Veggie Entrées & Sides | Spicy Tasty

Medhu vadai

Ingredients:

Urad dal - 250 g
Green chillies - 2
Pepper - 1 tsp
Ginger (finely chopped) - 1 tsp
Salt to taste
Curry leaves - a few
Oil for frying

Method:

Soak urad dal in water for 1 hour
After an hour, drain the water and grind the dal to make a soft paste. (According to the size of your grinder, you can divide [...]

Popularity: 19% [?]

Written on November 28, 2007 | Posted in Veggie Entrées & Sides | No Comment

Keerai Poricha Kuzhambu

Ingredients:

Spinach - 150 g
Coconut - 1/2 cup
Red chillies - 3
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Channa dal - 1 1/2 tsp
Pepper - 1 tsp

Method:

Add spinach to boiling water and let it cook for few mins.
Heat oil and add cumin seeds, channa dal, red chillies and fry them till channa dal turns golden brown.
Add coconut to [...]

Popularity: 14% [?]

Written on November 27, 2007 | Posted in Veggie Entrées & Sides | No Comment

Pongal is one of the famous breakfasts/tiffins in South India (esp. Tamil Nadu). It is made from rice and moong dal seasoned with cumin seeds and black pepper. Pongal, sambar and coconut chutney is the best combination to eat. Here you go…
Popularity: 13% [?]

Popularity: 13% [?]

Written on November 21, 2007 | Posted in Veggie Entrées & Sides | No Comment

Tomato puree

Add the required number of tomatoes into the boiling water.
Let it for 5- 10 mins, till u can peel the skin off.
Remove from stove and drain the water.
Peel the skin off and grind it to juice.

Popularity: 9% [?]

Written on November 14, 2007 | Posted in Veggie Entrées & Sides | 4 Comments

Butter Paneer Masala

Ingredients:

Paneer - 250 g
Onions - 2
Tomatoes - 3
Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp
Red chilli powder 1 1/2 tsp
Coriander powder - 1/2 tsp
Turmeric powder - a pinch
cloves -3
Cardamom - 1
cinamom - 1″
Cashew paste - 3 tsp
Butter - 4 tsp
salt less cheese or fresh cream - 2 tsp
Salt to taste

Method:

Prepare tomato puree and onion paste.
Make a [...]

Popularity: 9% [?]

Written on November 14, 2007 | Posted in Veggie Entrées & Sides | 1 Comment

Chayote Milagootal

Ingredients:

Chayote - 1
Grated coconut - 1/2 cup
Toor dal - 1 cup
Oil - 2 tsp
Red chillies - 3
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
urad dal - 2 tsp
Turmeric - 1/4 tsp
Curry leaves - a few
Salt to taste

Method:

Cut chayote into small pieces and pressure cook along with turmeric powder and curry leaves.
Pressure cook [...]

Popularity: 6% [?]

Written on November 14, 2007 | Posted in Veggie Entrées & Sides | No Comment

Potato Fry

Ingredients:

Potato – ½ lb
Red Chilli powder – ½ tsp
Corn flour – 1 tsp
Rice flour – 1 tsp
Sounf powder – 1 pinch
Oil
Salt to taste

Preparation:

Peel the potatoes and cut them into small pieces.
Put the cut potatoes into boiling water and remove immediately.
Add corn flour, red chilli powder, rice flour, sounf powder and salt to the potatoes and [...]

Popularity: 18% [?]

Written on November 14, 2007 | Posted in Veggie Entrées & Sides | 1 Comment

Chole Batura(Channa masala)

Ingredients

Oil : 3tbsp
Cumin seeds : 1tsp
Onions : 1 (Finely chopped)
Tomato : 2(finely chopped)
Chole(chick peas) : 2 cups(soaked and boiled)or(You can use tinned chickpeas also)
Green chili : 3 slit
Corriander leaves : few
Garam masala powder : 2 tsp(You can use ready made Powder too)
Tamarind water : 2 tbsp
Turmeric Powder : 1 tsp
Red chili powder : 1 [...]

Popularity: 7% [?]

Written on November 13, 2007 | Posted in Veggie Entrées & Sides | 3 Comments

Vegetable Kurma

Ingredients

Oil : 4tbsp
Cinnamon : 1 inch
Cloves : 2 nos
Cardamom : 2nos
Vegetables : Beans,Carrot,Potatoes,Green Peas
Onion : 2(Medium ,sliced lengthwise)
Tomato : 2(chopped)
Green chili :3 (slit)
Ginger and Garlic Paste : 1/2tbsp
Yogurt : 1/2 cup
Cashew nut : 7 to8
Coriander leaves : 1/2 bunch
Mint leaves(Pudina):Few
Coconut paste : 2 tbsp
Salt to taste

Masala Powder

Turmeric powder : 1 tsp
Dhania Powder : 2 [...]

Popularity: 9% [?]

Written on November 13, 2007 | Posted in Veggie Entrées & Sides | No Comment

Appalam kootu

Ingredients

Gram dhal(kadalai paruppu) :1/2 cup
Appalam : 5 to 7(or Appalam poo)
Potato :1(medium size)
Green Chillies : 4 nos(according to your spice level)
Ginger : 1 inch(finely chopped)
Garlic :3 nos
Onion :1(Medium)sliced
Tomato :1(sliced)
Turmeric powder :1tsp
Coconut:1/4 cup shredded(optional)
Salt totaste

For Seasoning

Mustard seeds:1tsp
Red chillies :1 no
cumin seeds:1 tsp
Fennel seeds:1tsp
Curry leaves :few springs

Method of Preparation

Soak the gram dal for 20 [...]

Popularity: 6% [?]

Written on November 13, 2007 | Posted in Veggie Entrées & Sides | No Comment