Sailu's Kitchen

This authentic Indian chutney is so versatile and goes with most foods and tastes great on crackers, sandwiches, grilled chicken, fish, chips. No Indian meal is complete without freshly prepared chutney. Traditionally served with curry and other side dishes in a traditional Indian meal/thali to contrast the flavors.

Healthy ayurvedic recipe. Carrot Raita aka Perugu Pachadi is prepared with grated carrot that is lightly stir fried in spices, onions, cooled and combined with yogurt and coriander leaves. Eat it as a salad or with roti or rice.

Today I’m sharing with you a cool salad recipe with yogurt (dahi, perugu) as the base and is a regular salad in Indian meals. Its called ‘Raita’ in North India and ‘Pachadi’ in South India.

I recently read a good article on eating right, the right kind of foods to maintain a balanced diet. The author gave some universal applicable principles that are important to follow in an ayurvedic lifestyle by choosing the right foods for balance.