Subadras Kitchen

Mint chutney or Pudhina Thovayal is a nice side dish for idly and dosa. Mint has a lot of health benefits. It is rich in Vitamins A and C, calcium and iron. It is good for the digestive system, and is also rich in anti-oxidants. So we should try to include it in our food often. Whenever I get fresh mint leaves, I use the leaves and save the stem for planting. I just put the stems in a glass of water. After a week, it will start to grow roots. Then, it can be transplanted to a planting pot. But I just leave it in the glass of water and replace with fresh water once in a week. It still grows in the water glass indoors.  And I get fresh mint leaves whenever needed 🙂 Here is my recipe for mint chutney Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Sidedish Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 15 mins | Total time: 20 mins | Serves: 3 Ingredients: Fresh Pudhina / Mint leaves – 1 cup tightly packed Channa dal / Kadala parupu – 2 tbsp Urad dal / ulundhu – 2 tbsp Garlic  – 5 small cloves or 2 b...

Idly Milagai Podi is an all time favorite side dish for idly & dosa. I can eat it with idlies anytime of the day. Idly milagai podi is basically a dry powder made with roasted lentils and chilly. Can be mixed with ghee or sesame oil for great taste, or can be mixed with any cooking oil.   My son and I can have idly with idly milagai podi even three times in a day 🙂 We like it so much .. Though my husband is not a great fan of podi, as he does not like dry food stuff. But I always have stock of this. I enjoy having it mixed with rice too. You can add or replace some ingredients in this, the base being chana dal, urad dal and red chillies. I have added pepper , cumin seeds, sesame seeds. You may also roast and add curry leaves, garlic, kollu or horsegram to make it even healthier. Video link here: Ingredients needed for Idly Milagai podi: Chana dal / Kadala parupu – 1 cup Urad dal / Ulundhu – 1 cup Dry red chillies – 15 Pepper corns – 1 tsp Cumin seeds/ Jeera – 2 tsp Sesame seed...

Kothamalli chutney is a very tasty and easy side dish for idly and dosa.. No roasting required. This can be prepared in just 5 minutes, can be an easy one to fix up for breakfast , in the morning hurry burry time. I prepare this whenever I have fresh coriander in stock. I try to use it maximum when they are fresh. Here goes my simple and quick recipe   Recipe Cuisine: South Indian | Recipe Category: Sidedish Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 1 min | Total time: 6 mins | Serves: 3 Ingredients: Pottukadalai / Fried gram dal – 1 tbsp Fresh coconut – 1 cup Fresh coriander leaves – 2 handfuls Ginger – 1/2 inch Garlic – 2 pods Green chilli – 2 salt – to taste To temper: Sesame oil – 1 tbsp Mustard seeds – 1/4 tsp Chana dal – 1 tsp Red chilly – 2 Method: In a mixer jar, add fried gram dal, coconut, coriander leaves, ginger, garlic, green chillies and salt. Grind with little water to a semi-fine consistency. In a pan, heat oil, when the oil is hot add mustard seeds, chana dal and red chillies...