Suba's Recipes

Watermelon is yet another easily available summer fruit. Its natural water content makes it best for hot, sunny days. I have already posted Cantaloupe Juice . Last week we bought a big watermelon. After enjoying the fruit as is, tried this lemonade with the last portion of the fruit.  I usually make plain juice with watermelon but thought of adding ginger as done in my cantaloupe juice. When I was browsing in the Internet for other variations that could be done, I came across ideas of using lemon and mint in some recipes. I was a bit doubtful about using raw mint leaves so ended up using just 1 leaf. But mint added a very nice flavor to this juice. Do try this easy to prepare and refreshing juice..Even kids will love this for the flavor.

Pizza Sandwich is a quick and yummy dish which both kids and adults will love. I have made this many times for my daughter's lunch box and sometimes even for a quick breakfast option. It also makes for an easy after school snack. I have given the possible variations in the Method and Notes section.                                  

Cantaloupe also known as musk melon is a perfect summer fruit which is available during the summer season along with watermelon.        We usually eat it as such or by sprinkling some sugar on top of it. Though it is best to consume fruits as is, this juice will be refreshing to have during hot, sunny days. You can make this in the afternoon and give your kids when they are back from school. I added a small piece of ginger as it provides a nice flavour to this juice. You can skip this if you don't like.

Wheat Rava Upma Kozhukattai - steamed kozhukattais made with godhuma rava. Godhuma Rava is known by different names like broken wheat rava/samba godhuma rava/dalia/lapsi. This recipe is an easy to prepare tiffin item or as an after school snack for kids. I usually make upma with wheat rava by adding onions and other veggies. But came across this idea of making kozhukattai through other food blogs. We usually make upma kozhukattai using raw rice but that involves an elaborate procedure of soaking and grinding rice to rava like consistency and adding soaked and ground channa dal. But this godhuma rava upma kozhukattai is made using a simple tempering with just the addition of coconut.                   It is a a no onion no garlic dish which is also healthy as it is steamed and has the goodness of wheat rava. As it requires very minimal ingredients, it can make for a quick breakfast or dinner option. Also it tastes gr...

Avocado Banana Milkshake -  a healthy and filling milkshake with the goodness of avocado and banana. This can be easily prepared when you have over ripe banana and avocados. We started buying avocados when we were in Sydney. My hubby used to buy it as it is has lot of nutritional value. But me and my lil one were not big fans of it because of its bland taste. So we started making milkshake using this fruit. When the bananas and avocados are over ripe, you can make this milkshake. You can even skip sugar as banana provides the perfect sweetness for this shake.                               This milkshake is so filling and hence makes for an easy breakfast option or as an after school snack for kids. It is a perfect and refreshing summer drink. 

Ammini Kozhukattai also called as Mani Kozhukattai, is generally prepared on the day of Vinayakar Chathurthi festival. It is usually made with the left over kozhukattai dough. We just roll small balls out of the dough, steam them and do a simple tempering. But this dish can easily be prepared any day as a simple snack or even as a tiffin item. Only effort required will be in rolling the tiny balls😉. This is a very healthy snack as we steam the dish and hence is a good choice for kids too. My daughter loves this snack and hence I prepare it once in a while. Hence thought of sharing here in the blog.                                I have given here a simple version of the dish. You can make variations to this by adding idli milagai podi if you prefer a spicy version. You can also use the filling used for ulundu kozhukattai( urad dal stuffing) and add to this. Also it is suggested to use o...

Aval(Poha) upma is the easiest upma variety to make. This is a quick fix arrangement to satisfy our hunger anytime of the day. Though it is very easy to make, there are few points to be taken care - especially to soak the poha in water. I have given them in detail in my notes section. This simple Poha upma can have many variations. I have made it simple just with onion, tomato and chilly. I have used coconut just to give an extra flavour to the upma. You can even pair this simple upma with Vella Aval and serve.                              

Banana milkshake with almonds is an easy and healthy milkshake.  The addition of almonds make the drink creamier similar to including ice cream. This is a perfect drink for breakfast or as an after school drink for kids. This is also an easy way to include nuts in the kids diet. I just tried this drink as an option to include almonds for my daughter. I prepared it as an after school drink and she enjoyed it.                                                             

Vella dosai is a very healthy dish made with wheat flour and jaggery. It can be prepared instantly and can satisfy our sudden sweet cravings. This has been my favourite from childhood as it has jaggery in it. In my home, they usually make this to pair up with the regular instant wheat dosa . You can make this as a quick after school snack for kids, as it doesn't require any pre-planning.

Sweet corn sundal is an easy to make dish which is healthy too. I had made this during the Navaratri festival, hence wanted to publish it here. This can be made on regular days too for kids as school snacks or after school snacks in the evening. Unlike most sundal varieties which require prior soaking, this can be done instantly.

Chilli Chapathi is similar to the chilli parotta or mixed vegetable parotta which we get in restaurants, except that we use leftover chapathis for this dish. When we end up having extra chapathis, we can reserve them and prepare this flavourful dish. We can prepare the chapathis in the morning and prepare it as an evening snack for kids or even for dinner. Similarly leftover chapathis of dinner time can be used for this dish on the next day morning.                             

Maa ladoo is a very healthy and easy to prepare sweet. This is very good for growing kids as it contains pottukadalai(roasted gram). This is an easy to prepare sweet for any festivals or even for a quick evening snack.

Idli Upma is an easy to prepare snack/tiffin variety with leftover idlis. There are many variations to this upma, which I have mentioned under the "Notes" section. This can be prepared as an after school snack for kids.

Mostly when we grind for adai batter, there will be some leftover batter. My mother-in-law always prepares kunukku with the left over adai batter. She just deep fries small portions of the batter in oil, like how we do for vada or bonda. It will be tasty with the sourness and spiciness of the batter. This time I wanted to prepare something by avoiding deep frying and hence tried this paniyaram recipe with the left over batter. I came across this recipe from here . Since we are making it as paniyarams, less oil will be used. We can prepare it as an evening snack or even for breakfast by pairing up with sweet paniyaram(recipe link is given below).

Vella aval is a sweet dish prepared with aval and jaggery. It is an instant sweet which can be prepared without much planning. Since both aval and jaggery are good for health, this can be given as an evening snack for kids. Also during festivals or any special pooja occasion, this can be prepared as a quick neivedhyam dish.

This is an instant savoury version of kuzhi paniyaram using idli batter or the 3 in 1 batter. This can be prepared as a quick breakfast or evening snack item. We can prepare this along with the sweet paniyaram .

Bread upma is a flavourful alternative to the regular bread sandwich. It is a great way to use leftover bread slices and also makes a healthy after school snack for kids.

Aval kozhukattai is an alternative to the regular aval upma. It is prepared similar to upma kozhukattai which is made of raw rice. It is a great after school snack for kids or can even be served for breakfast or dinner.

This is an instant version of sweet paniyaram/appam using wheat flour. This is prepared during festivals like karthigai deepam, krishna jayanthi etc. This is an easy to prepare sweet which can be done even by beginners.