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Avocado paratha | Avocado chappathi | Avocado roti with Avocado and wheat flour. Super soft tasty Indian flat bread. Check out the Avocado paratha video and If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel
Super soft tasty Indian Avocado paratha | Avocado chappathi | Avocado roti with Avocado and wheat flour(butter fruit). Perfect make-ahead paratha for parties, it stays good for hours. toddler/ Kids friendly tasty and healthy paratha. This Indian take with Avocado makes a filling lunch/dinner.
Avocado is yet another Fruit I got to know after coming to the US. I first rated it in a Mexican restaurant. I first thought they added so much butter into guacamole for that creaminess then I came to know it is avocado that does that magic.😂
Nowadays avocado has become one of my favorite fruit and after hearing their healthy benefits, I started buying them regularly. My frequent take with Avocado is Guacamole in Indian style. In our home, we love this as a side dish for chappati, put it in bread, and do Guacamole Sandwich, a few Mexican styles dishes like Burritos and Quesadilla.
Ever since I heard about Avocado Paratha from my friend, I wanted to try but somehow I kept postponing Finally I did it, and I regretted delaying it, the softest paratha I ever tasted. Nowadays once a week I am doing this.
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My toddler loves it. I always wanted to give him roti but had second thoughts about him chewing it, silly I think it is tough for him to eat. The avocado paratha was the first paratha I tried for him. He loves it, happiness is with healthy recipes becomes a kid's favorite.
Try Nutella Avocado Mousse for yet another tasty treat using Avocado
Ingredients:
Whole wheat Flour - 1 cup (+ 1 tablespoon optional)
Avocado - 1, small; ripe avocado pitted and mashed around 185 grams
Pepper powder - 1/8 tap
Garlic powder - 1/8 tsp
Salt - as needed
How to make Avocado paratha:
Puli milagai thokku | Pacha Milagai Thokku | Green Chilli thokku | milaga thokku | milagai puli thokku | puli milaga pachadi | Pachai milagai oorugai | milagai urugai | South Indian pickle recipewith step-by-step pictures and video recipe. Check out the Puli milagai thokku recipe and if you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel.
Puli milagai thokku | Pacha Milagai Thokku | Green Chilli thokku | milaga thokku | milagai puli thokku | puli milaga pachadi | Pachai milagai oorugai | milagai urugai | South Indian pickle recipe is a traditional spicy tangy Thokku | pickle variety prepared with green chilli and tamarind. Pickle stays good for weeks and tastes yummy with curd rice and tiffin varities. https://youtu.be/akMz6lg6L4I
My Amma learned this green Chilli thokku recipe from her grandmother. Milagai thokku is a traditional pickle variety. Extremely spicy thokku variety tastes best with Curd rice/curd Semiya. Without much of the detailed steps, this hot spicy Pachai milagai thokku is super easy to prepare and can be kept for months when stored in an airtight container and refrigerated.
My mother generally sauté green Chilli and then grind so I follow the same. Sautéing green Chilli gives a nice flavor to the thokku also it helps for smooth green Chilli blend 
Grinding Chilli is optional. I personally like smooth Pachai milagai pachadi hence I always sauté and grind. If you like biting greeen Chilli you can skip grinding green chilli.
Sesame oil is recommended as it helps for the shelf life also gives a nice flavor to the Pachadi. You can also use peanut oil or any flavorless oil of your choice.
For the spicy green Chilli thokku it is recommended to add extra oil compared to tomato thokku/ Pulikaichal. If you are not planning to keep the thokku for a longer time and like eating spicy thokku you can reduce the oil quantity by half 
Jaggery balance the spicy milagai thokku flavor. You can reduce the amount according to your taste preference but I would recommend using at least little jaggery.
if you don’t have fenugreek powder you can fry roast fenugreek and powder; add it to the milagai pachadi. Alternatively, you can also use fenugreek while tempering. 
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Green chilli - 20 ( 80 grams )
Tamarind - big gooseberry size, 20 grams
Salt - as per taste
Asafoetida powder/hing - a generous pinch
Jaggery - 2 tbsp
Fenugreek powder - 1/8 tsp
Mustard - 1/4 tsp
Sesame oil - 4 tablespoon
Kalkandu Pongal | Kalkandu sadham | Kalkandu bath | Kalkandu sadam | sugar candy rice recipe with step by step pictures and video recipe. Check out the kalkandu sadam recipe and If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel
Kalkandu Pongal | Kalkandu sadham | Kalkandu bath | Kalkandu sadam is a quick and tasty Indian sweet prepared with rice, sugar candy and milk. Pongal with kalkandu is a creamy, delicious Indian dessert pudding often prepared for kannum Pongal/ mattu pongal/ ugadi and offered as naivedyam/prasad. Kalkandu Pongal tastes divine. Kalkandu Pongal can be easily prepared in pressure cooker and Instapot.
