Gothumai Rava Kesari

It is just like ravai Kesari but with Gothumai.

Ingredients

• Gothumai Rava - 2 cups
• Sugar - 1.5 cup
• Ghee - 5 tbsp
• Pistachios - chopped 2 tbsp
• Cardamom a pinch

How to Make Gothumai Rava Kesari?

Heat a dry pan and add Rava to it. Roast until you feel the rava aroma coming from the pan.

Then put the rava in a pan and allow it to cool. To the same pan add some ghee, then add pista and roast it.

Now add some water to the pan and allow it to boil.

When the water starts to boil, add the roasted ravai to it little by little and keep stirring.

Then add sugar.

To avoid lumps keep stirring till you get the consistency.

End up with little more ghee and garnish with pista.

Serve it hot.

Lemon Rice - Elumichai Sadham

Elumichai Sadham is a simple traditional South Indian Recipe to make which is full of flavor and it is also healthy.

Ingredients needed to make Elumichia Sadham (Lemon Rice)

• Rice – 1 ½ cup
• Peanuts – ½ cup
• Lemon Juice – 3 to 4 tbsp
• Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
  Urad Dal – 1 tsp
• Bengal Gram – 1 tbsp
• Ginger – 1 tbsp (chopped)
• Green chilies – 2 slit
• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
• Curry leaves – 10
• Salt to taste
• Oil

How to make lemon rice? (elumichai sadham cooking method)

Soak 1 ½ cup of rice in water for half an hour. Cook the rice with enough salt (each grain should be separate and not sticky).

In a pan add little oil and roast the peanuts and keep them aside.

Then heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan and add mustard seeds and let them splutter. Then add Urad Dal, Bengal Gram, chopped ginger, and green chilies fry till the added dal turns brown (it may take 2 minutes) on medium heat. Then add turmeric powder and curry leaves and cook for 15 seconds.

Then add lemon juice to the mixture allow it to boil. Once it starts boiling remove from flame and add cooked rice to the lemon mixture. Also add the roasted peanuts to the mixture and combine well.

Adjust salt and lemon juice as per your need.

This is one of the simplest as well as light dishes in South India. This recipe is suitable for long journey as well as picnics as they make the work of the house wife easier. This is also a healthy lunch box recipe because of the nutritive value of ginger and turmeric.

How To Make Kothamalli Chutney – Raw Coriander Chutney?

Ingredients Needed for Coriander Chutney (Kothamalli Thovayal )

• Fresh Coriander Leaves – 2 big bunches (washed and chopped)
• Green Chilies – 4 to 5 (chopped length wise)
• Tamarind Paste – 2 tbsp
• Salt to taste

How to make Kothamalli Thogayal – green chutney – spicy coriander chutney?

Just grind well all the above ingredients.

Serving Tips

Dishes that can be served with kothamalli thogayal are idli, dosa, vadai, rice and sandwich too.

This recipe is easy to make and just take few minutes to prepare. In case of any unexpected guest for dinner or breakfast you can prepare this healthy and easy recipe and serve with idli and dosa.

South Indian Coriander Chutney - Kothamalli Chutney - Kothamalli Thogayal

Ingredients Needed for Coriander Chutney (Kothamalli Thovayal )

• Fresh Coriander Leaves – 2 big bunches (washed and chopped)
• Green Chilies – 2 (chopped length wise)
• Red Chilies – 2
• Chana dal – 1 tbsp
• Urad dal – 1 tbsp
• Cumin Seeds – ¼ tsp
• Tamarind Paste – 1 ½ tbsp
• Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp
• Few Curry Leaves
• Salt to taste
• Oil

How to make Kothamalli Thogayal – green chutney – spicy coriander chutney?

Heat 1 tbsp of oil in a pan. Add cumin seeds, let them splutter. Add dry red chilies, urad dal, channa dal and fry till brown color (approx. 3 minutes on medium heat).

Remove the mixture from pan and keep it aside.

Then to the same oil add the coriander leaves and green chills and fry for 3-4 minutes on medium heat.

Remove from heat and allow it cool.

Add the fried dals mixture, coriander leaves, green chilies, tamarind and salt in a grinder and grind well to till they become a coarse paste.

Serving Tips

Dishes that can be served with kothamalli thogayal are idli, dosa, vadai, rice and sandwich too.

I love this chutney as my mom prepares this one with my favorite vegetable biryani. Eating spicy veg. biryani with healthy kothamalli thovayal is yummy.

Spicy Coriander chutney or kothamalli thogayal is also very healthy as it is prepared with all Indian natural herbs which all are good for health.

Try this yummy recipe and share your experience!

Famous Indian Cookbooks

A good cookbook will surely act as a cultural guideline that helps us to celebrate our daily activities like making, sharing and eating. Till the modern century the Indian cookery were not recorded manually. The daughters directly learned from their mothers the art of cooking. This was the culture that was followed from the ancient times and still it prevails in all the parts of the world.

But now as the technologies flourish there is a change in the cooking also. Records of all the cooking are done in all the sorts. Now we are able to see the cooking methods and their ingredients in the form of books, magazines and it's available in through websites also.

Hundreds of cookbooks are available in the market. It is necessary to choose the correct one to making your useful. Here we have listed the famous Indian cookbooks that are coming up for years.

• Vegetarian Cuisine From South India - Dakshin
• Art of south Indian cooking - Alamelu Vairavan
• Quick and easy Indian cooking - Madhur Jaffrey
• Madhur Jaffrey Indian cooking - Madhur Jaffrey
• Classic Indian vegetarian and grain cooking - Julie Sahni
• Sanjeev Kapoor's Non-Vegetarian Cooking - Sanjeev kapoor
• 100 veg soups and soft drinks - Mallika Badrinath
• 500 Easy Recipes - Narayani V. Nayak
•  Moti Mahal-Tandoori Trails - Monish Gujral