Side Dishes

Spicy Sundal

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Sundal in basically Tamil recipe, made with chickpeas. It is prepared in various occasions, festivals and as prasadams. Here is a masaledaar twist to the regular sundal. Enjoy spicy sundal.

Spanish Rice/Mexican Rice

Monday, March 1st, 2010

Spanish Rice or Mexican Rice is made with rice, tomatoes and other ingredients. One can incorporate any seasonal vegetables for added flavor. It is one of the popular dishes of south west America and is served as side dish with other Mexican cuisine.

Dahi Brinjal/ Eggplant Yoghurt Curry

Saturday, December 5th, 2009

Ingredients
Curd (dahi) ½ kg, thick
One brinjal/eggplant, big
Salt to taste
Oil 1 tbsp
Curry leaves 2 sprigs
Black gram (urad dal) 1 tsp
Mustard seeds (rai) 1 tsp
Red chilly powder (lal mirch powder) ½ tsp
Red chilly whole (sabut lal mirch) 2

Malabar Stew

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Ingredients

Mutton ½ kg
Fresh Coconut milk 250 ml
Potatoes ¼ kg
Onions 3, sliced thinly
Ginger garlic paste 1 tsp
Mixed vegetables like beans, turnip, cucumber, peas, potato, carrot, gourd etc 1 cup
Oil for cooking
Salt to taste
Water for cooking

Patra

Friday, November 20th, 2009

Ingredients

Colocasia leaves 4 bunches
Gram flour (besan) 250 gms
Salt to taste
Sugar 1 tsp
Red chilly powder (lal mirch powder) 1 tsp
Tamarind (imli) pulp 1 cup thick
Red chilly flakes 3nos

For tempering
Mustard seeds (rai) 1 tsp
Asafetida (heeng) 2 pinches
Curry leaves
White Sesame seeds (white til) 1 tsp
Oil for frying