Showing posts with label vishu special. Show all posts
Showing posts with label vishu special. Show all posts

Monday, March 21, 2011

Vishu Recipe –Payaru Olan (Steamed Vegetables & Whole Pulse)


Ingredients

To Pressure Cook

1 kg white Bopla

4 tbsp Chowli seeds

3 green chillies

Salt to taste

For seasoning

3 tbsp. coconut oil

½ Coconut

Making

Peel and cut white bopla.and add chowli seeds .wash vegetables and pressure cook along with salt and chillies till done .Extract coconut milk and add along with coconut oil and bring to a boil.Serve hot .

Vishu Recipe –Thengai Paal Olan (Steamed Vegetables in Coconut Milk)


Ingredients

To Pressure Cook

1 kg white Bopla

½ kg green pumpkin

50 gms. Chowli beans ( optional)

3 green chillies

Salt to taste

For seasoning

½ Coconut

3 tbsp. coconut oil

Making

Peel and cut white bopla and green pumpkin to big pieces .(4 cm * 4cm pieces, but tin). Cut chowlito 4cm pieces.wash vegetables and pressure cook along with salt and chillies till done .Extract coconut milk and add along with coconut oil and bring to a boil.Serve hot .

Vishu Recipe –Olan (Steamed white pumpkin)

Ingredients

To Pressure Cook

1 kg white Bopla

½ kg green pumpkin

50 gms. Chowli beans ( optional)

3 green chillies

Salt to taste

For seasoning

3 tbsp. coconut oil

Making

Peel and cut white bopla and green pumpkin to big pieces .(4 cm * 4cm pieces, but tin). Cut chowlito 4cm pieces.wash vegetables and pressure cook along with salt and chillies till done .Add coconut oil and bring to a boil.Serve hot .

Sunday, March 20, 2011

Vishu Recipes -Keerai chundal (Dry Leafy Vegetable Curry)


Ingredients

3 bundles chowli leaves

½ tsp. turmeric powder

1 ½ tbsp. curry powder

Salt to taste

For seasoning

1 tsp. mustard seeds

2 tsp. black gram dal

2 red chilies (broken)

2 tbsp. oil

Making

Clean, cut and wash chowli leaves. Heat oil and add mustard seeds, black gram dal and red chilies. When brown, add chowli leaves, salt and turmeric powder. Cook on a low fire till done .Add curry powder and cook for a few minutes. Serve hot.

Vishu Recipe -Mendhiya Keerai Chundal (Dry Fenugreek Leaf Curry)


Ingredients

3 bundles methi leaves

2 potatoes

½ tsp. turmeric powder

1 tbsp. curry powder

Juice of 1 lemon

Salt to taste

For seasoning

1 tsp. mustard seeds

2 tsp. black gram dal

2 red chilies (broken)

3 tbsp. oil

Making

Clean, cut and wash methi leaves. Peel and chop potatoes as for finger chips. Proceed as for keerai chundal, in following recipe .Add lemon juice before serving.

Vishu Recipe - Idichchakkai Poduthuval (Dry Raw Jack-Fruit Curry)


Ingredients

To pressure cook

1 ½ kg raw jack-fruit (kathal)

1 tsp. turmeric powder

Salt to taste

For Garnishing

½ coconuts (grated)

8 green chilies

For Seasoning

1 ¼ tsp. mustard seeds

2 tsp. black gram dal

3 red chilies

5 tbsp. coconut oil

Making

Peel and cut jack-fruit into big pieces (2 inches).Pressure cook along with salt and turmeric powder till done. Cool the vegetables .run the vegetables. A few pieces at a time, in a mixie till well mashed.

Heat oil and add mustard seeds, black gram dal and red chilies .when brown add vegetables and cook on a low fire till dry. Run the grated coconut and green chilies in a mixie for a minute and add to vegetables. Serve hot.