Maavadu recipe originally posted on 28-04-2014 updated with full video on 15-04-2026

Maavadu recipe | vadu mango pickle- Tender Mango pickle Vadu mangai or maavadu – Recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. I remember accompanying my mom to the central market in my town to buy the tender mangoes. We make pickles from this vadu mangai. My mom always buys this vadu manga in bulk (10 padi), makes pickles in big jars, and shares them with my athais, who are all big fans of vadu manga pickles. Though I am not a big fan of maavadu, I enjoy watching the process of making maavadu. I love the maavadu water very much, a perfect combo for Curd rice. Make this easy maavadu pickle this summer and enjoy it with curd rice.

Also, check out Tomato pickle recipe and garlic mango pickle recipe

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Maavadu recipe

Tender mango pickle recipe

Course Condiment

Cuisine South Indian

Keyword pickle recipes

Prep Time 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time 0 minutes minutes

Total Time 20 minutes minutes

Servings 2 cups

Author Jeyashri suresh

Ingredients

• 1 cup Raw tender mango | Maavadu
• ½ tsp Castor oil
• ¾ tsp Rock Salt
• ¼ tsp Mustard seeds
• 10 Red Chilli
• ¼ tsp Asafoetida
• ¼ tsp Red chilli powder

Instructions

• Select small tender mangoes from the market and wash them in water nicely. Wash it a few times to get rid of the dirt in the mangoes and pat dry them well.
• Ensure that no water is there, else fungus will form after the pickle is made. My mom puts the wiped mangoes under the sunlight for half an hour. inside the home near the window. I also did the same.
• Take the mangoes and put them in a clean dry bowl add castor oil to this rub the mangoes with oil, and ensure all the mangoes are coated well with oil.
• The addition of castor oil is to reduce the heat caused by mangoes.
• Grind the red chilli, mustard, rock salt, red chilli powder and asafoetida into a fine paste. You can add a little water while grinding.
• Add this to the mangoes and mix well with a clean dry spoon.
• Keep this covered and put it in a dry place for a week.
• Everyday morning mix the mangoes well. Do not worry if the water is less. It will ooze out water in a week's time.
• And the mangoes will start shrinking too.
• After 10 days transfer it to a clean dry bottle and put it in the refrigerator.

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Notes

Notes:
• If handled well, maavadu will stay good even for a year.
• Generally, we don't store this in the refrigerator. Even outside in a porcelain jar, this will stay good.

• Take the mangoes and put them in a clean dry bowl. Add castor oil to this. Rub the mangoes with oil, ensuring they are well coated.
• The addition of castor oil is to reduce the heat caused by mangoes.

• Grind the red chili, mustard, rock salt, red chili powder, and asafoetida into a fine paste. You can add a little water while grinding.

• Add this to the mangoes and mix well with a clean dry spoon.

• Keep this covered and put it in a dry place for a week.
• Everyday morning mix the mangoes well. Do not worry if the water is less. It will ooze out water in a week’s time.
• And the mangoes will start shrinking too.

• After 10 days, transfer it to a clean, dry bottle and put it in the refrigerator.
• If handled well, maavadu will stay good even for a year.
• Generally, we don’t store this in the refrigerator. Even outside in a porcelain jar, this will stay good.

Note:

• Always add clean water for grinding the ingredients. Do not use normal tap water. Use drinking water.
• Keep the pickle in a clean, dry container. Even with little water, the pickle will spoil.
• Use a dry spoon to take out the maavadu, every time.

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Sweet potato payasam, also known as Sakkaravalli kizhangu paysam, is a sweet kheer made with sweet potato, moong dal, and jaggery as its main ingredients. I was planning to post my mom’s version of sweet potato curry with jaggery. Though i am not a big fan of this, but mom makes it very nice, and my sister, my mom, and my grandma will feast on this during the festival time. It will taste more like a halwa. I will post this sometime. I just casually tried, as a few sweet potatoes have been lying in my kitchen for a week. Since many of us will have this veggie left over after Pongal festival, I thought we could use it for making payasam for kannu pongal. Check out my

• Arisi thengai payasam
• Rava payasam

Sweet potato payasam recipe

 

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Sweet Potato payasam

Traditional jaggery based payasam made with sweet potato

Course Sweet, Traditional sweet

Cuisine Global, Indian, South Indian

Prep Time 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes minutes

Total Time 45 minutes minutes

Servings 4

Author Jeyashri suresh

Ingredients

• 2 Sweet Potato
• ¼ cup Moong dal
• ¾ cup Jaggery
• Cashew nuts few
• 2 tsp Ghee
• ½ tsp Cardamom powder
• ½ cup Milk optional

