A recipe for passion is always simmering !
Snake Gourd is called Podale in Konkani. Mostly this vegetable is stir-fried like poriyal or used with dal to make kootu varieties. But to my surprise.. one Goan restaurant served them as appetizer in a buffet and that's how I got the idea for this recipe. Well.. those were deep fried with semolina and stuffed with meat. You must have probably had a shot of these if you've already tried any of those Mangalorean style buffets.
Colocaesiaa traditional side dish and goes well with sambar rice,rasam sadam cerd rice.
Simple chunky dal preparation with inclusion of one or more veggie, tempered with coconut gratings is termed as Poricha Kuzhambu , a very common dish made with green gram in many Tamilian homes. This is often served with plain rice topped with ghee but also taste good with roti or chapati. You can use a wide variety of veggies for this dish, my pick here is Green Capsicum.
Bell pepper Kuzhambu / Green Bell pepper Curry / Moong dal Kuzhambu / Capsicum Kuzhambu / Split green gram Kuzhambu
Zucchini is one of the versatile vegetable..we can cook its as kootu, stir fry or another dishes..i want to try it as soup..as am a soup lover, tried with zucchini n was really surprised to get a superb clear soup..Worth to try..its a negative calorie vegetable n while dieting can take them without any limits..they r very good source of vitamin C..
Tasty ,tangy and slightly spicy curry made out of tamarind juice and omlette. Hope u will enjoy this recipe.
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
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
A kind of raitha which goes well with kootu varieties
We, in our family circle have this flair for combining vegetables with non-veggies and get to taste something unusual atleast once a week. In one way, it was good, as we consumed the dish just for the smell and taste without even caring about the veggie. Here's one such interesting combination… Kovakkai cooked with shrimp and loads of freshly ground black pepper. (Kovakkai ~ Ivy gourd, Milagu ~ Black pepper, Eral ~ Prawns/Shrimp)
Ivy Gourd ~ English
Kovakkai ~ Tamil
Kundru ~ Hindi
Dondakaya ~ Telugu
