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    Home Β» Recipes Β» Lunch menus

    Lunch menu 27 | Full meals | South Indian meal preparation

    November 30, 2013 by Raks Anand 27 Comments /

    Full meals, South Indian meal preparation with restaurant style menu. Sambar, rasam, kuzhambu, vada payasam, curry, kootu, poriyal, rice, appalam, pickle and a chapathi.

    Restaurant style meals
    Restaurant style full meals, south Indian

    Today, actually I planned for something else. I thought of mixing breakfast menu in between my lunch menu series and thought to start it this weekend with a breakfast menu.

    But then changed the plan as Vj planned to go office after lunch today. So cooked a full meals and clicked today.

    I will picture some breakfast menu ideas next in week and post. I wanted to make it a restaurant style meals this time, as I have posted already the authentic full meals in thalai vazhai ilai.

    So just added a chapati, thakkali kuzhambu and skipped the paruppu. I thought of keeping karuvepilai podi in this menu that I already have in stock, but forgot.

    This lunch menu, though it looks elaborate, I kept things simple – like masala vadai, lemon rasam, carrot poriyal, and all these things, I made in less quantity as its only for 3 of us.

    I also used large onion in place of small onion for thakkali kuzhambu and used ready made coconut milk for it to reduce work.

    Like this, when doing an elaborate meal, that is, with many number of side dishes, I use some short cuts to keep it simple and myself cool.

    So here is how I prepared for this week’s lunch menu.

    This menu has – triangle chapati, potato sambar, tomato kuzhambu, lemon ginger rasam, cauliflower curry, carrot poriyal, yellow pumpkin kootu, semiya payasam, masala vadai, papad, pickle and curd.

    Soaked chana dal for masal vadai when I entered the kitchen for breakfast works.

    Then after breakfast work is over, when I entered the kitchen for preparing lunch, Kept toor dal and moong dal in separate containers in the pressure cooker.

    Prepared dough for chapati.

    After that, I prepared for the thakkali kuzhambu – boiled water and kept the tomato immersed in it for a minute.

    Mean while, cleaned and cut cauliflower. After taking out the tomatoes, I kept the cauliflower immersed in the hot water with salt.

    Chop other items – carrot, yellow pumpkin, a potato for sambar. Chopped tomatoes for sambar and cauliflower curry.

    Chopped onion for kuzhambu, sambar, poriyal, curry and vadai. Grate coconut for poriyal and kootu.

    I used ready made coconut milk for my thakkali kuzhambu. Cut lemon for rasam.

    Boiled yellow pumpkin for kootu and carrot for poriyal. By now dal cooker would have been done. So put rice inside and cook it.

    Now prepared payasam in a stove. I prepare payasam in the beginning to give it some standing time, so even if it gets thick, you can add milk and make it loose while you re-heat.

    Grind for kootu. First prepare kootu, and temper it and finish that work. Kootu ready.

    Then rasam. This lemon rasam is the simplest of all. Just 2 minutes and rasam is done.

    Temper and fry for sambar and let it boil in a stove. Then temper for kuzhambu and let it boil in another stove.

    After that carrot poriyal also will get done so easily. Lastly cauliflower curry as it needs some time.

    Kuzhambu and sambar also you should be able to finish side by side.

    Lastly grind for vada. Since masala vadai, its easier than urad dal vadai in terms of grinding.

    Prepare vada and fry papad. I soaked ΒΎth cup of dal and got around 9 vadas.

    Get curd and pickle ready and when you are gonna eat, make chapati.

    restaurant style south Indian full meals

    Recipe links

    Check out the links for the recipes

    1. Triangle chapati
    2. Potato sambar recipe(Check this arachuvitta sambar recipe)
    3. Thakkali kuzhambu recipe
    4. Lemon ginger rasam recipe
    5. Yellow pumkin kootu
    6. Cauliflower curry recipe
    7. Carrot poriyal (carrot beans poriyal recipe)
    8. Semiya payasam recipe
    9. Masala vadai recipe

    Check out the other kuzhambu recipes. Meet you all next week with some other interesting menu! Have a great weekend🙂.

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    Reader Interactions

    Comments

    1. AparnaRajeshkumar

      November 30, 2013 at 7:12 am

      kalaketenga raks.. chance ill a. super click and super recipe...

