Tadka Times

Tadka Times

  • Paavakkaai/Bitter Gourd Puli Kuzhambu

    – Cut bitter gourd into rings and soak in salt water – Drain the water and dry it in kitchen towel – Add oil in a pan and shallow fry all the bitter gourd, make sure it doesn’t get burnt and keep it aside – Add oil in the same pan and sauté mustard seeds,…

  • Crispy Paneer Fry

    – Mix 2 tbsp corn flour, 2 tbsp maida, 1/2 tsp red chilly powder, 1/2 tsp pepper powder, salt and salt to a batter consistency – In another bowl, mix 1/3 cup rice flour, 1 tsp pepper powder, 1/2 tsp chilly flakes and salt without adding water – Cut paneer into thin strips like the…

  • Ennai Kathrikaai Kuzhambu

    – Saute peanuts and 2 tbsp white sesame seeds separately without adding oil and grind both peanuts and white sesame seeds into a fine powder – Add chilly powder, coriander powder, dried coconut or freshly grated coconut, sesame oil and salt to the peanut sesame powder and make it to a paste – Slit brinjal in…

  • Ola/Ribbon Pakoda

    – Soak 800 gms murukku rice in water, drain the water and dry it in sun, until it gets dried completely – Dry 400 gms bengal gram, approximately 30 red chillies, little fennel seeds and little coriander seeds in sun – Grind the above items in rice mill and sieve it in sifter – Add…

  • Curry Leaves Thuvayal

    – Grind curry leaves, ginger, 3 red chillies, tamarind, coconut, coriander leaves and salt – Add tadka to thuvayal

  • Ginger Chutney

    – Add oil and sauté bengal gram, urad dal, fenugreek, red chillies, green chillies, ginger and asafoetida powder – Grind the above mixture with tamarind, jaggery and salt – Add tadka to it

  • Stuffed Millets Idli

    – Soak 1 cup idli rice, 1/2 cup varagu, 1/2 cup saamai, urad dal and grind it to idli batter consistency and ferment it for 8 hrs – Add oil in a pan and sauté mustard, urad dal, cumin seeds, finely chopped onion, boiled smashed potatoes, carrot, beans, capsicum, green chilly paste, curry masala powder,…

  • Mango Pachadi

    – Grate mango into small pieces – Add oil and sauté mustard, urad dal, red chillies, mango until soft – Once cooked, add grated jaggery and salt

  • Vellai Podi Meen Kuzhambu

    – Add oil and sauté pearl onion, garlic, red chilly powder, coriander powder, turmeric powder, salt and grind it to a fine paste – Add oil in a pan and sauté vadagam, chopped small onion, chopped tomatoes, curry leaves, red chilly powder, turmeric powder, salt, grinded paste, tamarind juice and chopped mango – Boil the…

  • Mola Keerai/Ara Keerai Thandu Kootu

    – Pressure cook chopped thandu, potato, carrot, brinjal, onion, tomato, turmeric powder, red chilly powder, little red gram, little broken green gram, little bengal gram and little water – Finally add tadka, salt and fennel powder to the smashed kootu