Bitter Gourd / Paavakkaai Podi

Paavakkaai Podi

This is a very simple dish / podi / fry of the bitter gourd or the paavakkai (we fondly call it as Momordica charantia). This paavakkai podi is made with very few ingredients. The sauteing process takes little time. But worth waiting. Personally, I like this recipe made with paavakkai than other dishes as the others are more bitter. 😁

Channa Masala - All Time Favourite - Evening Snack or Side dish

Channa Masala - Evening Snack or Side dish

Channa masala is a typical spicy Indian dish made with chickpeas / channa dhall / kondai kadalai. If it is made little less spicy, sprinkle some sev, chopped onions and coriander leaves, then it is ready for evening snack. Just make it little more spicy, then it makes an excellent side dish for chapathi or poori. If you are a little easy person, then you can have it along with white rice, jeera rice,other variety rice or even with bread.

I use some store bought spices as it saves some time in my busy morning. In my house, on a week day, making poori and channa masala for break fast is a big task.

Sorakkai / Bottle Gourd Poriyal with Peanuts

Sorakkai Poriyal with Peanut Shower

This recipe is again from my dad's native. Since they cultivated peanuts, they had peanuts whole year round. As I told you earlier in my agathi keerai poriyal recipe post, my dad grew up eating peanuts as morning snack, evening snack, before-bed snack and even mid-night snack.

For snack, we roast peanuts, boil peanuts, roast them in hot red fuming coals in the aduppu, burn them with other dry twigs or plants, or if nothing else.. just eat it raw !

Mint-Curry Leaves Chutney

Mint-Curry Leaves Chutney - Pudhina Karivepilai Thogayal

This pudhina-karivepilai thogayal is what I am frequently doing after they started to give bunches of curry leaves for free (they say so and I know there is nothing free in this world) in the vegetable shops.

Karunai Kizhangu Varuval / Elephant-Foot Yam Fry

Karunai Kizhangu Varuval / Elephant-Foot Yam Fry

This karunai kizhangu varuval / elephant foot fry is my favourite from my childhood. I wait for my mother to move out of the kitchen after making this.

Chilli Parotta - Restaurant Style

Chilli Parotta - Restaurant Style

I actually do not remember when I started to eat chilli parotta in restaurants.. probably that is when I stopped listening to my parents and started eating JUNK.😈.

Egg Masala - Instant Dinner Delight

Egg Masala / Muttai Thokku - Instant Dinner Delight

Most of the time, it is not the recipe which makes it special, it is the memories the dish carries with it makes it special and a gets the best place in our heart. This is one such recipe..

I remember the days of my childhood when my mom makes this muttai thokku for dinner. It is an instant and fresh dish for dinner in our house.

Visitor During Rains..

Visitor During Rains..

Yesterday, we had a visitor. He sat on our grill gate. I tried to move it to the near by Ixora plant.. but it could hardly fly. A crow was sitting there and watching us trying to find some way to shift this poor grass hopper to the plant. When we just took our sight away from the grass hopper, the crow came and took away the grasshopper in its beak and flew away. We all stood there with our mouth opened with disappointment... wondering whether to be happy for the crow who got its food or to feel sad for the grasshopper who became the food for the crow...

Murungai Keerai Soup / Drumstick Greens Soup - Health Potion

Murungai Keerai Soup - Health Potion

I got this recipe for my daughter. It is hard for me to make my daughter consume drumstick leaves. Since I know the health benefits of murungai keerai, I cannot let my daughter go without consuming it in any form. She will consume the keerai few spoon if I force her. But one day I will definitely make her eat it with love.

My Precious loves soups. So got this recipe for her. It cannot be as good as eating greens.. still something is better than nothing.. especially murungai keerai for girls -  is a must.