Category Choose your Veggies
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Tomato Gotsu – Thakkali Gotsu
August 12, 2015 Kuzhambu Varieties, Side Dish for Idli/Dosa, Tirunelveli Style Recipes, Tomato
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Tomato Gotsu or Thakkali Gotsu is an excellent side dish for idli/dosa. It is a very easy and quick fix sambar kind of side dish. When u run out of time, this can be made very quickly without much preparation work. Chotu is a big fan of hot, crispy dosa and sambar. I mostly make this tiffin sambar or this tiffin sambar. This Tomato Gotsu is a nice variation to it. Chotu calls this tomato sambar.
This pairs equally well with Ven Pongal too..
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Gobi Manchurian
August 4, 2015 Dals/Gravies, Gobi/Cauliflower
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Gobi Manchurian is a popular Indo – Chinese recipe. It is found in most of the Indian restaurant’s menu. This can be made as a gravy or dry version which can be had as a starter. This Gobi Manchurian is a gravy version that goes well with Vegetable Pulao, Jeera Rice or rotis/naan.
For me the biggest problem in making this Gobi Manchurian recipe is – I have to literally hide the fried cauliflower pieces from Chotu and hubby. Else by the time I finish making the gravy, there will be nothing left!!
Now to the recipe...
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Coconut Mint Chutney – Mint Chutney with Coconut
June 29, 2015 Chutney Recipes, Coconut, Side Dish for Idli/Dosa
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Coconut Chutney is a popular and favourite chutney variety in any South Indian household. This Coconut Mint Chutney is a variation to the normal Coconut Chutney with the additional bursting flavours of mint and ginger. This is mostly found as one of the accompaniments for idli/dosa in any restaurant menu along with sambar, kara chutney, coconut chutney. Among all the other chutneys, this Coconut Mint Chutney is my personal favourite!!
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Seppankizhangu Roast – Arbi Roast
June 21, 2015 Kootu / Poriyal Varieties, Potato Recipes
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Seppankizhangu or Arbi or Taro Root, however u call it is a favourite in our family. I have already posted a Seppankizhangu Fry earlier. This Seppankizhangu Roast is a variation to that with some changes in the ingredients. It pairs well with rice, sambar, rasam or mor kuzhambu. Very simple to make, yet a yummy side dish.
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Potato Masala – Poori Kizhangu
June 15, 2015 Dals/Gravies, Potato Recipes
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Poori and Potato Masala is the unbeatable combo in a South Indian restaurant’s breakfast menu. It is a very easy and quick recipe. Though many of u might know how to make this, I thought this post would be useful for bachelors and beginners. This same Potato Masala can be used as stuffing for masala dosa. So I usually make this in double the quantity so that it can used for masala dosa too.
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Rice varieties are always a breeze to make, perfect for lunch box. This Capsicum Rice is a simple and flavourful rice variety. I saw this in a tv show and tweaked it a bit to suit our taste buds. If u have cooked rice ready, this Capsicum Rice can be made in a jiffy. So this can be also made with left-over rice. It does not need any side dish as such, a simple raita would do.
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Kovakkai Podi Curry – Kovakkai Curry
June 1, 2015 Kootu / Poriyal Varieties, Kovakkai/Tindora
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Kovakkai Curry is a simple yet flavourful curry with freshly ground spices, that goes well with rice and even roti. The Podi/Powder does the magic in this curry. If u are in a hurry and do not want to grind, here is another version of Kovakkai Fry that I had posted earlier. This is perfect to roll it in rotis or with rice, rasam or sambar.
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Butter Beans Stew – Stew with coconut milk
May 24, 2015 Coconut, Kuzhambu Varieties, Side Dish for Idli/Dosa
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Coconut Milk Stew is a truly divine side dish for appams, idiyappams, dosa or steamed rice. It is a very simple recipe, once you are done with the coconut milk part. Amma usually makes Potato Stew or with a combination of mixed vegetables. This time I tried with just butter beans and it was super yummy. This is perfect for a weekend brunch menu!! 🙂
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Vazhakkai Puttu – Raw Banana Stir Fry
May 12, 2015 Kootu / Poriyal Varieties, Tamil New Year Recipes, Tirunelveli Style Recipes, Vazhakkai/Raw Banana
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Vazhakkai Putti or Vazhakkai Podimas how ever u call it is a simple and easy stir fry. I usually make a varuval or poriyal with raw banana, for a change I made this Vazhakkai Puttu. We loved this too. This puttu is the most common way to make raw banana. It pairs very well with rice, rasam or sambar.
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Baby Corn Pulao
April 29, 2015 Baby Corn, Biryani/Pulao, Rice Varieties
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I always love to make one pot meals. The reason behind it is, cooking gets over very quickly, and the best part is I dont have to wash too many vessels.. This Baby Corn Pulao is one such easy and quick rice variety that can be made in a jiffy. This is a flavourful pulao with crunchy baby corns and a magical aroma of freshly ground mint leaves. Goes well with a simple raita. If u serve with any gravy, it would rather be a feast!!
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