How to prepare Moong dal / hesarubele dosa

Moong dal dosa is a kind of quick fix breakfast menu though loaded with vitamins and other power packed nutrients with body cooling properties. Hence it makes to my weekly list of breakfast do. Also it can be so easily done without compromising on the taste. It has rich falvours of ginger and jeera smeared with ghee.  Now you know the robust flavours which are so inviting. Just soak and grind with readily available ingredients, your dosa...

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How to prepare Paneer grilled sandwich

This tops the list of my son's favourite snack. The crunchy crip combined with goodness of panner and whole wheat bread seems nutritious as well. So I end up with this snack very often, sometimes as a breakfast too. Very simple ingredients go a great way in cooking, just stir up some onions and tomatoes along with paneer and you are done. Variations can be made to this sandwich by adding additional flavours/ herbs such as oregano or using some...

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How to prepare Ash gourd / winter melon / budkumbalakayi dosa

Ash gourd also known as white gourd, winter melon, white pumpkin, wax gourd, petha, safed kaddu, boodida gummadikaya, pooshnikai. Loaded with nutrients. It's an excellent source of vitamin B1 (thiamine), a good source of vitamin B3 (niacin), and vitamin C. It is also rich in many minerals like calcium. Its high potassium content makes this a good vegetable for maintaining a healthy blood pressure. Containing almost 96% water, this...

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How to prepare White Chickpea / Kabuli Channa / Kabuli Kadale husli / fry / sundal

Chickpea / Kabuli husli is a recipe which can be had any time of the day on any occasion along with lunch as a side dish or as a snack . I have listed this as a festival recipe since this has no onions / garlic and is done on Ganesh Chaturthi. I prefer cooking the same on the visarjana  day (bidding adieu to Lord Ganesh)to distribute it as prasadam. It is very simple to make with minimal ingredients and less effort, loved by most of the...

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How to prepare Hayagriva - Bengal gram / channa dal / kadalebele halwa

Hayagriva is a sweet recipe from Udupi (part of Mangalore - India). This is mostly served as prasadam in temples or made on festivals specially for the deity. My mind is still afresh with the memories of the very first time I had this sweet when I was still very young and my father had done this sweet on a festival day. It was beaming with the robust smell of ghee, mixed with dal, coconuts and jaggery. Recently on Varamahalksmi...

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