Southern Kitchen

Ivy gourd/ kovakkai Poriyal

Ivy gourd/ kovakkai Poriyal

Ingredients: kovakkai –1 cup (finely chopped) Onion – 1 no medium (finely chopped) Grated coconut – ¼ cup Cumin seeds – 1 tsp Curry leaves – few Green chili – 1 no Salt – to taste Tempering: Mustard seeds – ½ tsp Cumin seeds – […]

Parangikai Kuzhambu

Parangikai Kuzhambu

Parangikai/ Manjal Poosani/ Pumpkin Kuzhambu: Ingredients: Diced Parangikai – 1 cup Garlic/poondu – 5 pods shallots/ small onion – 5 nos curry leaves – few kuzhambu/ sambar powder – 2 tblsp puli karasal/ tamarind puree – ¼ cup salt – to taste jaggery – 1 […]

Paruppu Rasam

Paruppu Rasam

Ingredients: Homemade Rasam powder – 1.5 tsp Cooked toor dhal – 3 tblsp Puli karasal/ tamarind puree – 2 tbslp Tomato – 1 (medium) Chopped Coriander leaves – 1 tbslp Curry leaves – 1 sprig Garlic – 5 pods Jaggery – 1 tsp Salt – […]

Oma Rasam

Oma Rasam

Oma/ ajwain/ carom seeds Rasam: Ingredients: Homemade Rasam powder – 1.5 tsp Omam/ ajwain /carom seeds – 1 tsp Puli karasal/ tamarind puree – 2 tbslp Tomato – 1 (medium) Chopped Coriander leaves – 1 tbslp Curry leaves – 1 sprig Garlic – 5 pods […]

Fall Fruit Kuzhambu

Fall Fruit Kuzhambu

Ingredients: Diced apple – 1 ( medium) Diced Pear – 1 (medium) Garlic – 10-15 pods Tomato – 1 (medium) Kuzhambu podi – 1.5 tblsp (or) Plain red chili powder – ½ tblsp Coriander powder – 1 tblsp Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp Puli karasal/ […]

Chana Poondu Kuzhambu

Chana Poondu Kuzhambu

Ingredients: white chana/kondakadalai – 1/2 cup Small onion – 5 nos Garlic – 10-15 pods Tomato – 1 (medium) Kuzhambu podi – 1.5 tblsp (or) Plain red chili powder – ½ tblsp Coriander powder – 1 tblsp Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp Puli karasal/ Tamarind […]

Ivy gourd/ Kovakkai Podi Curry

Ivy gourd/ Kovakkai Podi Curry

Ingredients: Diced kovakkai – 2 cups Chopped onion – 1 (medium) Chopped tomato – 1 (medium) Crushed garlic – 1.5 tblsp Plain red chili powder – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – ½ tsp Coconut podi – 2 tblsp Jeerana podi – 1 tblsp Garam masala […]

Cauliflower Coconut fry

Cauliflower Coconut fry

Ingredients: Cauliflower – 2 cups Grated coconut – ½ cup Green chili- 2 nos Cumin seeds – 1 tsp Curry leaves – 1 sprig Ginger – 1 inch Salt – to taste Tempering: Coconut oil – 1 tblsp Cumin seeds – ½ tsp Procedure: Par […]

Onion Green Chutney

Onion Green Chutney

Ingredients: Yellow onion – 2 nos (big) Green chilies – 3 nos( medium) Ginger – 1 inch Curry leaves – 2 sprig Grated coconut – ½ cup Salt – to taste Gingelly oil – 3 tblsp Procedure: In a pan, heat some gingelly oil, add […]

Bitter gourd Podi Curry

Bitter gourd Podi Curry

Ingredients: Thinly sliced bitter Gourd – 1 cup Chopped onion – ¼ cup Chopped tomato – ¼ cup Ellu podi -1 tblsp Thengai podi – 1 tblsp Jeerna podi – 1 tsp Tamarind puree – 3 tblsp Salt – to taste Turmeric powder – 1 […]