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This quick and easy broccoli stir fry is loaded with garlic flavour and crunchy peanuts. This simple broccoli stir fry turned out so good. The ground mixture has just three ingredients - garlic, roasted peanuts and red chilli. There are many complaints about its texture, but when prepared in proper cooking methods, it tastes perfect.  Here is the short video for Broccoli Stir Fry Check out my other low calorie recipes here Broccoli Capsicum Sabji Carrot Capsicum Stir Fry Low calorie Black Chana Masala Sprouts and Mushroom Dal Green Moong Dal Sabji Easy Dal Soya chunks and Potato Sabji  Dal Fry  Easy Moth Dal Sabji  Tomato Dal  Zero Oil Sprouted Green gram Dal   Low calorie Rajma Masala Broccoli Stir fry Recipe Details Prep time : 10 minutes Cook time : 15 minutes Serves : 3 Category : side dishes Ingredients 2 broccoli  1/4 cup finely chopped onions 1/2 tsp cumin 1/4 tsp turmeric powder  4 garlic cloves  2 red chilly or 2 tbsp chilli flakes 2 tbsp roasted peanuts salt to taste  2 tbsp

Last year I shared the quick tiffin sambar recipe on my blog and it's one of the most popular posts. Today I am sharing another easy tiffin sambar which is very different without onions and sambar powder.  Check out my other side dishes for idli and dosa Brinjal Kichadi  Brinjal Kichadi with Dal Puli Milagai Tomato chutney Tomato Onion Thokku Tomato Chutney with green chillies Ridge gourd Sambar Tiffin Sambar Puli Milagai with coconut milk   Brinjal chutney with black urid dal  Ridge Gourd Chutney - Peerkangai Chutney  Small onion chutney with black urid dal Coconut chutney with red chillies Coconut chutney with green chillies Brinjal chutney with red chillies Instant Tiffin Sambar Easy Tiffin Sambar  Chettinad Onion Tomato Chutney  Here is the video link for Tomato Sambar Tomato Sambar Recipe Details Prep time : 20 minutes Cook time : 15 minutes Serves : 4 Category : side dish Ingredients   7 red ripe tomato 6 green chilly 1/2 tsp cumin 1/2 tsp turmeric powder  1 tsp tamarind  1/4

Sweet corn fried rice - another fried rice recipe without any sauce, vinegar and mono sodium glutamate. This fried rice tastes exactly like the heaping fried rice you order at the restaurant. It's fluffy, full of flavour with crunchy capsicum pieces and impossible to stop with one plate.  So, what makes Sweet corn fried rice special? It's all about that beautiful yellow colour and mild sweet taste from the fresh sweet corn kernels. The rice is flavoured with black pepper powder, green chillies and cloves. I also added a handful of fresh green capsicum in my sweet corn fried rice. Just dice the capsicum  and do not saute it for more than 30 seconds. This sweet corn fried rice takes about 10 minutes of preparation to get the veggies diced, another 5 minutes to remove the sweet corn kernels, then 10 minutes to cook the rice. I hope you like this Sweet corn fried rice recipe and kindly watch the video for step by step instructions. I have been experiencing severe shoulder pain for

Here is the recipe for delicious curry with black chick peas popularly known as kadala curry in Kerala. One of my favourite side dishes for aapam and puttu. I learnt the base recipe from my friend Reshmi from Kollam but I tweaked it a bit. This kadala curry is prepared with simple ingredients like onions, tomato, freshly ground masala powder and coconut milk. The coconut milk gives this dish a bit of sweetness and the curry powder brings the flavour. If you like curries with lots of flavor without using a long list of ingredients and cooking methods, this is definitely one for you. We add just four spices, fresh ginger, pepper powder, chilly powder, coriander powder plus the coconut milk. The curry powder makes it more interesting for this Kadala curry.  Similar recipes Kadala Curry  White Vegetable Kurma Kumbakonam Kadappa Mochai and Potato Sagu Green Peas Coconut Milk Curry  Here is the video link for Kadalai Curry Kadalai Curry - Kerala Style Kadala Curry Recipe Details Prep time :

A healthy and easy kootu recipe for this winter season. During my college days, I learnt this recipe from Aval Vikatan supplement book. After so many years, I made this kootu for lunch. Today's kootu recipe is different with pepper flavour. It tastes good with sambar, rasam, coconut rice, jeera rice and also for roti.  When buying chow chow, choose the ones which have even green on the outside. Also slightly press them with your nail and if it is dry then it is not a very fresh chow chow. The skin on the sides and bottom of the chow chow will be difficult to peel, so try to use a sharp knife or a potato peeler to remove the skin completely.  Moong dal adds an excellent consistency to the chow chow kootu. You can also replace it with toor dal or the combination of moong dal and toor dal. As I told you before, do not pressure cook chow chow because you will lose the beautiful colour and texture in the kootu.  Black pepper, cumin, red chilli, urid dal, curry leaves and fresh coconut m

Whenever I think of Kerala food, I personally like theeyal kuzhambu which is similar to our vathakuzhambu. There are many varieties of theeyal kuzhambu. Today we are going to see an interesting theeyal recipe with turkey berry (sundaikkai). It includes authentic ingredients which combine all the flavours in perfect balance.  Nowadays you can find Turkey berries everywhere in the vegetable market and also in departmental stores. Often, we prepare dried vathal during summertime but there are many interesting recipes with this healthy vegetable. Making a good Turkey berry dish requires some patience and time. You have to remove the berries from their stem and then we have to crush them slightly with a stone.  Turkey berries are highly nutritious due to their various nutritional components. They are a good source of proteins, carbohydrates, fats and minerals like potassium, sodium, iron, magnesium and copper. It protects against cancer. It is considered as one of the healthy fruits and we

Vegetable Salna - another interesting gravy recipe with mixed vegetables. Salna can be made with any combination of vegetables. The common choices are carrots, beans, potatoes, cauliflower and green peas etc. You can also skip any one of the mentioned vegetables to make the salna. For kurma or salna I believe that using the right techniques and fresh ingredients can bring the ultimate taste. Enjoy this vegetable salna with parotta, chapathi, dosa and brinji. If you like a thin gravy with masalas, then you will surely enjoy this vegetable salna. It is definitely easy to make but you have to plan ahead for the chopping and grinding works. Now let us see how to prepare this vegetable salna.  Check out my other Gravy Recipes Green Peas and Paneer Gravy  Paneer Butter Masala   Paneer Methi Masala Shahi Gobi Masala Broccoli Masala Rajma Masala   Mushroom Butter Masala Easy Chana Masala  Easy Moth Dal Sabji   Green Peas Masala Quick Paneer Masala Malai Methi Paneer Grav y Paneer Kurma Hotel V