Subadras Kitchen

Vazhakkai puttu or vazhakkai podimas or raw banana podimas is a quick and easy recipe. This is similar to potato puttu. It is a good accompaniment to rice with sambar and rasam. It is a great combination with vathakuzhambu also. This can be quickly made with simple ingredients that are easily available. My mother makes the best vazhakkai fry , by slow roasting in an iron skillet. My kids and husband are fans of the vazhakkai fry that my mom prepares. But I am so lazy to do it that way, it needs a lot of time. Someday I will learn the exact way my mom does it and post it here too. But I usually prefer to do puttu with vazhakkai instead of frying it. Now my son and hubby have started to like my puttu also. Happy me 🙂 Here is my recipe for Vazhakkai Puttu: Recipe Cuisine: South Indian | Recipe Category: Sidedish | Serves: 2 to 3 Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook time: 20 mins | Total time: 30 mins Ingredients: Vazhakkai / Raw Banana – 2 medium sized Onion – 1 big Green Chillies – 3 Turmeric powd...

Moong Sprouts Curry | Moong sprouts sabzi | Sprouted Green Gram Curry with stepwise pictures . Moong can be easily sprouted like  this . I often make this curry as a sidedish for chapatis for dinner. This is a quick and easy recipe and I plan to make it when I feel lazy to cut veggies . My kids like to have this curry along with yoghurt, as sidedish for chapati. My son says it as ‘ payaru thayiru ‘ 😀  Pachai Payaru is green gram in tamil .  Thayiru is the tamil word for curd or yoghurt. Here is my recipe for Moong sprouts curry Ingredients: Moong sprouts   –  1 cup Onion – 1 Ginger – half inch piece Garlic – 5 small pods or 2 large pods Green chilly – 2 Jeera / Cumin seeds – 1 tsp Tomato – 2 Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Chilly powder – 1 tsp Coriander powder – 1 tsp Garam Masala powder  – 1 tsp Kasuri Methi – a handful Oil – 2 tbsp Salt – to taste Method: Sprout the moong dal previous night. Grind green chilly, ginger and garlic. Add roughly chopped onions to i...

Vadacurry is a special south indian dish , a great combo with idly and dosa. I prepare it on special occasions or when we have guests at home, or if we just want to eat something special 😀 Vadacurry is ideally made with masala vadai crumbled in an onion tomato base. Its main ingredient is chana dal or kadala parupu, ground to a semi fine texture and either steam cooked or roasted on a dosa tava and then added to the gravy. I learnt this recipe from my ” Sandhya maami” who is really a great cook , I wish to learn more recipes from her. My hubby likes this vada curry and often requests to prepare it. But it is a time consuming recipe and I am lazy to do it , This time I wanted to post it here so made it with ful enthu. 🙂 Here goes the recipe of Vadacurry Recipe Cuisine: South Indian | Recipe Category: Side dish Prep Time: 1 hour 10 mins | Cook time: 30 mins | Total time: 1 hour 40 mins | Serves: 4 to 5 Ingredients: Chana dal – 1 cup Finely chopped onion – 2 cups Tomato – 1 small Garlic...

Capsicum and Broccoli curry is a rich and healthy sidedish for chapathis or pulkhas. We tried this recipe for the first time and it turned out so so yummy , that I felt it like a restaurant bought dish. You should definitely give it a try to witness it yourself. I had been wanting to get rid of my non-stick pan seeing the health hazards of its usage. Last week, I found a cast iron pan in IKEA and bought it too. Though its toooo heavy , I love it. My mom used to have such heavy kadais and all her vegetable dry roasts, especially vazhakkai fry will have such a crispy yummy taste. Its because the iron pans retain the heat for longer time. Now owning an iron pan gives me the hope of trying such recipes. Happy to introduce my iron pan in this post. ‘B’ is for  Broccoli  and for blissful  health .  Broccoli is one of the healthiest foods on earth. It has a lot of health benefits including lowering cancer risk, improving bone  health , and helping fight skin damag...

