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.