Category: South Indian gravy
Tiffin / Idli Sambar
Tiffin / idli Sambar as the name denotes, it is always paired with tiffin recipes like Idli, Dosa, Vad, Pongal. According to me the best tiffin Sambar is sever in Annapurna Gowrishankar hotel, Coimbatore. Also the Chennai people love the Sambar in […]
Chinna Vengaya Vathakuzhambu
Vathakuzhambu is a famous and popular gravy from South that uses dried vathal like dried Manathakkali, dried sundakkai in the gravy. But we can also make this gravy without vathals. Instead we can use shallots and is called as Chinna Vengaya Vathakuzhambu. […]
Murungai keerai molagootal
Murungai keerai Molagootal is a very healthy protein rich recipe made with dal and drumstick leaves along with some ground coconut masala. Molagootal is a distinctive Palakkad Iyers’ recipe. It is a combination of vegetables and lentils with coconut. In tamilnadu they […]
Sundakkai Arachuvitta Vathakuzhambu
Sundakkai Arachuvitta Vathakuzhambu is made with pachai Sundakkai or fresh turkish berry. This is a Palakkad style vathakuzhambu with some ground masala. It looks like Sambar but the ingredients used to make the ground masala is ddifferent. Sundakkai is called as turkish […]
Mambazha Pachadi / Sweet mango relish
Mambazha pachadi ia a seasonal and traditional recipe prepared during tamil varusha porappu /Chithirai kani and Vishu kani. This pachadi can be made with or without tamarind. I learnt this recipe from my paati. In my home, we mix it with hot […]
Nellikai Arachukalakki
Arachukalakki is a distinctive dish of Palakkad Iyers. Nellikai Arachukalakki as the name says, it has gooseberry in it. It has the unique taste of gooseberry and rich in vitamin C. You can also have this as a main course. It is […]
Aviyal / Avial
Aviyal / Avial is a dish that has a unique place in Kerala as well as Tamil Cuisine. It is a mixture of vegetables, curd, coconut, seasoned with coconut oil and curry leaves. This is one of the main dishes in Kerala’s […]
Kannamma perima’s Saadham masaal
Saadham masaal is one of the tastiest recipes I have eaten so far. This cannot be considered either as a sambar or as a North Indian gravy. I got to know this recipe from my kannama perima. This is her MIL’s recipe. […]
Thengai varuthu kottina porichuzhambu
Thengai varuthu kottina porichozhambu is one of my favourite South Indian gravies. This is one of the Kerala recipes. You can make this recipe with plantain, potato, yam, cowpeas, chick peas. The combination is Plantain-cowpeas, Plantain – Chick peas, Yam- chick peas, […]
Chenai Erissery / Kerala style Yam Curry is a popular and traditional Kerala curry served in Vishu and Onam Sadhya. Chenai Erissery / Yam Curry is made with elephant foot yam, that is spiced with coconut paste and tempered with roasted coconut. […]
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