      Reply
    2. hemalathadhanusu

      November 30, 2013 at 7:45 am

      Awesome.Your lunch menu is inviting.will try this menu.

      Reply
    3. Mallika

      November 30, 2013 at 8:49 am

      I saw this on FB and had to come across to say that I have lunch envy now! Looks so amazing, I can almost smell it from London!

      Reply
    4. Kirti Rao

      November 30, 2013 at 9:09 am

      How much time did it take to prepare the full meals???

      Reply
    5. sukanya Ram

      November 30, 2013 at 9:40 am

      Tempting full meals...grt pics:)

      Reply
    6. sukanya Ram

      November 30, 2013 at 9:45 am

      Tempting full meals...grt pics:)

      Reply
    7. Rashida Shaikh

      November 30, 2013 at 10:57 am

      OMG! too good, wish I were your neighbour. πŸ™‚

      Reply
    8. Ruchi Indu

      November 30, 2013 at 11:29 am

      super clicks..... Love your menu...

      Reply
    9. Sandhya Khattri

      November 30, 2013 at 12:05 pm

      Wonderful Lunch menu with clear clicks

      Reply
    10. Shama Nagarajan

      November 30, 2013 at 12:59 pm

      delicious spread...

      Reply
    11. Janani

      November 30, 2013 at 3:43 pm

      wow...so many things you have made for lunch...superb combo and wonderful clicks...

      Reply
    12. Thava

      November 30, 2013 at 5:05 pm

      Lovely Spread

      Reply
    13. Manasa Jain

      November 30, 2013 at 6:13 pm

      Hii Raks, i am following your website from a long time. Must Say !!! Your website is a best place for wonderful south Indian recipes!!!

      Reply
    14. Sangeetha M

      December 01, 2013 at 3:12 am

      Every Saturday morning naan check panra 1st FB update, Raks Kitchen Lunch Menu πŸ™‚ Really you rock with your lunch combo, this full meals platter looks superb!

      Reply
    15. Bingo

      December 01, 2013 at 5:05 am

      Wow... so nice. Your family is so lucky to taste all this πŸ™‚

      Reply
    16. Aruna Manikandan

      December 01, 2013 at 7:29 am

      lovely and delicious spread raji, wish I could be there to taste πŸ™‚

      Reply
    17. Chella KS Nathan

      December 01, 2013 at 6:15 pm

      too gud ya raks πŸ™‚ the hard work and your passion has no limits πŸ™‚ good going πŸ™‚

      Reply
    18. Monu Teena

      December 02, 2013 at 3:54 pm

      i really love the Indian style, different food presented in a tray beautifully ... thanks for sharing πŸ™‚

      Reply
    19. GreenBici

      December 02, 2013 at 8:04 pm

      KalyANa Samayal SAdham, kAigaRiyum pramAdham.
      Nice combination of foods and great presentation.
      Peace πŸ™‚

      Reply
    20. Gayathri Ramanan

      December 02, 2013 at 8:57 pm

      fabulous spread...love it....

      Reply
    21. Rengitha

      December 03, 2013 at 4:01 am

      All the meals series were excellent. Whn u have time, just tell us how to make Obattu. I guess its mainly a Kannada dish. thanks

      Reply
    22. suganthi thangaraju

      December 12, 2013 at 1:59 am

      seeing your pics wants me to attend lunch at a south indian wedding raji.. πŸ™‚

      Reply
    23. SHARMILEE J

      December 13, 2013 at 1:41 pm

      Aww pathale pasikuthe...who can say no to such colorful full meals!!

      Reply
    24. Hema Mahen

      January 10, 2014 at 11:30 am

      Wow...that's an awesome lunch....pass on the platter please πŸ™‚

      Reply
    25. RAJESH KUMAR

      January 18, 2014 at 2:31 pm

      Mouth watering......

      Reply
    26. Anonymous

      July 26, 2016 at 9:55 am

      Tried ur recipe! Its awesome!Thanks a ton !

      Reply
    27. Anonymous

      July 26, 2016 at 9:55 am

      Tried ur recipe! Its awesome!Thanks a ton !

      Reply

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