Category: Vegetarian Curries, Gravies
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Swiss Chard Poriyal
Simple Keerai Poriyal using Swiss Chard. Poriyal ~ TamilThoran ~ MalayalamKura ~ TeluguPalya ~ KannadaSubzi ~ HindiVarai ~ Sri Lankan Tamil
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Chow Chow Curry
Home style Chow chow (Chayote) curry often served as a side for rice. USA ~ Chayote SquashTamil ~ Bangalore KathirikkaiTelugu ~ Bengaluru VankayaKannada ~ Seemae Badhne KayiMalayalam ~ Seema KathrikaHindi ~ Chow Chow
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Baby Corn Manchurian
Another great Chinese influenced dish, popular restaurant pick. Baby corn on cob deep fried and sauteed in Chinese sauces and stir fried with veggies.
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Karunai Kizhangu Chips
Pan fried Yam Chips. (Karunai Kizhangu ~ Elephant Foot Yam )Elephant Foot Yam – EnglishKarunai Kizhangu / Sennai Kizhangu – TamilChenna – MalayalamSuran – Hindi / MarathiKarrapendalam – Telugu
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Parwal Fry – Kambupudalai Varuval
Parwal / Parval is known as pointed gourd belonging to cucumber family, mostly cultivated in Northern part of India. Little oval veggie, slightly bigger than Tindora and taste similar to it. Good when deep fried, pan fried or even works great with gravy. Here is a simple pan fried version.
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Bitter Melon Curry
Bitter Melon is one challenging veggie and coming up with tasty cooking ideas using them, is another daunting task. Just a small serving of this melon offers quite a lot of nutrition and medicinal benefits, which made me come up with this recipe.
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Shahi Paneer Recipe – How to make Shahi Paneer – Side dish for Naan, Chapati, Paratha
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…
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Ridge Gourd Kootu
Ridge gourd cooked with split green gram (Moong dal / Pachai Paruppu) to make a semi thick lentil gravy. Tastes good as a side with Meen kuzhambu, Kara kuzhambu or Vatral Kuzhambu varieties or even goes well when mixed with rice with a drizzle of ghee.
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Aviyal Recipe – South Indian Aviyal – Kerala Style Avial Recipe
Mixed vegetables flavoured in sour curd tempered in coconut oil. (Aviyal / Avial / Mixed Vegetable Curry)
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Rajma Masala
Rajma ~ Red Kidney beans.Masala prepared in simple tomato onion gravy with a hint of Punjabi style. This dish can be made with any variety kidney beans…Dark red, Light red or even Small Red Kidney beans works fine. (Rajma Curry / Red Kidney Beans Masala )