Karuvepilai Kuzhambu

Ingredients :

• 1 Onion
• Curry leaves (10 sprigs)
• 1 Tomato
• 1 tbsp Toor dal
• 5 Red chillies
• 2 tsp Pepper
• 1 tbsp Rice (raw)
• 1/4 tsp Mustard seeds
• 1/2 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1/2 Cup tamarind paste
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

Cooking Instructions :

- Cut onion, tomato and garlic.
- Add 1/2 Cup of water to tamarind paste.
- Heat the oil.
- Add cumin seeds, black pepper, red chilies, raw rice and toor dal.
- Mix curry leaves and sauté for 2 minutes.
- Keep it for cooling.
- Grind the above mixture to make a paste.
- Heat the oil.
- Add mustard seeds.
- Now mix onions, garlic and tomato.
- Stir it well.
- Add tamarind paste and salt.
- Mix it well.
- Pour the grinded mixture on it.
- Boil it covered till the mixture turns thick.
- Karuvepilai Kulambu is ready.

Keerai Masiyal

Ingredients :

• 1/2 Kg Spinach
• 1/2 Cup moong dal
• 3 Green chillies
• 1 tsp Cumin seeds
• 1/2 tsp Urad dal
• 4 Garlic flakes
• Salt to taste
• Oil for frying

Cooking Instructions:

- Wash the spinach and cut it evenly.
- Now wash the moong dal and keep it in pressure cooker.
- Add 1/2 cumin seeds, red chillies, minced garlic and spinach to the moong dal.
- Now pour 1/2 cup water and add salt.
- Mix it well.
- Cook all the ingredients.
- Now smash the cooked mixture.
- Heat the oil.
- Add cumin seeds and urad dal.
- Now add smashed spinach mixture.
- Boil till the mixture turns thick.
- Serve it with rice.

Vazhakkai Pulikozhambu

Ingredients:
1 no - Green plantain
8 nos - Pearl onions (Shallots)
1 no - Tomato
1 tbsp - Tamarind Paste
6 nos - Garlic flakes (minced)
1 tsp - Red chilli powder
2 tsp - Coriander powder
1/2 tsp - Fennel seeds
1/2 tsp - Fenugreek seeds
Few curry leaves
Oil for frying
Salt to taste

Cooking Instructions:
- Add 1 cup water to the tamarind paste.
- Chop the onions and tomatoes.
- Heat the oil and add fennel, fenugreek seeds and curry leaves.
- Now add chopped onions.
- Fry till they turn light brown.
- Mix chopped tomatoes and stir it well.
- Add chilli powder and coriander powder.
- Mix it well.
- Add tamarind mixture and plantain, adjust salt.
- Cook it covered for 10 minutes over medium flame.
- Add minced garlic, cook till the mixture turns thick.
- Serve it with rice.

Chicken Chettinad

Chettinad Chicken is a very popular recipe. The name suggests the origin of this recipe with ease. Please check the ingredients and the recipe as below.

Ingredients:

1 Chicken
1 tsp Turmeric powder
1 tsp Cayenne pepper
3/4 Inch piece ginger
1 tsp Ground coriander
6 Curry leaves
2 Onions
2 Garlic pods
Black peppercorns
2 Ounces Kurumulaku
2 tbsp Vegetable oil
3/4 Cup peeled and chopped tomatoes
Salt to taste

Cooking Instructions:

- Chop the chicken into pieces.
- Fry chopped onions, ginger and garlic in the vegetable oil.
- Add remaining spices and fry for a few minutes.
- Add tomato pieces and salt. Fry for another 5 minutes.
- Add chicken pieces and mix well to coat them with the gravy.
- Put the lid and simmer the contents for about half an hour.
- The mixture would turn almost dry. Occasionally add a little water if required.
- Chettinad chicken is ready to serve.