VAZHAIPOO PORIYAL/BANANA FLOWER STIR FRY

INGREDIENTS :

Vazhaipoo - - 2 cup
Green chillies - 3
Pearl Onions - 1/2 cup
Mustard,Urat dal --1 tsp each
Curd --2 tsp
Salt to taste and curry leaves
Grated coconut - 2 tbsps
Sambar powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

1) Wash , clean and chop vazhaipoo and soak in curd mixed water .
2) Meanwhile,heat oil in a pan . Add mustard,urat dal and green chillies . When it splutters,add onion,saute till golden brown.Add curry leaves.
3) Then add vazhaipoo with the curd water . Add Spice powders , salt.Cover with the lid.
4) Cook in medium flame till all the water is drained out and vazhaipoo is well cooked .
5) Finally , add grated coconut and mix it up well .


Serve hot with sambar rice .

CARROT CHUTNEY

Sending this to FIL---CARROT BY SANGHI and Taste of south hosted by deesha .

INGREDIENTS:

Carrot -1/4 kg

Onion-1(big)

Red Chillies-3

Cumin Seeds-1 tsp

Chana dal-1 tsp

Urad dal-1 tsp

Mustard-1/2 tsp

Curry leaves and Coriander leaves

Salt to taste

Note :

After pressure cooking carrot,filter the stock and leave aside in a separate bowl.

METHOD OF PREPARATION:

1) Wash and peel the skin of carrott.Boil the vegetable in a pressure cooker for 4-5 whistles.

2) Heat oil in a kadai.Add Mustard seeds,cumin seeds.When it splutters,add urad dal,chana dal,red chillies,curry andcoriander leaves.Wait until the dal get gets brown. Add finely chopped onion,fry till golden brown.

3)Add the boiled carrot without stock and fry them for 3-4 minutes.

4)Turn off the flame.Allow to mixture to cool down for 5 mins.

5)Then grind the mixture with salt.Chutney is ready to serve.

Serve hot with dosas or idlis.

SUNDAIKKAI VATHAL KAARA KULAMBHU AND 2 LOVELY AWARDS .

I learnt this yummy recipe from my MIL , whose native is Rettaiyoorani , a small village in Rameswaram District . My hubby's aunt stays there . The village have lots of Palm Trees , sea shore is just 4 km from their house . This place has more  Oorani (a small pond )-- gets water naturally from the ground .

INGREDIENTS :

Sundaikkai vathal --- 1 cup
Onion - 1 cup(pearl onions)
Coconut - 3 pieces
Tomato - 2 small
Jeera - 2 tsp
Mustard - 1 tsp
Garlic cloves --3
Salt to taste
Curry leaves
Tamarind -- a big lemon size
Kulambu milagai powder - 2 tsp
Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp
Jaggery ( optional) - small piece

To grind :

Tomato - 1
Onion - 1 or 2
Jeera - 1 tsp
Coconut

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Heat oil in a pan . Once hot, add jeera, mustard .When it splutters , add chopped onion,curry leaves and saute till transparent .

2) Add chopped tomato,garlic, spice powders and saute till it form a thick gravy .

3) Wash sundakkai vathal and then add to the mixture and saute for 5 minutes till the raw smell leaves.

4) Then add the grinded masala , tamarind extract , salt. Lower the flame,cover with a lid and cook till the oil oozes out. Add jaggery powdered 5 minutes before removing from the flame. It will thicken the Kulambhu consistency and add flavour.

Serve hot with rice .Sending this to Grammathu Kaimanam hosted by me .


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SWEET BONDA

Egg is optional in this recipe . I prepared half with egg and half without eggs . This photo is a mixture of the two . I forgot to take 2 separate pictures.


INGREDIENTS:

Maida--1 cup
Egg(optional ) --1
Sugar to taste
Milk - as per requirement

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1 ) Mix all the ingredients to form like idli batter .



2) Heat oil for deep frying . Once hot , Drop batter spoon by spoon . Remove from thr flame,once it turns brown .
Sending this to 15 minute cooking hosted my Mahima , Event for Eggs hosted by Sudeshna and Srivalli's Mithai Mela .

INSTANT CUCUMBER COOLER

INGREDIENTS :

Cucumber --1 medium
Sugar
Ice cubes

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Blend cucumber in a blender and filter the juice .
2) Mix with sugar and add ice cubes before serving . Sending this to Anu's Refreshing Drinks - RD for summer event , 15 minute cooking hosted my Mahima and Priti's Summer Treat .

ELUMBU SAMBAR / MUTTON BONES SAMBAR / DALCHA (AUTHENTIC RECIPE FROM MY NATIVE VILLAGE)

Today, I am sharing a truly authentic recipe from my paternal grandmother, Dalcha/Elumbu Sambar/ Mutton Bones Sambar. It has a unique flavour and aroma.

Thattankulam is a small beautiful village on the banks of River Vaigai . It is my great grandfather's birthplace and my father and my uncles were born and brought up there till they entered into middle school. My grandparents have paddy fields and coconut trees farm. It comes under sivagangai district . 

