A bowl of hot beetroot soup provides you with instant energy and satiates your hunger pangs.Almost all the vegetables can be used to make soup by this method .I have posted a very easy to make beetroot soup.


Ingredients

Beetroot -1 no diced to cubes
Onion- 1 no chopped
Tomato -1 no chopped
Ginger-1 inch piece
Garlic -4 cloves.
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste

Method

In a pressure cooker add all the ingredients except salt and pepper.
Cook them  by adding just enough water for 3 whistles.
Now keep a colander on top of a vessel and drain the vegetables so that the water gets collected in the vessel and the vegetables remain in the colander.
Next after cooling the vegetables a little bit, grind the cooked vegetables in a mixie to a paste.DO NOT ADD WATER.
Now mix the paste to the cooked water kept in the vessel.
Heat the soup and serve it with salt and pepper.

Preparation Time-20 mins

Serves-4


Serves-4
Preparation time -10 mins

Note
I have not added cornflour as you can see the soup is thick.
U can adjust the consistency of the soup according to your taste and needs.
If you like you can add spices like cinnamon and cloves while cooking the soup and you can grind them too or you can remove them before grinding.

This onion gothsu or vengaya gosthu is an absolutely delicious and very handy recipe for busy days,its different,simple and easy to make

How to make traditional crispy vazhaipoo vadai recipe or banana flower vada

Ingredients

Vazhaipoo (banana flower)- 1 cup finely chopped
Bengal gram dhal -1 cup
Onions -2 nos finely chopped
Green chillies- 4 nos finely chopped
Ginger-1 inch piece,finely chopped
Buttermilk -1/2 cup(without salt)
Curry leaves and coriander leaves a few finely chopped.
Cinnamon n cloves a few nos
Fennel seeds (sombu)-1 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil for frying.






Method 
Soak the dhal for 1/2 hour and later grind  coarsely adding very little water.

CLEANING THE VAZHAIPOO -

First apply oil on ur hands before touching the vazhaipoo to prevent staining and avoid stickiness.then open  flower layer  after layer collecting the white florets inside.
Now inside each florets remove the small transparent white skin and the nerve next to it that has a small bulb on top .
(As u go deeper u will find small florets u can use them as such no need to remove anything from it )
Use the rest of the florets. Keep the florets soaked in buttermilk until use. Chop them finely before adding it to the dhal after draining them from the buttermilk.

Next in a vessel add the ground dhal , chopped Vazhaipoo,ginger,onions,green chillies,cinnamon,cloves,fennel seeds,salt,curryleaves,coriander leaves.mix everything together DO NOT ADD WATER..
Now make small balls out of the mixture,and slightly press them out to small vadas.


Serve hot with coconut chutney or sauce.

How to make vegetable masala bhath or mixed vegetable masala rava upma

This is a very common and traditional kuzhambu cooked by pillai and mudaliyar community in down south(especially in Tanjore side)
The speciality of this recipe is the vengaya thalippu vadagam which is used for tempering.


Ingredients 
Green gram dhal(passi paruppu)-1/2 cup
Drumstick-1 chopped
Garlic -5 cloves chopped
Vengaya thalippu vadagam-1/2 piece
Sambar powder -1 tsp
Turmeric powder -1/2 tsp
Salt
Oil -1 tsp
Curry leaves a few
Asafetida a pinch


 Method 
Cook the dhal with turmeric powder and asafetida in a pressure cooker for five whistles and set aside .
Next cook the drumsticks and garlic together for 1 whistle set aside.
Heat oil in a kedai add the vengaya thalippu vadagam fry for few seconds then pour the cooked dhal ,drumstick, garlic, sambar powder and salt mix well.
Add very little water and bring it to a boil immediately remove from fire.serve hot.

Serves-4
Preparation time -15 mins


Note
Vengaya thalippu vadagam is also called kuzhambu vadagam and is available in all supermarkets..I have posted it's picture above.
In this KUZHAMBU we don't use tamarind extract.

Seeraga samba vegetable biryani is on of the most yummiest biryani made with special rice variety called seeraga samba.It is also called biryani rice.In down south regions of Tamilnadu

Yam Mor kuzhambu is a yummy and traditional mor kuzhambu variety made with Karunaikilangu or elephant yam.

 Thengai Thuvaiyal  | Thengai Thogayal  | Coconut Thogayal recipe

Thengai thuvaiyal/thogayal is a yummy and traditional south Indian thuvaiyal/thogayal (chutney )variety made with coconut.

Semiya upma or vermicelli upma is one of the most easiest and delicious South Indian upma variety to make,it can be made in a jiffy and comes in handy for busy mornings or when you are too tired to cook anything else.Check out how to make this easy and tasty traditional semiya upma below.

Ingredients

Semiya(vermicelli)-1 cup
Onions-2 nos chopped
Tomato- 1 no chopped
Green chillies- 2 nos chopped
Chilly powder -1/4 tsp
Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp
Cloves-2 nos
Cinnamon- 1 piece
Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp
Urud dhal -1/2 tsp
Bengal gram dhal-1/2 tsp
Salt to taste
Oil- 2 tsps
Curry leaves and Coriander leaves few

Method

👉Cook the semiya in 2 cups of boiling water with little salt and turmeric powder,drain the water and immediately pour cold water on the semiya ,allow the water to drain completely and set aside.

Then add onions fry well ,next add tomatoes cook for few mins.next add the chilly powder, turmeric powder and sauté for few seconds.

👉Finally add the cooked semiya mix everything properly check for salt .

👉Garnish and serve hot.

Serves-4
Preparation time -15 mins

CAULIFLOWER PEAS PEPPER FRY

Ingredients 

Cauliflower Florets-1 1/2 cups
Peas- 1/4 cup
Onion-2 nos finely chopped
Garlic - 4 -6 cloves finely chopped
Jeera-1 tsp
Pepper powder-2 tsps
Salt to taste
Curry leaves
Oil -2 Tsps

Method

 👉Cook the cauliflower and peas in pressure cooker for 1 whistle , discard the water and set aside. (Alternatively you can cook them in boiling water until they are 3/4 done).
👉Heat oil in a kadai add jeera ,curry leaves allow it to splutter then add the onions and garlic and cook well.
  👉Next add the cooked cauliflower and peas in it. Atlast add salt and pepper powder mix well stir fry for 2 mins. 👉Garnish and serve hot .

Serves - 4
Preparation time -10 mins