Bitter Gourd/Bitter Melon Fry

Bitter Gourd or Bitter Melon also know as paavakai in Tamil is the most healthier vegetable which keeps your body clean and healthier. Drinking Bitter Gourd juice will clense your body. We will see that recipe in another post. Now lets get started with fry.

This recipe is so easy to prepare and takes approx 10-15 minutes for cooking.

Ingredients

Bitter Melon - 1

Chilli Pdr - 1 tsp

Cumin Pdr - 1/2 tsp

Turmeric Pdr - 1 pinch

Salt - As required

Oil - 1 tsp

Mustard - 1/2 tsp

Preparation

1. Slice bitter melon as shown below - round shapes with seeds

2. Add all the powders and mix it well. keep it aside for atleast 15 minutes so that all the spicies blend with melon nicely

3. In a pan, add oil and then mustard. Once mustard splutters add cumin seeds

4. Add Bitter melon and saute it for few minutes

5.  Saute it by leaving a gap for 5 minutes

Serve with hot rice and sambar.! This recipe is healthy as well as tasty. 

Add little bit tamarind juice for sourness. It is up to you. But this gives a different good taste.

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Cauliflower Poriyal

Cauliflower comes in different colors but white is most commonly used one. We made chilli gobi in another post. Today we will prepare side dish for rice aka poriyal in tamil.

Ingredients

Cauliflower - 1

Onion - 1/2 finely chopped

Mustard - 1/4 tsp

Cumin Seeds - 1/2 tsp

Channa Dal /Kadalai parupu- 1/2 tsp

Urud Dal - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves - 1

Chilli Powder - 1/2 tsp

Cumin Powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt - as required

Oil - 2 tsp

Preparation Method

1. In a pan pour oil and when it is hot put mustard seeds

2. When mustard seed splutters add cumin seeds, channa dal and urud dal

3. Add chopped onion and curry leaves

4. Once Onion is half cooked add cauliflower (cut flowers into pieces)

5. Add the spices and salt as required

6. Saute for 1 minute and leave it for 5 mins so that raw smell goes from cauliflower and it is cooked

7. Garnish with Corriander leaves and have it as a side dish

Refer Sambar/Pachai Payuru recipe here which goes well with Cauliflower poriyal.

Tips

If you feel cauliflower has got insects, then soak cauliflower in warm water with turmeric powder only for 1 minute. Do not boil too much as you don't want to lose that crunchiness.

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Vazhakkai/Raw banana (Plantain) fry

Vazhakkai or Plantain contain more starch and less sugar. Variety of recipes can be prepared using Cooking Banana. Today we will learn how to make fry out of it. 

Ingredients 

Vazhakkai/Raw banana – 1 
Chilli powder – ½ spoon 
Garam masala powder – ½ spoon 
Turmeric powder – ½ cup 
Salt – as required 
Oil – to fry 

Preparation 

1. Cut Vazhakkai in round shapes. Put turmeric powder
2.Put garam masala powder, chilli powder and salt. Mix it well and keep it for 30 mins

3. In dosa pan pour 2 spoons of oil and fry Vazhakkai

 

4. Vazhakkai fry is ready to serve and eat

Goes well with Rice and Rasam.

 Nutrition information

Plantain is rich in carbohydrates, protein and contains very less % of fat. Raw plantain is an excellent source of vitamin B6 and vitamin C and a good source magnesium and potassium.

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Cauliflower fry/Chilli Gobi

Chilli Gobi has always been everyone's favourite. Not necessary to always order from restaurtant. In another few minutes you can make one delicious at your home!

I tried in a different way and believe me it is YUMMY.! I loved it very much. 

Ingredients

Cauliflower – 1

Chilli powder – as required

Salt – as required

Rice flour – ½ cup

Wheat flour – ½ cup

Garam masala powder – 3 pinches

Water – to boil

Oil – to deep fry

Preparation 

Half boil cauliflower in a vessel with little amount of water.

Once that is done allow the cauliflower to cool down. Put salt, chilli powder  and garam masala powder as mentioned above.
Mix rice flour and wheat flour with little amount of water. Add this mixture to cauliflower. 
Note: Above mixture should be in liquid state. This is mixed and put in cauliflower since raw flour will not get mixed well.

Keep aside the mixed cauliflower for 5 to 10 mins.
Heat oil in a pan and start frying the cauliflower. 

  Hot and delicious cauliflower/chilli gobi is ready to eat.  Tomato Sauce is a nice accompaniment.
    

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