Kerala style ishtu or stew made of coconut milk with potatoes, onion and ginger is very popular in Kerala. This side dish is a breakfast dish and is usually served with idli, dosa, appam and even it goes well with bread. My mom’s ishtu is so mouth watering and it   Read More ...

Poha/aval/flattened rice is a very simple dish and has amazing flavours too. In south India it is called Aval and Poha in Maharashtra.  Aval upma can be eaten as breakfast or for brunch. It is a very light breakfast and easy to prepare and belongs to the class of instant   Read More ...

Raagi or finger millet is especially valuable as it contains amino acid methioanine.From raagi flatbeads, dosa, puttu , laddu, idly etc, are made. I am making raagi dosa with little dosa batter added to it as it will give some softeness to the raagi dosa. INGREDIENTS Raagi batter 2 cups   Read More ...

  Idli is an ideal south indian breakfast and is famous all over India. It is light and nutritious and can be eaten by people of any age. Even doctors recommend this when one is sick as it is easily digested. Making Idlis is not at all difficult but preparing   Read More ...

Dosa is made from rice batter and black lentils( urad dal) and is fermented. This dish is famous and staple diet of south indians ( kerala, tamil nadu, andhra pradesh, karnataka). It is high in protein and due to the process of fermentation vitamin B  and C increases. INGREDIENTS 1   Read More ...