Hello dear all 🙂 Here is an interesting and easy to make chutney recipe from the native of my mom. Such a fascinating name it has, Rosapoo Chutney which is the specialty of Mayavaram. We make this chutney when we are in a hurry and it is a no-cook recipe. Tadka is optional, you can…
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I am a full-time UX Architect in Healthcare IT with a great passion for cooking. I love experimenting with healthy and traditional food. Being an Agriculture graduate turned Medical Geneticist, I try to source organically grown ingredients from farmers and added the health benefits of each ingredient in most of the recipes that are posted here. This is more a personal database (hence DB in the name) of my family recipes and my trials on organic ingredients.
Shakkarpara / Shankarpali – 200th Post
Hello dear all 🙂 This is my 200th Post here in this new space. Thought of making a sweet post, hence this easy peasy snack, Shakkarpara / Shankarpali. Normally it is made using All Purpose Flour / Maida (usually referred to as Maida Biscuit) but I have used Whole Wheat Flour as I avoid using…
Spring Onion Rasam
Spring Onions are the young onion plants that are harvested before the bulbs bulges. The Greenish tubular leaves as well as the pearl white bulbs, both are edible and you can see every other Chinese dish will have these Spring Onions. It not only adds a unique flavor to the food but also offers a…
Murungai Keerai Soup / Drumstick Greens Soup
Drumstick Greens which is called Murungai Keerai in Tamil is one miraculous green that is not much valued by us even though we know the number of health aspects it provides us with. It is a power-packed green with a lot of nutritious elements. Even a recent report published showed that it has the ability…
Karivepilai Soup / Curry Leaves Soup
Hello, all 🙂 Here is a healthy and tasty soup recipe using fresh Curry Leaves. This is another miraculous plant that offers enormous health and medicinal benefits. Yes, It is none other than our simple, humble, ” Curry Leaves (Called Kadi Patta in Hindi). It is mainly used as a flavoring agent and is an…
Murungai ilai Idly Podi
Hello dear all 🙂 For this week’s Organic Kitchen, I am sharing another healthy Idly Podi recipe using the superfood Drumstick Leaves / Murungai ilai. I had shared a Rice mix earlier which you can check out for the benefits of these super greens. Murungai ilai being abundant at home, thought of making this Idly…
Therali Appam / Ilai Kozhukattai
Being married to a Mallu, it became a mandatory thing for me to learn and do native Kerala recipes and I never miss the chance of learning any new recipes from my MIL and my hubby’s maternal aunts. Every year we visit his native place, Mavelikara in Alapuzha district of Kerala which is a very…
Special Tomato Chutney
Hello dear all 🙂 Here is a variation of usual tomato chutney which you can store in the refrigerator for a week. It goes well with Idly, Dosa and even Pongal. I have used Byadgi chillies here which gives a nice color. You can replace it with normal red chillies and you can choose the…
Tea Kadai Kajada / Vettu Cake (Eggless)
Hello dear friends 🙂 After seeing so many posts on FB on this Vettu Cake / Tea Kadai Kajada, I thought of making this for tea time snack this evening. It has been years since I have tasted this at home, as after grandma we have almost forgotten all these good old snacks. As I…
Mint Dhall Rasam
Hey Friends 🙂 Here is another flavourful and healthy recipe, Mint Dhall Rasam. An aromatic and tingling rasam that refreshes our system. Mint also is known as Mentha is a small herbaceous plant. We can grow them in small containers from the twigs of the Mint after using all the leaves for cooking. And cooking…
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