Aviyal For Adai / How To Make Avial

Aviyal with adai is very popular dish in India especially in South India.. This is one of the traditional recipe among the people in south India.. The adai is thicker than the popular dosai and little thinner than the uttappam.. Avial is nothing but a mixed vegetable curry which is cooked in fresh coconut masala with a flavor of coconut oil... 

Poosanikai Thayir Pachadi / Ash Gourd Raita

Poosanikai Thayir Pachadi is a delicious South Indian style (Tamilnadu) recipe serves as a side dish for white rice with any tamarind based gravy.. This is normally named as Thadiyangai thayir pachadi or Ash gourd raita, you can see this recipe in most of the Tamilians marriage occasions.. So I wanted to blog this recipe for a long time..

South Indian Style Vendakkai Pachadi / Okra Kichadi

This vendakkai Pachadi is a famous recipe from the South Indian cuisine, especially in Tirunelveli.... This pachadi is very easy, simple to prepare and tangy pachadi good to have with sambar lunch.. Usually, the Tamil Pongal is in end of this week.. It is very traditional harvest festival celebrate in three days in the month of Thai month... (HAPPY PONGAL TO ALL YOU FRIENDS) 

Chow Chow Kootu / Chayote Kootu

Today post is simple chow chow kootu with moong dal recipe... Chow chow / Chayote is not liked by many including our family.. But i loved it with pulli kuzhambu, is a perfect combination for lunch recipe.. It goes well with poondu kuzhambu, vatha kuzhambu or any spicy kuzhambu.. I comfortable to make this kootu in pressure cooker but i always prefer stove top boiling for kootu recipes. . 

I make this simple kootu with moong dal / passi paruppu. Lentils are cooked and simmered in coconut masala and a tempering added in the end.. Somehow i have not posted one recipe with this vegetable so i decided to post this kootu just for you...

So i hope that you must try this recipe and letme know it's turns out from you..

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 20 mins

Serve - 3

Recipe cuisine : South Indian

Recipe category : Sidedish..

INGREDIENTS :

Chow chow / Chayote - 1 (big size, chopped)

Moong dal - 5 tbspn

Water - 1/3 cup

Turmeric powder - 1/2 tspn

Salt - as needed

FOR MASALA :

Fresh coconut - 2 tbspn

Green chilli - 1 

Cumin seeds - 1/4 tspn

Garlic - 1 cloves

TO TEMPER :

Coconut oil - 1 tbspn

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tspn

Shallots - 1 (chopped)

Curry leaves - sping

METHOD :

• Peel the skin and remove the seed and chopped into small tiny squares as desired..
• Take masala ingredients given in the list " FOR MASALA" and make it a coarse paste..
• In a pressure cooker add in chow chow, moong dal, turmeric powder, and water..
• Pressure cook it for 2 whistle.. open it after pressure down..
• Now mash it with ladle and add in masala and salt, mix well.
• Keep it low flame for 5 mins till the raw smell goes..
• Off the stove.. keep aside.
• In a small kadai add in coconut oil and temper the items given in the list " TO TEMPER".
• Pour it to the chow chow kootu..
• Mix well and transfer to the plate..
• Enjoy..

PICTORIAL :

Take your chow chow / Chayote

Chope them into tiny squares

Add them to the cooker

Add some moong dal

Some water

Turmeric powder

Pressure cook it for 2 whistle

Now it's done

Take masala ingredients in the plate

Add them to the blender

Make it a coarse paste

Mash it with ladle

Add the masala

Little salt

Keep in low flame for 5 mins

Till the raw smell goes

Heat a pan with coconut oil and add mustard

Add in chopped shallots

Few curry leaves

Pour them into the chow chow kootu

Transfer them into a serving bowl

Enjoy..

French Beans Subji / Fansi Subji With Onion Tomato Recipe

Adelicious Indian curry recipe of french beans with onion tomato cooked in few spices... Green french beans is cooked in different ways.. You can make green beans with gravy or dry subji... This vegetables is available in almost all season.. It remains fresh in refrigerator for long and hence whenever i am buying veggies, i always buy this green beans too...

This green beans or Fansi has many healthy benefits.. It is Packed with anti oxidant which are good for your eyes and skin... They are rich in vit A, C and K.. are good mineral source.. It can control the glucose levels of the blood.. It is also used in vegetable pulao and other rice preparations.. Kids generally love this vegetable like bhindi.. Hence you can use this vegetables in almost all kind of recipes.. 

This well goes with chapathy or roti recipes the taste is really amazing... So i hope that you must try this recipes at home and comments me....

Preparation time : 10 mins

Cooking time : 20 mins

Serve : 3

Recipe Source : Werecipes.com

INGREDIENTS :

Green french beans - 1 cup

Onion - 1/2 cup

Tomato - 1/2 cup

Jeera - 1 tspn

Hing / Asafoetida - 1 pinch

Turmeric powder - 1 pinch

Sambar powder - 2 tbspn

Salt - as needed

METHOD :

• Wash and cut beans into small pieces and onion, tomatoes too..
• Heat oil in kadai add in cumin seeds.
• Once the cumin turns brown add asafoetida.
• Now add sliced onions and saute the onions for 1 mins..
• Add in tomatoes and cook for 2 mins untill it became soft..
• Now add in chopped beans into the kadai and little water and cover it with lid..
• And also add in salt as per your taste..
• Add turmeric powder and mix well cook it for 6 to 7 mins.
• Then add in sambar powder and toss well..
• Cover and cook the subji for 2 mins till raw smell is gone..
• Now the delicious beans onion tomato subji is ready to serve along with chapathy or roti...

PICTORIAL :

Take your ingredients

Heat a pan with oil

Add in cumin seeds

Apinch of asafoetida

Add in chopped onions

Toss well

Add in tomatoes and stir well

Till it became soft

Add in salt

Keep tossing it

Add in chopped beans

Mix well

Add in few water

Give a mix

Cover it with lid

Apinch of turmeric powder

When water evaporates

Add sambar powder 

Toss well till raw smell is gone

Cover it for 2 mins

Now it's done

Serve hot

Enjoy..