Instructions

• Peel the skin of the sweet potato, wash it, and chop it into big chunks.
• In a pressure cooker add 1 tsp of ghee and add the moong dal and roast it for 2 minutes in a low flame. Now add the sweet potato and saute it for a minute.
• Add 2 cups of water to this and pressure cook this for 3-4 whistles.
• In a pan add the jaggery and add 1/2 cup of water and boil it till the jaggery melts. Filter the impurities and allow this to boil for 3-4 minutes.
• Meanwhile, mash the cooked sweet potato and moong dal mixture.
• Add 1 cup water as it will be thick. Add the jaggery water to this.
• Fry the cashew nuts in ghee and add this to the payasam. Add cardamom powder. Mix well.
• Once it is completely cool add milk. Ensure the milk is not hot. Let it be cool.
• I didn't add milk to the payasam. Adding milk gives a nice creamy texture to the payasam.

Notes

1. I added 1/2 cup of jaggery but I found the payasam is less sweet so I have increased the quantity in the ingredients list.

2. The payasam tends to thicken more so add milk if you are consuming it later.

3. Ensure the milk is cool, and the kheer is also cool. This is to avoid the payasam getting curdled.

4. You can add 1/2 cup of first coconut milk instead of milk to this sweet potato payasam.

 

Method:

• Peel the skin of the sweet potato, wash it, and chop it into big chunks.

• In a pressure cooker add 1 tsp of ghee and add the moong dal and roast it for 2 minutes in a low flame. Now add the sweet potato and saute it for a minute.

• Add 2 cups of water to this and pressure cook this for 3-4 whistles.

• In a pan add the jaggery and add 1/2 cup of water and boil it till the jaggery melts. Filter the impurities and allow this to boil for 3-4 minutes.

• Meanwhile, mash the cooked sweet potato and moong dal mixture.
• Add 1 cup water as it will be thick. Add the jaggery water to this.

• Fry the cashew nuts in ghee and add this to the payasam. Add cardamom powder. Mix well.
• Once it is completely cool add milk. Ensure the milk is not hot. Let it be cool.

• I didn’t add milk to the payasam. Adding milk gives a nice creamy texture to the payasam.

Notes:

1. I added 1/2 cup of jaggery, but I found the payasam to be less sweet, so I have increased the quantity in the ingredients list.
2. The payasam tends to thicken more so add milk if you are consuming it later.
3. Ensure the milk is cool, and the kheer is also cool. This is to avoid the payasam getting curdled.
4. You can add 1/2 cup of first coconut milk instead of milk.

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Arisi paruppu payasam | Traditional rice and dal-based payasam recipe, with jaggery and coconut milk. Arisi paruppu payasam recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures.

We usually make jaggery-based payasam for festivals or for Neivedyams. As we celebrate Tamil new year | Tamil Varusha pirappu tomorrow, I thought I will share this payasam recipe.

Arisi paruppu payasam is made using raw rice, moong dal and chana dal. We add dal in a very small quantity, just to give a creamy texture. We are adding jaggery to this payasam for sweetness. Alternatively, you can add brown sugar or nattu sakkarai too. Finally, I used coconut milk for this payasam but if you don’t have you can use milk.

This payasam tastes similar to sakkarai pongal but the addition of coconut milk gives a very nice taste and flavor to this. I used store-bought coconut milk in this recipe. But you can use homemade coconut milk for a more enhanced taste.

We make this payasam using raw rice | sona masoori rice. If you don’t get this in your place, you can use basmati rice or suruti kolam rice. If using basmati rice, just pulse this once ofter it is dry roasted.

Also check out, Arisi thengai payasam, paruppu payasam, parippu pradaman, kadala paruppu payasam. Also, check out our complete collection of Tamil New year recipes.

