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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 ...

Starting the 3rd week of blogging Marathon #90 with everyday lunch/dinner recipes.Being a rice eater most of our weekday lunch or dinner would be a simple South Indian cooking.As kids's prefer to eat rice once in a day, I do a veggie poriyal and some sambar or kuzhambhu variety. For day 1,I sharing a poriyal recipe with mixed veggies and green lentil(moong dhal).I make this poriyal whenever I have a small portion of those veggies.It pairs very well with sambar spicy kuzhambhu varieties.This recipe is a no onion-garlic version and all the veggies are homegrown.                                                                                                                 ...

Starting the 3rd week of blogging marathon with combo dishes as theme.There are so many Indian  dishes served in a combo to balance the taste as well as the nutritive value. One such classical dish is kootu,a lentil based dish served along with a tamarind based spicy dish,kaara kuzhambhu or puli kuzhambhu along with rice..As the kuzhambhu doesn't have lentils,normally a dish with lentil is paired to balance the nutritive value.In most of the household either kottu or a lentil dip, thogayal is accompanied with the spicy kuzhambhu along with a dash of ghee. Coming to the recipe,its made in no time as pressure cooker is used for the entire process.Its a perfect dish to make in a hurry.this kootu can be served as such with white rice also.in that case a spicy fry is accompanied.                                                 ...

Coming to day2 recipe themed under fruits that are veggies is Vankaya poornam,a Telungana Delicay. Gutti Vankaya kura is refered as vankaya pooranam in some parts and the stuffing will be different for each house hold.Since eggplant is a fruit and its my favorite,I wanted to share it for the theme. Coming to the recipe I bookmarked this one from  Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing this BM#66 . Sumber http://www.naliniscooking.com

Today is the final day in Journey through Tamil Cuisine in A-Z series in mega BM and the letter is Z.Usually I end up the mega marathon with a sweet note,as Z is one of the toughest letter to find a Tamil recipe I made a simple kootu with Zucchini.Since zucchini belongs to the squash family,I made the kootu the way we make soraikkai/squash. As zucchini cooks very fast,it takes few minutes to cook.Here I used the cooked channa dhal,but any type of dhal can be used. Kootu can be mixed along with rice as well as can be an accompaniment for a spicy and tangy kuzhambu varieties.I paired up with the  ennai kathirikkai kuzhambu ,lets move on to the recipe...........                                                                                   ...

We are entering the final week of Blogging Marathon #62 and for this week I chose to share quick meals. Since my week days cooking is always simple and takes 30-40 minutes.But I do some of the preparations in the previous day itself.Prior preparation makes the morning cooking so easy. As my Hubby prefers mostly South Indian food,every other day is a simple and comforting South Indian menu.Today's recipe is a flavorful vendhaya kulambhu and paired it with cabbage kottu and rice. For this kulambhu preparation I used the store bought tamarind paste and chopped the cabbage previous day,kept it in the refrigerator.As both needs coconut paste I ground it together and used.I kept the rice in an electric cooker and while the kulambhu is boiling I made the kootu.Lets move on to the recipe...........                                                 ...