Category: Vegetarian Curries, Gravies
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ELEPHANT YAM FRY / SENAI KIZHANGU ROAST RECIPE
Elephant Foot Yam is a very nutritious vegetable which can be used to make tasty dishes. We can prepare a variety of dishes like masiyal, roast, cutlets, curry, kuzhambu , kootu and list goes on. Among all, my favorite is the yam roast which is very simple and makes a scrumptious side for any veg…
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VAZHAIPOO PORIYAL RECIPE – BANANA FLOWER STIR-FRY
Description: It is very hard to cut and clean Vazhaipoo/ Banana Flower /Banana Blossoms. It’s a difficult and time consuming process but it ultimately pays off. It usually takes about 45 mins to an hour to clean one whole Banana Blossom. Asian grocery stores carry fresh ones once in a while and I make it…
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Slow Cooker Dal / Crock-pot Recipes – How to cook dal in Crock-pot – Slow cooker lentil Soup
A slow cooker, also popularly known as Crock-pot is a counter top electrical cooking appliance, used for cooking food at a low heat set up for a long amount of time. A person using a slow cooker must have some planning as to what goes into it – like some prep work done in the…
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Mulai Keerai Poriyal Recipe – Amaranth leaves stir fry – முளைக்கீரை பொரியல்
If you are looking for a new leafy green to shake up your spinach routine, try Amaranth ( Mulai Keerai / முளைக்கீரை ) greens. It is a terrific source of vitamin A, folate, iron, and calcium, and it tastes pleasantly earthy, available all year long in most Asian markets and Indian grocery stores. There are three common…
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Vazhakkai Podimas – Raw Banana Stir Fry
Vazhakkai Podimas or Plantain pirattal is a simple south Indian style stir-fry prepared with raw bananas. This dish is slightly different from the usual vazhakkai curry or varuval, its more like banana hash, we at home call this dish vazhakkai puttu/podimas which goes well with sambar, rasam and yogurt rice. Vazhakkai Puttu / Vazhaikai Podimas…
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Gobi 65 – Restaurant Style Cauliflower 65
Gobi 65 (Cauliflower 65) is one yummy dish which is usually a starter or tea time snack, definitely the most ordered in restaurants for both veg and non-veg lovers. I usually make this at home on veg days… when you need something crispy on the side to go along with regular meals…. but most of the…
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Suraikai Kuzhambu – Sorakkai Kuzhambu – Lauki Curry
Easy & tasty South Indian style bottle gourd curry!
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Brinjal Fry
Description: Simple stuffed brinjal fry using store bought sambar powder. Kathrikai Varuval / Baby Brinjal Fry / Eggplant / Kathirikkai Fry Ingredients 10 Nos Baby Brinjals 2 Nos Onion (Finely Chopped) 1 tsp Ginger Garlic Paste 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder 1 Tsp Red Chilli Powder 2 Tbsp Sambar Powder (I used…
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Dal Tadka
Description: Dal Tadka is a staple dish in several Indian households and generally eaten with pipping hot rice or rotis. Traditionally its made with yellow lentils or combination of lentils and tempered with simple spices. This is the most simplest form of dal fry and is quite easy to prepare. Sometimes simplest dishes like these…
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Side Gravy for Biryani – Biryani Side dish
Side Gravy for Biryani is a side dish/ chalna kind of gravy that is usually served along with biryani. Most restaurants serve a free side gravy as accompaniment for biryani which taste ridiculously amazing.. We usually get these in small portions packed in tiny cartons and enjoy licking every last bit of it. I was…