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Travancore Sambaar/Sambhar (Kerala Lentil Curry) South Indian Cuisine Recipe Sambhar Recipe MY RATING - 9/10 Source - travancorefood.blogspot.com   youdesaia.com Ingredients 1 Cup Pigeon Peas (tuvar dal) 1/4 Tsp Turmeric Powder 1 Tsp Sambar Powder 4 Nos Red Chillies dried 50 gms Shallots 1/2 Tsp Mustard Seeds 2 Tbsp Coconut Oil 1/2 Tsp Asafoetida (Hing) 3 Nos Drumsticks 2 Nos Potatoes 2 Nos Tomatoes 1 No Cucumber Salt to taste 1 tbsp Tamarind paste 1 Sprig Curry Leaves Method - Wash and pressure cook the lentils along with turmeric powder - Transfer the cooked lentils to a stock pot or container - Add the cut vegetables to this and cook over medium flame with some added water - Add tamarind paste and salt per taste - Bring this mixture to boil and add sambar powder and hing - In a seperate pan heat the coconut oil, add musard seeds, shallots, dry red chillies and curry leaves - Pour this mixture of spluttered mustard,shallots,chillies over the boiling

Kadala Curry (Kerala Chana Masala/Gram Curry) Kerala (Malayalee) Cuisine Recipe Spicy MY RATING - 9/10 Ingredients:- Black ChickPeas (Kadala) – 1 cup Sliced Onion – 1 medium Sliced Green Chillies – 2 Sliced Tomato – 1/2 Ginger-Garlic Paste – 1 tbsp Curry Leaves – a few Grated coconut – 1 tbsp Chopped Coriander Leaves – 1 tbsp Red Chilly Powder – 1/2 tsp Coriander powder – 1 and 1/2 tsp Turmeric powder -1/4 tsp Mustard Seeds -1/2 tsp Method:- Soak chickpeas overnight .Cook it in a pressure cooker adding enough water,salt ,green chillies,half of ginger-garlic paste and half of sliced onion.Heat little oil in a pan and add grated coconut into it.Fry till light brown and remove it from the pan and clean it well.Keep aside to cool.When it is cooled ,grind it along with 2 tsp of cooked chickpeas and coriander leaves.Again add oil into the same pan and add mustard seeds into it.When they pop,add the curry leaves and the rest of onion and ginger-garl

Vazhuthanengya(Brinjal) Thoran Kerala (malayali) Cuisine Recipe South Indian Cusine Recipe MY RATING - 8/10 This is an alternative to Fish fry Source - www.mallukitchen.com Ingredients   Brinjals - 2 Small onions chopped - 5 (or equivalent chopped big onion) Green chillies - 3 Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp Chilli powder - 1 tsp Pepper powder - 1/2 tsp Garam masala - 1/2 tsp Garlic pods - 2 Grated coconut - 1/2 cup Curry leaves - 3 or 4 Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp Salt as required Oil - 2 tbsp Method   Slice the brinjal into thin round or half round pieces. Marinate with turmeric powder, chilli powder and salt. Keep aside for 15 mins. Meanwhile, grind together grated coconut, garlic, garam masala, pepper powder, green chillies and salt and keep aside. Heat oil in a pan and fry the brinjal pieces lightly until they change colour. (Important: dont overdo the frying). Remove from oil and keep aside. In the same oil used for frying splutter the mustard seeds. Add chopped on

Avial:: This is a semi-dry preparation which is a mixture of all sorts of vegetables. Kerala Recipe MY RATING - 8.5/10 Ingredients:  (Serves 10) Yam sliced thinly into 11/2" length pieces 1cup Cucumber sliced lengthy into 11/2" thick pieces 1cup Snake gourd sliced into 11/2" length pieces 1cup Carrot sliced into into 11/2" length pieces 1/4cup Long runner-beans sliced into 11/2" length pieces 1/2cup Drumstick cut into 2" length pieces 2nos Raw bananas sliced into 11/2" length pieces 1no Mango pieces for sour Turmeric powder 1/2tsp Salt to taste Grated coconut 1/2quantity Green chillies 5nos Cumin seeds 1/2tsp Curry leaves 2sprigs Coconut oil 3tbs Method: Coarsely grind the coconut, green chillies and cumin seeds. Keep it aside. Clean the vegetables. Heat 2tbs coconut oil in a thick bottom vessel.  Add the vegetables and cook in a low flame.  Do not add water. When it is done, add turmeric powder, salt and mix it well.  R