Garlic Rasam

Ingredients 6 to 10 garlic, chopped 2 tsp toovar dal 2 tsp coriander seeds ½ tsp cumin seeds ½ tsp pepper 2 red chillies ¼ tsp methi ¼ tsp mustard small piece of ginger 1 tsp imli paste ¼ tsp haldi a few curry leaves 1 tsp salt to taste 2 tsp cooking oil Preparation [...]

 
 

Erissery

Ingredients Plantain, washed, peeled and diced Chenai kazanku, washed, peeled and diced 1 tsp pepper 4 red chillies 2 tsp coconut grated ¼ tsp mustard curry leaves 1 tsp urad dal a small pinch hing 1 tsp coconut oil 1 tsp salt to taste Preparation method 1. Boil the vegetables, and add a little salt [...]

 
 

Eggplant Gotsu

Ingredients 1 large eggplant ½ tsp tamarind 3 red chillies 2 green chillies a small pinch hing ½ tsp mustard 1 tsp urad dal A few curry leaves A small bunch of cilantro, finely chopped 2 tsp cooking oil Salt to taste Preparation method 1. Coat eggplant with little oil and bake it in an [...]

 
 

Curried Chick Peas

Ingredients 1 can chick peas 1 onion, finely chopped 1 tsp minced garlic 1 tsp minced ginger 1 tomato, chopped 1 tsp cumin powder 1 tsp chilli powder 1 tsp coriander powder 1 tsp garam Masala A few cilantro Leaves ½ tsp tamarind paste. 1 tbsp oil Preparation method 1. Put the tamarind paste in [...]

 
 

Cauliflower Pickle

Ingredients 1 cauliflower 5 limes 1 pav (heaped) red chillies ½ pav grains of salt ? pav mustard seeds 2 tsp table salt 1 small piece haldi 1 small piece asafoetida Preparation method 1. Wash cauliflower and cut into small pieces. Combine juice of lime and table salt with the pieces in a vessel. 2. [...]

 
 

Cabbage Curry

Ingredients cabbage, finely chopped 4 green chillies ½ tsp urad dal 1 tsp channa dal ¼ tsp mustard a small pinch hing a few curry leaves 2 tsp cooking oil 1 tsp salt to taste Preparation method 1. Heat some oil in a pan and put the mustard. 2. When they crackle, add channa dal, [...]

 
 

Bittergourd Curry

Ingredients Bittergourd, chopped 2 red chillies A small pinch hing A small pinch turmeric powder ¼ tsp mustard ½ tsp urad dal a few curry leaves ¼ tsp tamarind powder 2 to 3 tsp cooking oil 1 tsp salt to taste Preparation method 1. Heat oil in a pan and put the mustard. 2. When [...]

 
 

Bengal Curry

Ingredients 2 tbsp toovar dal 3 tbsp chana dal 3-4 red chillies 2 pinches asafoetida powder 1 tsp black gram dal ½ tsp mustard seeds 3 tbsp oil Curry leaves, chopped 2 cups chopped beans Salt to taste Preparation method 1. Soak chana dal and toovar dal in water for half an hour. 2. Grind [...]

 
 

Beans and Potato Kootu

Ingredients beans, washed and chopped potaoes, washed and chopped 1 cup toovar dal ½ tsp khus khus 1 tsp mustard 2 tsp coconut grated 4 red chillies a few curry leaves ½ tsp turmeric 1 tsp salt to taste Preparation method 1. Cook toovar dal and keep it aside. 2. Boil beans and potatoes and [...]

 
 

ABC halwa (apple, banana and carrot halwa)

Ingredients 1 cup chopped apple, without skin 1 cup chopped banana 1 cup grated carrot 1 cup milk or 1/2 cup milk powder 1 cup coconut 3/4 cup ghee 2 cups sugar Preparation method Grind carrot and milk. Mix all the ingredients together except ghee. Keep on stirring till the apple and banana pieces are [...]