34 Traditional Recipes from South India
34 best traditional recipes picked from South Indian Cuisine. Find here easy and healthy breakfast recipes, Lunch and dinner recipes, Kids favourite recipes, Karnataka Style gravy recipes, and many more Traditional and quick to prepare recipes.
Easy-To-Go Avarekayi gojju - Hyacinth bean gravy – South Indian Style
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 1 week ago
Easy-To-Go Avarekayi gojju - Hyacinth bean gravy – South Indian Style Avarekalu with brinjal and potato are cooked with coconut and tamarind to get a tangy saaru / gravy: *Avarekayi gojju / hyacinth bean gravy*, relish with rice or ragi mudde or even dosa and chapati. The name 'huli' because it is a tangy gravy. Avarekayi Huli Saaru adds to the favorite lists of Avarekai recipes in the season. A preparation with Avarekalu / hyacinth bean, one another special dish after hithikidabele saaru
Shenga saaru | Peanut curry recipe
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 weeks ago
Shenga Saaru (Groundnut Sambar) | Healthy Shenga Recipe in Karnataka Style Groundnut Sambar is a tangy curry which gives altogether a very different taste from your regular sambar; this is made with fresh or dry peanuts and no dal / lentils used in this recipe. Tastes incredible with rice or ragi mudde. Looking for a new healthy recipe to add to your weekly rotation? Here is one, *Shenga Saaru.* *Shenga Saaru / Peanut Curry* is the most loved curry for lunch or dinner, this is traditional and healthy sambar which also makes a tasty and satisfying meal.
Uddina Vade | Urad Dal Vada | Black Gram fritters – South Indian Breakfast Recipe
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 weeks ago
Uddina Vade | Urad Dal Vada | Black Gram fritters – South Indian Breakfast Recipe *Uddina vade / Urad dal vada* is healthy South Indian recipe prepared for breakfast or snacks. Uddina vade is often eaten along with Idli chutney and sambar, popular menu in all restaurants here. I have come up with a very crispy version of urad dal vada, usually only salt and pepper goes in this menu, but I have shown with onions and green chillies along with curry and coriander leaves to make them crispier.
Badanekayi gojju | Tangy Brinjal Curry
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 weeks ago
*Badanekayi gojju | Tangy Brinjal Curry * *Brinjal curry* which is also called *Badanekai gojju* in South India, is basically cooking brinjal in tangy gravy. This is a basic version of any brinjal curry recipes as we do not grind any masala for this dish.*Badanekayi gojju* / *badanekai gojju* is simple to make dish with sautéing onions, tomatoes and brinjals in oil for few minutes and then cook them in tamarind juice to get the tangy taste. Tanginess with brinjal is a best combination for steaming hot rice or as a side dish for sambar ...
Rava Laddu | Learn to make traditional simple Rave Unde
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 5 weeks ago
Rava Laddu | Learn to make traditional simple Rave Unde*Rava Laddu | Rava Ladoo | Sooji Laddu | Sooji Ladoo | Semolina laddu | Diwali Sweet Recipes* Rava laddu / ladoo is a very traditional South Indian Sweet which is made in many ways, but today I have come up with a very simple method of making Rava ladoo. We’ve always believed that traditional food is not about long hours in the kitchen. Here is a simple, easy and quick traditional sweet recipe that even a beginner can make effortlessly – traditional easy recipe...
Quick and Simple Peanut ladoo recipe, How to make soft groundnut laddu? Shenga unde
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 5 weeks ago
Quick and Simple peanut ladoo - How to make soft groundnut laddu / Shenga Unde Peanut ladoo recipe- can be made this simple? which is healthy for all. I never knew nutritious ladoo with great taste can be made this quick and simple, until I tried few years back. Once this came out tasty I was thrilled and I make this atleast once a month. This healthy and delicious peanut ladoo is loved by all in our family, and I am sure you will also like.Peanuts are filled with proteins, fibre and good fat. Roasted peanuts can be eaten as it is,
Hitikida Avarekalu Saaru recipe | Learn to make hitkida bele saaru/ gravy
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 1 month ago
Hitikida Avarekalu Saaru recipe | Learn to make hitkida bele saaru/ gravy Pitaka Pappu in telugu | Mochakai in Tamil | hyacinth beans in english Hitikida avarekalu saaru is traditional recipe of Karnataka and also some parts of tamil nadu. Hitikida means deskinned, we are soaking avarekalu for about 4 hours or overnight and then remove the skin and using this in the gravy or saaru called *hitikida avarekalu saaru*. This is very simple, spicy and tasteful gravy made in winter season. Hitikida bele saaru recipe is prepared with fresh avarekalu, when not in season we can use dry avare...
