Traditional Meal - Part 1

MIXED VEGETABLE PORICHAKZHAMB, SENAIKIZHANGU KARI ,VADAMS AND RICE

Iniku athula enna samayal?is the tamil version of "what dishes you have prepared at home?" .As soon as this pops up from my mother who lives in India ,everyday will be different answer to it. Whether its a simple line to talk or just take an interest towards cooking.

Today I did ,Mixed Vegetable Porichakuzhambu which included Chow chow(Chayote),Carrots and peas as vegetables in Porichakuzhambu and Side dish as Senaikizhangu. ALways, Porichakuzhambu goes well with fried vegetable. I already had Frozen Yam ( Senaikizhangu) and made fried vegetable out of it.

So why not have on a daily-cold weather like Chicago...



Mixed Vegetable Porichakzhambu:

Vegetables: 1 Chow Chow (Chop in to big pieces), 1 Carrot and 1/2 cup of peas
Moong dal/Paitham Parupu - 1/2 cup
Turmeric powder- 1/4 spn
Coconut - 1/4 cup
Long red chillies- 2-3
Pepper/Milagu- 1/2 spn
Urad dal-1 spn
Coriander seeds/Daniya - 1 spn
Ginger- A small piece
oil and salt

Temper:

Mustard - 1 spn
Urad dal- 1/ spn
Long red Chillies - 1
And curry leaves ,Coriander Leaves to garnish


Method:

1) In a vessel ,mix vegetables and Moong dal and turmeric powder and place it in the cooker for 3 whistles.
2) In a separate Kadai,fry Coconut,Ural dal,Daniya/Coriander seeds,Ginger,Long red Chillies and Pepper and grind it in a paste form.
3) Take out Vegetable+ Moong dal from cooker and place it in the kadai and let it boil for minutes and by that time, pour the grinded one.
4) In a small kadai , temper Mustard and wait till it splutters.Immediately add Urad dal and long red chillies and garnish with curry leaves and coriander leaves.

Senaikizhangu Curry( Frozen Yam):


Ingredients:

Frozen yam- 1 packet ( Thaw it before you cook)
Mustard seeds - 1 spn
Urad dal - 1 spn
Long red chillies - 1-2
Turmeric powder - 1/2 spn
Red Chilli powder- 1/2 spn
Curry powder - 1 spn
Curry powder consists of Daniya/coriander seeds,Channa dal/Kalla parupu/Long red Chillies/Milagavathal fried in oil and powdered.Ofcourse , with little bit of Asafoetida/Perungayam.
oil and salt

Method:

1) In a kadai with oil , temper mustard and wait till splutters. Add urad dal,long red chillies ,turmeric powder and red chilli powder.
2) Add the Frozen yam(Senaikizhangu) and salt.Let it fry for few minutes(15-20 mts) in minimum flame,Ofcourse in Non-stick kadai so that it doesn't sticks.
3) Atlast add curry powder :)

Enjoy with Vadams and ofcourse hot rice :) Yum yummyy...