Veggie

Zucchini Curry – Zucchini Tomato Curry – Zucchini dry

ZUCCHINI CURRYZucchini is very easy to cook and so soft. I usually add zucchini only in the pasta. And it was so boring and i thought why not add them in Indian spices. Then tried it, it was really tasting very good and went well with Roti. I even thought of adding them in sambhar.ContinueContinue reading “Zucchini Curry – Zucchini Tomato Curry – Zucchini dry”

Beetroot Poriyal / Beetroot Shallow fry

BEETROOT PORIYALPoriyal means cooking or shallow frying the shredded or diced vegetables. I made today Beetroot Poriyal. Beetroot gives that rich color to the recipe. It has lots of health benefits. You can make juice out of it and have it for your breakfast. I use to add little flavor to it by adding appleContinueContinue reading “Beetroot Poriyal / Beetroot Shallow fry”

Podalankai( Snakegaurd) Kootu

PUDALANKAI (SNAKEGAURD) KOOTUSnakegaurd is a type of vegetable which is greenish whitish in color and tastes really very good. Kootu is kind of a preparation which is made with lentils and cooked in semisolid way. So the vegetable and Lentils cooked together and made semisolid by adding coconut paste, and that is kootu. I preferContinueContinue reading “Podalankai( Snakegaurd) Kootu”

Spinach/ Keerai Poriyal

SPINACH / KEERAI PORIYALSpinach can be handled in so many different ways, you can make it as a salad, as a sauce add them in curry, in sambhar or as a chopped and cooked poriyal. I have also made spinach chapathi by cooking the spinach and grinding it and adding with the Wheat flour. IContinueContinue reading “Spinach/ Keerai Poriyal”

Chow chow / Chayote poriyal

CHAYOTE / CHOW CHOW PORIYALThis vegetable is kind of hard to cut and peel the vegetable, but once cooked it is so soft and mushy. You can make like a semi sold Kootu or also as Poriyal.For poriyal you can just cook the vegetable and add salt. In this recipe i didn’t add any lentilsContinueContinue reading “Chow chow / Chayote poriyal”

Veggie Patties

VEGGIE PATTIESI was carrying my second baby and i really don’t know what to pack for my husband, it was hard for me to prepare in the morning and then send him to work. Because i had a three year old daughter to take care and didnt have any help. So i wanted an easyContinueContinue reading “Veggie Patties”

Plantain / Vallaikai Puttu

PLANTAIN / VALAKKAI PUTTUIt i very special and made in good occasions. What they do is when it is amavasai or Pournami (that is fill moon day or no moon day) they used to cook with out onion in the food. They make Pulikuzhambhu and Plantain puttu default in my house. So this dish iContinueContinue reading “Plantain / Vallaikai Puttu”

Carrot Fry

CARROT FRYCarrot Fry is a very easy and simple dish.Cuisine : South IndianPreparation time : 10 minsCooking time : 10 minsCourse : Side dishMain Ingredients : CarrotsIngredients :Carrots – sliced 2 cupsChilli powder – 1 tbspTurmeric powder – 1 tbspSeasoning – 1 tbspSalt to tastePreparation :In a kadai add oil and the seasoning.Add sliced carrotsContinueContinue reading “Carrot Fry”

Radish / Mullanghi Podimas

WHITE RADISH / MULLANGHI PODIMASMullanghi is such a boring item using in Sambhar. So change the idea and use as a side dish for rice or chapathi. It is so healthy and tasty too. I never knew that we can make Radish as a side dish,because in my house they used to cook them onlyContinueContinue reading “Radish / Mullanghi Podimas”

Beans Kootu

BEANS KOOTUI always make Beans poriyal, I was like why can’t we try beans kootu for a change and searched for recipe and found this very simple and yummy recipe. In my place they don’t do beans kootu, only poriyal they make. What is the difference is that, poriyal is kind of dry and kootuContinueContinue reading “Beans Kootu”