I love oats and spice mixes.Many a times I have combined these two. Today I have added another healthy ingredient – Garlic.So here is a flavorful spice mix with garlic, letils and oats that is awesome with steamed rice. I used: Quick cooking oats – 1/4 cup Toor dhal-1 cup Moong dhal-1/4 cup Pepper corns-1…
I have the habit of collecting recipes from the school days and it still continues. This collection is safe inside a large cardboard box, which is opened when ever I am looking for a particular recipe or feel the need to try something new. So,when I wanted to prepare some spice mix for this edition…
This is another version of Milagai podi that Lil Angel loves to have due to the tinge of sweetness in this podi. Mom adds a little jaggery and this changes the taste of this spice mix…. Mom uses: Channa dal – cup Urad dal – 1 cup Sesame seed – ¼ cup Asafoetida powder Red…
During Saaka Vratha, chillies are not used. Instead pepper powder is added to dishes. Similarly, instead of the regular rasam powder, this cumin-pepper powder is used. This powder is also used to flavor,sambar, lentil stir fry etc. The trick is frying the cumin and pepper [1:1] with a little ghee on a low flame till…
A simple spice mix that is mixed with rice. Since vegetables are not used during Saaka Vratha, lentil spice mixed like these give a variety to the meal. When people used to follow this fast on a regular basis, different kinds of spice mixes used to be kept handy. Some of them are Sesame seed…
