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Pirattal is a semi dry dish popular in Chettinad cusine and can be made in various ways.Vegetables like eggplant,drumstick and legumes,even chicken ,mutton also used to make pirattal. Each tastes unique on its own way.I have shared vegetable pirattal  here  using baby eggplant and drumstick. Pirattal is a versatile dish which can be served as an accompaniment or can be mixed with rice and eaten. Coming to the recipe,it can be made with both fresh and dried soaked peas.Today's version is with the soaked peas and cooked the peas in the open pot.Most of the times, soaked green peas get overcooked in the pressure cooker,so I prefer the open pot method.It takes only 15-20 minutes to cook,meanwhile rest of the preparation for the curry can be done.                                                           ...

Vazhaipoo (banana Blossom) and moringa leaves(murungai keerai) are my favorite and used to appear in mom's kitchen often.But after coming to US,very rarely it appears in my kitchen in the recent years. Though the cleaning process of moringa leaves and banana blossom is time consuming.But looking at the health benefits its worth to make it. Coming to the recipe,it can be made with or without dhal/lentil.As we prefer to make it with dhal I cooked along it,also the dhal needs to be soft and not mushy. This poriyal goes very well with sambar and  Kaara Kulambhu .But I personally prefer to mix it in white along with a dash of ghee.Soon share,how to clean the vazhaipoo in a different post.                                                                           ...

After,couple of weeks break,I am starting the blogging with Blogging Marathon 70th edition.For this week I choose the Thali as theme and sharing a simple everyday Tamilnadu style Thali.For this theme I wanted to share some other state Thali.But due to lot of personal work and my laptop issues,finally ended up in making a typical home style food. Most of the recipes made for this thali were shared already but the beetroot poriyal is a pending post.So sharing the recipe and also used the beet greens and made kootu out of it.Will share the kootu recipe later. The Thali consists of White rice Ennai Kathirikkai Kulambhu Rasam Vellarikkai(cucumber) Thayir pachadi/raita Beet leaves Kootu Beetroot Poriyal Paruppu Thogayal Curd Arisi Vathal/Vadam aka Ilai Vadam Coming to the recipe,here I used roasted peanuts in the poriyal to give extra crunch.Instead of peanuts,boiled peas or channa dhal can be used.                 ...

Coming to the final day of the theme under bhurji recipes in Blogging marathon#62 is mixed veggie egg bhurji. This recipe is similar to egg bhurji and uses lot of veggies.This recipe I noted down from a T.V show and tired it couple of times with other veggies too. Here I used one extra large egg and its easily served 2,but if you are using a regular egg,2 eggs are needed.                                                                                                                                                           Mixed Vegetable Egg Bhurji/Kaikari Muttai Podimas...

For the day 2 recipe themed under bhurji recipe in BM# 62 is a healthy and protein packed soya chunks bhurji. Soya chunks are a great alternate for chicken and its a good source of proteins.Though the soya chunks has an unpleasant smell and bland taste,with proper spices it tastes delicious. Originally the bhurji is made with the soya granules,if not it can be made with the chunks. Coming to the recipe I used the regular soya chunks and pulsed the cooked chunks in a blender to get a bhurji consistency.Also used some frozen green peas to make it colorful and tasty.This bhurji pairs well with rice and roti as well as stuffing for parathas and sandwich. We had it with the store bought laccha paratha for our weekend brunch along with masala tea,it was so filling.                                                     ...

Today is day 3 of the Blogging Marathon #57 and sharing a simple South Indian poriyal with snakegourd.This is one of my favorite vegetable and get it rarelyhere.Since there is no posts for podalangai in my blog wanted to share.Usually podalangai poriyal is made with channa dhal in our households.But this one is with moong dhal and its a no onion & garlic recipe.The poriyal tastes awesome with some spicy kulambhu varieties.As the weather was rainy on that day,the step wise pictures came out so dark,will try to share it soon.Off to the recipe...........                                                                Podalangai Poriyal      Basic Information     Preparation time 15 minutes     Soaking time 15 minutes     Cooking time 20 minutes ...