Snake gourd egg stir fry | Padavalakai Palya recipe
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 1 month ago
Snake Gourd egg stir fry | How to make Padavalakai Palya with egg *Snake gourd egg stir fry* or *Padavalakai Palya* is a very simple and easy to cook yet tasty recipe. People who prefer without egg can skip egg and follow the rest of the steps to make Padavalakai palya without egg. I have used only onions and spices in this recipe which makes the dish easy and quick, sauté snake gourd with onions and green chillies, can also add chilli powder. Once snake gourd is cooked break eggs into this and stir fry. This becomes great side dish for rasam rice, sambar rice or You can make this f...
Uttapam recipe | Healthy Beetroot-carrot uttapam
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 1 month ago
Uttapam recipe - How to make healthy Beetroot-carrot uttapam – easy and quick breakfast recipe *Uttapam / uthapam*– one of the dosa variety - South Indian traditional breakfast item, this will be the one of the weekly breakfast menu in every house - that popular, tasty and an easy to catch-up recipe Uttapam is. Khara dose is the homely name. This has many many varieties with the imagination or experiment with ingredients that goes into this. Uttapam being one of the Kids favourite recipes, everyone should try this one.
South Indian Gravy Recipes
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 1 month ago
Traditional and Simple to Cook South Indian Gravies South Indian Gravy recipes, Traditional and simple south Indian style gravy/ curry which includes Bassaru, Upsaaru, kootu, kadlekai gravy, majjige huli, alasande huli, hitikidabele saru, mutton gravy MuttonGravy BassaruPalya MajjigeSaaru ShengaSaaru PudalangaKootu UpsaarKhara AlasandeGravy HithikidabeleSaaru
Akki Roti recipe | beginners-easy-quick breakfast recipe
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 1 month ago
Akki Roti recipe | beginners-easy-quick breakfast recipe Akki rotti | akki roti | Karnataka style | Indian quick breakfast | Rice flour bread *Akki roti* is a very simple breakfast item made of rice flour, Origin of Karnataka. Akki roti can be eaten with or without chutney. Just plain butter or ghee with *Akki* roti is also liked most. Most of us don't try roti as this does not come out soft or does not come out in one piece especially for beginners, here i have focused on beginners who wanted to try some simple - quick yet traditional recipes for breakfast, I have included tips a...
Chakli recipe | South Indian Instant Chakkuli
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 2 months ago
Chakli recipe | Murukku recipe – South Indian traditional chakli – with step-by-step pictures *Chakli | Murukku | Jantikalu | Chakri | Diwali Recipes | South Indian traditional method | Instant Chakkuli* Chakli recipe shown here is super easy and really quick to make- Instant Chakli. These crispy crunchy rice chakkuli or chakli or murukku make a great snack at any time of the day or side dish for sambar-rice, rasam-rice or curd-rice *Chakli recipe* – Murukku or Chakli is a popular South Indian Snack item, typically made from...
Athikai Paniyaram | Athika Palaharam Recipe | Jaggery Recipes
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 2 months ago
Athikai Paniyaram | Athika Palaharam Recipe | Jaggery Recipes Traditional dish with Traditional name Athika paniyaram or Athika palaharam is made with urad dal, coconut and jaggery - delicious taste I visited my mom&dad ‘s place after about 1 ½ months, due to lockdown, though they stay just 3 kms away... We wanted to give them surprise visit, mom was shocked and happy to see us, she could not express her happiness. She wanted to cook something very special for us, she remembered that I didn’...
Snake Gourd Kootu Recipe | Pudalangai kootu | Snake Gourd Recipes
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 months ago
Snake Gourd Kootu Recipe | Pudalangai kootu | Snake Gourd RecipesSnake Gourd Kootu recipe, yet again a traditional dish that is served with rice for lunch or dinner. I am sharing a South Indian *Pudalangai Kootu *recipe which is cooked once a week in our house. Pudalankai kootu, is a simple dish made of kadalebele and veggies cooked in coconut gravy. Kootu can be cooked in many ways - coconut is ground to paste with Jeera, to keep it bland or coriander seeds, to keep it spicy. Here I am ...
