Poodu Thokku. (Garlic Curry)

ingredients 

* Garlic pods 5 nos 

* Onion 1 big

 * Two large tomatoes

 Masala powders 

* Turmeric 

* Chilli 

* Coriander

 * Fennel 

Salt to taste 

Method 

Pour oil in a deep bottomed pan. once the oil is hot, add onions. Saute till they are light brown. Add Tomatoes. After they become mushy add curry leaves , garlic and the masala powders and salt. Pour half a cup of water. once it boils, simmer it and let cook for 10 minutes. Tasty garlic curry is ready to serve.

Green chilli Pachadi

 Ingredients:

 green chili 6
 chopped onion 1/2
1 cup tamarind extract
1 tsp mustrad seeds
1 tsp urdu dal
1 drychili
1/2tsp jaggery
1 tsp coriander powder
3 tsp sesame oil
Salt to taste.

Heat the pan with oil.
Then add mustard seeds, Urdu dal and dry chili.
 After that add chopped onion and salt, sauté it well until they get transparent.
Add chopped green chili pieces, sauté it for 1 mint.
 Then add tamarind extract, mix it well and close the pan for next 4 mints.
 Put coriander powder, stir it well again keep on the flame for next 3 mints.
Before turn off the flame adds some jaggery on it, stir it well.


Tasty Pachadi is Ready

Vada in curd

Ingredients:

Urad dal : 1 1/2 cups
Diced Onions - 1 cup
1/2 teaspoon pepper powder
1/4 teaspoon cumin powder
1 sprig curry leaves
salt to taste

Method:

Grind urad dal in a mixer or grinder to a coarse paste. To it add the rest of the ingredients and mix it thoroughly. Heat oil in a wok. Make small doughnuts out of the mixture and fry it in a medium flame.
Tasty Vadas are ready. Keep the vada aside to cool.

Grind a bunch of coriander leaves, a spoon of cumin seeds, two green chillies and salt in a mixie jar and  add it to the curd.

Add a little salt and water to a bowl and put the vadas into it. Squeeze the water out of it and add it to the curd.

Temper it with mustard,cumin, split red chilli, urad dal and curry leaves.

Tapioca Masiyal

Ingredients:

Tapioca - 2 cups
small onions - 10 garlic pods -split red chilli, one green chilli and  1/2 a cup coconut shredded.

Method:

Boil tapioca with a little turmeric and salt. Remove it from the stove once it is cooked.
Temper it with mustard seeds, curry leaves, green chilli , split red chilli, small onions and garlic and coconut.
Add salt to taste

Masala Curry

Garam Masala - 11/2 teaspoon
Coconut - half a cup
Red chillies - 3
Coraiander seeds - 2 tablespoon

Fry the above ingredients till it becomes golden brown and then grind it to a fine paste.

Temper and boil Onion, tomatoes and your choice vegetable (could be curry jack, soya chunks, Potatoes , Mushroom or cauliflower) When it is cooked and the  Masala paste and boil it for a few minutes. Tasty Masala curry is a good combination with White Aappam, Chapathis.

Keerai Masiyal

Ingredients:

Arai Keerai - 2 cups
garlic cloves- 5
red chilli - 2
cumin seeds - 1/4 teaspoon
shallots - 6

Method:

Boil all the above ingredients with little water in a kadai with salt to taste. Let it cool. Then grind the mixture to a paste in  a mixer and then temper it.

Note: Greens (Keerai) contains  rich source of vitamins like  A, C, and K, folate, iron and calcium

Inji Pachadi

Ingredients:

Ginger 100 gms - cut into small pieces
Tamarind water - 1/4 cup
Jaggery (Vellam) - a small piece
To grind
Red chilli - 1 or 2 ( one is sufficient as ginger also tends to be spicy)
cumin seeds - 1/2 teaspoon
coriander seeds - one and a half tablespoon
Fry the ginger pieces in oil till they turn brown.
Fry the above(shown in red)  ingredients and grind it to a fine paste  Add the ginger and grind it to a fine paste.

Add oil in a kadai add mustard seeds when they splutter add the finely ground ginger paste and saute it for a few seconds and add tamarind water and jaggery. When the mixture becomes thick turn off the stove.