Kugan's Kitchen Part 2

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VAALAKKAI PODIMAS (PLANTAIN)

Ingredients:

2-3 vaalakkai
1/2 tsp turmeric
4 green chillies chopped
1 big onion chopped
1 small piece of ginger minced
tsp urad dhall
tsp mustard seeds
1 sprig curry leaves
1 tsp lime juice or to taste
2 tsp oil
1 tbs coconut scrapings
salt to taste
chopped coriander for garnishing

Method:
Boil the vaalakkai cut into half with little turmeric and salt (only 3/4 boiled)
Peel the skin keep aside .Mash the vaalakkai with a potato masher roughly.
( Keep the skin, you make poriyal with that )
Heat oil in a wok, add the mustard seeds and urad dhall.
Now add the onions, ginger, and green chillies. Saute nicely.
Now add the turmeric powder, curry leaves and stir nicely.
Add the mashed vaalakkai and stir fry nicely. ( Non –stick pan is good)
Add in the coconut scrapings and fry nicely.
Taste for salt, add the lime juice, and remove.
Garnish with coriander leaves.

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VAALAKKAI SKIN PORIYAL


Ingredients:
2 cups of the boiled vaalakkai skin. (cut into strips)
1 onion medium onion sliced
1green chillie sliced
1 dry red chillie sliced
little ginger minced
1 sprig of curry leaves.
2 tbs grated coconut
little cut coriander leaves

1/2 tsp mustard seeds
1/2 tsp urad dal
1 tsp oil
salt to taste.

Method:

Heat oil in a wok, add in the mustard seeds and urad dal seeds.
When they pop, add in the onions and saute well.
Now add in the sliced chillies, ginger and curry leaves.
stir well, add in the cut vaalakkai skin and stir well once.
add little salt if needed
Now add in the scrapped coconut, mix well and remove.
Garnish with the cut coriander and serve as side dish.


The Skin:


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The Skin Poriyal:

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Aarthi,
thanks a lot for ur comments. i will post the patties receipe at the earliest.
Coconut u can use for fresh coconut chutney, once in a while and for kurumas. for vegetable poriyal u can use soya granules. Initially some people may not like it, once u r used to this, (keeping in mind about health), u will enjoy the dish.
Also, one coconut can be used for 15 days , for a family of 4 members.
selvi

kugan,
u r posting too much of receipes and making me crazy, i am totally confused what to make next. i am trying all the salads immediately. so my husband is very happy that he gets variety of salads both in afternoon and night. (i will not use dressing for the salads). We r enjoying the salads.
Valakai, i like very much, but we dont get indian valakai, near by my house. so waiting for the weekend so that i can buy and make the valakai skin poriyal. u r very clever, nice dish u made out of valakai skin. keep it up.
Can u please post receipe for peerkangai skin thogayal whenever u get time.
thanks in advance

selvi

Wow im loving the air of healthy eaters around in our kitchen
Interesting ones akka :)

To all
Missing you all badly , hope to catch up all of them sooner.
Regards to all

Have a Nice day !

hi nithishri,
where r u? we too miss u a lot. tooo busy i think.
take care
drop in whenever u get time.
selvi

Hi selvi akka
I relocated to Columbus , OHio from Virginia

Having a tough time to adjust here , no good transportation except the fact that I commute to office with the grace of single bus whose frequency is once is 1 hour .
As per job , there is a lot of confusion with the project due to high budget, we r working in reverting back the codes and stuff , and apparently i have no clue of the next project which they say that i will be shifted

Due to these various reasons I havent purchased anything in the house inclusive of internet connection , its in the office that I get a little time to check out our thread.
I know i am cribbing a lot :( which i dont like :|... just hoping there is some clarity in all the things happening around me .

Miss u all akka
Take lots of care :)

Selviem, what ever I post are all normal recipes that we cook always in our house. Nothing new.
So take your time to cook them.
Also you can modify them to be healthy.

As per your request for peerkangkai skin tuvayal.
Selviem in Kugan's Kitchen I, in page 34 I have
posted the recipe for both tuvayal and chutney.


I am going to try to make chutney with sweet potato.
I will post as soon as I make.


Thanks Selviem for your daily posts, that inspires me to post more.
Thanks again. Kugan98

Nithi, it was nice to hear from you.
I can understand your problem. Take it easy.
We will pray that God eases all your problems.
Do drop a line when ever time permits.
Take care. Kugan98

Another of DEV'S Healthy Recipe.

Sprout moong kuzhambu... It's the same as we make usual curries... heat oil in a pan...add some dry chillies, baby onions(abt 8-10 cut into 2 pieces),channa dhal(optional) & fry a bit...then add cori seeds(3 sps),cumin seeds(1 -1 1/2 spns),a fewpepper corns(4-5) & fry until u get a nice aroma...then add a few tomato pieces(1/2 tomato or to taste) & soya flakes(or soya chunks cooked & grind a bit to make flakes) or coconut & fry for a min...grind this along with some curry leaves,tamarind,turmeric & salt... Add this to the sprouts(100 gms before sprouting) & cook until done...add water,salt & chilli powder as req... season with mustard seeds in 1/2 tsp coconut oil & garnish with cori leaves... The sprouts shouldn't become soft...meaning cook only until the sprouts are 1/2 to 3/4 done...depends on how U would like to have it...

U can make this curry thick or thin as u wish by varying the quantity of channa dhal & coconut/soya... This goes very well with dosa/idly & rice...

Measurement of ingrediens are to ur taste...can make it spicier by varying the measure of cori seeds,cumin & chillies...

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