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Senaikilangu fry is one my family's favorite and I make it very often and pair up with a simple rasam or sambar.Here in U.S fresh yam is rarely available and it will be very expensive so I make it with the frozen one.This yam makes a itchy feel in the tongue so to reduce that one soak the chopped yam in tamarind water or add little bit of tamarind paste and fry.Now on to the recipe................. Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Yam/Senaikilangu(chopped) 300gms Red chilly powder 2tsp Tamarind/puli paste 1/4tsp Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/4tsp Garlic/poondu(crushed) 2-3cloves Fennel seeds/sombu 1/2tsp Curryleaves/karivepillai 2sprigs Gram flour/kadalamaavu 2tsp Salt 1tsp Oil 11/2tbs Method Pound the garlic and fennel seeds in a mortar and set it aside. Take the chopped yam in a bowl,to this add the chilly powder,turmeric powder,salt and tamarind paste.Mix it well. Heat the pan with a tbs of oil,once it becomes hot add the pound garlic and fen

Today's recipe is a healthy and flavorful sambar with fenugreek leaves,tastes delicious with steaming white rice. My mom makes sambar with spinach and here we don't get all the varieties of greens,I make it with the methi leaves.Lets get into the recipe................................... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Vendhaya keerai/methi leaves 11/2cups(loosely packed) Toor dhal/tuvaram paruppu 1/3cup Sambar Powder 11/4tsp Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/4tsp Onion(chopped) 1(medium size) Tomato(chopped) 1(medium size) Green chilly(slit lengthwise) 2-3 Tamarind/puli small gooseberry size Curry leaves/karivepillai 5 leaves Salt to taste Oil 2tsp For the Tempering Ingredient Quantity Mustard seeds/kadugu 1/2tsp Urad dhal/ulutham paruppu 1/2tsp Cumin seeds/jeeragam 1/4tsp Red chilly/varamilagai 1(broken) Asafoetida/perungayam a pinch Method Pressure cook the dhal with enough water for 3 -4 whistles or till it becomes mushy.Rinse t

Today's recipe is a simple and delicious fry with the okra aka ladies finger which I make often.Here in farmers market I get fresh okras and never forget to buy. This fry tastes very well with piping hot sambar rice and rasam rice and I always fry this bit crispy.This fry needs to be cooked in a medium flame to get cooked well.To remove the stickiness in the okra my mom uses a tsp of yogurt/curd while frying.Lets get into the recipe........................... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Okra/vendaikkai/ladies finger 250 gms Peanuts/verkadalai 2tbs Garlic/poondu(crushed) 3cloves Chilly powder/milagai podi 11/4tsp Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/4tsp Dessicated Coconut 1tbs Curry leaves/karivepillai 1 sprig Mustard seeds/kadugu 1/2tsp Urad dhal/ulutham paruppu 1tsp Salt to taste Oil 11/2tbs Method Clean the okra in running water and wipe it with a towel to remove the moisture.Chop them slightly diagonally and keep it aside. Heat the pan with the o

Muttai salna is a South Indian stew like gravy which is served along with the Parottas especially in the road side shops and parotta stalls. The salna is a slightly watery,flavorful gravy can be made with egg,chicken and veggies or can be made plain gravy. Egg salna is made in two ways in which the beaten egg is add to the boiling gravy and the second version is adding the hard boiled eggs to thegravy. As my family likes the second method I prefer to make that version,this salna tastes goes very well with idiyappam and dosa too.Now off to the recipe..................................... Ingredients Egg(boiled) 6 Onion(finely chopped) 1 Ginger&garlic paste 2tsp Green chilly 2 Coconut(grated) 1/4cup Fennel seeds/sombu 1tsp Poppy seeds/kasakasa 1/2tsp Coriander leaves for garnishing Salt 11/2tsp Oil 21/2tbs To saute and grind  Onion(roughly chopped) 2(medium size) Tomato 2(large size) Mint/pudina leaves 1handful Coriander leaves 1handful Green ch

For the final day of Blogging Marathon#28,made a simple and flavorful kootu which is often made in our households.  As this kootu is very light and healthy,it is given a the time of postpartum period.The same recipe can be followed for veggies such as snake gourd,broad beans,French beans,egg plant. Now off to the recipe............................. Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Rigde gourd/peerkangai 2(chopped ) Moong dhal/paasiparuppu 1/3cup Onion/vengayam 1(small size) Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/4tsp Salt 1tsp Oil 2tsp To roast and grind  Ingredient Quantity Coconut(grated) 1/4cup Channa dhal/kadalaparuppu 1tsp Coriander seeds/varakothamalli 1tsp Cumin seeds/jeergam 1/4tsp Pepper corns/milagu 1/8tsp Red chilly/varamilagai 2nos. For the tempering Ingredient Quantity Mustard seed/kadugu 1/2tsp Urad dhal/uluthamparuppu 1/2tsp Red chilly(broken) 1 Asafoetida/perungayam a pinch Curry leaves/karivepillai 5 leaves Method Cook t

Coming to second day of of blogging marathon #28,made a kootu with raw banana and black chickpeas. This kootu is served as an accompaniment for the variety rice meal served in baby shower in our family custom. In some households instead of raw banana,egg plant(brinjal) is used.Lets get into the recipe................. Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Raw Banana/Vazhakkai 2(chopped finely) Black Chick peas/kondakadalai 1/2cup Moong dhal/paasiparuppu 1/3cup Onion/vengayam 1(small size) Tomato/thakkali 1(small size) Sambar powder 11/2tsp Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/4tsp Coconut(grated) 3tbs Oil 2tsp For the tempering Ingredient Quantity Mustard seed/kadugu 1/2tsp Urad dhal/uluthamparuppu 1/2tsp Red chilly(broken) 1 Asafoetida/perungayam a pinch Curry leaves/karivepillai 5 leaves Method Cook the dhal and black chickpeas separately in a pressure cooker for 2 whistles Boil the chopped raw banana with a pinch of turmeric powder and salt in

For the 3rd week of Blogging Marathon #28 I chose the theme Kootu and I wll be showcasing the kootu recipe for next few days. Kootu is a dhal based gravy which can be eaten with white or an accompaniment for some spicy kulambhu such as milagu kulambhu or Karivepillai Kulambhu . In our household kootu is made in our menu atleast weekly once as an accompaniment for rice or even sometimes for roti.This kootu even tastes awesome with rotis and pulkhas. Today I am sharing you the kootu with chow chow aka chayote with the channa dhal,the same recipe can be followed for squash(bottle gourd),cabbage.Now off to the recipe................... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Chow chow(chopped finely) 1 Channa dhal/kadalaparuppu 1/3cup Onion(chopped) 1(small size) Green chilly 2 nos. Salt to taste Oil 2tsp To Grind Ingredient Quantity Coconut(grated) 1/3cup Cumin seeds/jeeragam 1tsp Red chilly/varamailagi 1 For the tempering Ingredient Quantity Mustard seed/