We will visit our village very often . We make a get together very often in our grandparents place especially during Pongal . We never wish to miss it . 

Sharing few pictures of our village. This is our way to our fields .

Coconut trees on the river bank . VAIGAI RIVER, we need to cross it to make way to our fields .

This temple was constructed by my great grand father, Mr. Pandiyan . There was an idol of Lord Ganesh with the face of Nandi , which was brought by him .

Coming to the preparation of the recipe, 

INGREDIENTS : 

• Mutton Bones -250 gms
• Drumstick --1 
• Brinjal ---2 
• Toor dal- 1 cup 
• Grinded Coconut -1/4 cup 
• Tomato -- 1 
• Green chillies --2 
• Sambar Powder - 3 tsps 
• Turmeric Powder--1 tsp 
• Curry leaves 
• Salt to taste 

METHOD OF PREPARATION : 

1) Heat oil in a pan. Once hot, add in the bones and cook with little water for 20 minutes. Remove from the pan and keep aside.

2) Meanwhile, in a pressure cooker, add toor dal,bones, slit chillies , curry leaves ,chopped tomato, grinded coconut ,3 tsps of oil,turmeric powder and water for 4 whistles. 

3) Once done , turn off the flame and allow the steam to leave .Then open the lid Add in the chopped drumstick and brinjal , bring it to boil and cook till they become soft and tender. 

4) Add in sambar powder and Salt. Cook till the oil separates out. Garnish it with Coriander leaves. 

Serve hot with Rice/Biryani/ Idli or Dosai . Sending this to Grammathu Kaimanam hosted by me

BITTERGOURD THOKKU / PICKLE

INGREDIENTS: 

Bittergourd --150 gms

Tamarind - a medium lemon size 

Red chillies- 10  

Methi seeds - 2 tsps

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tsp

Salt to taste . 

Gingelly oil 

Mustard --1 tsp 

METHOD OF PREPARATION : 

1) Heat Gingelly oil in a kadai. Once hot, add mustard . When it splutters, add chopped bittergourd (remove the seeds ) . Sprinkle little tamarind water and cover with a lid . Leave in slow flame, till it softens.







2) Meanwhile, grind coarsely the red chillies and methi seeds.



3) Once the bittergourd is cooked, mix in the grinder masala. Then 2 tbsps of gingerly oil and cook till the oil separates out and of pickle consistency. 



 Serve hot with curd rice .

CHICKEN PULIKULAMBU

I learnt this recipe from Paravai Muniyamma's village special recipes show . Paravai is a panchayat town in Madurai District , Tamil Nadu.

INGREDIENTS : 

• Chicken – 500 g 
• Onion (chopped) – 2 
• Garlic – 10 to 15 cloves 
• Fennel seeds,Cumin seeds – each 1 tsp
• Curry leaves 
• Tamarind extract – 1 cup 
• Mutton Masala/Chicken Masala - 2 tsps 
• Red chillies – 6
• Salt to taste

To grind: Fry fennel seeds,cumin seeds,red chillies without oil in a pan and grind them to form a paste.

METHOD OF PREPARATION : 

1) Heat kadai without oil.Add chopped onion and garlic.Fry them till tender.

2)Then, add chicken with little salt and cover with a lid.Wait till chicken is part cooked giving some water. 

 3) Then mix grinded masala with tamarind extract and add to chicken. After 5 minutes,add chicken or mutton masala. 

 4) Leave in medium flame,until chicken is fully cooked and forms thick gravy. Serve hot with rice or rotis.

Sending this to Grammathu Kaimanam hosted by me

CUCUMBER PACHADI AND A LOVELY AWARD

Cucumber Pachadi :

I prepared this for tamil new year .

INGREDIENTS :

Cucumber -- 1 (medium)
Coconut - 3 pieces
Green chillies - 2
Curd - 1/4 cup
Salt to taste
Mustard and urat dal-1 tsp
Curry leaves

METHOD OD PREPARATION :

1) Grind coconut and chillies with curd .
2) Transfer it to a bowl and add sliced cucumber .Add little salt.
3) Temper it with mustard,urat dal and curry leaves . This goes to 15 minute cooking hosted my Mahima .

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RAGI DOSAI

Ragi or Finger millet is one of the staple food in many households of South India. In Tamil, it is called Kezhvaragu. It aids digestion, helpful for weight loss and good preferred food for diabetes. 

My grandmother's native is a small village named as Singampunari,located in Sivagangai district of Tamilnadu. She always prefer to have ragi recipes as breakfast most of the times. This came be prepared even with dosai/idli batter instantly.

INGREDIENTS: 

Ragi Flour - 1 cup 

Boiled rice - 1/2 cup

Urat dal - 1/4 cup

Salt to taste

Soak Rice and dal for 4 hours and then grind them smooth as Dosai batter consistency.

METHOD OF PREPARATION :

1) Mix all the ragi flour , dosa batter with water and salt .Properly mix them without lumps.

