Sailu's Kitchen

Alysha of The Savory Notebook has started a new club called ‘Virtual Recipe Club’ where she has chosen to utilize this club to swap new recipes and share our favorites every month.This month’s (January) theme is – Whole Grain Breakfast Foods that contain whole grains like whole wheat flour,wheat bran,oat bran,wheat germ,millet,whole grain cornmeal,oats,buckwheat or [...]

Sankranti/Pongal, is the second day of the festival day when Surya, the Sun God is worshipped and on this day the newly harvested rice is cooked in new earthen pots until the cooked rice overflows from the pot.The overflowing symbolizes fertility and prosperity.A special sweet rice dish is prepared with dal, sugar or jaggery and [...]

Sweet Pongal is a sweet, pudding-like dish that is traditionally prepared in South India for the harvest festival of Makar Sankranti festival celebrated on January 14th.

Onion pakoda (fritters) is a popular Indian snack. In Andhra, the stalks of onions are also used to make pakodas.The basic ingredients being besan (bengal gram flour) and onion stalks. Onion stalk is useful as herbal medicine and its juice is good for the treatment of anemia. These fritters are tasty and can be eaten with tomato sauce or chutney.

Sambar, an easy South Indian thick lentil soup that is a delight to the senses. Can you imagine relishing steaming hot sambhar on a cold winter day?

This is a delicious low fat dish of South India and can be enjoyed both as a snack and meal. Basically idli is a breakfast dish and is served with curried lentil or chutney or spiced powder (podi).

Masala dosa is a South Indian snack/tiffin made with fermented rice and dal (lentil) batter. It goes with the traditional potato curry which is placed on the center of the Masala dosa, wrapped and served hot.

This particular dish is made of broken wheat and is a very healthy dish especially when one is sick and needs strength and energy. A diabetic recipe since it is low fat and less calories. You can make it for breakfast on a weekend or dinner.

Lemon rice recipe – learn how to make lemon rice, an Indian rice recipe. Nimmakaya Annam is popular in Andhra.