Noolkol Kootu or Kohlrabi kootu is a very simple and delicious sidedish that can be relished with rice or rotis. I am not a big fan of this vegetable, but I love it in this form. I usually prepare it as a side dish for rotis for dinner. It has lot of health benefits too. Noolkol is full of nutrients and minerals like copper, potassium, manganese, iron, and calcium, as well as vitamins, such as vitamin C, B-complex vitamins, vitamin A, and vitamin K. Along with that, kohlrabi is also high in dietary fiber and antioxidant compounds, such as phytochemicals and various carotenes. Lets checkout the recipe for this simple Noolkol kootu Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Side dish Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 25 mins | Total time: 30 mins | Serves: 3 Ingredients needed: Jeera / Cumin seeds – 1 tbsp Oil – 1 tbsp Crushed garlic – 1 tbsp Noolkol / Kohlrabi – 200 grams Channa dal/ Kadala paruppu – 75 grams Water – ...

Simple prawn thokku is a dish that makes Sundays special 🙂 I made it last week with frozen prawns as I am lazy to devein the fresh ones .. This recipe can be prepared the same way with fresh deveined prawns too. It requires very simple ingredients and nothing fancy. Prawn thokku is made by sauteing prawns in a onion tomato base with ginger garlic paste and some hooooot chillies. It can be had with plain rice and rasam . Tastes sooo goood.     Lets check out the recipe for Simple prawn thokku: Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Side dish Prep Time: 5 mins | Cook time: 20 mins | Total time: 25 mins | Serves: 3 Ingredients: Prawn – 300 grams Onions – 2 finely chopped Green chilly – 2 Tomato – 3 , grind to a paste Ginger – 1 tbsp Garlic – 15 cloves Turmeric powder – half tsp Red chilly powder – 1 tsp Coriander powder – 1 tsp Fennel seeds – 1 tsp Salt – to taste Gingelly oil or any cooking oil – 5 tsp Coriander leaves – to garnish Method: Grind ginger and garlic to a paste,...

Aloo mushroom masala is a different yummy combination for rotis.. I have never tried this combination before. Had some mushrooms fresh from the store and wanted to use them quickly before they become dark inside .. I often prepare  aloo capsicum masala  , this time for a change tried aloo with mushrooms.. and to our surprise it turned out awesome.. Even kids had it happily. Here is my recipe for Aloo Mushroom Masala Video : Recipe Cuisine: Indian | Recipe Category: Side dish Prep Time: 10 mins | Cook time: 25 mins | Total time: 35 mins | Serves: 4 Ingredients: Sesame oil/ any cooking oil – 2 tsp Fennel seeds – 1 tsp Onion – 2, finely chopped salt – as per taste Freshly ground ginger garlic paste – 2 tbsp Finely chopped potato – 3 Tomato – 2 , grind to a paste Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp Red chilly powder – 1 tsp Garam masala – 1 tsp Mushrooms – 300 grams Curd/ yoghurt – 3 tsp Coriander leaves – to garnish Method for aloo mushroom masala: In a pan, heat oil. Temper with fennel se...

We get different colored capsicums fresh and cheap these days. So trying to make the maximum use of it 🙂 Here I am again with yet another capsicum recipe, Capsicum Peas curry. A healthy, colorful and delicious side dish to go with rotis or phulkas. Capsicum is a very healthy vegetable. The health benefits of capsicum include relief from stomach issues, back pain, muscle spasms, headaches, cancer, skin aging, peptic ulcers, menopausal problems, lower risk of cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes. It has anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties, and may also provide relief from pain related to arthritis. It has high amounts of vitamin C and vitamin A. Source:  www.organicfacts.net Capsicum peas curry Ingredients : Capsicum – 1 cup (green, yellow, red.. or any one colour) Green Peas – 1/2 cup Oil – 2 tbsp Garlic – 5 , finely chopped Onion – 1, chopped Tomato – 1, chopped Salt – as per taste Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp C...