2) Heat dosa tawa ,pour 1 tsp of oil around the pan and spread the batter.Again pour oil to dosa edges . Wait till it cooked on one side , then flip to its side .

Serve hot with chutney / sambar .Sending this to Grammathu Kaimanam hosted by me and 15 minute cooking hosted my Mahima .

CHICKEN LIVER KULAMBHU

Uchipuli or Uchippuli is a small village in the Mandapam block of Ramanathapuram District, Tamil Nadu, India. It is a major source of water supply for the Ramanathapuram town. It is a small beautiful village . This village is my inlaws birthplace . It is situated in the Gulf of Mannar at the very tip of the Indian peninsula. According to legends, this is the place from where Lord Rama, built a bridge Ram Setu(also known as Adam's Bridge) across the sea to Lanka to rescue his consort Sita, from her abductor, Ravana. This is also the place where Rama worshipped Shiva to be absolved of the sin of killing Ravana, hence the name of Shiva, which became the name of the town - Rameswara ("lord of Rama"). Both the Vaishnavites and Shaivites visit this pilgrimage centre which is known as the Varanasi of the south. The village is surrounded by paddy fields , coconut trees and sea is within 5 kms from it.(photo : hindu.com )

Coastal Air Force Station,Uchipuli : (photo : Google) . My friend had been posted as Coastal defence Air Force in this wing for 3-4 years. 

 

Indian Navy's INS Parindh, commissioned on 26 March 2009, is located at Uchipuli.(photo : Google)

  In the aftermath of the Mumbai terror attacks which exposed the vulnerability of India's coastline, the Indian Navy has commissioned a naval air station at Uchipuli in Tamil Nadu, to monitor the waters in southern India, the Indian Navy announced.The Uchipili station have three Dornier aircraft and Chetak helicopters for the surveillance. An Unmanned Aerial Vehicle squadron will soon be based at INS Parundu permanently, under the control of the Eastern Naval command. Source: Google Here comes a yummy recipe from this village, shared by the friend.

INGREDIENTS : 

• Chicken - 200g 
• Onion(big)-2 
• Tomato(big)-1 
• Mustard seeds-1/2 tsp 
• Cumin Seeds-1/2 tsp 
• Chicken Masala-2 tsps 
• Coconut milk - 1 cup
• Ginger-Garlic paste-1 tsp 
• Curry Leaves and Coriander Leaves 
• Salt to taste 

METHOD OF PREPARATION : 

1) Heat oil in a pan.Add chopped onion and chopped tomato, fry them till tomato is fully mixed with onion to form thick gravy. 

2) Then add well washed, cleaned and chopped liver to the gravy.Mix them well with the gravy.  The liver leaves out water. Let it gets half cooked.

3) Add ginger-garlic paste, turmeric powder, chicken masala and salt and mix them well.Wait till the raw smell of powers leave.

4) Add Coconut milk to it. Mix and bring it to boil.

 5) Add little water to the mixture not more than half a cup. Add salt and chicken masala. Cover the mixture with a lid. Cook till the oil separates out.

 Garnish with chopped coriander leaves before removing from the flame. 

Serve hot with rotis,Idli's or dosa's.Sending this to Grammathu Kaimanam hosted by me .

VARUSHA PIRAPPU, TAMIL NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

Vanakkam !! 

Iniya Tamil Puthaandu Vazhthukkal !!

Wishing you all a very Happy Tamil New Year .

Tamil New Year is celebrated on April 14th,first day of the Tamil month , Chithirai. It is one of the most important festival of TamilNadu. 'Chithirai' month is very special, as most of the festivals in Temples addressed as 'Chithirai Thiruvizha' is celebrated for 10 days. One of the most famous is 'Madurai Chithirai Thiruvizha', celebrated as the wedding of Lord Sundareshwarar and Goddess Meenakshi Amman. 

To start the new year, every holdhold in TamilNadu draw colourful kolams, welcoming the year with bright, colourful memories and more happpiness. For this year, a simple rangoli in my flat.

On my pooja table , for Kuthuvizhakku. 

The Day's lunch menu includes traditional recipes like Avaraikkai Carrot, Sambar, Vadai, Kalkandu Sadham, Peas Poriyal, Sundal, Mango and Vellarikkai Pachadi.

Check here for the recipes :

Sambar: 

Drumstick Sambar

Arachuvita Sambar

Channa Dal radish Sambar

Swede Sambar

Kadamba Sambar

Moong Dal Tomato Sambar

Red Radish Sambar

Tomato Sambar

Bittergourd Sambar

Masoor Dal Sambar

For Different Poriyal's 

Pachadi : 

Mango Pachadi 

Vellarikkai Pachadi

Vadai :

Ullundhu Vadai / Medhu Vadai

Paruppu Vadai

Paasipayar Vadai

Mixed Dal Vadai

Sabudana Vadai

Kara Vadai 

Baked Paruppu Vadai

Vendhaya Keerai Vadai

Milagu Vadai

Sambar Vadai