Alasandalu curry | tasty Alasande badane huli Karnataka style
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 months ago
Alasande Saaru – traditional way of cooking alasande, badane and alu gravy Alasande Kalu | Red Cow Peas | Karamani Payir | Thattapayer | Lobhia | Chavli Traditional yet simple and easy to cook alasande badane huli or alasande gojju is what I got for today, in Karnataka style. *Alasandalu curry or alasande kalu gravy *is a very tasty simple recipe which goes well with rice or ragi mudde. Alasande is filled with nutrients like any other legumes and gram. Alasande can be cooked even without soaking them overnight. Alasande Kalu...
Bassaru | Cabbage Bas Saaru Recipe
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 months ago
Bassaru or Vanchina Chaaru - Bas-Saaru recipe with step-by-step pictures Let’s see how to make Cabbage Bassaru or Vanchina Chaaru / Saaru Karnataka style [image: Bassaru-Palya-Recipe-Image] Jump to Recipe Here I am sharing* Cabbage Bassaru recipe*, this recipe is from my grand-mom. Our elders had their meal planned cleverly. Vanchina-Chaaru or Bassaru recipe can be planned once a fortnight and every time bring in the variation with different vegetables, greens or grams. This way you will not repeat the recipe for next few months. Bassaru is popular in Karnataka, Andra and some par...
Mutton Saaru Recipe | Mutton gravy | Easy Mutton curry Recipe
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 months ago
Mutton Saaru Recipe | Mutton gravy | Easy Mutton curry Recipe Mutton Karam Saaru / Mutton Saaru Recipe is an easy and simple, homemade Indian Mutton gravy will become your regular recipe, thereafter. Tender pieces of meat are cooked in spicy gravy to make a soupy or rasam consistency that goes prefect with a bowl of rice. First time a non-veg recipe on my blog. I wanted to keep this dish very traditional and simple as usual. Jump to Recipe This was the recipe, pending from long time, since I started this blog. I...
Menthya Bath Recipe | Methi Pulao | How to Make Menthe Rice Recipe
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 months ago
Menthya Bath Recipe | Methi Pulao | How to Make Menthe Rice Recipe Menthya-Bath as commonly known in Karnataka, an excellent flavorful one-dish meal that can easily satisfy your taste for best rice pulao. [image: Menthya Pulao Recipe, Methi Pulao, Methi rice recipe] Methya bath is kids-favorite, lunch-box-menu, breakfast-recipe made with two main ingredients fresh menthya / fenugreek leaves and fresh green peas. Here I have shown how to prepare Menthe Rice without any grinding. Healthy and tasty menthya bath is also very easy to make.
Tomato Chutney Recipe | How to make traditional tomato chutney for Idli or Dosa
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 months ago
Tomato Chutney Recipe | How to make traditional tomato chutney for Idli or Dosa Kept this tomato chutney recipe very authentic, unchanged by not adding any new ingredients. This is yet again a very simple chutney to perfectly pair with idli and dosa. Yes, wide variety of tomato chutneys are made across south India, each of them vary in the ingredients that go in making Tomato Chutney. Some ripe tomatoes are sautéed with onions, garlic and green-chillies then blend to a smooth or coarse paste, those days they would cru...
Easy To Make | Tomato Sambar Without Dal | Idli Sambar Recipe | Tiffin Sambar
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 1 month ago
Easy and simple sambar without dal, apt as a side dish for many breakfast items like idli, dosa, soft akki(rice) rotti and also for chapati, very tasty combo for all these tiffin mains.*Tomato sambar* is a quick and easy sambar recipe handy for working women and bachelors. As the cooking time is just about 5 to 10 mins, a good try when bored of eating regular chutney and dal sambar. This instant sambar is so easy to make with chopped onions and tomatoes being main ingredients with some sambar powder or just plain red chi...
Traditional Simple Paddu Recipe | Guntapongalu
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 2 months ago
Paddu Recipe | How to make simple yet traditional paddu Paddu Recipe | kuzhi paniyaram as in tamil | guntapongalu as in telugu | South Indian special recipe | Kids any-time favorite food *Paddu* is a very traditional and simple recipe made from sour idli/dosa batter, here I have shown a very simple method with few basic ingredients, this can be varied with adding on some more extra ingredients to get varieties depending on availability of ingredients…. Like adding carrot grated, beetroot grated, roasted peanuts, sprouted lentils (green gram , black chickpeas…), grated or finely c...
