Bittergourd Curry,This is a No Onion No Garlic recipe. A must try recipe with bitter gourd as the main ingredient. The bitterness is balanced with tamarind, chillies and jaggery. A must try recipe and what else to say about its taste!! Yummy!!! Though the preparation and procedure seems to be …
Read More »Vazhaikkai Varuval || South Indian style Raw Banana stir fry
A stir fry with Raw Banana. This needs less oil and the ingredients enhance the taste. There are many varieties of banana or plantain. And in Tamilnadu raw banana recipe particularly denotes to Monthan varieity. Bajjis, curries, side dishes are based on this Monthan variety. This variety in raw state …
Read More »Kalan Kurikiyathu || Yoghurt Curry || Mor Kuzhambu
Kalan Kurikiyathu Thanks Sowmya Vijay for a wonderful receipe 🙂 This is a Kerala dish. The dish name roughly translates to “reduction of yogurt/curd”. A simple dish with curd and spice powders to gel within. No onions, no garlic 🙂 Normally we do Mor Kozhambu adding onions, vegetables and coconut …
Read More »Senai Kizhangu Kootu || Yam Curry
Elephant Foot Yam, Senai kizhangu as it is know in Tamil are usually fried and served as an accompaniment to the main course Or Karakulambu is done. My mother shallow fries the yam after boiling and dipping in a masala mix. That tastes yummy. This recipe is belongs to a …
Read More »Simple and Easy Tomato Rice || Thakkali Satham
Tomato Rice has various versions and the preparation method also branches out to open pot or pressure cooker. If you are using open pot method, the water rice ratio differs. I have done using a pressure cooker and the method is given below. Usually, I opt for this version when …
Read More »Kasappu Illatha Pavakkai Varuval || Bitterless Bittergourd Fry
Bitter-Sweet Bitter gourd Fry.. Bitter gourd isn’t everyone’s’ favourite vegetable. Even it was not in my menu until my husband introduced me to this recipe. And now I am addicted to bitter gourds 😀 Simple and fast cooking is my Husband’s slogan 🙂 So he takes the shortest route to …
Read More »Thengapaal Rasam || Coconut Curry || Pondicherry Special Rasam
Thengai Paal Rasam A Pondicherry Cuisine. No Onion No Garlic, Just with two main ingredients this dish is prepared, not taking more than 30 mins to finish off from the starting point smile emoticon . An easy,yummy and new recipe to try 🙂 My favourite curry…I like to mix the …
Read More »Thuthuvalai Thogaiyal || Solanum trilobatum Chutney || Climbing Brinjal Thogaiyal
A home remedy for cold especially to treat chest congestion, it removes the flum. This plant is climber and can be grown in home gardens. My mother cooks this chutney frequently as we all like the taste. This is my maternal grandma’s recipe and has passed down to me.. Care …
Read More »Vendaikai Paruppu Kootu || Okra Curry
When I was in my primary school, my teacher used to advise us to take Ladyfinger in our diet saying it improves memory power. Though the sticky nature of ladyfingers makes me to move away from the vegetable, my mother found a way of including okra in my meal …
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