In my Idly Podi Series here is the delicious Dill Leaves (Seppu / Suva Greens) made into a flavourful and healthy Idly Chutney Podi 💚 Dill leaves are very healthy and this podi recipe is a unique variant to our regular idly podi. The benefits are dill leaves are huge and it belongs to Celery…
Author: KitchenDB
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.
Mudakkaruthaan Keerai Idly Podi
A herbal and medicinal podi using Mudakkaruthaan Leaves/ Balloon Vine Leaves. Mudakkaruthaan Keerai Idly Podi which can also be used as Rice Mix. The lush green balloon Vine Leaves are shade dried and churned into this aromatic powder which is effective against joint pains. Give it a try when you get some of these healthy…
Thuduvalai Flax Seeds Idly Podi
A very healthy and medicinal Idly chilli powder with goodness of Thuduvalai (Thuthuvalai) Leaves / Climbing Brinjal. It is a thorny creeper that has medicinal benefits. A great way to include Flax Seeds and this Leaves into diet ❤️ A very tasty and healthy Idly chilli powder to make whenever you get some abundance of…
Curry Leaves Idly Podi
Curry leaves offer enormous health benefits. Having Curry leaves tree at home is a real blessing to use this in every other form of diet. It is rich in vitamins A, B, C and E and amino acids that are beneficial for health. Here is a flavourful Idly Podi Recipe with shade dried curry leaves…
Curry Leaves Mixed Idly Podi
In my Podi Series, here is a special idly Podi recipe using the enormous curry Leaves from home garden with goodness of Horsegram, Black Sesame and garlic. This is a very flavourful recipe and a great way to use up the curry leaves💚 Serve with Idly, Dosa, Paniyaram with home made ghee or gingelly oil….
Coriander Seeds Rice Mix
A tasty and flavourful Rice mix using Coriander seeds from my grandma recipes. It is Coriander Seeds / Dhaniya Rice Mix.Coriander Seeds are known for their rich dietary fiber content and helps in active functioning of liver. It promotes digestion, lowers blood cholesterol and keeps sugar levels and blood pressure under control. It also relieves…
AraiKeerai Paruppu Morkootu
A big big bunch of fresh tender AraiKeerai from a friend’s farm is used up in this recipe which is very tasty and healthy one to be paired with hot rice. This recipe is very unique in the sense it is both Paruppu Kootu as well as Morkootu. With crispy and crunchy tadka of Channa…
Banana Powder ChocoChip Cookies
Exams fever is on and to please kids we always have to give something they love to snack on, and at the same time it needs to be healthy. Recently got the Green Banana Powder by Manna Foods to try some cookies and some healthy recipes for my son. Baked some crispy and crunchy cookies…
Thaambaala Paniyaram
In a quest of all forgotten recipes of family I got bumped into this lovely recipe of my Maternal Grandmother which she used to make especially for the new bridegrooms of relatives when they visit her and fondly recollected by my mom as “Mapillai Palagaaram” My mom told me this recipe and immediately we made…
Ambalapuzha Paalpayasam
A recipe which I have been relishing over these years, being married to a Mallu at Ambalapuzha Temple..an authentic recipe of Kerala and this is being offered as Neivedhyam to Lord Sree Krishna of Ambalapuzha temple and given as Prasadham to all the devotees. The legend behind this prasadham is quite interesting and am happy…
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