Rasam is a traditional south Indian soup which is prepared using rasam powder, tomato and tamarind juice. Rasam is comforting food in south India, without rasam the meal is not complete. There are many kinds of rasam like lentil rasam, tamarind rasam and many more. This recipe is made from tomato, tamarind, freshly blended aromatic Indian spices, homemade rasam powder and tempered with curry leaves, chili and mustard seeds. Added little beetroot for darker color. You can use store bought rasam powder which is easily available in Indian grocery store but homemade rasam powder gives a wonderful aroma and taste to the rasam. This recipe is mild but you can adjust the spiciness as per your taste. You can find homemade rasam powder here.
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Masala Dosa
Masala dosa is a one of the popular breakfast dish in southern part of India, however loved across the India. There are varieties of dosa recipes like plain dosa, paper dosa, rava dosa, ragi dosa, mysore masala dosa and so on. This recipe is traditional and made with main ingredients as urad daal and rice. Masala dosa is all time favorite of my family. Generally masala of masala dosa is made of potato and onion, however in this recipe I have given a small twist by adding bell pepper to the same which gives a little different taste and flavor. Masala dosa goes very well with sambhar and coconut, peanut or tomato chutney. The recipe requires preparation a day before you want to make Masala Dosa.
Tricolor Multigrain Idli
Idli is one of the most popular breakfast dish in Southern part of India. The recipe is generally made with rice and urad dal. This recipe is made using mutli-grain Idli flour. To celebrating the Independence Day, I have tried to make a Idlis in tri-color using fresh vegetables for colors. This recipe does not require soaking overnight like traditional Idli recipe as it uses instant multi-grain flour. Tricolor multi-grain idli, made with rava, amaranth, oats, quinoa and natural colors are from beetroot & carrot and spinach. Idli goes very well with tomato chutney, coconut chutney with or without coriander and sambhar.
Green Moong Daal Dhokla
Dhokla is a yummy savory famous Gujarati snacks. Traditionaly, it is made with gram flour (besan) and you can play with the ingredients by adding oats, quinoa or semolina to give a little twist to the taste and flavor. This recipe is about making Dhokla using green moong daal with spinach and quinoa. Quinoa & spinach gives a unique taste to the Dhokla along with providing a natural green color to it. To make it spongy you would need fruit salt (ENO) or baking soda. You would also need Dhokla stand and steamer to prepare this recipe.
Kalakhattha Mango Stuffed Khandvi
Khandvi is a Gujarati snacks which is made with gram flour(besan). I have shared another version of Khandvi earlier and you can find it here. Making khandvi is easy however it’s very important to get the right consistency of batter. Kalakhattha khandvi uses ingredients like Indian blackberry (Jamun), beetroot and some spices and stuffed with khatta meetha raw mango chutney or chundo. Jamun and beetroot gives a nice color and different taste then normal khandvi. The khatta meetha and tikha taste of this recipe gives a nice twist to khandvi. All colors are natural color in the recipe.
Tomato Rice
Tomato rice is a popular dish in the Southern part of India. Tomato rice could be very simple or filled with lot of ingredients and flavors. This colorful dish is easy to prepare and perfect for lunch or lunch boxes. One can use either leftover rice from previous night or make a fresh rice. In this recipe I have added some additional ingredients to make it more flavorful. You can adjust the spices according to your taste. Tomato rice goes very well with plain yogurt or raita.
Kadhi Bari
Kadhi bari is specialty from Bihar. As such there are variety of Kadhi recipe which comes from other states of India. The bari gives a different taste to the kadhi. Simple and easy to make. Enjoy this tangy and spicy kadhi with hot plain rice and roti.
Veg Sandwich Dhokla
Dhokla is a very famous Gujarati dish. It’s prepared with gram flour or rice. There are two types of dhokla called khaman which is prepared with fermented batter and instant dhokla. Veg sandwich dhokla is instant dhokla in a different flavor. This recipe is a sandwich dhokla with gram flour, vegetable puree and mint chutney and provides a different flavor to the original Dhokla.