South Indian style Coconut Sambhar

Sambar made with ground coconut goes very well with boiled rice,white rice,dosas etc. A south Indian lunch is incomplete without a sambar in the menu. Here I share with you all a simple sambar recipe,easy to prepare and relish as side dish for rice or as an accompaniment for dosa.

Mango Ginger/Aamba Haldi Chutney

I love mango flavoured chutneys. I got with me this time mango ginger or aamba haldi with me which people use for preparing pickles.Mango-ginger is neither related to mango nor ginger but to turmeric (Curcuma longa). It is a rhizome which is pale yellow inside and lighter colour outside. When it is crushed it gives sweet smell of unripe mango. The flavour is predominantly ginger with a delightful faint aroma and taste of mango. However, the taste is not as sharp as ordinary ginger is.I added this to my coconut chutney and loved the mango flavour in it. It tastes delicious with dosas.I got this recipe from my mother in law. She cultivates aamba haldi in her small farm meant for vegetables, it is called 'manganari' in our local language in my native.
Here I share this chutney recipe.

South Indian style Cabbage Sabzi/Cabbage Palya

There are n number of variations in the way the food is prepared in southern India and northern parts, especially the sabzi which is prepared in north do not make use of much water rather it uses oil alone where as in south we use water to cook the veggies and then give tadka or seasoning or begin the preparationof palya with seasoning.
Here I share with you all today the way I make cabbage palya or cabbage sabzi in south Indian style.

Semige Rasayana/Ottu Shavige with Rasayana/Home made Rice Noodles

Having stayed for a short vacation in India, I couldn't get enough time to satisfy my cravings for authentic homemade dishes. Had got chance to eat almost all items once though. Last one year I could never try this particular dish as I didn't have a chakli maker.
But this time I'm back from India with a chakli maker to satisfy mine as well as my better half's cravings. Authentic ottu shavige calls for soaking rice and then grinding it to a thin batter of buttermilk consistency and then cooking on a small flame till it turns to a dough like mass.
But lazy me always try out the easy ways yet I like to have the same authentic taste in it.
I tried it out from rice flour this time and WOW was the feeling.
No need to feel bad for being outside India. I could reach the taste of authentic shavige almost. Here I share with you all the recipe to prepare ottu shavige.

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