Category: Vegetarian Curries, Gravies
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Poricha Rasam – Sathamudhu
Poricha / Poritha rasam is one interesting variation to regular rasam where tamarind is totally avoided and prepared with crushed tomatoes, dal water and all jazzed up with unsual combination of spice powder. This recipe is little time consuming unless you have everything prepared ahead. Definitely you need dal water which has to be pressured…
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Pan Roasted Garlic Potatoes
Simple pan roasted garlicky flavoured potato. Aloo fry / Potato Fry / Roast Potatoes / Urulai Kizhangu Varuval
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BELL PEPPER ZUNKA RECIPE ~Capsicum Zunka ~ Bell Pepper Stir Fry with Besan
Zunka anyone ?? What on earth could this be? (Obviously for anyone with no Hindi or Marathi background) Exactly! that was my first thought when I heard this name from a colleague who brought this beautiful dish for a potluck. It was so colourful and I couldn't resist my temptation to explore it. Zunka is…
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BANANA FLOWER USILI RECIPE – Vazhaipoo Usili recipe – Vazhaipoo Puttu
Banana Blossoms / Banana flower is not that common here in USA except for some coastal and tropical regions. To my surprise found one fresh in my local market this week. Atlast!
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Kohlrabi Kuzhambu
Kohlrabi / German Tulip is a mild tender veggie suits almost any curry or saute preparations. This veggie is very popular in Kashmir, also known by the name Knol Khol in Southern regions. Tamil ~ Nool Kol / Noolkul / Nukul / Nookul Hindi ~ Ganth GobhiTelugu ~ NoolkolKannada ~ Navil KoosMalayalam ~ Seemamullangi
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Tomato Kurma
With a few basic ingredients in my pantry and some leftover idli / dosa batter in my refrigerator….and with humongous craving for flavourful simple dinner then immediately steaming piping hot idlis with tomato kurma is all I can think of ! My recipe goes with extra cinnamon flavour… BTW, it goes very well with tomato combination. Tomato Kuzhambu /…
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Lemon Dal
Simple and quick lemon flavoured dal, a common lentil gravy served with rice loaded with melted ghee.Lemon Pappu / Dhal / Dal / Elumichai paruppu / Pulippu Paruppu / Nimmakayi pappu / Nimakayi / Lemony Lentil soup /
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Urulaikizhangu Pattani Varuval
Any festive or special occasion will have this item under the menu. Tamil to English (UrulaiKizhangu ~ Potato, Pattani ~ Green Peas, Varuval ~ Dry fry) This recipe of mine is similar to the one served during marriage or wedding ceremony as a side for Sambar sadam(rice), boiled potatoes and green peas coated with spicy…
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Spinach Thuvatal
Thuvatal in Tamil refers to simple saute or stir-fry / Talimpu / Thalipu / Tempering / Vathakal. Here is our family style Spinach Thuvatal which can be made in few minutes or even less when using boxed frozen spinach.Keerai Thuvatal / Keerai Poriyal / Spinach Poriyal / Porial / Spinach Stir-fry / Sauteed Spinach / Frozen…
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MICROWAVE OKRA CHIPS RECIPE – Kurkuri Bhindi Recipe
Simple , quick, easy, crispy and definitely tasty !! Oh boy ! it disappears in minutes…, use it as an accompaniment for rice or as a starter or just as a simple snacking item.Microwave Bhindi / Microwave Vendakkai / Okra / Microwave cooking / Bachelors recipes