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Yellow pumpkin sour curry Ingredient: Parangikai/ pumpkin – 2 cup Puli karasal/ tamarind paste – 1/4 cup Water – as req Salt – as req Curry leaves – 1 sprig Jageery – 1 tsp Coconut oil – 1 tblsp Kootu paste: 1 Coriander seeds – […]
NO-ONION/GARLIC exclusive-Murungakai-Parangi Sambar: Drumstick-yellow pumpkin sambar, a delicious – authentic down south recipe Ingredient: Tuvaram paruppu/Toor dhal – 1 cup Drumstick/murungakai – 1 cup Parangikai/ pumpkin – 1 cup Cumin seeds/ seeragam – 1 tsp Tomato – 1 (sliced) Small onion – 5 -8 […]
Okra/ vendaikkai/ bindhi masala. Easy and tasty semi-dry recipe, one pot dish. It’s a wired combination of okra and curd. But it works pretty well. Ingredients: Okra – 1 cup (sliced) Turmeric powder – ½ tsp Red chili powder – 1 tsp Cumin powder – […]
Verkadalai/ nilakadalai/ Peanut Chutney. Very spicy and unique chutney. It goes well with hot Idlis. Ingredients: Peanuts – ½ cup Garlic – 5-8 nos Dry red chili – 4 nos Gingelly oil – 3 tblsp Jaggery – 1 inch (optional) Salt – […]
Brinjal-yellow pumpkin sambar, a delicious-authentic down south recipe Ingredient: Tuvaram paruppu/Toor dhal – 1 cup Garden fresh Kathrikai/brinjal – 1 cup Parangikai/ pumpkin – 1 cup Cumin seeds/ seeragam – 1 tsp Tomato – 1 (sliced) Small onion – 5 -8 nos Asafetida – ¼ […]
Ingredients: Cauliflower – 1 cup Carrot – ½ cup Peas – ½ cup Onion – 1 (medium) Tomato – 1 (medium) Ginger-garlic paste (GG) – 1.5 tsp Grated coconut – ½ cup Cashews – 5 nos Fennel seeds – 1 tblsp Plain red chili powder […]
Ingredients: Ladies finger/ vendaikkai – 1 cup Curd – 1 cup Coriander seeds – 1 tblsp Grated coconut – 1.5 tblsp Toor dhal – 1 tblsp ginger – ½ – 1 inch Green chili – 2 no(medium) Curry leaves – 1 sprig Turmeric powder – […]
GARDEN FRESH AVARAI/ BROAD BEANS & RADDISH Ingredients: Avaraikai – 1 cup Raddish – ½ cup Small onion – 10 nos Tomato – 1 no Puli karasal – ½ cup Kuzhambu podi – ¼ cup (or) Plain chilli powder – 2 tsp Coriander powder – […]
How to make idiyappam/kozhukattai/dumpling parboiled rice -1 cup Procedure Wash the rice and dry it over a cotton cloth under room temperature Grind well using a small mixie jar Dry roast the rice flour until you get a nice aroma Sieve the flour Keep it […]
Ingredient: Raw rice/pachaarisi – 1cup Par-Boiled rice/puzhugal arisi – 1cup Urad dhal/ulundhu – 1tblsp Active dry yeast – ½ tsp Grated coconut – 3tblsp Granulated sugar – 2tsp Coconut oil – 2tblsp(optional) Procedure: Step 1: In a wide bowl soak raw rice, par-boiled rice, urad […]
