Sweet south indian cuisine - 10 recipes
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Molagai Podi/South Indian Chutney Powder
By Curryandvanilla, CurryandVanilla
A spicy mixed lentils powder, normally enjoyed with a bit of oil (preferably sesame or coconut oil) as a condiment ...
- 1 cup split urad dal/Split black gram
- 1 cup chana dal/split Bengal gram or split chickpea
- 1 cup dry red chillies (more or less according to how spicy you want your chutney powder)
- ½ teaspoon hing/asafetida
- Few Curry leaves (optional)
- 1 teaspoon mustard seeds
- 2 teaspoons cooking oil (coconut or sesame oil)
- Salt to taste
Rava Idly
By Tanyadesigan, Easy and Simple Foods
A south indian Breakfast / dinner made with Sooji
- Rava / sooji - 1 cup
- Curd - 1/2 cup
- Eno Fruit salt- 1 tea spoon
- water - as required to get the idly batter consistency
- Salt - as per taste
- To Temper:
- Mustard seeds - 1 tea spoon
- Urad dal - 2 tea spoons
- Channa dal- 1/4 cup
- Cashews- 2 tea spoons (broken/chopped)
- Curry leaves - 1 sprig (finely chopped)
- Oil - 3 tea spoons
Chicken biryani south Indian style
By dsathwa
Soak basmati rice for 45 min In a pan add oil and butter
- Basmati rice 1 cup
- Oil 4 tbsp.
- Butter 2 tbsp.
- Bay leaf 1
- Cinnamon 1 inch
- Cloves 2
- Cardamom 2
- Fennel seeds 1 tbsp.
- Star anise 1
- Onions 2
- Tomato 1
- Ginger garlic paste 1 tbsp.
- Green chili 2
- Cilantro ¼ cup
- Mint ¼ cup
- Chicken ½ kg
- Red chili powder 1 tbsp.
- Coriander powder ½ tbsp.
- Cumin powder ½ tbsp.
- Turmeric ½ tsp
- Salt 1 tsp (adjust as per your taste)
- Curd 1 tbsp.
- Water 2 cups
- Lime juice 1 tbsp.
Ragi Pakoda
By Tanyadesigan, Easy and Simple Foods
Delicious south indian snack made with Ragi flour, onions and green chilies
- ragi flour - 1 and 1/2 cups
- Onion - 1 small
- green chilies - 2
- jeera - 1 tea spoon
- Perungayam /hing - a pinch
- salt - as per taste
- curry leaves - a few
- Oil- to fry pakodas
Mutton Chukka
By Tanyadesigan, Easy and Simple Foods
Authentic south indian lamb/ goat recipe
- Goat / Lamb - 250 grams (approx) (wash with turmeric and salt and keep ready.)
- Onion - 1 large
- tomato -1 large
- green chili - 1
- ginger garlic paste - 1 tea spoon
- Ginger - 1/2 tea spoon (grated or finely chopped)
- Garlic - 1 tea spoon (finely chopped)
- curry leaves - a few
- coriander leaves - a few
- salt- as per taste
- Pepper powder - 1/2 a tea spoon
- Oil- 3-4 tea spoon
- Spice powders:
- Chili powder - 1/2 tea spoon
- coriander powder - 1/2 tea spoon
- Dry garam masala:
- fennel seeds - 1 tea spoon
- cinnamon stick -1
- anistar -1
- bay leave -1
South Indian Prawn Fry
By dsathwa
Switch on the stove - Place the wok Add 3 tbsp of oil - oil gets warmer Add chopped onions - turns light brown A
- Oil - 8 tbsp
- Onion - 3 medium
- Tomato - 1
- Prawn - 15 (Raw - tail off - head
- off -peeled - deviened )
- Ginger Garlic paste - 1 tbsp
- Chilli powder - 1/2 tbsp
- Cumin powder - 1/2 tbsp
- Salt - 1/2 tbsp
- Water - 2 cups
- Coriander leaves - to garnish
Sesame Rice
By Tanyadesigan, Easy and Simple Foods
A simple south Indian recipe, which suits well for lunch boxes
- Cooked Rice - 2 cups
- salt - as per taste
- To roast and powder:
- urad dal - 2 tea spoon
- red chili - 3 medium
- Sesame - 1/4 cup
- To temper:
- oil - 2 -3 teaspoons
- peanuts - 2 tea spoon (optional)
- mustard seeds - 1/2 tea spoon
- urad dal - 1/2 tea spoon
- cashew nut - 2 tea spoon (optional)
- perungayam / hing - a pinch
- curry leaves - 1 sprig
Urad Dal Vadai
By Tanyadesigan, Easy and Simple Foods
A traditional south Indian snack, which takes place in all the festivals and functions
- Urad dal - 1 cup
- Pepper - 1 tea spoon
- Jeera - 2 tea spoons
- salt - to taste
- curry leaves- a few
Paruppu urundai kuzhambu
By ranjaniskitchen, Ranjani's Kitchen
Paruppu urundai kuzhambu , Lentil dumplings cooked in tamarind water and chilli spices
- To make Lentil balls(Urundai) :
- Channa dal(kadalai paruppu) – ½ cup
- Red chilies – 4 nos
- Saunf(fennel seeds) – ½ tsp
- Hing( Perungayam) – a generous pinch
- Salt- 1 tsp
- Onion – ½ cup( finely chopped)
- Coriander leaves – ¼ cup (finely chopped)
- For Kuzhambhu:
- Big onions or shallots – ½ cup (chopped)
- Garlic flakes – 10 nos
- Tomatoes – ½ cup(Chopped)
- Tamarind – lemon size
- Kuzhambhu chili powder – 2 tbsp
- Red chili powder – 1 tsp
- Coriander powder – 1 tbsp
- Coriander leaves – handful( chopped)
- Salt – as needed
- To temper:
- Oil – 4 tbsp
- Mustard – 1 tsp
- Fenegreek seeds – ½ tsp
- Curry Leaves – few springs
Sambhar Podi
By LDM
A powder to make Authentic south Indian recipe "Sambhar"
- Dhania (coriander seeds) - 2 cups
- Peppercorn (whole) -1/2 cup
- Tuar dal (pigeon pea) - 1/2 cup
- Fenugreek seeds - 1 tablespoon.
- Red Chilli powder and Turmeric powder- Measured at last
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