VIRUNDHOMBAL

Sweet Potato Sabji - easy and quick side dish within 15 minutes. Anything with sweet potatoes is delicious with the natural sweetness and this sabji is an excellent side dish for both chapathi and rice. Sweet potatoes are such a nutrient rich vegetable. Try to include this vegetable in your diet for monthly, twice or thrice.  Big sweet potatoes can be tough to cut, so make sure to use a sharp knife. Usually my husband helps me for all the cutting and chopping work. In this sabji also, he chopped the sweet potatoes uniformly in cubes. Cubed sweet potatoes work well for this sabji to mix evenly with the masala. The sweet potatoes can be boiled ahead of time and you can prepare this sabji within 10 minutes. Cooking sweet potatoes in a vessel full of boiling water is the perfect method for sabji and poriyal dishes. For sabji, the process is very simple. We have to saute onions and green chillies and then ground garlic cumin mixture is added. Then toss the boiled sweet potatoes with the...

Aloo gobi (Potato Cauliflower) is a healthy and filling sabji with minimal flavours and ingredients. A great side dish for roti, pulav and nann which can be easily prepared within 15 minutes. My uncle ( mother's brother) taught me this aloo gobi recipe. During my school days he taught me to prepare perfect rotis. Even now in our family, he is the master in preparing rotis. Not only in cooking he is having so many talents like painting, drawing, writing poems and stories. He started his career in Delhi so he was familiar with different varieties of sabjis, pulavs and rotis. One day he invited us for a dinner. For dinner, He prepared this Aloo gobi, roti and veg pulav within 30 minutes. He made this aloo gobi within 10 minutes and he served it with soft rotis, veg pulav and a bowl of veg salad. He had actually used simple, everyday, basic ingredients  to prepare this tasty aloo gobi.  

Capsicum(Bell pepper) potato masala (Dry side dish) - simple, quick and tasty side dish within 15 minutes. All you need for this masala is a handful of sliced capsicums and potatoes. The other ingredients are basic ingredients such as turmeric powder, sambar powder, cumin and little tamarind juice. There is no need for any soaking or grinding or pressure cooking. Sometimes you can prepare a tastiest  dish in a matter of minutes. This capsicum potato masala is one among them. You can serve this masala for chapathi, jeera rice, coconut rice, lemon rice and curd rice too. I frequently prepare this easy and quick masala for lunch. This masala tastes so good if you serve right after you prepare it, because the crunchiness in the capsicums will be lost if you prepare in advance. So follow the simple instructions and prepare this easy masala for your family.

Green Moong dal masala/Pasi payaru masala This Green moong dal masala is a simple, flavourful and pleasing dal when served with warm rice, rotis, nann or any breads. It is super easy to make when you have soaked green moong dal.  You can use any variety (split or whole moong dal) depending on what you have on hand.  I usually go for whole green moong dal, which gives a nice  flavour for this dish. The basic ingredients for this dal are ginger, garlic, tomatoes and spice powders. You can also enjoy this dal as given below. 1. Just stuff this dal inside of a roti with a little grated cheese and roll it up for a quick healthy home made frankie. 2. Take a small bowl and add some puffed rice. Add a tbsp of this masala to the puffed rice along with a few chopped onions, tomatoes and grated carrots. Thats it you can enjoy homemade masala pori for your kids.  3. Toast the bread slices with ghee and spread this dal over the bread and place some sliced onions and e...

      A simple moth dal sabji  that is easy to cook without much effort. The cooking method is very simple, fast and suitable for beginners too. This moth dal sabji is great for roti, poori and with a bowl of warm rice. I always like to eat these kinds of mild dals with roti for dinner and it is good for people of all ages. You don't have to grind any masalas and there is no need for any spice powders. You can do the same dal with whole green moong dal. If you are using whole green moong dal, soak the dal 5 hours and then pressure cook for uniform cooking. In this dish, I have added combination of two dals but you can use any one variety. Let's see how to prepare this Easy moth dal sabji with step by step photos.

Tomato Onion sabji for roti I absolutely like this tomato onion sabji for rotis. It's basically a tomato onion thokku. The main difference between this sabji and thokku is that it is made with fresh onions and tomatoes and it is chunkier than thokku. This is the sabji I have been making for years. I love the combination of onions and tomatoes with red chilly powder, coriander powder, curry leaves and green chillies. With this tomato sabji as a base you can prepare a quick tomato upma, tomato idiyappam and a homemade spread for bread slices. .