Lima Beans or Butter Beans is a good source of cholesterol lowering fiber. This factor prevents blood sugar levels from rising too rapidly after a meal, making these beans an especially good choice for individuals with diabetes, insulin resistance or hypoglycemia.  Taking them on a regular basis is good for your health. These beans are sweet and very starchy.. suits well for any gravy or saute type of dishes. Recipe shown here is my attempt to introduce this flavourful beans to my family in the form of Poriyal / saute with coconut lentil combination. I've used frozen baby lima beans which comes in very handy on a busy cooking day, its available in most grocery stores in frozen section.. even some Indian stores carry these in frozen section.

Lima Beans Curry / Butter Beans Curry / Baby Lima Beans Poriyal / Saute / Dry Fry

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Brinjal Chops is just another fancy name for  " Stuffed Brinjal curry /Ennai kathrikkai", this recipe has been already shared by me but this version is slightly different and its close to the one served with biryani by catering agencies. My recipe shared here is something which I learned from a Muslim bhai who caters biryani for special occasion's and its typical tamizh Muslim style. They prepare these with black sesame seeds, never add any garam masala and brinjal's don't get be stuffed, instead they are chopped lengthwise and literally float in sesame oil.

Ennai Kathrikkai / Yennai kathrikkai Kuzhambu / Brinjal Curry / Pakki style / Muslim Style Brinjal Curry / Bai Style / Muslim Bhai Style Yenna Kathrikkai / Eggplant / Brinjal Kotsu / Gothsu / Brinjal Gravy / Sesame Brinjal Gravy / Nalennai Kuzhambu / Nallennai

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Score: 9.0, Votes: 4

You may wonder if one such dish exist, paneer has no connection with south Indian classics.. but why not ?? Try this crazy combination.... plain paneer tossed in my authentic chettinad blend, another simple but exquisite preparation under my roof.

Panner Masala / Chettinad Paneer Curry / Chettinad Curry / South Indian Paneer Curry / Masala

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Score: 9.3, Votes: 3

Simple delicious pachadi with purple brinjal. Good with plain white rice topped with generous amount of ghee. Lip smacking tasty.

Telugu ~ English ,  Vankaya ~~~ Brinjal /  Egglplant , Pachadi ~~~ Chutney / Ground Paste / Thick pickle like gravy / Curry

Vankaya / Vaankaya Pachadi / Pacchadi / Vankaya Tomato Kura / Kura / Koora / Vankaya Curry / Brinjal Chutney / Kathrikkai Thuvial / Thuvial /  Masial

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Try this scrumptious mixed vegetable saute with piping hot rice and kuzhambu. Simple but gourmet style poriyal preparation, feeds many, great for potlucks, even a picky eater might sample some..

Tamil ~ English ( Kadamba - Mixed , Kai - Vegetable , Poriyal - dry saute or fry )

Poriyal / Thoran / Dry Fry / Mixed Vegetable Poriyal / Kai Kadambam / Kai Poriyal / Vegetable Porial

Pick your favorite combo for veggies, this is my pick.... Cabbage, Carrots, Green Beans, Green Peas and Broccoli , included cooked Chana dal along with this, you can use any lentil.

Pick your favorite garnish, this is my pick... Dry desiccated coconut + Dalia + Fennel seeds + Cinnamon

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Score: 8.8, Votes: 4

Mullangi ~ White Radish has a strong pungent smell which makes it an unwanted guest in many homes. Though it smells awful, it is still under my weekly menu because of its medicinal qualities. In simple words... it purifies blood, excellent for curing piles, constipation, urinary, liver and stomach disorders. If you are a fan of spicy Thai food... you will know what I am talking about. My mom makes this delicious sambar in 2 steps which involves pressure cooking, which does the work in less than 20 minutes if you have double pan pressure cooker, something like this.....

White Radish ~ Daikon ~ Chinese Radish ~Japanese Radish

Hindi ~ Mooli

Tamil, Telugu and Kannada ~ Mullangi

White Radish Sambar / Mullangi Chaaru / Lentil Gravy / Mooli sambar / Mullangi Sambar / Thanni Sambar.

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Kara Kuzhambhu is a staple in every tamilian home and takes quite a lot of forms just from region to region. This recipe is one such which is famous in Pondicherry, where they include coconut paste to the regular kara kuzhambhu. Typically they use dhal power(just regular sambar powder) with single or multiple veggies, tempered with coconut grating or paste, which makes it a form of Poricha kuzhambu.

My recipe is slightly different, i skipped the sambar powder part and included regular all purpose Kuzhambhu Milagai Podi instead with drumsticks.

Drumstick Kara Kuzhambu / Murungakkai Kuzhambhu / Kulambu / Kolumbu / Kuzhambu / Drumstick / Kaara Kuzhambu / Pulusu / Puli Kuzhambu / Tamarind Gravy / Sour Gravy / Poricha Kuzhambu

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Score: 10.0, Votes: 1

Well, Hello my friends... hope everyone out there cursing me for not showing up... Guess what I'm not going to give that same old excuses, for a change lets put it this way... mere laziness. Hope you all will forgive me. Lets move on, here something exciting and spicy after all that damn seasonal flu we all went through... every dead tongue was craving for something healthy, tasty, spicy and of course look appealing after the boring rasam routine which i guess we had for about 5 days in a row. This recipe is simple like any other cauliflower curry except its very spicy and the cooking method is slightly different just to give a wake up call to this pungent buddy.

Cauliflower Curry / Spicy Cauliflower Varuval / Thoran / Gravy / Vepudu / Cauliflower Thokku/ காலிஃபிளவர் வறுவல்

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Score: 9.7, Votes: 3

Amaranth greens also known as Chinese spinach is a kind of leafy vegetable which is very popular in India, is great source of vitamins and minerals. There are quite a lot of varieties under this family... some also come with reddish tinge on leaves. This particular variety shown in picture is called "Mulai Keerai" "முளைக் கீரை" in Tamil was available in big bunches at my local Indian store, surprisingly very fresh. There you go.... ta-da.. a big bowl of keerai paruppu debut here.

Mula Keerai Paruppu / Thottakura Pappu / Keerai parauppu / Mashed greens / Amaranth dal / Dhal / Keerai Kootu / Masiyal / Lentil / Masial / Paruppu Keerai / Pappu

Title of the recipe appears in Tamil.. just a part of my chinna chinna aasai to bring back fresh nostalgic hometown memories... To all my non Tamil friends here is a list with translation.

English ----- Amaranth greens

Chinese -----Hinn Choy, Yin tsoi

Tamil -------Mulai Keerai, Mula Keerai

Telugu------Thotakura

kannada---- Dhantinasoppu

Malayalam -- Cheera

Hindi ----- Chauli 

AMARANTH ~~~~~ முளைக் கீரை

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