds with this Tamarind Rasam. Tamarind Rasam Ingredients 4-5 tsp tamarind pulp Half inch jaggery Half tsp cumin seeds Half tsp mustard seeds 2-3 pinches hing (Asafoetida) 4 green chilies 8-10 curry leaves 1 inch ginger 3-4 garlic cloves 1 tsp oil 4 cups water Salt Recipe Mince garlic and ginger. Slit green chilies. Heat up oil in a pan and add cumin and mustard seeds to it. Let them crackle and add hing to it and sauté for 10 seconds. Now add minced ginger, garlic, green chilies and curry leaves to it. Sauté for 30 seco...

Lemon Rice is a South Indian cuisine that is very popular, made often in most homes for a quick lunch or dinner and is a special one. It is very tempting dish prepared by adding Lemon Juice to it while stir frying steamed rice and spices. The lemon rice preparation is the most easiest rice recipes and its Lemony taste and color will make your taste buds tingle as you see it. This is the most delicious way to turn plain rice into an exotic dish and is a perfect accompaniment to any veggies or curies. Do give this dish a try and enjoy the amazingly flavorful aromatic rice preparation and enhance your Happy Meal times with your friends and family. Lemon Rice Ingredients 2 cups cooked rice 8-10 curry leaves 2 dry red chilies 1 tsp mustard seeds 2-3 tsp urad dal 1 inch ginger 1 tsp turmeric powder Half cup roasted peanuts 2 tsp oil Juice of 1-2 lemons (depending on lemon size and your taste) Salt as per taste Recipe Heat oil in a wok and add mustard seeds t...

Rasam Rice is one of my favorite South Indian cuisine. Rasam means juice in Tamil or Telgu. It can mean any juice, but in South Indian cuisine Rasam is a thin soup made with tamarind, tomatoes and some spices. It is good to have when its a cold weather.  Rasam can be refrigerated and stored for 2-3 days.  The recipe I am sharing is without Rasam Powder. We usually get Rasam powders readily available in markets but if you don't have powder available at your home so you can make it easily by following the recipe I am sharing with you all. Rasam Ingredients 3 ripe tomatoes 10-12 black pepper corns 1 inch ginger 4-5 garlic cloves 1 cup tamarind juice 5-6 curry leaves 1 tsp cumin powder 1 cup cooked lentils (toor dal) 1 tsp mustard seeds Half tsp kasmiri red chili powder Half tsp turmeric powder 1-2 pinches of asafoetida salt as per taste 3 cups of water 2 tsp oil Salt as per taste Recipe Roughly chop tomatoes, ginger, garlic and black pepper ...

Appam is one of the South Indian dishes. Usually it is made with rice and urad daal but today I am sharing a quick and easy to make recipe of Rawa Appam, so whenever you feel like having Appam or tea time snack or evening snack this dish can be a very good option. Rawa Appam Ingredients   2-3 cups Rawa (semolina) 1 onion finely chopped 2-3 chillies finely chopped Salt as per taste  2-3 cups of water Oil for shallow frying  Recipe Mix rawa, water and salt as per your taste in a bowl forming a paste like batter. Let it rest for 2-3 hours. Later add chopped onions and chilies to the batter and mix well. Heat Appam dish on medium flame. Add oil in each slot in the dish. Now add a tsp of batter in each circle and cover the aappam dish with a lid for. Cook aappams for 2-3 min on medium flame then flip to the other side. Cook aappams from both the side till the turn golden in color. Serve aappams with any chutney of your choice, sambhar or ketc...

South Indian cuisine is much loved across India, especially its wide variety of breakfast dishes like Idli, Dosa, Uttapams. However there is much more to South Indian cuisine including a large variety of rice dishes, one-dish meals, main course dishes, accompaniments like chutneys, pickles, salads, etc. Today I am sharing one of my favorite South Indian dishes: Tomato Onion Uttapam. Batter Ingredients 3 cups of rice 1 cup of skinless black gram (Urad dal) Fenugreek seeds 1 tsp Salt as per taste Recipe Soak rice, black gram & fenugreek seeds separately for 7-8 hours. Blend them in a grinder to a smooth paste, add salt and leave them to ferment for 7-8 hours or overnight. Our batter is ready. You can use the same to prepare Dosa. Uttapam Ingredients Uttapam batter 1 onion finely chopped 1 tomato finely chopped 3-4 green chillies finely chopped Coriander (cilantro) leaves finely chopped Oil for greasing Salt as per taste Water 1 cup Recipe...