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.
Specials
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.
Aval upma / Avalakki bath
Aval is a flattened rice which when soaked in water absorbs and bulges like rice. Aval / Poha is a famous breakfast item. They are soft and can be eaten uncooked with mixing sugar and coconut.
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.
How to make curd at home
Making Curd differs from one to another person. I found the following is the better way to make Curd in US. This makes a tasty thayir at home.
Dosa Kulambu / Idli Kulambu
Dosa, Idli are a common tiffins in South India homes. At any house these two will be a meal course either for breakfast or dinner. This is a Chettinadu special gravy and different from the usual one prepared. Have fun !!
