After a halt at Maharashtra, we now travel to Manipur, which is one of the seven sister states of India. It shares it boundaries with Nagaland, Mizoram, Assam and Burma. From the beginning of the planning for this Blogging Marathon, the seven sister states have posed a great problem to us bloggers. It was so […]
Kurivi thalai pavakkai can be translated into sparrow head bitter gourd as the gourd resembles the small head of a sparrow. They taste amazing in a tamarind based gravy/ puli kulambu or vadhakkal. They are less bitter and when sauteed in oil for a long time, the bitterness is still reduced. I have posted two […]
I have heard about this but never tried it until today. I saw the recipe at Kaveri’s Palakkad Chamayal when I was browsing through her blog for the Blog Hop Wednesday. I was paired with Kaveri for the event and I chose this recipe to try out. Pitlai is a tamarind based gravy. It was […]
This is another tasty gravy using baby bitter gourds / kurivi thalai pavakkai. This tamarind based gravy goes well with rice and appalam. It tastes divine and you will never ever feel the bitter taste of bitter gourd in this dish. Ingredients:Kurivi Thalai Pavakkai / Baby Bitter Gourd-200gmPearl Onion-15+10Tomato-1Tamarind-size of a small lemonMethi seeds-1/4tspMustard and […]
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 Bitter Gourd-250gm Turmeric powder-1/4tsp Sambar […]