KalyanaMurungai Ilai Milagu Podi

Hi all Here is a very healthy and medicinal Podi which is best to cure severe cough and cold, in my Podi Series. A rice mix using the medicinal KalyanaMurungai/ Mullumurungai leaves. I had earlier shared Mullumurungai Adai and Vadai here. Do check all my KalyanaMurungai Recipes for the health benefits and images of the…

Agathi Keerai Podi

Hi all Hope you are all staying safe and healthy. For this week’s organic kitchen, it is another healthy and therapeutic Podi using the nutritious Agathi Keerai / Sesbania grandiflora It has lot of nutritional and curative benefits. I got two big bunches of Agathi Keerai from the Keerai vendor. I dries a part of…

Thuduvalai Idly Podi

Hi all 🙂 Here is another Idly Podi Recipe with healthy Thuduvalai Leaves. Thuduvalai is abundant in home-garden and I harvested them and dried them to make this podi along with dried curry leaves. Check out my other Thuduvalai Recipes for the benefits of this healthy green. Give it a try and share your feedback…

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…

Pirandai Idly Podi

Hello dear all 🙂 Hope you all are staying safe indoors. Quarantine combined with summer is giving us an opportunity to make Vathals and am making more vegetable vathals with wilting veggies. I harvested tender Pirandai (Veldt Grape / Devil’s Backbone) stems last week and processed them to vathal. Hardly in two days it got…

Karivepaku Kaaram – Andhra Special Spicy Powder

Hi all 🙂 Happy to be here with a spicy Andhra Special podi using home grown, healthy Curry Leaves – Karivepaku Kaaram / Spicy Curry Leaves Powder. This was a long pending recipe in my list to share here. Wanted to use the abundance of fresh curry leaves from home garden and ended up doing…

Dill Leaves Chutney Podi

Hello all 🙂 I am here today to share another Healthy Podi Variety using the nutritious Dill Leaves / Sabbasige Soppu. I had shared Thogayal, Idly Podi, Vadai recipes using Dill Leaves and this recipe is a slight variation of the Thogayal “Dill Leaves Chutney Podi” which can be stored in refrigerator for at least…

Pirandai Karivepilai Rice Mix

Hey all ! For this week Organic Kitchen, it is a flavorful and healthy Rice Mix using Tender Pirandai (Cissus quadrangularis) / Adamant Creeper stems and fresh curry leaves from home garden. Pirandai offers a lot of health benefits. It treats indigestion, fractures and sprains, is a best deworming medicine, treats piles, menstrual problems and…

Ponnanganni Keerai Idly Chilly Powder

Having shared Kuzhambu Vadai and Thogayal recipe using the healthy Ponnanganni Keerai, I am here today for my Organic Kitchen Series with Ponnanganni Keerai Idly Milagai Podi. I separated the leaves and shade dried them to make this healthy and tasty variation of Idly Podi, as this is the only way I can make my…

Vallarai Sadham Podi

Friends are kind enough to share fresh herbs whenever they come back from their native town. A fresh batch of Vallarai leaves again which is made into a blissful podi this time. A different method of making Vallarai Sadham Podi with goodness of garlic. This method of making Vallarai ensures all medicinal benefits. Using ghee…