Tadka Times

  • Fish Fry

    – Clean the fish and squeeze out all the water from it – Mix sambar powder, red chilly powder, turmeric powder, smashed garlic, curry leaves, salt and lemon juice in a plate for marination – Mix all the fish in the marination mix – Add a teaspoon of oil in the cast iron pan and…

  • Garlic Podi

    – Saute red chillies in a pan without adding oil for a few mins – Then saute 1 cup urad dal in a pan without adding oil until golden brown – Then saute a handful of curry leaves until it turns crispy – Add sesame oil in a pan and saute 50 gms chopped garlic…

  • Mango Coconut Chutney

    – Add oil and sauté mustard, urad dal, curry leaves, asafoetida powder, red chillies, grated mango, coconut, coriander leaves, green chillies, garlic, tamarind, and salt – Grind it to a coarse consistency – Add tadka to it

  • Mushroom Corn Cheese Pasta

    – Boil the pasta in water with oil for 10 minutes. Drain the hot water and apply oil over the pasta so that it won’t stick with each other – Add 2 tbsp butter and once the butter melts, fry 2 tsp maida until raw smell subsides – Add 2 finely chopped garlic, 1/2 cup…

  • Karpuravalli Chutney

    – Add oil in a pan and sauté whole urad dal, chopped green chillies, tamarind and karpuravalli leaves – Add grated coconut, salt and grind it to chutney consistency

  • Onion Chutney

    – Grind onion, fried gram, green chillies, red chillies, more garlic, ginger, very little tamarind and salt – Add tadka to it

  • Chicken Briyani

    – Marinate the chicken by adding curd, red chilly powder, curry masala powder, turmeric powder, coriander powder, ginger garlic paste, chopped coriander leaves, mint leaves and salt for at least an hour – Chop onions, tomatoes and slit the green chillies – Chop the coriander and mint leaves – Add oil and ghee in the…

  • Rajma/Red Kidney Beans Curry

    – Pressure cook overnight soaked rajma for 5 whistles – Chop onions, tomato, ginger, garlic and slit green chillies – Add oil and sauté cinnamon, clove, bay leaf, cardamom, onion, green chilies, ginger, garlic and tomatoes – Add rajma, red chilly powder, turmeric powder, curry masala powder, coriander powder, crushed kasthuri methi and salt –…

  • Chapathi Potato Curry

    – Cut potatoes, onion, tomato and slit green chillies – Pressure cook the above with broken green gram, smashed garlic, turmeric powder and red chilly powder – Smash the cooked mixture, add salt and tadka to it

  • Ginger Sorasam

    – Grind ginger, coriander seeds, cumin seeds, pepper, cloves, cinnamon, cardamom, ajwain, coriander leaves, mint leaves and extract the juice – Add the juice in a pan and boil it for some time – Add jaggery to the boiled juice and drink it ,