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Spicy Eggplant/Brinjal Fry

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Today I am sharing you a spicy eggplant recipe which can be made in a jiffy,perfect with simple rasam and curd rice. When I was casually talking to my sister over the phone,she was sharing a recipe that she watched on that day in a cookery show in T.V.This fry doesn't need any fancy ingredients and no chopping needed except the eggplants.So next day without any second thought I made this recipe,it came out very tasty and spicy.My husband who doesn't like eggplant also had this spicy fry with no complaints.Use the small tender eggplants to get cooked evenly,lets move on to the recipe.......... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Small round eggplant/kathirikkai 8 Red chilly/varamilagai 5-7 nos. Garlic/poondu 5 cloves(big) Fennel seeds/sombhu 2tsp Turmeric powder 1/2tsp Salt 11/4tsp Oil 2tbs Curry leaves/karivepillai 1sprig Coriander leaves/kothamalli for garnishing Cumin seeds/jeeragam 1/4tsp Method Grind the red chilly,garlic,fennel seeds,turmeric p

Vatha Kulambhu/Vatral Kulambhu

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This post has been lying in my draft since 7 months,finally I posted it today.Usually this kulambhu is made with sun dried berries such as black night shade and turkey berry or veggies which is called as vatral.This kulambhu is a one such authentic recipe tastes very well with piping hot rice along with some kootu and pappads. This is my mom's recipe and she always adds little coconut along with the spices while grinding for the kulambhu to get an extra taste and it can be made with out coconut also. Today's recipe is with the black night shade(manathathakkali vatral) and doesn't need onion and garlic also,here goes the recipe..............   Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Tamarind/puli small lemon size Vatral/manathathakkali vathal 11/2tbs Red chilly/varamilagai 2 Turmeric powder 1/2tsp Salt 11/2tsp Oil 1tbs Curry leaves/karivepillai 1sprig Mustard seeds/kadugu 1/2tsp Fenugreek seeds/vendhayam 1/8tsp To roast and grind Ingredient Quantity T

Tomato Masala Kulambhu - Vegan Thursday

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Today I am sharing you all my mom's recipe with the tomatoes which is a tangy and flavorful kulambhu for Vegan Thursday.This kulambhu tastes good with steaming rice and it is slightly thicker one,little different from kurma.I personally prefer this one with the plain basmathi rice,now on to the recipe.................... Ingredients Onion(finely sliced ) 2(medium size) Tomato(chopped) 3(large size) Garlic/poondu(thinly sliced 5 cloves Green chilly 5 Chilly powder/milagai podi 1tsp Coriander powder/dhania podi 2 tsp Sambar powder 1tsp Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/8tsp Coriander leaves(chopped) as needed Salt 11/2tsp Oil 1tbs Grind to a fine paste Coconut(grated) 3tbs Fennel seeds/sombu 1/2tsp For the seasoning Cloves/lavangam 5 Cinnamon/pattai 1inch piece Star anise 2 petals Bay leaves 1 Fennel seeds/sombu 1/4tsp Method  Grind the given ingredients to grind to a fine paste with water and keep it aside. Heat the pan with th

Chicken Curry - No Coconut Version

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Today's recipe is a simple chicken preparation which doesn't need marination and its a no coconut version.This curry tastes best with rice and paratha,roti.here I used the chicken thighs for this preparation ,can be made with whole chicken too.Lets get into the recipe................... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Chicken(thighs cut into bite size) 1lb(450 gms) Onion 2(medium size) Green chilly 3 nos. Red chilly powder 11/4tsp Coriander powder 2tsp Garam masala powder 1/2tsp Turmeric powder 1/2tsp Salt 11/2tsp Oil 2tbs Curry leaves/karivepillai 1sprig Coriander leaves/kothamalli for garnishing Lemon juice 2tsp To grind Ingredient Quantity Shallots/chinna vengayam 7nos. Garlic/poondu 5 cloves(big) Ginger/inji 1inch piece For the tempering Ingredient Quantity Cloves/lavangam 4 Cinnamon/pattai 1inch piece Fennel seeds/sombu 1/4tsp Star anise 1petal Method Grind the given ingredients to a smooth paste and keep it aside.He