Raw Banana Tangy Curry (Vazhaikai Puli Kootu)

This is a traditional Tamil Brahmin Side dish made with vazhaikkai / Raw Banana, Lentils, Fresh Spices and Roasted Coconut. A delicious side dish for steamed rice and no doubt that once you make this side dish you start loving it......

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Vendakkai Puli Pachadi (Spicy and Tangy Lady's Finger)

A new recipe that I learnt from my hubby's niece. I found this interesting since it is made in a different way without adding curd as we do usually. It tasted very yummy as the side dish to thogaiyal rice and Poricha Kuzhambu rice. A very simple yet delicious side dish...

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Vazhaithandu Mor Kootu (Banana stem Kootu)

Banana stem is a fiber rich vegetable that is loaded with amazing health benefits. We make kootu and curry with this vegetable at least twice a month. This Banana stem kootu is made in a different way from other kootu varieties and tastes very good....

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Eriserry

An Authentic and Classic Kerala recipe  served as side dish and is the integral item  of the feasts. The veggies cooked in pepper, with roasted coconut, green chillies  and sauted in coconut oil makes this to taste really divine..

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Kalan - A delicacy from Kerala

Kalan is a truely delicious vegetable side dish boiled and simmered in curd / yogurt with spices and enhanced with the coconut paste. No feast in Kerala is complete without this Kalan.  The veggies coated with rich and creamy gravy really makes it lipsmacking...

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Milagushyam and Manjal Poosani Puli Pachadi

Milagushyam is the gravy in which the vegetables are cooked with lentils and pepper without adding coconut and tamarind.  It is mixed with hot steamed rice and as side dish for this we make tangy Yellow pumpkin Pachadi. It is the traditional and authentic recipe of Tamil Brahmin Cuisine. 

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Thandu Keerai Kootu / Amaranth leaves with Lentils

Thandu keerai with tender stems is the most favourite spinach of my family. I prefer to make this on Sundays since this Kootu  tastes delicious when had with fresh steaming boiled rice. Sautéed pepper, chillies and cumins with coconut give wonderful flavour to this side dish. This is a traditional kootu recipe made without onion and garlic. ..

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Cucumber with Coconut Milk kootu / Vellirikkai Thengai paal Kootu

Beat the summer heat with this delicious and healthy cucumber kootu. A delicious side dish to have with any rice and also suits as the side dish to serve with chapathis and rotis. A simple but tasty and healthy side dish...

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Mixed Dals with Spinach

An easy to make delicious, healthy and creamy side dish with wonderful combo of Spinach / Palak , Dals, Onions & Tomato. This single side dish is enough for the  day to have with rotis and rice. 

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Chow Chow / Chayote Kootu without Coconut

A kootu made with roasted dal powders, which makes your

cooking simple and mess free on hectic days without grinding.

Make this powder in bulk during weekends. This Chow Chow

kootu is different from the usual ones, since it is made without 

coconut. Instead of coconut roasted dals powder, boiled moong dal 

are added. It retains the same taste as the kootu made with coconut 

and can be had with vathakuzhambu rice or sambhar rice or Rotis. 

A No onion No garlic recipe to have on Vrat days...

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Pongal Kuzhambu / Kootu

Pongal is celebrated as a Thanksgiving Day when people show gratitude to the Sun God for giving bumper harvest and pray for his grace to shower abundance and prosperity in the coming days.  It is also the day when Sun begins its northward journey, causing change of season.Newly harvested rice is cooked with milk and Jaggery  called Pongal. Along with this sweet this mixed vegetable curry with newly harvested root vegetables and green vegetables are made in large quantity which is kept for the next day also.

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Aviyal

Aviyal is the classic & traditional recipe made with the mixture of delightful green vegetables. Aviyal is  a mandatory curry served in all feasts in Tamilnadu and Kerala. Aviayl  is a thick mixture of Vegetables and coconut seasoned with coconut oil and curry leaves. This is the typical aviyal made by the brahmins in Kanyakumari and Tirunelveli district . It looks in golden yellow with more coconut. Vellarikka/Cucumber (Big size)  used in this Aviyal gives a special flavour. 

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Keerai Puli Curry / Spinach and Shallots Tangy Gravy

An Authentic Tamilnadu cuisine that tastes heavenly to have with anything as side dish. This keerai puli curry is one of the best combination for curd rice too. If you feel bored of eating plain Spinach curry try this spicy and healthy side dish....

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Cool Cucumber with Moongh dal Kootu

Cucumber always finds a special place in giving a distinct flavour and taste to the dishes made of it.  This cucumber kootu made with moong dal is a summer special, very healthy, easily digestible, simple and a comfort side dish for all....

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Peerkangai Paal Kootu (Ridgegourd in Coconut Milk)

A mouthwatering side dish for Rice, Idiyappam, Roti and Idli. A delicious method of cooking Ridge gourd simmered with onions, tomatoes, mild spices and coconut milk. An aromatic side dish that everyone loves....

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Sutta Kathirikkai Masiyal (Grilled and Mashed Eggplant Gravy)

The hot, spicy and tangy grilled and mashed eggplant gravy is the serves as the excellent side dish to any type of tiffin like Pongal, Arisi Upma Idli and Rice. I have made slight variations from the traditional version to make it more spicy....

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Poricha Kootu (Vegetables and Lentils gravy with Roasted Spices)

Poricha Kootu is slightly different from the regular kootu we make. It is made with freshly ground spices. It tatses great as side dish to have with hot rice and Vatha Kuzhambu. Here is the recipe of the simple and comfort side dish....

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Ashgourd and Chick peas Gravy (Poosanikai kondai kadalai Rasavangi)

A very tasty and tangy gravy  with freshly ground spices and the boiled chick peas. It tastes delicious to have with rice and also chappathi.

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Green Tomato Kootu

GreenTomato Kootu is a perfect accompaniment for rice. Green raw tomatoes taste very delicious with mild sourness and hence tamarind need not be added while cooking this. This kootu can also be had with Chappathis or Rotis...

Ingredients for making Green Tomato Kootu:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chopped green raw tomatoes from 8 to 10 tomatoes

Thur dal 3 tb spoons

Mustard seeds and cumin seeds for seasoning

Curry leaves

For Kootu Paste:

Heat 2 tea spoons of oil in a pan and fry 1 tb spoon of urad dal and 4 red chillies to brown. After they get cooled add 2 tb spoons of coconut with them and grind to paste with water and keep aside.

Method for making Green Tomato Kootu:

In a pressure pan add thur dal at the bottom. Then add tomato pieces on them. Pour 2 cups of water and add 1/2 tea spoon of turmeric powder. Cook them to 2 whistles.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

After the steam is released, mix them and boil them with required salt. Add the coconut paste and curry leaves. Saute it with mustard seeds, cumin seeds and hing powder in a tea spoon of oil.

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Ridge Gourd Gravy (Peerkangai Masala)

Ridge gourd gravy is a tasty, spicy, easy and must try recipe. It can be had with Indian breads and also with rice.

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