Egg Masala

Ingredients :

2 Boiled egg, sliced half
2 onions, finely chopped
1 tomato, finely chopped
1/2 tbsp ginger garlic paste
2 tbsp chilli coriander powder
1 tsp turmeric powder
Salt to taste
2 tbsp oil
Coriander leaves

Preparation :

Boil egg separately, slice it half and keep aside.
Heat oil in kadai and add onions, fry them for few minutes and add ginger garlic paste followed by
finely chopped tomato.
Saute well and add chilli coriander powder, Turmeric powder and salt.
Add little water and cook for few mins or until it turns thick gravy consistency.
Now add the boiled egg and mix with the masala without breaking the egg.
Masala should coat well with the egg. Simmer for 2 mins and garnish with coriander leaves.


This is an excellent side dish for rasam, curd rice and sambhar rice. You can do variation by adding chopped capsicum.

Egg Capsicum Masala

Dal - Easy Side dish for chapathi

Ingredients :

1 cup moong dal, cooked in pressure cooker
1 onion, finely chopped
1 tomato, finely chopped
4 pods of garlic, finely chopped
2 green chilli, chopped
1/2 lemon, juice
Salt to taste

For tadka :
2 tbsp oil or 1 tbsp oil and 1 tbsp ghee
1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp jeera
1 tsp haldi

For garnishing :
Fresh coriander leaves and curry leaves.

Preparation :

Heat oil in a kadai and  add mustard seeds followed by jeera and haldi. Then add the finely chopped garlic.
Saute and add the finely chopped onions and green chillies, saute well for few mins.
Add finely chopped tomatoes at this stage and mix well. Cook for 3 mins and add cooked moong dal.
Add salt and let it cook for 3 mins.
Remove from flame and add the juice from half lemon. Garnish with fresh coriander leaves and curry leaves.
This goes well with chapathi and poori.

You can do variation too by adding grated carrot or cooked and mashed potatoes.

Puli Keerai

I used to prepare this recipe whenever i feel tired of preparing something else with keerai. This is such an easy recipe and less time consuming. This tangy pachadi or curry goes well with a plain steamed rice and potato fry.

 Ingredients :

2 bunches keerai (green leaf - Amaranth / Thota koora / Mulai keerai ), approx. 2 1/2 cups chopped leaves 
1 onion, chopped
1 tomato, chopped
2 green chillies, chopped
small Gooseberry sized tamarind
salt to taste

For tadka:

1 tsp mustard seeds
1 tsp urad dal ( I usually add more to get the crunchiness)
2 red chillies
1 tbsp oil

Preparation :

Add keerai, onion, tomato, green chillies and tamarind in a vessel and add little water.

Cook it for about 10 minutes or till the green leaves, onion and tomato gets cooked.

Once done, remove from the flame and cool the mixture.

Add salt to the mixture and grind into smooth paste.

Add 1 tbsp oil in small pan and add mustard seeds followed by urad dal and red chillies.

After tempering add to the keerai mixture.

Serve hot with rice and ghee or gingelly oil.

Grated Potato Omlette

Ingredients :

3 Eggs
1 Potato, grated
2 Green chillies
1 Onion
Few curry leaves and coriander leaves
Salt to taste
1 tsp Turmeric powder
1 Small tomato




Preparation :

Saute grated potato in a non stick pan with little oil and pinch of salt for 3 minutes or until it's cooked.
Finely chop onion, green chillies, curry leaves, coriander leaves and tomato or chop them together in a chopper.
Break eggs and mix with grated potato, chopped vegetables, salt and turmeric powder.
Mix well and prepare omlette.

You can add grated cheese while preparing for kids.

Spicy Curry Leaf Rice

Ingredients :

1 Bunch Curry leaves
1 1/2 Cup Cooked rice
10 Dry chillies
1 tbsp pepper
4 garlic flakes
1 tbsp urad dal
1 tbsp toor dal
Small piece of tamarind
Small piece of coconut
salt to taste

For tempering :

2 tbsp Gingelly oil
1 tsp Mustard seeds
1 tsp Jeera
1 tbsp Channa dal

Preparation :

Cook Rice seperately.
Roast and grind dry chillies, pepper, garlic, urad dal, toor dal, tamarind and coconut to fine paste with little water.
Pour oil in kadai and add mustard seeds followed by channa dal and jeera.
Later add the grounded curry leaf masala and salt.
Mix well and add the cooked rice.Garnish with roasted cashews or roasted peanuts.