Raji Ramakrishnan

  Bitter gourd is good for health especially for those who are suffering from diabetes. Various dishes can be made with this. Today, I tri...

Raita is a yoghurt based dish with any kind of raw vegetables like onion, carrot, beetroot, cucumber, tomato and fruits like apple, pineapp...

Methi/sprouts has got many medicinal values.  It cools your stomach as well as good for diabetic people. I always make the sprouts and pr...

Inji means ginger.  Ginger moru curry is prepared with coconut paste and curd mixed in it.  It  can be prepared within 10  minutes if y...

Normally,  Maharashtrians prepare this with urid dal flour.  However, I avoided urid dal flour and made it with moongdal flour.  I will be ...

Urid dal danger is a Maharashtrian dish prepared with the roasted urad dal flour.   I happened to taste this  yesterday when my collea...

Mirchi ka raita is prepared with the large green chilli or bharwan mirch it is known as.  We can make nice bhajias out of this stuffed with...

Lauki is a quite healthy  vegetable and helpful in reducing your cholesterol, weight etc.  We can make varieties of dishes from lauki halva...

Bitter gourd raita is made out of bitter gourd and onion.  It is a simple preparation and tasty rice and I liked it with chapati too.  Bitt...

Normally, some people do not like to eat pineapple because after eating, it irriates the throat for some.  My daughter does not like it for...

Beet root raita is very easy to make.  Either you can cut into small cubes or grate it.  If grating the job is done easily. You can serve i...

Raita is  a commonly made side dish for biryani, pulao.  You can also serve with dal roti, dal rice.  You do not need any special item for ...

Pears kichadi or raita you can call is a very simple dish which goes along with dosa, idli, chapti and rice too.  I had few pears with me w...

Tomato kichadi   is prepared with tomato,  curd  and coconut.    It is a simple dish and the feast is incomplete with this dish.  This is a...

All parts of Banana Plant is useful for us.  The banana stem, flower, fruit are used for making various delicacies.  I have already posted ...

Tomato Apple  Pachadi is made with tomatoe, apple and green chilli.  It is a nice combo with chapati, pulao and steamed  rice.  The apples ...

Three days back I visited one of my colleagues house.  I went there because he superannuated and were invited to his house.  Non veg and ve...

I have already posted wood apple chutney.  This is yet another recipe with bel fruit, sweet pachadi.  This pachadi can be served with mola...

Raita is a good accompaniment for pulao, roti etc. Any kind of raita goes well with the pulao, roti.  Here I am presenting a simple and ea...

Yam raita or pachadi is very easy to make.  It is always liked by everyone with pulao, roti and this one can be served with idli and dosa t...