Drumstick (Murungakaai)Peratal: We are really gifted with this wonderful iron rich vegetable, we can find abundant of drumstick in the markets during this season. Consuming seasonal vegetables is a clever idea to maintain our health. The tree full of green, long drumstick is an eye catching view in this season. Normal we have some hesitation to have…
Category: Side dish / Palagaraththukku Thottuka
Ladies finger Vathal
Ladies finger vathal, Vendakkai Vathal: we know that ladies finger has a lot of medicinal values, even though most of us avoid ladies finger because of its gluey nature, here is a wonderful idea to consume ladies finger as we like. 1. High fibre content: The dietary fibre content of an Okra/lady finger is known to…
Urad Dal Curry
Urad Dal Curry: We have versatile recipes of dal curry which gives great combination with Roti/ Chappathi varieties. This Urad dal curry is one among such delicious curries. Roti is the staple food in many parts of India, to avoid the boredom situation of having this roti we make innumerable side dishes, with different flavour…
Bitter Gourd Golden Fry / Chips
Bitter Gourd Golden Fry / Chips: The name is enough to make kids run away, I am sure there are still some people who hate this vegetable. This type of fried recipes will grab their attention, it is really awesome to match with plain cooked rice and sambar. My mother used to crush this fried…
Fried chutney
Fried chutney: Normally, in the southern part of India, we have Idli, dosa as a staple food to consume every day. Different type of side dishes from our repertoire makes this an interesting dish to serve relishable. In such case, we have innumerable chutneys, here fried chutney from our repertoire. We saute 2 sets of…
Beans Thovattal / Stir fry
Beans Thovattal / Stir fry: South Indian traditional meal consists of plain cooked rice, sambar, rasam with the repertoire of vegetables which includes a mild and spicy combination of vegetables.One of such vegetable is mild flavoured beans thovattal, or stir fry with dal and coconut. Ingredients: Beans-200 gms Onion-1 peeled and chopped Curry leaves-1 twig Toor…
Potato Subji/ Poori Kilangu
Potato / Subji: Versatile recipes can be prepared with Potatoes. Potato as the main dish, as a base, as a thickening agent and also kids favourable chips varieties and much more can be made with this wonderful stem variety. Health Benefits Potatoes are a very popular food source. Unfortunately, most people eat potatoes in the form…
Green Mango Chutney
Green Mango Chutney: Wonderful and lip smacking taste with the combination of idli Dosa and plain cooked rice. Ingredients: Mango 1 small Ginger-1 inch Green chilli-5 nos Salt-1 /2 tsp Coconut grated-2 to 3 tbsp Urad dal-1 tbsp Mustard-1/2 tsp Curry leaves-2 to 3 twigs herbs can be curry leaves or Coriander leaves and Pudina…
Roasted Garlic Tomato Chutney
Roasted Garlic Tomato Chutney: Throughout history, garlic has been regarded as a well-trusted remedy: during epidemics such as cholera and tuberculosis and in World War 1 where it was used as an antiseptic applied to wounds to cleanse and heal and to treat dysentery caused by the poor sanitary conditions in the trenches.Garlic may also…
Mango Dal
Finger licking taste of this mango dal is very simple and easy to prepare. Excellent combination with plain cooked rice or roti, No wonder tastes heavenly with these two simple dishes. There are many different kinds of mangoes that range in color, shape, flavor and size. While the skin color of mangoes can vary from green…
Chettinad Cookbook - Learn and Serve 