I don’t know the English word for pirandai. I have this creeper in my garden. Usually I prepare gravy with this. This time I tried thuvaiyal. It was so yummy. You need to add tamarind if using pirandai in a dish, because it makes your tongue and throat itchy. The…
This is the favourite dish for me and my hubby. We love to have it with hot rice. It tastes divine. It has a slight bitter taste and goes very well with rice. This bitter gourd resembles the head of tiny sparrow. So the name. Ingredients: Kuruvi Thalai Pavakkai/ Baby…
I prepared this as a side dish for rice. It had a crispy crust with soft interiors. We loved it a lot. Sending this to Veggie/Fruit of the Month-Potato at Dil Se started by Priya Mitharwal. Ingredients: Baby Potatoes-250gm Curd-2tbs Tandoori Masala-1/2tsp Red Chilly Powder-1/2tsp Chat Masala-1/4tsp Salt-to taste Nigella…
This is a very simple poriyal which goes well with rice. Sending this as an entry to Food Pallette Green at Torview. Ingredients:Potato-2Ivy gourd / Kovaikkai-200gmRed Chilly Powder-1tspCoriander Powder-1/2tspTurmeric Powder-1/4tspSalt-to tasteWhite till seeds-1tspCumin seeds-1tspOil-2tbsProcedure:1. Peel and cut potatoes to small cubes.2. Cut Ivy gourd into lengthwise pieces.3. Heat oil and…
During pongal, we use manjal kothu (fresh turmeric) for the pooja. After pooja my mom lets it in a river. We never try to prepare anything with the fresh turmeric. This year, as I have become a food blogger, I was curious. I searched the net for recipes using fresh…
I usually get this from my mom each year. So I have never tried it. When Kurinji announced the event for rice flakes recipes, I wanted to try it. I prepared the vadagam in two methods. One is the traditional method in which the vadagams are dried in sun. The…
This is a simple side dish which goes well with rice. This has been lying in my draft folder for a long time. I thought of posting it today. I usually add grated coconut to all the poriyal dishes. This habit came from my mom. When I was attending yoga…
I got this recipe from a news paper cutting, collected when I was studying college. Usually I don’t prepare this because my hubby doesn’t like this type of subzi for rotis. He always needs a gravy to go with rotis. So while preparing Dum aloo I took half of the…
My mom usually deep fries this roast with a masala paste. But to make work easier I used tandoori masal and baked it in oven. It was great. You can use less oil in this method and so guilt free. This goes well with rice and rasam. Ingredients: Yam /…
This is a simple masala which goes well with rotis. We had this as a side dish with rice. Just loved the combination. Long days back I tried this with raddish leaves. Even that tasted great. Ingredients: Potato-250gm Methi Leaves-1cup Cumin seeds-1tsp Red Chilly Powder-1tsp Turmeric powder-1/2tsp Salt-to taste Oil-2tbs…