Category: Vegetarian Curries, Gravies
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Asparagus Pepper Curry
Asparagus sauteed in spicy pepper blend. Asparagus Curry / Asparagus Fry / Vepudu / Thoran / Varuval
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Pan Fried Karela
Shallow fried Indian Bitter Gourd prepared with an unsual tomato pulp marinade. Bitter Gourd – Karela
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Kale Poriyal – Kale Stir Fry Indian Style
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). Poriyal ~~~ Dry saute / Dry fry / Vepudu / ThoranKale Greens Thoran / Kale Saute / Kale Vepudu / Kale Curry / Porial /…
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Dill Mushroom Masala
Dill with sateed mushroom in peppery masala. Fresh Dill is very fragrant and sweeter with little bit of fennel and ajwain flavour. Suits well for soups, pickles and some curries. Here is my attempt to combine it with Mushroom and pepper. Mushroom Masala / Dill Masala / Mushroom Pepper Masala with Dill / Dill Curry / Dill Saute /…
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Asparagus Paruppu Usili
Paruppu Usili is a South Indian dry lentil curry preparation. Paruppu ~ lentil, Usili ~ Crumbled is teamed with Asparagus to form a scrumptious poriyal. Asparagus ??? quite a scary veggie for first timers to inculcate in Indian cooking. But trust me… it tastes pretty decent compared to Broccoli. In my opinion, fresh raw asparagus tastes like raw…
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Green Brinjal Curry
Green brinjals sauteed in Idli milagai podi with rich seasonings. This quick veggie fry is very popular among Mudaliar community in some parts of Tamil Nadu. Happened to taste in one of my friends place and since then was craving for this dish. Traditionally its made with purple brinjals but tried mine with Thai eggplants…
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Dal Makhani
This dish is with black gram beans and tomatoes blended into a thic richy spiced butter sauce. Ideally served as main dish with jeera rice, naan / chapatis..
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Long Beans Poriyal – Karamani Poriyal – Payathangai Poriyal – Yard Long Beans Stir fry –
Long beans, are like any other beans except, its pod grow longer, about half a yard long and hence its also known as Yard long beans. They belong to the legume family (Cowpea / Blackeyedpea) and taste similar regular green beans but with less sweetness. Good when stir fried or steamed. Here's a simple stir fry…
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Masoor Paruppu Sambar
Masoor dal, is a kind of red lentil mostly used in Northern India. They come as Saboot (whole ) or in split form and are quite bland tastwise. They suit for dhal preparations, sambar or khathi lentil or mudda varieties but something extra needs to be added to make it palatable. Normally we would prefer…
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Fuzzy Melon Sambar
Fuzzy Melon is a winter squah, rather call it this way, as it has got all the qualities of a winter squash than a melon. Grown in abundance in South East Asia and quite popular in other countries too. Though the name looks unfamiliar, its quite native to our region and in simple nothing but immature Neer Poosanikai.English ~~~~…