I mostly prepare Kalkandu Pongal for mattu Pongal / kannum Pongal along with Puliyodarai, Coconut Rice, Bagala bath, and Aviyal. Usually, my Amma prepares Vella Sadam / kalkandu Pongal for Mattu Pongal, Usually during Maatu Pongal Amma wakes us (myself and sis) early morning for keeping Kanu. In our patio we keep kanu. For Kanu in sugarcane leaf, we arrange pieces of sugarcane, sakkarai Pongal, kumkum rice, turmeric rice, and curd rice alternatively in small portion, and say "Kakkapidi vachen kannupidi vachen kakkaikellam kalyanum". It was so fun doing this. Nowadays as I couldn't find sugarcane around, my kannu missing sugarcane and our sister time
Milk along with saffron gives a nice flavor to the Pongal. When my son was little he use to call to kalkandu Pongal as thick Paal payasam. If you want to cut the milk use water for cooking rice and add little milk towards the end but Pongal prepared with milk tastes best.
If you are using small sugar candy like me grinding is optional. It easily gets melted but if you are using rock candy, pulse it one and use it. Pankarkandu can also be used for making Pongal. If you don't get sugar candy use sugar for making milk Pongal.
Yes, you can make Instant pot kalkandu Pongal. Cook the Pongal in rice mode and follow the rest of the procedure.
Pongal recipes | bhogi recipes | kannum Pongal recipes
Kalkandu Pongal
Preparation Time: 10 mins | Cooking Time: 30 mins | Serves : 3
Ingredients:
Raw Rice or sona masoori rice - 1/2 cup
Milk - 2 cup
Water - 1 cup
Small Kalkandu / Sugar Candy - 1 cup (Adjust according to your sweetness)
Saffron - generous pinch
Cardamom Powder - 1/2 tsp
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Cashew but - 10
Raisin - 2 tbsp
Salt - a pinch
Method:
Sweet Pongal | Chakkarai Pongal | Sakkarai Pongal | Pongal recipe | inipu Pongal | sweet Pongal recipe | pressure cooker sweet Pongal | Pongal recipe with step by step pictures and video recipe. Check out the Sakkarai Pongal. If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel.
Sweet Pongal | Chakkarai Pongal | Sakkarai Pongal | Pongal recipe | inipu Pongal | sweet Pongal recipe | pressure cooker sweet Pongal | Pongal recipe is a traditional sweet prepared with rice, moong dal, and jaggery. Healthy sweet is a great after-school snack for kids. Sweet Pongal is widely prepared during Pongal festival/ Sankranti festival, aadi perukku, aadi velli, and for many other Indian festivals,
For me, sweet Pongal is not only a festive sweet but a sweet which I love to eat frequently. There is one rule in our home (well its imposed by me;-)) whenever my Amma cooks Ven Pongal, Sakkarai Pongal should be on the dining table, then only I will eat millet Pongal/ Ven Pongal:-p till date my sister pranks at me, telling this.
Nowadays my son also likes Sakkarai Pongal and it has become one of the frequent sweets at the home. Not only at home, even in the temple I love Sakkarai Pongal. Whenever my Amma goes to any temple she brings prasadam like Sakkarai Pongal home.
My Amma adds little milk to the Pongal, which is my favorite part of Sakkarai Pongal.
Yesterday I was in dilemma whether to cook Pongal with rice/cracked wheat/oats/Quinoa but hubby was suggesting to go traditional (may be he wants to taste rice Pongal:-)) and I also felt the same
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Sweet Pongal
Ingredients:
Raw Rice - 1/2 cup
Moong Dal - 1/4 cup
Jaggery - 1 + 1/2 cup, tightly pressed (Adjust sweetness according to your taste)
Milk - 1/4 cup
Water - 3 cups
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Ghee - 5 tbsp
Cashews and raisins - for taste
Salt - a pinch
Method:
Thengai Sadam | coconut rice | how to make coconut rice | thengai Paal sadam | kobbari annam | South Indian style coconut rice | variety rice recipe | lunch box recipes | quick South Indian coconut rice | Kalandha sadam | Thenga sadaam | coconut satham with step by step pictures and video recipe. Check out the Thengai sadam recipe and If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel
Thengai Sadam | coconut rice | how to make coconut rice | thengai Paal sadam | kobbari annam | South Indian style coconut rice | variety rice recipe | lunch box recipes | quick South Indian coconut rice | Kalandha sadam | Thenga sadaam | coconut satham is an easy and flavorful rice variety/ dish made with fresh/ frozen grated coconut, tempering spices, rice. It is one of the most basic South Indian dish made for a meal during the weekday (office lunch box or kids school tiffin box recipe), festivals like kannum Pongal, aadi perukku, etc., occasions, get together, travel food, etc,. This simple yet delicious South Indian variety rice is flavorful tasty vegan rice variety. Rice cooked in coconut milk gives nice flavour to coconut rice.