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Arisi paruppu payasam

Traditional Jaggery payasam made using rice, moong dal and chana dal

Course Festival recipes,, Sweet, Traditional sweet

Cuisine Indian, South Indian

Keyword Festival recipes, Navratri recipes, South Indian festival, sweets, tamil new year recipes

Prep Time 10 minutes minutes

Cook Time 40 minutes minutes

Total Time 50 minutes minutes

Servings 3

Author Jeyashri suresh

Ingredients

• ¼ cup raw rice
• 1 tbsp moong dal
• 1 tbsp chana dal
• ¾ cup jaggery
• ½ tsp cardamom powder
• 2 tsp ghee
• Few cashewnuts
• 2 cups of water
• 1/2 cup thick coconut milk

Instructions

• In a pan dry roast raw rice till it turns slight reddish color.
• Take it out and dry roast the moong dal and chana dal till it emits a nice aroma.
• Transfer the rice and dal to a vessel and add 2 cups of water.
• Pressure cook this for 4-5 whistles.
• Once the pressure is released, take out and mash it well.
•  In a pan add 2 tsp ghee and add the cashewnuts.
•   Roast this till golden brown.
• In a pan add the jaggery and ½ cup water.
• Melt the jaggery and once it is melted, filter this and add it to the mashed rice dal mixture.
• Add little water to adjust the consistency. The payasam tends to thicken after it is cool down.
• Mix well and let this cook for 5 minutes.
• Add cardamom powder.
• Switch off the pan and add ½ cup if thick coconut milk.
• Mix well.
• Add the roasted cashew nuts
• Arisi paruppu payasam is ready.

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Notes

1. The payasam tends to thicken after it is cooled, so check the consistency accordingly.
   2. You can add milk instead of coconut milk, if adding milk add once the payasam is cool.
   3. Arisi paruppu payasam tastes similar to sakkarai Pongal.

• In a pan dry roast raw rice till it turns slight reddish color.

• Take it out and dry roast the moong dal and chana dal till it emits a nice aroma.

• Transfer the rice and dal to a vessel and add 2 cups of water.

• Pressure cook this for 4-5 whistles.
• Once the pressure is released, take out and mash it well.

• In a pan add the jaggery and ½ cup water.
• Melt the jaggery.

• In a pan add the jaggery and ½ cup water.

• Once this is melted, filter this and add it to the mashed rice dal mixture.

• Add little water to adjust the consistency. The payasam tends to thicken after it is cool down.

• Mix well and let this cook for 5 minutes.
• Add cardamom powder.

• Switch off the pan and add ½  cup if thick coconut milk.

• Mix well.
• Add the roasted cashew nuts.

• Arisi paruppu payasam is ready.

1. The payasam tends to thicken after it is cooled, so check the consistency accordingly.
2. You can add milk instead of coconut milk, if adding milk add once the payasam is cool.
3. Arisi paruppu payasam tastes similar to sakkarai Pongal.

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Paruppu  thogayal recipe | Paruppu thuvaiyal is a traditional recipe made using toor dal and black pepper as main ingredients, a recipe given with step-by-step pictures. Paruppu thogayal is one of my favorites and I love to have this with hot plain rice or for Vathakuzhambu sadam. Generally, in many Tamil brahmin houses it is made for Pathiyam, post partam food. We can add garlic pods to this to make it garlic-flavored paruppu thogayal. Amma always makes it with Milagu kuzhambu. 
If you are a big fan of thogayals do check out

• Andhra style tindora thogayal
• Pottukadalai thuvaiyal

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Paruppu thogayal recipe

Lentils chutney recipe , a traditional South Indian post-partum food

Course Condiment

Cuisine Indian, South Indian

Keyword chutney recipes, Thogayal recipes

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 20 minutes

Soaking time 30 minutes

Total Time 1 hour

Servings 3

Author Jeyashri suresh

Ingredients

• ½ cup Toor dal
• 3 tsp oil
• ½ tsp black pepper
• 2 red chili
• 2 tbsp coconut
• Salt as needed
• 3 pinches asafoetida
• 1 cup water for soaking

Instructions

• In a pan add 3 tsp oil. Add the ½ tsp pepper, 2 red chili and ½ cup of Toor dal.
• Saute till the dal turns golden brown. If adding garlic add along with the dal and roast it well.
• Transfer this to a bowl and add 1 cup of water.
• Let this soak in water for 30 minutes.
• The water will be almost absorbed after 30 minutes, if any extra drain it and keep aside.
• Transfer this to a mixie jar and add 2 tbsp of coconut and salt.
• Grind this into a slightly coarse paste. If needed add the drained water.
• Transfer this to a bowl and enjoy with hot rice.
• You can have this as a side dish for Milagu kuzhambu sadam.

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Notes

1. Paruppu Thogayal pairs well with dosai too.

2. Adding garlic lends a nice flavour, if you are a garlic lover like me, feel free to add 3-4 cloves of garlic.

3. Paruppu Thogayal stays good in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.

• In a pan add 3 tsp oil.  Add the ½ tsp pepper, 2 red chili and ½ cup of Toor dal.

