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Parangikai Paal Kootu | Tender Yellow Pumpkin Kootu

Sandhya Ramakrishnan — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 02:39:35 +0000

Parangikai Paal Kootu is a very traditional recipe made with young/tender yellow pumpkin, milk, and sugar. This is a savory pumpkin kootu recipe but on the sweeter side and hence is a great choice with spicy vatha kuzhambu or milagu kuzhambu. I am starting the New Year with one of our very traditional family recipes,...

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Keerai Molagootal | Spinach / Keerai Kootu

Sandhya Ramakrishnan — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 23:50:00 +0000

Keerai Molagootal or Keerai Kootu is an excellent side dish to accompany rice for a sumptuous meal. This version is more famous in Kerala. It takes about 30 minutes to make this spinach kootu and is an excellent recipe to make for a quick dinner. Keerai Molagootal is a very typical Palakkad Iyer dish and...

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Pavakkai Pitlai | Bitter gourd Pitlai

Sandhya Ramakrishnan — Wed, 24 Jun 2020 22:02:00 +0000

Pavakkai Pitlai is a delicious sambhar from the South Indian region made exclusively with Bitter gourd. I have added chickpeas for added texture and flavor. This is a wonderful Vegan stew / kootu made with bitter gourd and served with rice. Did I just hear you say, I don’t like bitter gourd? Think again… Yes,...

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Kathirikkai Gothsu | Eggplant Gothsu | Brinjal Gothsu

Sandhya Ramakrishnan — Tue, 15 Jan 2019 15:34:57 +0000

The best side dish to serve with Ven Pongal is this Kathirikkai Gothsu also called Eggplant Gothsu or Brinjal Gothsu. Serve it not just with Ven Pongal but also with Idli or Dosai and enjoy. I am a part of the group called the 'A-Z Recipe challenge', wherein a group of bloggers comes together and we...

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Poosanikkai Mor Kootu / Ash Gourd Stew With Buttermilk

Sandhya Ramakrishnan — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 16:57:00 +0000

Poosanikkai Mor Kootu is one of the comfort foods to try on lazy days. This kootu with hot rice and lentils (paruppu) is an excellent filling meal. When it comes to comfort food, my go-to recipe is a kootu. I love eating hot kootu with rice and paruppu. I make kootu on lazy days when...

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Mixed Vegetable Poricha Kuzhambu | Mixed Vegetable Poricha Kootu

Sandhya Ramakrishnan — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 05:03:00 +0000

A quick and easy mixed vegetable Poricha Kuzhambu for weeknight dinner with any leftover vegetables in the refrigerator. Also called the mixed vegetable poricha kootu, this works great with rice, idli, or dosai! I love Poricha kuzhambu and the most frequent vegetable that I use is podalangai (snake gourd). Recently after marriage, I made a...

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Peerkangai Poricha Kootu | Ridge Gourd / Chinese Okra Kootu

Sandhya Ramakrishnan — Tue, 12 Jan 2016 21:44:00 +0000

Peerkangai Poricha Kootu is a delicious and Vegan kootu / stew made with ridge gourd / Chinese okra and Moong dal and freshly ground spices. A perfect dish with steaming hot rice. It was almost the end of the harvest season and one of my dear friends, Ranganayaki, gave me two lovely peerkangai / ridge...

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Kerala Style Poosinikkai Kootu Curry

Sandhya Ramakrishnan — Sun, 14 Jun 2015 02:45:00 +0000

Kerala Style Poosinikkai Kootu Curry is a classic lunch recipe with a heavy amount of coconut added to it to bring out the flavors of Kerala. You can make it a little spicy and use it as a side for rice. Finding poosinikkai (ash gourd or white pumpkin) is not very easy in many parts...

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Poosanikkai Kootu – White Pumpkin Kootu – Ash Gourd Kootu

Sandhya Ramakrishnan — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 04:37:07 +0000

This Poosanikkai kootu or White Pumpkin Kootu is made the traditional South Indian way by cooking the vegetable in tamarind juice and then flavoring it with spices. Ash Gourd Kootu can be a good side for traditional white rice as lunch or dinner Poosanikkai, also known as ash gourd is the newfound happiness for our...

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Thayir Keerai Kongunadu Style | Spinach In Yogurt Base

Sandhya Ramakrishnan — Sat, 06 Dec 2014 03:25:00 +0000

Thayir Keerai is one of my go-to comfort recipes when I need to make something quick and easy. This recipe takes less than 30 minutes and can be combined with rice to be a quick meal. For the second day of venturing into Tamil cuisine, I chose to make a recipe from the Kongu region...

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