A recipe for passion is always simmering !
Black Eyed Peas are beans which belong to Legume family, also known as Cow peas, white kidney beans or cow gram. When pressure cooked and seasoned makes a good healthy evening snack.
Vellai Karamani ~ Tamil
Lobhiya ~ Hindi
Bobbarlu Guggullu ~ Telugu
Alasandee ~ Kannada
Vella Payaru ~ Malayalam
Simple Keerai Poriyal using Swiss Chard.
Poriyal ~ Tamil
Thoran ~ Malayalam
Kura ~ Telugu
Palya ~ Kannada
Subzi ~ Hindi
Varai ~ Sri Lankan Tamil
Another great Chinese influenced dish, popular restaurant pick. Baby corn on cob deep fried and sauteed in Chinese sauces and stir fried with veggies.
Pan fried Yam Chips. (Karunai Kizhangu ~ Elephant Foot Yam )
Elephant Foot Yam – English
Karunai Kizhangu / Sennai Kizhangu – Tamil
Chenna – Malayalam
Suran – Hindi / Marathi
Karrapendalam – Telugu
Tomato flavoured thick lentil packed pancakes. Served as a breakfast item or evening snack with spicy peanut chutney, coconut chuney or avial.
Thick tangy shrimp gravy with combination of drumsticks and flavoured with ground coconut paste. Good with plain rice and choice of curry. (Era Kuzhambu / Eral Kulambu / Era Kulambu / Shrimp Pulusu / Shrimp Kuzhambu / Prawn Kuzhambu / Era Kozhambu)
Paneer cooked in rich yogurt based tomato onion gravy. This recipe can be cooked in two ways.. First being the royal way, sauteing everything in ghee, adding cream, garnishing with dry fruits and nuts … fully loaded with fat, "Shahi" literally meaning made to suit the royal table. Second being the humble low fat home style version. Here's my style of spicy Shahi Paneer and let you guys and gals to decide the category.
