Potato Podimas

• Prepare Time..........2min
• Cook Time.............15min
• Serve.....................6

Potato Podimas



Ingredients

• Potato ..............................1 kg
• Coconut ...........................half cup
• Green Chilies................... 4
• Curry Leaves......... ...........few
• Ginger(Chopped)..... ........1tsp
• Mustard Seeds................ 1 tsp
• Chana Dhal........................2 tsp
• Oil .................................3 tsp
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Boil the potato and remove the skin. Mash them nicely. 
• Grind coconut and chilies coarsely. 
• Heat a pan with of oil. Add mustard and chana dhal. 
• When the dhal becomes red, add the mashed potato, coconut, ginger and salt.
• Mix well and lastly add the curry leaves

Spinach Dhal (Dhal With Keerai)

Prepare Time.........10 min
Cook Time.............10 min
Serve........................5

Ingredients

• Keerai Chopped.......................2cups
• Cooked Moong Dhal................3cups
• Chili Powder.............................1tsp
• Asfetida..................................a pinch
• Mustard Seeds.........................1tsp
• Cumin Seeds............................1tsp..
• Salt to Taste

Method

• Wash the keerai and chop into small pieces.
• Cook the keerai with little water.
• Grind coarsely in blender.
• Add the ground keerai into dhal.
• Add turmeric chili powder and salt.
• Boil the dhal and mix it well.
• Heat  pan with oil add cumin seeds and mustard seeds.
• When the mustard seeds splutter add to the dhal.
• It is very good for kids(You can skin chili powder)

Ganesh Chaturthi

                      GANPATHY BAPPA MOREYA

Ganesh Chaturthi is on 19th September.We celebrate this festival for ten days.It is known as Ganeshotsav. and is observed in the month of Bhaadrapada starting Shukla Chaturthi.We make

• Kozhakattai,
• Vella Appam (Sweet Appam)
• Pasi Paruppu payasam(Moong Dhal Payasam)
• Medu Vadai

We all pray to Lord Ganesha "OM SARVE BHAVANTU SUKHINAH".

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Vazhakai Puli Koottu (Banana Puli Koottu)

Ingredients

Vazhakai Koottu (Banana Curry)

Vazhkai Puli Koottu

• Vazhakai.............................1
• Chana Dhal........................3tbsp
• Turmeric Powder................1/4 tsp
• Sambar powder..................2tsp
• Asafetida.........................1/2tsp
• Tamarind............................two tsp
• Grated Coconut.................2tbsp
• Mustard Seeds...................1tsp
• Urad Dhal...........................2tsp
• Curry leaves........................few
• Salt to taste

Method

• Remove the skin of thevazhakai and cut into small pieces.
• Boil water add the vazhakai, turmeric and chana dhal.
• Add tamarind, sambar powder, salt and asafoetida.
• When the vazhakai is cooked, remove from the flame
• Heat  pan with oil add mustard seeds, urad dhal,coconut and curry leaves.
• When the mustard splutters add to the koottu.
• Serve with chapathi or rice.

Chakka Kuru Poriyal( Jackfruit Seed Fry)

Chakka Kuru can be used in koottu, poriyal, mezhukkuvaratti, and poricha kozhambu etc.During chakka season we dry the chakka kuru and keep. Mash and remove the skin of the seeds.

Ingredients

• Chakka Kuru...............................25
• Chili Powder.................................1tsp
• Coconut Oil..................................2tsp
• Turmeric Powder..........................1/4tsp
• Salt to Taste.

Method

• Remove the skin of the chakka kurus and cut them in long pieces.
• Boil the pieces with salt and turmeric.
• Heat a pan with oil, add chili powder and boiled chakkka kuru pieces and fry them.

Pal Payasam

myrecipes all posts "ONASAMSAKAL" TO ALLOnam festival is celebrated by Kerala People. They wear new dress and go to temple.Special food is served in a banana leaf to family members and guests. For Onam we make pal payasam,Avial (Mixed vegetable curry), Kalan, Naranga Pickle, Puli Inchi, Pasiparippu Payasam,  Araichuvitta Sambar,  Olan, Netrankai Upperi and Chakka Upperi

Attha Poo (Pookolam)

 Ingredients

• Red Rice.......................1/4 cup
• Milkmaid......................1tin
• Milk..............................2cups
• Cashew Nuts................2tbsp
• Cardamom Powder.......1/4 tsp

Method

• Wash the rice,add the rice in boiling milk and cook..
• The rice should cook well in the milk.
• Add the condensed milk and mix well.
• Add roasted cashew nuts and cardamom powder

Mudira Chutney (Kollu Chutney/ Horsegram Chutney)

Muthira Chutney (Horse gram Chutney) Kollu chutney

Muthira (,Kollu, Horse gram) is very good for health. We make mudira puzhukku for kanji.

Ingredients

• Muthira......................1/4 cup
• Red Chili....................6
• Urad Dhal..................2tsp
• Asafoetida..................1/4 tsp
• Tamarind Paste...........1tsp
• Mustard Seeds...........1tsp
• Curry Leaves..............few
• Grated Coconut.........1cup

Muthira chutney

Method

• Roast the muthira, till it becomes brown. Fry the chili and  dhal.
• Grind muthira ,dhal and chili.
• Then add tamarind, curry leaves salt, asafoetida and coconut.
• Mix well and transfer to a bowl. Heat  a pan with oil add mustard seeds.
• When it splutters add to the chutney.
• This muthira chutney goes with rice, dosa,idli and chapati

Ellu Satham (Sesame Seeds Rice)

We prepare make this ellu rice on pathinettam perukku comes in Adi month.

Ingredients

• Sesame Seeds……. 3tbsp
• Rice…………........ 2cups
• Urad Dhal……........1tsp
• Chana Dhal……......2tsp
• Red Chili………......3
• Curry leaves…........ few
• Til Oil(Sesame Oil)....2tsp
• Jaggery……………..1tsp
• Salt a Pinch

Method

• Cook the rice in a pressure cooker. (grains should be separate)
• Fry the chili, dhals and, sesame seeds with little oil.
• and cool them then grind them with jaggery.
• Add oil to the rice and mix the ground powder and mix well .
• Add curry leaves.

Lemon Rice

This is traditional lemon rice. If there is left over rice, make lemon rice.Excellent lunch pack..No need for side dish.

Lemon Rice

Ingredients

• Rice...............................2cups
• Lemon Juice..................2tbsp
• Green Chilies.................3
• Red Chili.......................2
• Mustard Seeds..............1tsp
• Chana  Dhal...................2tsp
• Roasted Peanuts............3tbsp
• Coriander Leaves...........few
• Asafoetida......................1tsp
• Turmeric Powder............1/4 tsp
• Curry leaves.....................few

Method

• Cook the rice (grains are separate)
• Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds, asafoetida, chana dhal and saute till the dhal turns golden.Off the flame.
• Add curry leaves, broken chilies turmeric powder, peanuts and lemon juice.
• Add rice and salt. Mix all together well.
• Garnish with coriander leaves

Kada Chakka Thovaran

Ingredients

• KadaChakka...........................1
• Mustard Seeds.........................1tsp
• Urad Dhal................................2tsp
• Red Chili..................................2
• Grated Coconut........................half Cup
• Coconut Oil.............................2tsp
• Turmeric Powder......................1/4tsp
• Sal to Taste

Kada Chakka

Method

• Heat a pan with oil add mustard seeds, urad dhal and chili.
• When it splutters add the chakka pieces , turmeric and salt.
• Add little water and cover the pan
• When the chakka cooked add the coconut and mix.
• Serve with sambar rice/ rasam rice..