Authentic Recipes from the Kitchens of Shriya, Nithu & Arthi!

Spinach Curry

Posted by on Mar 19, 2009 in Veggie Entrees & Sides | 14 comments

Spinach curry is one of my favorite of my mom’s recipe. It is simple but tasty dish. You can have it with rice or chappathy. This dish is full of  iron and protein as it contains dal. Here you go… Ingredients: Chopped Spinach – 4 cups (Split bean) Moong dal – 1/2 cup Chopped onion – 1/2 cup Tomato – 1 Oil – 1 tbsp Dried red chillies – 4 (adjust to taste) Mustard seeds – 1 tsp (Split white lentil) Urad dal – 1 tsp Cumin seeds – 1 tsp Sambar powder – 1 tbsp (optional) Salt to taste Method of Preparation: Boil 2 cups of water and add the chopped spinach and let it cook for 5 to 10 minutes till it becomes soft Cook the moong dal in pressure cooker or microwave it for 10 minutes....

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Crab Curry

Posted by on Mar 15, 2009 in Best of ST, Featured, Meat & Seafood Entrees | 10 comments

 Crab is one of my most favorite non vegetarian dishes. Growing up in a town close to the Bay of Bengal, we had no shortage of fresh seafood. In fact, my mom used to make crab atleast once in every 2 weeks.Crab can be made into delightful dishes in various forms and recipes. Crab Curry has to rank amongst the top contenders there. And this is another one of my sister’s (Suja) recipe and as usual it turned out to be a mind blowing entree. If you have a love for crab meat, I welcome you to try this recipe and let me know how it turned out. If you made your own modifications to it, also share it with me. After all cooking is part experimentation + part personalization (kai pakkuvam in Tamil). Ingredients: Crab : 2...

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