During school days Thengai Sadam is one of my favorite varieties of rice.I love Thengai Sadam when it paired with Potato fry, Arbi fry, and raw banana fry. Easy and delicious kids friendly lunchbox variety rice. My son loves lemon rice and my husband loves puli sadam
Coconut milk is optional for Thengai sadam. Though I love the usual South Indian traditional coconut rice version without coconut milk, after trying sadam with coconut milk version, everybody in our home like this and I started doing this often. I had 1/4 cup coconut milk in the fridge (Leftover after preparing Vegetable Stew) and was thinking about what to do with it. Suddenly remembered Thai rice prepared with coconut milk, so added coconut milk while cooking Thengai sadam, and the resulting coconut rice recipe was much flavorful and tastier.
yes, you can use any type of rice for preparing coconut milk. For a healthy version you can also use millet or quinoa (like lemon quinoa)
Recipes using coconut has less self-life. Cooking coconut well (till they start changing color) gives a nice flavor to the South Indian coconut rice also helps for longer self-life. Additionally, Thengai Thogayal and Thengai Poli are my other favorite coconut-based dishes. If you kike coconut rice, try sweet coconut rice with jaggery
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Ingredients:
Sona masoori rice - 1/4 cup
Coconut - 1/2 cup tightly pressed
Thick coconut milk - 1 tbsp, heaped
Water - 1/2 cup + 1 tbsp
Salt - as needed
To temper:
Coconut Oil - 2 tsp
Peanuts - 3 tbsp
Cashews - 7 roughly broken
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp
Urad dal - 2 tsp
Channa dal - 2 tsp
Asafoetida/ Hing(Perungayam) - a generous pinch
Green chillies - 1 slit (Adjust according to your taste)
Curry leaves – few
Sutta Kathirikai Thogayal recipe and Sutta kathirikai pachadi recipe are traditional tasty South Indian dishes prepared with smoky roasted brinjal /eggplant /aubergine. Oven-roasted Smoky Brinjal gives a nice flavor to the thogayal/thuvaiyal and pachadi. Check out the video and If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel.
Sutta Kathirikai Thogayal and Sutta kathirikai pachadi Are prepared with oven broiled roasted brinjal /eggplant /aubergine. It is a great way to finish a few leftover brinjals.
Traditionally the big aubergine is used for the Thogayal but if you have a few leftover small brinjals that can also be used. Broiling time may vary depending on the size and quantity. Spread and coat oil well and flip Brinjal every now and then for even roasting. Even half-cut aubergine is perfect for the thogayal. Ever since Amma visited us more and more Thogayal is happening in our home. Nowadays even my son has become a fav for Amma’s tasty South Indian Thogayal varieties.
I posted this Brinjal thuvaiyal a few years ago. Those days I didn’t have a gas stove so I started making oven/ microwave oven roasting. Now I have a gas stove but somehow I got so used to the oven-roasted Brinjal and still continuing the same. Back in India Amma use to make Sutta Kathirikai Thogayal by directly roasting the eggplant in flame. I am among the few who love brinjal. I have posted a lot of Brinjal based recipes in TMF, Kathirikai poriyal Kathirikai drumstick poriyal Enna Kathirikai kuzhambu Stuffed Brinjal Kathirikai Rasavangi Kathirikai sadam 
Other Thogayal recipes
Ingredients:
Brinjal/Eggplant/Aubergine- 1 (Big size)
Sesame Oil - 1 tablespoon + 2 drops
Red chilly - 2 ( Adjust according to your taste)
Urad dal - 3 tbsp
Mustard seeds - few
Tamarind – 2 grams
Asafetida/Hing – a generous pinch
Salt - as needed
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Arisi Kurunai adai | Thavala adai | Idli rava Adai | Adai with idli rava | mini adai | rice rava with step-by-step pictures and video recipe. Bakery style Coconut Biscuit recipe is so simple. Check out the Kurunai video and If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel
Arisi Kurunai adai is a tasty south Indian tiffin variety prepared with broken rice/idli rice Kozhukattai dough. It is a version of thavala adai without your dal. Adai can be made for breakfast/dinner.
Kozhukattai is a traditional South Indian breakfast. There was a time when I used to say big no to kozhukattai. Whenever my Amma prepares kozhukattai I bug her for alternative tiffin. To make me eat, instead of steaming, she grills Arisi kurunai Adai in a tawa and I love it. Now things changed, I started experimenting with various forms of Kozhukattai like Cracked Wheat Kozhukattai, Aval Pidi Kozhukattai, and Millet Pidi Kozhukattai still a particular preparation is my favorite. Being a Mom is so challenging - now I can understand.
Arisi Kurunai Adai
Preparation Time: 5 mins | Cooking Time: 25 mins | Serves : 3
Recipe Category: Breakfast
Ingredients:
Idli rava - 1/2 cup
Scraped Coconut - 2 tbsp
Salt - as needed
Water - 1 cup + 1/2 cup
Oil - for Grilling (I used coconut oil)
For tempering
Coconut oil – 1/2 tablespoon + to grease
Mustard Seeds - 1/2 tsp
Green Chilli - 2 (Adjust according to your taste)
Red chilli - 1
Urad Dal – 1tbsp
Channa Dal – 1 tbsp
Curry leaves - 1 sprig
Asafoetida – a generous pinch
How to thavala adai with step-by-step pictures
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Thiruvathirai Kali, an offering to Lord Nataraja on the auspicious occasion of Arudra Darisanam. The Kali is prepared with Broken Rice, little moong dal, jaggery, and a few more additional ingredients. Mild sweet usually served with 7 Kari kootu / thalagam, a mixed vegetable spicy stew.
