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Pirattal is delicacy made in most of our households to accompany with rice.Pirattal is neither watery as kuzhambhu nor dry as fry.Its a semi dry dish and goes very well even with rasam rice and rotis. For this preparation,Kuzhambhu milagai thool is used.As I ran out of it, used red chilly and coriander powder along  with  garam masala powder.Also I slightly changed the original recipe and made it to my family taste.In the original recipe no cashew is used.Also I added some onion slices in the end for extra crunch.                                                                                                                                                                   Chicken Pirattal/Semi Dry Chicken Curry                                                                         Basic Information    Preparation time 20 minutes    Marination time 30 minutes    Cooking time 40-45 minutes    Serves 3-4     

For the final day of the blogging marathon of 88 series,themed under one vegetable in different way is spinach pakora. Pakoras are addictive and easy to make to accompany with tea especially in a rainy day.We prefer some snacks along with our evening tea on the weekends.Its been raining since 4 days here and we were craving for some crunchy snack with evening tea.So made pakoras with spinach along with some potato. I never tried pakora without onions,but this pakoras are extremely delicious and crunchy without onions.Also stayed crispy even after 2 hours,lets move on to the recipe......                                                                                                                                                                                     Spinach Pakora/Spianch Fritters                                                                         Basic Information    Preparation time 10 minutes     Coo

One of the easiest way to include veggies in diet is making raita or pachadi.I like to eat raita along with my meal.Raita is a refreshing accompaniment especially for the summer and it makes the body cool,aids digestion. This spinach raita is extremely delicious,refreshing ,creamy and a wonderful addition to a spicy meal.The use of roasted cumin powder adds a punch and flavor to the raita.Here I used the regular yogurt and it came out creamy and luscious.If you want your raita to be extremely creamy and rich use the greek yogurt.                                                                                                              Spinach Raitha/Spinach Dip with Yogurt                                                                         Basic Information    Preparation time 10 minutes     Cooking time 3-4 minutes    Serves 2-3     Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Spinach/keerai 1-1.25 cups(finely cho

Starting the third week of blogging marathon#88 with a theme one vegetable in different ways.For this theme I chose spinach as the main ingredient and I will be showcasing recipes with spinach. In India we get varieties of greens aka spinach but here in US the varieties are limited.Since spinach has lot of fiber and health benefits, I include in my cooking often.Also my kids eat spinach with no fuss. Usually I make  kootu or sambar with spinach,but after trying kaarakuzhambhu with fenugreek leaves,I tried with spinach also.The kuzhambhu came out so delicious and finger licking.Let's move on to the recipe......                                                                                                                                                                                             Keerai Puli  Kuzhambhu/Puli Keerai                                                                         Basic Information    Preparation

Coming to the day3 of blogging marathon#88,themed under protein rich Dishes is a creamy Bengali style chicken Bharta. Chicken Bharta is a creamy rich gravy where boneless chicken is shredded and cooked in a cashew,tomato based gravy.Here I have cut the chicken into strips and used instead of shredding. This curry pairs very well with naan,roti and jeera rice.Lot of versions are available with shredding the chicken pieces,adding mashed yolks and fresh cream to get the creamy consistency.But I chose this method,as it suits to my family's taste.The output was a delicious curry and we enjoyed it with store bought naan. As three hungry tummies were waiting to relish this curry with naan,couldn't take more pictures.Will update it soon.Let's move on to the picture.                                                                                                                                                                   Chicken Bharta/Ko

For the day 2 of Protein rich dishes in Blogging Marathon #88 is a Chicken Kuzhambhu and fry.This is one of the signature recipe of my in laws house and they do make it with mutton.I followed the same method and tried it with chicken.As it is a pressure cooker method the kuzhambhu and fry can be made in no time.Also the addition of  kuzhambhu milagai thool/podi  make this kuzhambhu so aromatic.Since I ran of the spice powder,used the regular red chilly powder and coriander powder along with the homemade  garam masala powder . The consistency of the kuzhambhu is personal preference.Usually the kuzhambhu is slightly thinner if it is accompanied with idly for morning breakfast.Whereas it will be on the thicker side for rice.Off to the recipe.                                                                                                                                                                           Two in One Chicken Kuzhambhu and Fry