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Vazhakkai Podi Curry – Raw Banana Poriyal

May 9, 2021 Bachelor Friendly Recipes, Kootu / Poriyal Varieties, NO Onion NO Garlic, Tamil New Year Recipes, Vazhakkai/Raw Banana  One comment

This Vazhakkai Podi Curry or vazhakkai poriyal is a simple side dish for rice, made with freshly ground spices. The freshly ground powder adds a magical flavour to this Vazhakkai Poriyal. Next to potato fry this is the most wanted side dish at home.  It is so easy to make and perfect for a lazy Sunday.. This poriyal along with rice and rasam is a feast! Post updated with video..

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Seppankizhangu Fry – Arbi Fry – Arbi Roast

August 5, 2020 Bachelor Friendly Recipes, Kootu / Poriyal Varieties, NO Onion NO Garlic, Potato Recipes  One comment

Seppankizhangu is a variety of potato also known as Arbi, Colocasia, Taro Root but with a sticky nature. All I know is Seppankizhangu 🙂  This Seppankizhangu Fry is a simple side dish for rice along with sambar,  rasam or mor kuzhambu. It is everybody’s favourite in my family. I love seppankizhangu to the core. My most fav combo is with Mor Kuzhambu. Because of its sticky nature, Chotu calls this as sticky potato. Amma tempers this Seppankizhangu fry with ajwain. It gives such a magical aroma & taste to it. For another version of this try this RECIPE.

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Chow Chow Fry – Chayote Fry

February 9, 2016 Chow Chow, Dry Sabji  5 comments

Chayote, known as chow chow in tamil is usually made as a kootu in any South Indian household. I make this Chow Chow Fry quite often than kootu. This fry goes well with roti and rice. So whenever I make this, Chotu has it with rice and we have it as a roti wrap for lunch. Two in one purpose solved right?!? This veggie takes very less time to cook and is a super easy recipe.

Do try my Chow Chow Chutney too!!

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Coriander Chutney / Kothamalli Thuvayal

January 17, 2016 Chutney Recipes, Condiments, NO Onion NO Garlic, Side Dish for Idli/Dosa  5 comments

After all the festival food, all I wanted was a simple and light meal. So we opted for curd rice and this simple yet lip-smacking Coriander Chutney. It is a truly divine combo. This Coriander chutney / Kothamalli Thuvayal is a tasty multi purpose chutney/thuvayal variety that goes well with idli, dosa & rice. This is a no coconut & no onion-no garlic version. We love to have this spicy, tangy chutney with almost anything and everything…

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Cabbage Fry – Cabbage Stir Fry

November 4, 2014 Cabbage, Dry Sabji, Kids Bay  6 comments

First of all, sorry for disappearing from here after Diwali. We had been on a vacation to the US. Had a lovely and hectic vacation. Getting back to my routine slowly. Hope u all had a wonderful Diwali. Did not want to miss posting some Diwali recipes, so somehow managed to do it. 🙂

Coming to Cabbage fry recipe. This has been lying in my drafts since a long time. Using it at the right time as am still not in any mood to click and cook. This is a simple and easy stir fry suitable for roti as well as rice. Once u are done with chopping the veggie, it can be made very quickly with the commonly available ingredients in your pantry.

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Vazhakkai Varuval – Raw Banana Fry

March 18, 2014 Bachelor Friendly Recipes, Kootu / Poriyal Varieties, NO Onion NO Garlic, Tamil New Year Recipes, Vazhakkai/Raw Banana  7 comments

Vazhakkai Varuval / Raw Banana Fry is a simple fry with no fancy items. It pairs well with any South Indian meal combo(sambar,rasam, curd rice)I have already posted a Vazhakkai Poriyal recipe with freshly ground spices. This Vazhakkai fry does not involve any grinding though and can be made in 10 mins.

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Potato Broad-Beans Fry – Potato Recipes

February 27, 2014 Beans, Dry Sabji, NO Onion NO Garlic, Potato Recipes  6 comments

This Potato Broad-Beans fry is a simple stir fry. This is my favourite since childhood. We call this Aloo-Avarakkai. I dont know from where we derived this name, as Aloo is in hindi & Avarakkai is in tamil. Funny na?? But we call it that way 🙂 It goes well with rice (rasam, sambar, curd) & chapathi or even bread. I purposely prepare a little extra & use the left over sabji to make a grilled sandwich. Yumm!! Do check my entire Potato Recipes collection HERE. 

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Arachuvitta Vathakuzhambu – Vathakuzhambu

February 20, 2014 Kuzhambu Varieties  4 comments

Vathakuzhambu is our family favourite. This arachuvitta vathakuzhambu is a very easy, flavourful kuzhambu with freshly ground spices and the goodness of manathakkali vathal (black nightshade/wonder berry). Its divine when served with hot steamed rice along with a dollop of gingely oil. The best combo would be with curd rice 🙂 My personal favourite is this Mochai Kuzhambu.

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Podalangai Poricha Kootu – Snake Gourd Poricha Kootu

February 4, 2014 Kootu / Poriyal Varieties, Pudalangai/Snake Gourd, Tamil New Year Recipes  4 comments

Podalangai Poricha Kootu is a very simple South Indian dish that goes well rice. It is very easy to make with very less oil. This can also be had with rice, rasam or any kuzhambu and chapathi/roti too. We love this Chow Chow Kootu the best. The addition of freshly ground spices makes it different from the normal kootu. It is a traditional South Indian recipe.

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Baby Potato Fry – Baby Potato Recipes

January 23, 2014 Bachelor Friendly Recipes, Dry Sabji, Kootu / Poriyal Varieties, NO Onion NO Garlic, Potato Recipes  5 comments

Potato is everybody’s favourite in my family. This baby potato fry is an easy and tasty side dish. It goes well with rice, roti, poori & even bread. There are many methods of making baby potato fry and this is one among my ways of making it. Our all time favourite is this Baby Potato Roast made with sambar powder.

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