Lunch

“The Brussel Sprouts”, A vegetable not much into the South Indian cooking, especially not in Pondicherry local kitchen. A poriyal version done in my style 🙂 I have seen this vegetable in the supermarket, seldom used in my cooking as my husband is a picky eater, so experimenting gets restricted …

Vendaikai/Okra Aviyal A Curry done in aviyal syle without adding yoghurt, still has the taste and flavor of the authentically made Aviyal. Okra cooked in a spicy mixture along with coconut creating a smooth creamy gravy making a perfect pair for Rice and chapatti. Usually okra isn’t everyone’s favourite because …

A relishing accompaniment to a simple main course dish, Be it a Rasam – mulligatawny soup, yogurt rice or lemon rice. This thogaiyal has tamarind, chilies to tinkle the taste buds and ginger to take care of the digestion part and. I have added Curry leaves to whole up for …

Cow Peas/Thatai Payaru, instantly tie-in with Karakulambu . A Sambar version with black eye Beans without any vegetables. Any country vegetables can be used and the veggies gel with the Cow peas. There is a short story behind this recipe. I have to give credit to for the person behind …

An unique and special curry from my Grandma’s kitchen. My grandma usually prepares this Pulikuzhambu with other vegetables but I have added Lotus stem in her signature dish. This Pulikuzhambu neither needs any sauté nor constant monitoring. Though the procedure seems to be lengthy but an easy one, A must …

Usually salads have cucumber as one of the ingredients, but in this recipe cucumber is the base of this dish. Again from my friend’s kitchen. I haven’t done this type of raitha. I add yogurt for the raithas, where onion, cucumber and capsicum make a combination to the variety rice. …

Keerai Thogaiyal – Sounds strange right?? Well an easy and yummy recipe to relish your taste buds. The base ingredient is greens, either you can use spinach or amaranth. I do like to add greens in my daily diet. I prepare as gravy or dry poriyal with rice. This is …

Radish Lentil Curry An Easy and yummy recipe which hardly takes 15 mins to cook inclusive of preparation time. This is my friend’s recipe which she learnt from her Mother-in-law, an expert in making kootu in a jiffy. Normally radish are cooked as sambar or poriyal, but kootu was new …

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 …