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Today's thali is a festive thali which we usually make it for Chitra Pournami day(full moon day comes in the month of April) for the pooja naivedhyam along with panakam,neer mor and fruits. We don't use onion,garlic and other garam masalas but my kiddo doesn't like other variety rice except some kind of pulao,so I made tomato pulao for him. The rice varieties I made on that day was Kalkand sadham(sugar candy rice) Puliotharai(tamarind rice) Mangai sadham(mango rice) Tomato pulao (tomato pulao) Thayir sadham(curd rice). The accompaniments are Green peas curry Potato chips Fryums  Kothamalli thokku   Mangoes. Mangai Sadham/Mango Rice                                           Mango rice is a simple and tangy rice which can be made in a jiffy and it is ...

Coconut rice is a flavorful rice which is made especially for the baby shower and Chitra pournami day(the full moon day in the month of April). In our tradition for baby shower we make 5 or 7 types of variety rice along with chutney and pappad, one among is coconut rice. I have already posted the  Variety Rice Thali in Blogging marathon which we make it for Chitra Pournami day and even for the baby shower also same type of rice varities with little more sides and sweets.Here is the recipe......................... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Rice 3/4cup Coconut(grated) 1cup Green chilly(finely chopped) 2nos. Red chilly(broken) 1no. Coconut pieces(finley chopped) 1tsp(optional) Cashews 1tbs Roasted peanuts 1tbs Curry leaves 1 sprigs Ginger(grated) 1/2tsp Salt to taste Oil 1tbs For the tempering   Ingredient Quantity Mustard seeds 1/2tspp Urad dhal 1tsp Channa dhal 1tsp Asafoetida a pinch Method  Cook the rice in a rice cooke...

Under the theme South Indian Thali dishes today I am sharing a spicy raw banana curry from Tamilnadu. I have already shared raw banana fry with onion,tomato and chilly,garlic here  and  here .But today's recipe is my grand mom's signature recipe and uses coconut paste.This fry goes very well with sambar, rasam and curd rice also with variety rice.Off to the recipe.................................... Basic Information Preparation Time 10 minutes Cooking Time 20 minutes Serves 3-4 Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Raw banana/vazhakkai 2(medium size) Coconut(grated) 2 tbs Garlic/poondu 2 cloves Dried red chilly/varamilgai 4-5 Shallots/chinna vengayam 2 Cumin seeds/jeeragam 1/2 tsp Black pepper/milagu 1/2 tsp Fennel seeds/sombu 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Curry leaves/karivepillai few  leaves Salt 1 tsp Oil 2 tbs For the tempering Ingredient Quantity Mustard seeds/kadugu 1/2 tsp Fennel seeds/sombu 1/8 tsp Asafoetida/perung...