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Third day thali is a special auspicious day or festival thali made in special occasions in our households.Mostly this thali is made on amavasay,karthigai and other special occasions and no onion,garlic is used.Also some of the specific type of country vegetables are only supposed to cook.Freshly ground masala powders are used to make sambar and other dishes. The thali has 1.White rice 2.Avarakkai(broad beans) arachivitta samabar 3.Rasam 4.Vazhakkai Podimas(recipe follows) 5.Mochaikkai Masala curry(recipe follows) 6. Paasiparuppu/moong dhal payasam 7. Ulundu/urad dhal Vada 8.Thayir/yogurt Vazhakkai Podimas Coming to the vazhakkai podimas,its a dry curry and a great accompaniment for spicy kuzhambhu and sambar.This podimas can be made with or without onion also turmeric powder is added in some house holds,we don't add it and keep it in white color.Use a well matured raw banana/vazhakkai for this podimas.The tender ones will turned out mushy and it ...

Coming to the second day of mini thali, its a simple yet fulfilling weekend lunch.Most of our weekends would be either chicken or egg based recipes.I always make an elaborate lunch on weekends, at the same time,I cook quick recipes so that I can spent time with the family.This egg biriyani is one such quick and easiest recipe,needs just 30 minutes to finish.Pairs very well with simple raita and rich,creamy curries. The thali has 1.Egg Biriyani 2.Onion Raita 3. Roti 4. Paneer Butter Masala 5.Pickle 6.Sliced Cucumber 7.Fresh mangoes                                                                                                                           ...

Starting the second week of blogging marathon #91 with mini thali as theme.Today's version of thali is an interesting one and make it whenever I  have no stock of veggies except onion and tomato. The thali has 1.Steamed basmathi rice 2. Whole moong dhal fry 3. Rasam 4.Egg pepper fry (recipe follows) 5. Homemade vathal (fryums) 6.Onion Pakora 7.Curd 8.Pickle Egg pepper fry is a semi dry and quick dish,you can make in it less than 15 minutes,if the eggs are boiled.This fry tastes excellent with simple rasam or dhal rice.                                                                                                                      ...

Coming to the final day of the thali theme,I am sharing  rice free breakfast thali.Yes this entire spread has no rice and most the dishes are made with millets. This rice free thali is in my to do list since long.I have been waiting a chance share this spread. The entire spread took 1.5 hours to cook and needs some prior preparation like dosa batter grinding and fermentation. The thali has 1. Moong dhal/paasiparuppu Puttu 2.Finger millet/kelvaragu semiya Upma 3.Samai Ven pongal(recipe follows) 4. Broken wheat/gothumai rava idly 5. Kuthiraivali /barnyard millet Dosai The accompaniments are 1.Moong dhal/Paasiparuupu sambar 2. Coconut Chutney 3. Kaara Chutney                                                                                 ...

For day 2 themed under the Thali in Blogging Marathon#74 edition is a mini Punjabi thali. Punjabi cuisine is the most likely Indian cuisine among my kids.As most of their favorite dishes in this cuisine. When I wanted to share the Punjabi thali,decided to do an elaborate one.But due to other personal work, I made a mini thali. The mini thali has 1.Butter naan 2.Matar/green peas Masala(recipe follows) 3.Jeera rice 4.Dhal 5.Raitha with onion,carrot and tomato 6.Punjabi PanchrangaaPickle(store bought) 7.. Gajar ka Halwa/Carrot halwa 8. Sweet lassi I often make this creamy green peas masala  to pair up with either rotis or naan.This recipe of green peas masala tastes good even without cream and milk.Since I had some cream I used it for just garnishing sake.Lets move on to the recipe............                                         ...