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Kale greens are highly nutritious vegetable relating to the wild cabbage family. Fresh kale leaves when sauteed and seasoned in our Indian style taste similar to that of Murungai keerai (Drumstick leaves). They also blend well with few veggie combination and Potato stands number one among them. This subzi is all about potato pairing with greens and stir-fried.
Kale green (Wild Cabbage greens) Aloo (Potato) Subzi (Dry curry)
Chicken Tikka Masala is a westernized Indian dish originating from Punjab. Succulent Tandoori Chicken cooked in creamy tomato onion cashew gravy with grilled veggies.
Restaurant Style Tikka Masala / British Tikka Masala / Tandoor Masala / Chicken Masala / Punjabi Tikka Masala
Rasam is a staple diet in every South Indian household, a soupy dish made with fresh ground spices and vine ripe tomatoes.
Thakkali Rasam / Tomato Rasam / Rasam / Tomato Garlic Rasam / Chaaru / Saaru / Takkali / Rasam Podi / Powder / Thool
Fresh asparagus caught my eyes this week at my local farmers market. Seemed like it was this weeks "Queen of vegetables", as many people started grabing those bundles and with too much of sqeaking… a sign of truly fresh asparagus, with no further hesitation quickly bundled mine. With little creativity going in the kitchen, these healthy spears always turn out absolutely delicious, leaving us with endless possibilities. Here's my latest addiction..
Asparagus / Greeen Asparagus / Chinese / Stir-fried rice / Mixed Vegetable Fried Rice
Butternut Squash comes from the gourd family, a common winter squash, pear shaped with pale orange hard thick skin, soft bright orange flesh and taste sweet similar to pumpkin.
English ~ Butternut Pumpkin / Butternut Squash / Sweet Pumpkin
Biryani is one popular desi rice item which takes quite a twist when it comes to method for preparation. Every household has its own techniques and secret ingredients to bring out the best flavour and texture. Traditionally its prepared by following the dum method which ofcourse, is very tricky and test our patience. Well there's also some rescue mission versions like rice cooker..
Chow Chow combined with bengal gram to make this thick chunky kootu kari.
English/USA ~ Chayote Squash
Tamil ~ Bangalore Kathirikkai
Telugu ~ Bengaluru Vankaya
Kannada ~ Seemae Badhne Kayi
Malayalam ~ Seema Kathrika
Hindi ~ Chow Chow
Chou Chou / Cho Cho / English Cucumber / Melon / Squash / Chouchou / Kootu / Curry / Dry Curry / Kutu Curry / Kari Vagaigal
Yellow squash belong to the Gourd family or categorized under Summer squash varieties. These fruits are sweet mild in flavour with soft flesh and tender skin and are quite versatile for any preparation. Here is simple dal recipe using this.
Yellow squash / Yellow Crookneck / Courgette / Dal / Pumpkin / Paruppu / Pappu / Mudda / Katti Paruppu / Khatti Dal
This is a very simple eggless, butterless, low-fat version of soft plain white cake. Enjoy friends !!!
Eggless cake / Butterless cake / White Cake / Plain Cake / Eggless Sponge Cake / Pound Cake / Yogurt Cake / Low-fat Cake
