Priya's Kitchen - ( A Blend of Hometown Flavours )

          Hey guys! Presenting you all the famous and delicious tasting south indian delicacy Kadappa, which is very popular in Kumbakonam. It's a unique variety of sambar, that goes well with idly and dosa. It's a very healthy dish, as we add vegetables and protein rich moong dhal. It is a very subtle sambar, that even kids can enjoy. Let's go into the ingredients needed and recipe. INGREDIENTS: * Moong dhal- 1/2 cup * Tomato- 1 medium sized * Carrot- 1/3 cup chopped * Beans- 1/3 cup chopped * Potato- 1/2 cup chopped * Frozen peas- 1/4 cup * Ginger- 1 1/2 tbspn chopped * Garlic- 10 * Green chilli- 2 or as per your spice level * Fennel seeds- 1 tspn * Cinnamon sticks- 4 one inch sticks * Turmeric- 1/2 tspn * Hing- 1 tspn * Salt- as needed * Oil- 2 to 3 tbspns  PREPARATION TIME:  15 mins COOKING TIME:  20 mins SERVES:  4 PROCEDURE: * Add washed moong dhal to the pressure cooker and add 1 cup of water, chopped tomato, hing, turmeric powder and let it pressure cook for 3 whist...

           Hey guys! Presenting you all the most delicious tasting curry, Paruppu Urundai Kuzhambu. This is a very famous traditional south indian dish and it tastes very unique. It's a very simple dish and it tastes super awesome when it's paired with white rice and papad. The Paruppu Urundai (Channa dhal balls) can be added to the boiling curry directly or if you are not very sure about doing it, just steam them in an idly pot for 5 minutes and add them to the curry. Make this curry and am very sure you will go for an extra scoop of rice, even when you are not hungry☺️ Let's jump into the ingredients and recipe. INGREDIENTS:   FOR THE CURRY: * Tomato- 1 medium sized  * Garlic- 10 pealed * Tamarind juice- 2 cups of thin concoction (I have used a medium lemon sized ball of tamarind) * Kuzhambu milagai podi- 6 tbspns ( If you don't have Kuzhambu milagai podi, add 3 tbspns of chilli powder and 4 tbspns of coriander powder) * Turmeric powder- 1 tspn * Jaggery- 1 tspn * Sal...

        Hey guys! Presenting you all a perfect tea time snack made with corn kernels, CrispyCorn Chat. This recipe gives you a hand, when you are bored of making the same normal chats. It's a very easy to make recipe and tastes amazing. I am very sure, this recipe will be loved by everyone, so please do give it a try. Let's jump into the ingredients needed and recipe. INGREDIENTS:   * Corn kernels- 2 cups ( I used the frozen corn kernels ) * Rice flour- 1/4 cup * Corn flour- 1/4 cup * All purpose flour- 1 tbspn * Pepper- 1 1/2 tspns * Chat Masala- 1 tspn * Chilli powder- 1 tspn * Lemon wedges- as needed * Onion- few chopped for garnishing  * Salt- as per taste * Oil- for frying PREPARATION TIME:  10 mins COOKING TIME:  15 mins SERVES:  2 PROCEDURE:   * Boil water in a pan and add the corn kernels and let it cook for 3 to 5 mins. * Once the corn is cooked, strain water from the corn and transfer it to a bowl. * Add rice flour, corn flour, all purpose flour, salt as needed, 1 tsp...

         Hey guys! Presenting you all the most famous South Indian delicacy Kootu made with Cabbage and Appalam (Papad). It's a stew made with dhal and vegetable. You can even make the same recipe with other vegetables like Pumpkin, Bottle gourd, Snake gourd, Ridge gourd or even mixed vegetables. This is a very simple recipe and it's very healthy. This recipe goes well with white rice and it's a best side dish for Vathalkuzhambu, Rasam or even Curd rice.  Let's go into the ingredients and recipe. INGREDIENTS: * Channa dhal- 1/2 cup * Cabbage- 2 cups * Tomato- 1 medium sized * Turmeric powder- 1/2 tspn  * Hing- 1 tspn * Coconut- 3 to 4 tbspns grated * Dry red chilli- 3 * Jeera-  2 tspns * Mustard seeds- 1 tspn * Coconut oil- 3 tbspns * Salt- as needed * Fried Papad- 15 to 20 * Coriander leaves- few strands chopped for garnishing. PREPARATION TIME:  10 mins COOKING TIME:  30 mins SERVES:  4 PROCEDURE: STEP 1: COOKING THE DHAL AND VEGETABLE: * Add channa dhal to pressure c...