An authentic Kongunadu Recipe. We often prepare this at our homes for lunch. The name only states it’s just cooked with the rice and the lentil with seasoning. We mix sesame oil a tsp or ghee a tsp with this rice before eating. One of my all time favorite recipes, not because it’s simple, it tastes really simple and good.
Curry Leaves / Karuvepillai
Prawns Tomato Fry / Thakkali Shrimp Masala
When I was working, my friend cooked this one day. Those days I never have cooked shrimp at home and even eat out. But I liked this at the first attempt itself, fell in Love with this. I love to have them with white rice.
Left over Idli Upma South Indian Recipe
Idli is one of the main south Indian breakfast/ dinner. When we have left over idlis from the previous meal we usually make idli upma. It is very simple and very easy to make. When in college I asked my mom to prepare this very often even after wedding I still love this.
Hotel Vegetable Korma / Tamilnadu Veg Kurma ( Mixed Vegetables )
Korma tastes similar to the one they serve in the restaurants. This can be accompanied with chapathi or any kind of roti. Vegetables of your choice can be added.
Pulicha Keerai Chutney / Gongura or Sorrel Leaves Chutney
This is a Kongunadu style rather village style Sorrel leaves Chutney, my grand mother used to make this in bulk and pack it to us during the season. We keep it refrigirated for atleast a week and enjoy them with white rices. Sorrel Leaves are high in Iron and has lot of nutrients. They taste tangy, so the recipe should somewhat balance the taste so that it can be consumed with no troubles.
Variations can be made with adding tomatoes. Sorrel leaves chutney tastes sour. To reduce the sour taste my mom suggested to add peanuts. It would be ground in stone grinder in villages without adding water. It lasts up to a week in this way without refrigerating.
If you could avoid water it would taste better. In mixi it’s difficult to grind it very thick so i added little water.
Vendakkai Fry / Ladies Finger Poriyal or Varuval
A typical Kongunadu Style Vendaikkai Varuval which goes good with white rice and curd rices. Eat this with chapathi or roti as well. The speicality is using home made sambar powder from our houses, it has a unique taste.
Pudalangai Poriyal / Snake Gourd Stir Fry / Pudalangai Varuval
A typical kongunadu snake gourd curry. At villages, where my grand parents were living, they grew up snake gourd plants at their back yards. Every house at least will have some of the regular vegetables grown for their own usages. They freshly pluck the vegetables for their cooking. Atleast, once in a week these king of fry would be cooked. Tastes good with white rice and curd rice.