• Saute till the dal turns golden brown. If adding garlic add along with the dal  and roast it well.

• Transfer this to a bowl and add 1 cup of water.
• Let this soak in water for 30 minutes.

• The water will be almost absorbed after 30 minutes, if any extra drain it and keep aside.
• Transfer this to a mixie jar and add 2 tbsp of coconut and salt.

• Grind this into a slightly coarse paste. If needed add the drained water.

• Transfer this to a bowl and enjoy with hot rice.
• You can have this as a side dish for Milagu kuzhambu sadam.

1. Paruppu Thogayal pairs well with dosai too.
2. Adding garlic lends a nice flavour, if you are a garlic lover like me, feel free to add 3-4 cloves of garlic.
3. Paruppu Thogayal stays good in the refrigerator for 2-3 days.

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Rava appam recipe – Sooji appam recipe for Karthigai deepam – Rava appam recipe with jaggery and rice flour, full recipe with video and ste-by step instructions.

We usually make Appam for Krishna Jayanthi, Ganesh Chathurti, Karthigai deepam, and aavani avittam. Apart from making this one festival, we can make this for kid’s snack box too. Usually appam is made using wheat flour or the traditional way using rice. This one is using rava as the main ingredient.

This appam turned out super soft and the outer portion was evenly browned. I didn’t add a banana to this one. Usually, we add banana while making Instant It gives softness to the appams. The same rava appams can be deep fried in the oil, but we need to make the batter thick in case we are doing it that way.

Check out other interesting appam recipes from Jeyashris kitchen, wheat flour appam millet flour instant nei appam, Traditional karthigai nei appam, Thinai unniappam.

Rava appam recipe

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Rava appam recipe

Pan fried Sooji appam with jaggery

Servings 11 appams

Author Jeyashri suresh

Ingredients

• ½ cup rava |sooji
• ½ cup jaggery
• ¼ cup rice flour or maida
• ½ tsp cardamom powder or 4 cardamom
• 1 small banana optional
• A tiny pinch baking soda
• 1 tsp ghee + ghee to cook the appams
• 3 tbsp coconut
• ½ cup water

Instructions

• Soak the rava in ½ cup of water, just ensure it is fully wet.
• Cover it and keep it aside for 1 hour.
• In a mixie jar add the soaked rava, ¼ cup rice flour, jaggery powder, banana(if adding), cardamom.
• Add little water if needed and grind this into a fine paste.
• Transfer this to a bowl.
• Add 3 tbsp grated coconut, baking soda and 1 tsp of ghee.
• Mix well.
• Appam batter is ready.
• Ensure the batter is not too thick or not too runny. If it is thick add little water or milk, if it is runny add 1-2 tbsp of rice flour
• You can go ahead and make the appams, not need for any fermentation.
• Heat a appam pan and add little ghee in all the holes.
• Pour the batter in the holes and cook in a medium flame.
• Cover this cook.
• When you see it gets cooked on one side, gently flip this using a spoon.
• Cook for a minute, if needed add little ghee.
• Take out from the pan.
• Repeat the same for the rest of the batter.
• These rava appams stay soft for 5-6 hours.

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Notes

1. I didn’t add bananas but still the appams stayed soft for more than 6 hours.

2. The jaggery was just perfect, if you want you can add 1-2 tbsp extra jaggery.

• Soak the rava in ½ cup of water, just ensure it is fully wet.
• Cover it and keep it aside for 1 hour.

• In a mixie jar add the soaked rava, ¼ cup rice flour, jaggery powder, banana(if adding), cardamom.
• Add little water if needed and grind this into a fine paste.
• Transfer this to a bowl.

• Add 3 tbsp grated coconut, baking soda, and 1 tsp of ghee.
• Mix well.
• Appam batter is ready.

• Ensure the batter is not too thick or not too runny. If it is thick add little water or milk, if it is runny add 1-2 tbsp of rice flour
• You can go ahead and make the appams, no need for any fermentation.
• Heat an appam pan and add little ghee in all the holes.
• Pour the batter into the holes and cook on a medium flame.

• Cover this cook.
• When you see it gets cooked on one side, gently flip this using a spoon.

• Cook for a minute, if needed add little ghee.
• Take it out from the pan.

• Repeat the same for the rest of the batter.
• These rava appams stay soft for 5-6 hours.

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