Turnip greens are very mild pleasantly bitter tasting greens. They are good when stir fried, sauteid or tossed up in hot soup. Substitute cooked turnip greens in virtually any dish you might use cooked spinach.
Healthy broth made with lentil and beets for hearty meals, a mouth licking tasty treat from Karnataka.
Fish puttu (hash) is a popular dish from Kerala mostly made with Shark and King fish along with scrambled eggs. Its also equally popular in Tamil Nadu too, but made only with sharks. In US, its quite hard to get Shark, so had to adapt with whats available. To my surprise, it turned out great with few varieties like Cod, Tilapia, Tuna and King fish.
Kootu is a semi solid curry made with lentil and vegetables. Poricha kootu is made with combination of Moong dal and vegetable of your choice flavoured with fresh grated coconut.
Ivy Gourd ~ English
Kovakkai ~ Tamil
Kundru ~ Hindi
Dondakaya ~ Telugu
Koval ~ Malayalam
Tondekayi ~ Kannada
Tindora ~ Gujarathi
Chicken cooked in special ground curry leaves masala, a popular chettinad pick.
Nan Khatai is an Indian style short bread cookie made with clarified butter, flour and chopped nuts. They are similar to butter biscuits but with added flavouring agents.
Ridge gourd combined with shrimp to make this delicious curry. A very rare combination, which works out great when cooked well seasoned in the form of a peppery thick gravy. The recipe shared here is from my granny and all credit goes to her.
Ridge Gourd ~ English
Peerkangai ~ Tamil
Beerakaya ~ Telugu
Heeray Kayi ~ Kannada
Turai ~ Hindi
Peechinga ~ Malayalam
Wetakolu ~ Sinhala
Konkan is referred to the coastal areas of Maharashtra and its well known for its unique seafood dishes. Here's a version of fish fry.
Easy and quick dessert, which can be fixed in minutes to satisfy a large crowd. This item would be an easy pick for parties and other special occasions.
Pori Urundai is puffed rice balls usually made during karthigai deepam festival. This also reminds me of my school days where with few paisa we get a big bag of these which I use to enjoy with my friends munching all the way back home. In our home we make with arisi pori but my grandmother makes these using nel…