Ingredients Mixed Vegetables – 4-5 cups (ash gourd, plantain, carrot, beans, drumstick, brinjal, potatoes, cluster beans, chow chow) Coconut Oil – 3 tsp Thick Curd – 1 small cup(optional) Cumin Seeds – 1/2 tsp Curry Leaves – 8-10 For Masala Green Chillies – 4 Coconut – 1/4 cup Ginger – 1/2 inch piece Cumin Seeds… Continue reading Avial
< Ingredients Brinjals – 7 small size (slit each brinjal into 4 without cutting all the way) Tomatoes – 3 medium sized finely chopped Mustard Seeds – 1/2 tsp Fenugreek Seeds – 1/2 tsp Hing – a pinch Curry Leaves – 3-5 Turmeric – 1/4 tsp Red Chilli Powder – 1 tsp Coriander Powder –… Continue reading Kathrikai (Brinjal) Karakozhambu
Ingredients Cabbage – 1/4 kg finely chopped Ginger – 1 inch piece finely chopped Green Chillies – 2-3 Grated Coconut – 3 tbsp Oil – 1 tsp Salt – as per taste Turmeric – 1/4 tsp Thick Curd – 1 small cup(optional) Coriander Powder – 1-1.5 tsp (same quantity as red chilli powder) Cumin Seeds… Continue reading Cabbage Poriyal
Ingredients Tamarind – Lemon Sized peeled Water – 100 ml (1/2 cup) Procedure Take lemon sized tamarind and press it into a pulp in water.Soak for about a 1/2 hour. Note: Instead of water I take the third water that I clean rice with before cooking the rice. (I rinse the rice 3 times to… Continue reading Tamarind Water
Ingredients · Cabbage – 1/4 kg finely chopped · Ginger – 1 inch piece finely chopped · Green Chillies – 2-3 · Grated Coconut – 3 tbsp · Oil – 1 tsp · Salt – as per taste · Turmeric – 1/4 tsp · Thick Curd – 1 small cup(optional) · Coriander Powder – 1-1.5… Continue reading Cabbage Porial
Ingredients Raw Rice (I use IR20..This is called mavu arisi and is available at the grocery store) – 1.6 kg (8 cups) Urad Dal – 600 g (3 cups) Ghee – 12 tsp Oil – 12 tsp for the dough Cumin Seeds – 4 tsp Salt- as required Hing – 3 tsp Water – as… Continue reading Thenkuzhal Murukku
Ingredients Raw Rice (I use IR20..This is called mavu arisi and is available at the grocery store) – 800 grams Pasi Parappu (Moong Dal) – 150 grams Urad Dal – 150 grams Ghee – 8 tsp Oil – for frying Cumin Seeds – 4 tsp Salt- 2 tsp Hing – 2 tsp Water – as… Continue reading Mullu Murukku
Ingredients Brinjals – 6 Sesame Oil – 4-6 tbsp Mustard – 1/2 tbsp Cumin Seeds – 1/2 tbsp Urad Dal – 1/2 tbsp Curry Leaves – 3-5 Turmeric – a pinch Tamarind Extract- Fresh tamarind of gooseberry size or 1/2 tsp Tamarind concentrate Salt – to taste For Gravy Coriander Seeds – 1 tbsp Channa… Continue reading Ennai Kathrikai
Ingredients Channa – 1 cup soaked overnight and boiled Onion – 2 finely chopped Garlic – 6 pods finely chopped/crushed Green Chilly – 1 Ginger – 1 inch piece finely chopped/crushed Tomatoes – 4 (make 1 cup tomato puree) Green Bell Pepper – 1 small cut into cubes(optional) Oil – 3 tsp Turmeric – 1/4… Continue reading Channa Masala
Ingredients Wheat Rava – 1 cup Jaggery – ¾ cup Coconut for seasoning – 20 flakes/ small pieces Coconut for coconut milk – 20 pieces (makes 1 cup of coconut milk) Elaichi – 2 buds (optional) Ghee – 3 tbsp Milk – ½ cup Preparation *Coconut Milk 1 – grind the coconut pieces to obtain… Continue reading Kothumai Rava Payasam
