Tomato Dal

Today’s recipe request was from my friend whose crazy of South Indian Dal. And I bet lot of people are out there who love the simple Tomato Dal. 

I have inherited this simple Dal from my Mom’s Kitchen. In Karnataka we famously mention this Dal as Tomato Belle Saru. I remember in no time my Mom used to make this Dal and serve with hot rice and some Papad/pickle. 

You can make this simple Dal with minimum ingredients at home and when there’s absolutely no vegetable at home. 

Aloo Fry

It’s Saturday afternoon, want to catch up on all the weekly serials on Television. Absolutely no mood to prepare an exclusive lunch today.  A tailor-made simple South Indian lunch menu will bring smile to everyone at home and as well as me.

Aloo / Potato Fry – hmmm I know there are millions of people who can’t resist themselves with this. Anything with Potato and at any time would do for lots here. This is easiest side dish you can make in no time. I learnt this from my Rajasthan neighbor who cooks awesome Rajasthani food. It’s my daughter’s favorite dish too.  

Very simple to make and tastes awesome…………….

Coconut Fish Curry

This is one of my favorite recipe - Coconut Fish Curry. I love cooking Fish, you can just blend it with some spices and come up with tasty dishes in no time. Absolutely no thinking is required to cook fish, there are 1000s of dishes you can try with it. 

I’m very bad in picking the Good Fishes in the Market, I leave this job to my hubby. And you bet every time he brings some different Fish and different name which I’ve never heard off. I was very familiar with only Sear Fish and love them the most but now I guess I’ve tasted most of the Fishes we get in Bangalore.

The ingredients for this recipe are very simple and easy to cook. You can try this recipe in any of the River /Sea Fish, it tastes awesome. 

Karjikai

Its festival time all over India, there seems to be no ending to us gorging on delicious festive foods. Ganesha Habba/Ganesh Chaturti – one of the festivals celebrated all over India. We have fond memories of this festival from our childhood. It’s so much of fun and celebration at home to pray Ganesha those three/five days. And the best part is, you get to eat varieties of special sweets/dishes on these days Kadabu, Karjikayi, Payasam, different varieties of rice items, the list goes on…………

Ganesha has been always a friend to us than a God from our childhood and it’s so special to prepare dishes for him as Naivedya – Prasadam. Here’s one of his favorite sweet - Karjikai recipe for all you people.

This sweet is very simple to prepare and the stuffing can be prepared with various ingredients.

Butter Cookies - Benne Biscuit (Eggless)

There are days when you can’t stop yourself ignoring our famous Iyengar Bakeries in Bangalore. And it’s even more difficult if you are passing  by VV Puram, hmmmmmm those sweet smell of freshly baked Cookies, Bread, Buns ………………………….

I got this recipe from one of my Aunt who makes yummy Butter cookies at home. I’ve experimented baking my version of Butter cookies from her recipe. I bet it just tasted the same as Iyengar Bakery Benne Biscuit. 

Pesarattu - Greengram Dosa

MLA Pesarattu one of the famous delicacy in Andhra. There are different stories why this dish is named as MLA Pesarattu. Some call it as Pesarattu Upma, since it’s served with Upma similar to our Karnataka famous Masala Dosa. 

Pesrattu is one of our standard breakfast on Saturday/Sunday’s at home. Unlike the other Dosa’s, this is made of whole Green gram with some spicy green chilies and Ginger with some onion, Jeera toppings served with Ginger Chutney. 

This healthy dish can be served for breakfast/Snacks.