Simple bitter gourd chutney goes well with chapathi, rotti, rice … Bitter Gourd aka Karela, hagalakayi .. is as the name says it is bitter in taste but has enormous health benefits. Many people like the bitterness of this hagalkaayi but some of us needs some sweetness in the dishes. So we prepare this karela with right amount of sweet and sour ingredients to make it more appetizing to consume this hagalkaayi.
This is gluten free, vegan side dish.
Chana chaat or Garbanzo chaat is another easy chaat recipe. Chana chat can be a wholesome with loads of protein, fiber, and carb along with the vegetables and mouth watering green chutney and sweet chutney. Try this chaat I am sure you will absolutely fall in love with the chana chaat
To prepare the chutneys and sev click on the links below.
GREEN CHUTNEY RECIPE
SWEET DATES CHUTNEY RECIPE
SEV RECIPE
Ribbon Pakoda is easy, and healthy tea time snack. The ribbon in this Ribbon pakoda or ribbon murukku got its name may be because it is in the shape of ribbon which reminds me of our childhood school days, we used to wear colored ribbons to the jaDe (braids) :)
Ribbon pakoda is deep fried snack made with rice flour and besan. Compared to store bought snacks like kurkure or chips or any other fried snacks to kids, making this pakoda is very easy and can be stored for a month. Great for festivals like navaratri deepavaLi and best tea time snack. You can make this ribbon pakoda Vegan and gluten free as well. Use oil instead of butter and use gluten free hing which is available HERE
Try this other popular snacks Chakli , Ragi chakli , kodbale as well.
Cucumber Gojju or Southekayi hasi gojju is very tasty and easy to make side dish for rotii, rotis and rice. This is Hasi means Raw, here we use all raw ingredients except the chillies, we just fry the green chillies for better taste, but you can add raw green chillies as well.
Cucumber is a low calorie, high water content, vitamin B rich vegetable. It is an excellent source of silica which helps for joint health and weight loss.
This is Vegan, and Gluten free dish. For Gluten free option use this gluten free hing
Try these other cucumber recipes as well.
