Ennai Kathirkkai is one of our fav. Brinjal is cooked well in tamarind juice. It tastes awesome with steamed white rice.
Red Chili Powder / Sigappu Milagai Podi
Potato Peas Masala / Urulaikilangu Pattani Masala
I like potatoes cooked in any form. This is one of my favorite recipe for sambar and curd rice. Any green peas ( sweet, frozen or hard ) can be used for this or even they can be skipped. Still it tastes good.
Mochakottai Kuzhambu / Val beans Gravy
Beans are very high in protein and fiber but low in fat. They have been proven to be a major player in the fight against cancer. Beyond that, they are beneficial to those with diabetes, and help lower cholesterol. Val bean are rarely cooked at my house, this is a chetinadu style val bean gravy.
Dry Gongura Chicken Fry / Dry Pulicha Keerai Chicken Fry
Dry Gongura Chicken Fry / Dry Pulicha Keerai Chicken Fry
Sorrel leaves has high levels of vitamins A and C. It’s used in the treatment of Jaundice and also helps for the problems like Indigestion and Cold. We used to grow sorrel leaves at our back yards and pluck them freshly for preparing chutnies. At many of my relative places, they grow up these plants during the season.
Sorrel leaves are famous in Andhra too named as gongura. Any Andhra restaurant will have gongura pachadi as a must for lunch meal.
Sorrel leaves has high levels of vitamins A and C. It’s used in the treatment of Jaundice and also helps for the problems like Indigestion and Cold. We used to grow sorrel leaves at our back yards and pluck them freshly for preparing chutnies. At many of my relative places, they grow up these plants during the season.
Sorrel leaves are famous in Andhra too named as gongura. Any Andhra restaurant will have gongura pachadi as a must for lunch meal.
Mughlai Chicken Gravy
Mughlai Cusine is one of the aromatic food from Mughal Empire. They were spread across Pakistan and India. This is one of the mild chicken gravy which matches well with any roti varieties.
Appalam Vatha Kulambu / Appla Vatha Kulambu
Vatha Kulambu is a very famous brahmin side dish. This is a chettinadu special vatha kulambu. This is normally prepared with vathal ( sun dried vegetables ). Applam can be replaced with dry broad beans / dry ladies finger etc. Thick tamarind sauce with sun dried vegetables cooked in sesame oil tastes heavenly with steamed white rice.
Chana Masala / Chole Masala
Channa masala is a very tasty Punjabi side dish for roti varieties from North India. It’s severed mostly with the breakfast items. Makes a very tasty combo with roti’s, adding few raw finely chopped red onion enhances the taste.
