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Ven Pongal is one of the breakfast item from South India, mainly popular in Tamil Nadu, prepared during Pongal Festival and also served as a special dish on auspicious occasions like wedding ceremonies. Fresh curry leaves and Ghee is a must for this dish.
If you are looking for a new leafy green to shake up your spinach routine, try Amaranth ( Mulai Keerai / முளைக்கீரை ) greens. It is a terrific source of vitamin A, folate, iron, and calcium, and it tastes pleasantly earthy, available all year long in most Asian markets and Indian grocery stores. There are three common types of Amaranth leaves, one…
Vazhakkai Podimas or Plantain pirattal is a simple south Indian style stir-fry prepared with raw bananas. This dish is slightly different from the usual vazhakkai curry or varuval, its more like banana hash, we at home call this dish vazhakkai puttu/podimas which goes well with sambar, rasam and yogurt rice. Vazhakkai Puttu / Vazhaikai Podimas / Vazhakkai Poriyal / Vazhakkai…
Easy & tasty South Indian style bottle gourd curry!
Quinoa pronounced as Keen-wa /Kin-wa is grain like seed which is packed with nutrition. I’ve been trying to incorporate this in our Indian cooking and found Idlis are the best way to introduce this new grain. Its quite mild when made this way and doesn’t interfere much with the taste. You can gradually adjust the proportion to 1:1 once you…
Microwave Paal Kova is one simple preparation which can be made with few ingredients in under 10 minutes. It can’t get any easier than this, you got to try!!! Always keep a few cans of sweetened condensed milk cans at home which can come in handy when you have unexpected guests, prepare this sweet quickly either using a microwave or…
Simple homestyle Chicken gravy prepared with light coconut base, a perfect side for parotta, idli dosa or chapati!
Thakkali Poondu Thooku is a easy south indian side dish for idli dosai made with ripe tomatoes and garlic. A few weeks ago, I hauled home five pounds of juicy red tomatoes for five bucks. They were tomatoes on the vine and were dead cheap for that price, also really juicy and vibrant that I couldn’t resist buying. Had to…
Eral, colloquially pronounced as “era / இறா” is one of the most popular pick among seafood varieties. Eral, as in Tamil refers to prawn / shrimp and varuval refers to a dry stir fry / dry curry. Eral Varuval / Prawn Fry, is a south Indian style prawn fry which is extremely simple, straight forward pantry ingredients and takes just…
Here’s something hearty and healthy for these cold wintry days. Usually or mostly Black eyed peas makes us think of a sundal recipe or quick salad recipe. But they pair well with gravies too. They are real friendly with most common veggies like brinjal, bottlegourd and drumstick. Moreover you don’t have to break your head about pre-soaking overnight, these are softer dried peas and require just about 10 minutes of soaking time. Here’s a light version of kara kuzhambu recipe made with black eyed peas and drumstick which when accompanied by plain rice and appalam will complete a full course meal.
Kuzhambu / Kulambu / Kaaramani / Thatta Payir Kuzhambu / Kongu Samayal / Puli Kuzhambu
