Salt and Spice

My Mom used to make this simple yet yummy ‘Tomato Curry’ as a side dish for rice.  Since we all like it so much, I make it very often.  It can be served as a ‘charu’ or ‘kulambu’ with other dry items for a satisfying meal! Ingredients Tomatoes – 5 sliced Onion – 1 sliced [...]

Ingredients Ripe Kerala Banana – 4 All purpose flour/ Maida – 1 cup Fine rice flour – 2 tbsp Turmeric powder – a pinch Water – as required Baking soda – 1/8 tsp Sugar – 1 tsp Salt – 1/4 tsp Oil – for frying Method Remove the skin of the bananas and cut them [...]

Ingredients Black Channa – 1/2 cup Yam/ Chena – 1/2 kg peeled and diced Raw Banana – 2 peeled and diced Water – 1 1/2 cup Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Chilly powder – 1/2 tsp Pepper powder – 1/2 tsp Jaggery – 4 tsp (optional) Salt – to taste For Grinding Grated coconut – [...]

Ingredients Ginger – 200 gm Tamarind – a lemon size Water – 1 1/2 cup Jaggery – 5 tsp Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Fenugreek seeds/ Uluva – 1/8 tsp Dry red chillies – 2 broken, seeds removed Green chillies – 10 chopped Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Coriander powder – 2 tsp Chilly powder [...]

Ingredients Ash gourd/ Kumbalanga – 1/2 kg Red beans/ Vanpayar – 1/2 cup Green chillies – 4 slit Salt – to taste Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Thick Coconut milk – 1/2 cup Coconut oil – 1 tbsp Method Soak red beans in water overnight or for 6 hrs.  Wash and pressure cook with 1 [...]

Ingredients Yellow Pumpkin – 1/2 kg Red Beans/ Van Payar – 1/2 cup Turmeric powder – 1/4 tsp Chilly powder – 1/4 tsp Salt – to taste For Grinding Grated coconut – 1 cup Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp Green chillies – 4 Cumin seeds/ Jeera – 1/4 tsp For Seasoning Mustard seeds – 1 [...]

Ingredients Black Channa – 1 cup Water – 2 cups Onion – 1 medium sliced Garlic- 4 small crushed Ginger – 1 tsp chopped Green chillies – 2 slit Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Red chilly flakes – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp Salt – to taste Mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp Oil [...]

Ingredients Ridge gourd/ Peechinga – 2 big Onion – 1 medium chopped Garlic – 2 small crushed Green chillies – 2 slit Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Red chilly flakes – 1 tsp Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Thick coconut milk – 1/2 cup Salt – to taste Oil – 1 tbsp Method Remove the [...]

Ingredients Pumpkin – 1/2 kg cut into big pieces Toor dal – 3/4 cup Water – 2 cup Salt  – to taste Grated coconut – 3/4 cup Green chillies – 4 Turmeric powder – 1 tsp Chilly powder – 1/4 tsp Jeera/ Cumin seeds – 1/4 tsp For Tempering Small onions/ Shallots – 5 sliced [...]

Ingredients Toor dal – 1/2 cup Mixed Vegetables – 2 cups Tomatoes – 2 diced Onion – 1 medium sliced Green chillies – slit Curry leaves – 2 sprigs Dry red chillies – 4 broken Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp Sambar powder – 3 1/2 tsp Coriander powder – 1 tsp Chilly powder – 1 [...]