Sweet Coconut Chutney | Sweet Chutney & Peanut Chutney recipe
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 2 months ago
*Sweet Coconut Chutney | Sweet Chutney & Peanut Chutney recipe*This is a very simple and easy chutney with just 3 ingredients. This is again a very traditional, prepared by great grand moms for kids, no sweets from shops were provided to kids those days … so this was a very simple dish with breakfast. This is so simple yet very tasty and nutritious food, family members with sweet tooth will definitely love this. *Sweet Coconut Chutney* goes well with steaming hot idlis. Prepare along with your...
Traditional Simple & Easy Sweet Poori Recipe
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 2 months ago
Make Traditional Simple & Easy Sweet Poori Recipe | Sweet Puri Sweet Puri | Snacks Recipe | Indian Traditional Sweets *Sweet poori / Sweet puri * is a very crispy & layered pooris with sugar powder dusted on it. These *Sweet puri* can be great for your children and all at home. They are pretty simple to make with very few ingredients that are always available at home – maida, sugar and ghee. Can be stored for more than a week in an airtight container.*Sweet Poori* has a very sweet imaginary story behind it, ...
Upsaaru Khara | Quick and healthy Karnataka recipe
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 2 months ago
Upsaaru Khara (ಉಪ್ಸಾರು ಖಾರಾ) | Uppessaru Khara | Uppu Saaru Khara Recipe One of the best quick to cook with minimal ingredients without compromising on taste – from Karnataka cuisine – rustic food - Upsaaru Khara with step-by-step pictures of making [image: Upsaaru Khara, Uppessaru] *Uppessaru* – self- explanatory name, uppu means salt and essaru means boiling –here we boil dal as major ingredient only with salt – hence the name *uppessaru*.This dish does not require any tempering/seasoning, not any masala, coconut, tomatoes, onions, no cutting /chopping, it’s as simple as is. ...
Puri-Sagu Recipe | Mix Vegetable Saagu Recipe | Simple Sagu Recipe
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 months ago
Puri-Sagu' Recipe | Mix Vegetable Saagu Recipe | Simple Poori Sagu Recipe Simplest and easiest homemade traditional food with stepwise picture it goes well with puri, rava idli, set dosa and also for chapatis *Looking for easy sagu recipe?* Here’s how to cook sagu, with veggies and simple ingredients. One of the best simple, healthy recipes from Karnataka This is one of the Karnataka’s most *pop...
Ragi Semiya Payasam Recipe (finger millet Vermicelli - Jaggery sweet)
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 months ago
Ragi Semiya Payasam (finger millet Vermicelli - Jaggery sweet)-how to make - step by step picturesRagi Semiya Payasam is a very traditional and nutritious sweet made from ragi Semiya or Shavige in kannada, Jaggery and coconut. This also has variant with rice semiya. *Ragi **semiya*or rice semiya, used to be made at home with either ragi or rice flour, and steam them, but these days these semiya or shavige are readily available in market so this can be used alternatively ( to make the dish easy or keep it simple...
Traditional Simple Kadalekai Unde -Pakada unde | Peanut Laddu Recipe
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 months ago
Traditional Kadale-Unde | Peanut Laddu Recipe | Pakada Unde | Shenga Unde *ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಕಡಲೆ-ಉಂಡೆ (ನೆಲಗಡಲೆ ಲಡ್ಡು)* Kadale Unde is one of our South Indian traditional sweets, our grandma's would prepare for us, made with healthy ingredients peanuts, fried-gram, sesame seeds, dry coconut and jaggery * Jump To the Recipe* Kadlekai unde or pakada unde is one of our very traditional and healthy sweets that our grandma's would prepare for us, now it’s one of the forgott...
Mango Rice | Simple way to make Mavinakai Chitranna
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 months ago
Quick and simple mango rice | mavinakai chitranna Learn to make easy and quick tangy mango rice with just one main ingredient. *Mango rice *or *Mavinakai chitranna *- which is authentic south Indian recipe, is made from cooked rice and raw mango, just make a tempering with mustard, jeera, peanuts, chillies and grated raw mango which is sour in taste is added and mixed well, rice should be cooled before mixing to this even left-over rice from previous night can be used. [image: mango rice, mavinakai chitranna, tangy spicy rice] Mango rice Jump to Recipe *Mango rice* or *Mavinakai chi...
