A special type of kurma / chutney / thick lentil stew that is served as an accompaniment for Idlis dosas around Thanjore District, especially very popular among Kubakonam & Mayavaram!
Kale greens are highly nutritious vegetable relating to the wild cabbage family. Fresh kale leaves when sauteed and seasoned in our Indian style taste similar to that of Murungai keerai (Drumstick leaves). They also blend well with few veggie combination and Potato stands number one among them. This subzi is all about potato pairing with greens and stir-fried.
Kale green (Wild Cabbage greens) Aloo (Potato) Subzi (Dry curry)
kadala curry , also know as chickpea / chana curry is an kerala dish that goes well with puttu.
Everyone has their own version of making this dish ,but here is my version of this popular dish which i learned from one of my kerala friend , while i was in college.
Hi All Here is the recipe of Channa Masala made with chickpeas and spices.Really tastes good with Poori,Chapathi,Parotta, and even with plain rice and pulav. Hope u will enjoy this dish.
Rasam is a staple diet in every South Indian household, a soupy dish made with fresh ground spices and vine ripe tomatoes.
Thakkali Rasam / Tomato Rasam / Rasam / Tomato Garlic Rasam / Chaaru / Saaru / Takkali / Rasam Podi / Powder / Thool
Sambhar which is a personal fav at my MIL's home.
Butternut Squash comes from the gourd family, a common winter squash, pear shaped with pale orange hard thick skin, soft bright orange flesh and taste sweet similar to pumpkin.
English ~ Butternut Pumpkin / Butternut Squash / Sweet Pumpkin
Chow Chow combined with bengal gram to make this thick chunky kootu kari.
English/USA ~ Chayote Squash
Tamil ~ Bangalore Kathirikkai
Telugu ~ Bengaluru Vankaya
Kannada ~ Seemae Badhne Kayi
Malayalam ~ Seema Kathrika
Hindi ~ Chow Chow
Chou Chou / Cho Cho / English Cucumber / Melon / Squash / Chouchou / Kootu / Curry / Dry Curry / Kutu Curry / Kari Vagaigal
Yellow squash belong to the Gourd family or categorized under Summer squash varieties. These fruits are sweet mild in flavour with soft flesh and tender skin and are quite versatile for any preparation. Here is simple dal recipe using this.
Yellow squash / Yellow Crookneck / Courgette / Dal / Pumpkin / Paruppu / Pappu / Mudda / Katti Paruppu / Khatti Dal
Boy Choy is Chinese Cabbage with mild, sweet and extremely adapatable. They come in two varieties, either large bunch with matured leaf or as Baby Bok Choy, short stems with smaller leaf and available all year long in most super markets, farmers market or Chinese Stores. In this recipe of mine, have combined it with Split Moong to make this Keerai Paruppu (Dal).
Bok Choy Paruppu / Bok choy Pappu / Dhal / Bok Choy Lentile Curry / Keerai Kuzhambu / Kulambu / Poricha Kootu / Bok Choy Greens / Baby Bok Choy