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Here is the recipe for delicious curry with black chick peas popularly known as kadala curry in Kerala. One of my favourite side dishes for aapam and puttu. I learnt the base recipe from my friend Reshmi from Kollam but I tweaked it a bit. This kadala curry is prepared with simple ingredients like onions, tomato, freshly ground masala powder and coconut milk. The coconut milk gives this dish a bit of sweetness and the curry powder brings the flavour. If you like curries with lots of flavor without using a long list of ingredients and cooking methods, this is definitely one for you. We add just four spices, fresh ginger, pepper powder, chilly powder, coriander powder plus the coconut milk. The curry powder makes it more interesting for this Kadala curry.  Similar recipes Kadala Curry  White Vegetable Kurma Kumbakonam Kadappa Mochai and Potato Sagu Green Peas Coconut Milk Curry  Here is the video link for Kadalai Curry Kadalai Curry - Kerala Style Kadala Curry Recipe Detail...

A healthy and easy kootu recipe for this winter season. During my college days, I learnt this recipe from Aval Vikatan supplement book. After so many years, I made this kootu for lunch. Today's kootu recipe is different with pepper flavour. It tastes good with sambar, rasam, coconut rice, jeera rice and also for roti.  When buying chow chow, choose the ones which have even green on the outside. Also slightly press them with your nail and if it is dry then it is not a very fresh chow chow. The skin on the sides and bottom of the chow chow will be difficult to peel, so try to use a sharp knife or a potato peeler to remove the skin completely.  Moong dal adds an excellent consistency to the chow chow kootu. You can also replace it with toor dal or the combination of moong dal and toor dal. As I told you before, do not pressure cook chow chow because you will lose the beautiful colour and texture in the kootu.  Black pepper, cumin, red chilli, urid dal, curry leaves and fresh...

Whenever I think of Kerala food, I personally like theeyal kuzhambu which is similar to our vathakuzhambu. There are many varieties of theeyal kuzhambu. Today we are going to see an interesting theeyal recipe with turkey berry (sundaikkai). It includes authentic ingredients which combine all the flavours in perfect balance.  Nowadays you can find Turkey berries everywhere in the vegetable market and also in departmental stores. Often, we prepare dried vathal during summertime but there are many interesting recipes with this healthy vegetable. Making a good Turkey berry dish requires some patience and time. You have to remove the berries from their stem and then we have to crush them slightly with a stone.  Turkey berries are highly nutritious due to their various nutritional components. They are a good source of proteins, carbohydrates, fats and minerals like potassium, sodium, iron, magnesium and copper. It protects against cancer. It is considered as one of the healthy fruit...

Vegetable Salna - another interesting gravy recipe with mixed vegetables. Salna can be made with any combination of vegetables. The common choices are carrots, beans, potatoes, cauliflower and green peas etc. You can also skip any one of the mentioned vegetables to make the salna. For kurma or salna I believe that using the right techniques and fresh ingredients can bring the ultimate taste. Enjoy this vegetable salna with parotta, chapathi, dosa and brinji. If you like a thin gravy with masalas, then you will surely enjoy this vegetable salna. It is definitely easy to make but you have to plan ahead for the chopping and grinding works. Now let us see how to prepare this vegetable salna.  Check out my other Gravy Recipes Green Peas and Paneer Gravy  Paneer Butter Masala   Paneer Methi Masala Shahi Gobi Masala Broccoli Masala Rajma Masala   Mushroom Butter Masala Easy Chana Masala  Easy Moth Dal Sabji   Green Peas Masala Quick Paneer Masala Malai M...