Kadle Puri Uppittu | Karnataka style Puffed Rice upma
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 months ago
Puffed rice upma | how to make mandakki oggarne just in 5 minutes Kadale Puri Uppittu Recipe | mandaki oggarne is a very simple and easy recipe, takes less than 5 mins to prepare and also a quick meal item plan to cook during hungry times. Can be served for breakfast or evening snack. Its made of puffed rice/ kadle puri/ mandakki soaked in water to make it soft and then tossed or Oggarne with fried onions and green chillies A very traditional recipe again with simple steps. This can be a healthy and quick snack for children and perfect for weekends or weekdays. I usually make this wh...
Majjige saaru recipe | vada majjige huli | thambuli recipe
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 months ago
Majjige saaru recipe | vada majjige huli | thambuli recipe *Majjige saaru recipe | vada majjige saaru | thambuli recipe |buttermilk rasam* - with step by step pictures included. [image: Majjige saaru , vada majjige saaru , thambuli , simple quick tasty] [image: very simple traditional tasty majjige saaru | vada majjige saaru | thanbuli| buttermilk rasam] Is a very simple and traditional *yogurt* or *curd curry* prepared with coconut and combination of vegetables or nucchinunde (steamed – crushed dal balls). But here I am showing very interesting *vada majjige saaru* which my gra...
Beetroot Recipes | Beetroot Chops Recipe | Simple Beetroot Masala Curry for Rice and chapatis
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 months ago
Beetroot chops Recipe | Simple Beetroot Masala Curry for Rice and chapatis [image: Beetroot Chops Recipe, Simple and Easy Beetroot recipe] Easy and Authentic with south Indian taste beetroot chops recipe is an exquisite side dish liked by everyone at home, pair perfectly with plain rice or side for rice-sambar, rice-rasam or rice-curd. Aroma while cooking is tremendous, people at home would rush to kitchen to peep on what’s being cooked, that aromatic and authentic dish this will turn out to be- for sure. [image: Beetroot Chops Recipe] This simple recipe prepared in just 10 minut...
Simple Pudina Chutney Recipe | Simple Mint Chutney Recipe | Traditional Method
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 months ago
Simple Pudina Chutney Recipe for rice: Simple Mint Chutney Recipe for dosa : Traditional Method : Mint chutney recipe for sandwich Tangy, spicy and minty finger-lick'n goodness. [image: how to make simple yet delicious chutney with bare minimum ingredients in less than 10 minutes with this recipe. Mint chutney recipe for rice] Tangy Spicy Pudina Chutney Recipe Traditional, plain, simple pudina chutney makes a very good pair with rice, idli, dosa or roti/chapatti or even with burger or bread spread. This low-key pudina chutney just a beautiful blend of fresh pudina/mint leaves with...
Vangi bath recipe | how to make vangi bath| Karnataka style Brinjal rice
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 3 months ago
*Traditional Vangi bath Simple and Tasty :*(*ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ವಾಂಗಿ ಬಾತ್ ಸರಳ ಮತ್ತು ಟೇಸ್ಟಿ)* Vangi bath recipe | how to make vangi bath| Karnataka style Brinjal rice [image: vangi bath recipe, karnataka stype vangi bath, brinjal rice] Vangi Bath Vangi bath recipe | how to make vangi bath -Vangi bath a very popular breakfast recipe of Karnataka. It’s made very simple with Vangi bath powder available at home. [image: VAngi bath recipe, vangi bath rice item, brinjal rice] Vangi bath main ingredient being brinjal, typically made from mysore brinjal or long green brinjal. Such easy classic- ..
Everything Traditional, Everything Traditional – 1 week ago
How to make South Indian Traditional Egg Curry | Motte Saaru Motte Saaru / Egg curry is a favorite to many egg lovers. Motte saaru can be a perfect week day lunch recipe and can be savored with hot rice. Traditionally in South India, this particular egg curry is made with coconut paste and tamarind to give a tangy, mouth watering curry, this egg curry is usually kept in a watery consistency to eat with rice, not too spicy and no garam masala goes into this recipe. Very mild taste and most important not heavy on digestion.
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