Homemade South Indian Vegetarian Foods - Indiram

Hey you guys out there, Dunno if any of you are actually following my blog( I like to imagine you are , though:) ...but if you had been , you would have probably forgotten all about me by now...its been more than six months since I wrote anything... But my word, the new products that I have prepared and sold are quite a many...a many...a many... Instant Sambar mix, Peanut laddoo, Garlic achar, Lime pickle, Poondu podi, gongura pickle and allam pachadi and more... On a personal front, I shifted houses, and did not have internet connectivity...so i was far far away in Blah Blah land...where I could just talk but not write... More later....

Tasty Dal mixes can be an amazing source of  protein and can be eaten with rice, idlis /dosas as well as with bread, chapathis. If you develop a taste for it , its the best and easiest way for vegeterians to get their daily intake of protein. This nutritious powder can be prepared with simple ingredients like toor dal, pepper and chilli. They can also be spiced up a bit by adding channa dal, jeera, garlic and so on or  roasted in ghee. 😆yummy!!! Yesterday I made all the different types and packed them off to some eager customers.  Pappu Podis are amazing food for children to whet their appetites on:) And once they like it, they could eat them as often as they want.   A sweet version of the dal powder is when you add jaggery or sugar to it. This can be eaten like a snack as it is, or added to pori or avalakki (aval) and will make for a filling snack.    

Ahem!!  Are you guys out there ?  Wondering where I had  disappeared ?  Did you really think I had fallen from the cooking pot into the fire ? 😀or fallen off the edge of the counter ? or stewing in the sink ?  Not at all. I was savouring 😋  my own Inji Puli and could not get a second helping for myself  - it vanished within a few minutes, right under my reluctant eyes. My family wanted it all.  It all started when I left for a short trip to Chennai (btw that's one of the reasons I was absent from my blog ) . I met my sister and she asked me "hey malli, why don't you prepare Inji puli - its a hot favourite with my family and friends."   And when I returned to Bangalore, where I live, that's just what I did!! Inji puli is a mix of ginger, tamarind and garlic , mashed together in oil and serves as a paste to be eaten with rice, as a chutney to be eaten with idlis and dosas and as a spread to be eaten with Indian bread or chapathis. Its a pickle, a paste,

Yesterday, on 25th March Indiram turned a month old.  And today the fourth delivery was successfully completed. Spicy Sambhar podi, Chutney podi, Paruppu podi, Karuvepillai podi and Karamuthu podi, Yummmmmyyyyy!! Tomorrow I will be taking you through the preparation of The Pulikachal -  a hot, spicy, tamarind paste that could be mixed with rice and gingelly oil to make the south indian iyengar 's favorite food - The Puliyodarai. Its often a favorite of the Gods as well and is offered in temples too. 

Hello there, Today was great. It was production day at Indiram. I prepared some amazing podis - sambhar podi, rasam podi, dosai milagai podi and  karuvepillai podi. It took me almost 5 hours.  I picked my ingredients, laid it out , measured quanitites used and then finely ground the podi. Once it was prepared ,I measured it and stored it in an airtight container , ready for packing tomorrow. It was a happy tiring day and I think I will hit the bed now:)  Tomorrow is another day and maybe I will share some recipes with you. :)) 

I told  you a few days ago that I was awaiting my murukku press. It arrived today.  It is an ingenious device out of which you can create amazing vethal, murukku, thenkuzhal  and other snacks. The new design makes your work easy and you don't have to use too much pressure  - the machine does most of it for you.   Once I have my raw materials in, I shall begin work with it so look out for some crispy snacks, light and crunchy that melts in your mouth.  Ideal for a rainy day, to munch during tea time or as an afternoon snack. Basically, whenever you feel the hunger pangs:)  Let me see if I can add a video of  how to use the press and make one of these yummicious snack!