Kugan's Kitchen Part 6

[kugan98]

O.K friends, I had extra valakkai after the thithi.
I made it into this valakkai curry.
Need not remove much of the skin. It will be very tasty.
Suvai, I know you can get it in US.
Thanks, Kugan


VALAKKAI CURRY

Ingredients:

5 tbs oil
1 tsp mustard seeds
½ tsp aniseeds
1 tsp urad dal
1 tbs channa dal
2 dry red chillies broken
4 pips garlic smashed
1 sprig curry leaves

2 onions chopped
½ tsp tumeric powder
Little salt
1 tsp ginger
1 tsp garlic
2 tsp chillie powder
4 tomatoes chopped
Salt as needed

2 green valakkai, slit into 4 and cut into cubes, with skin.
¼ cup water
1 sprig curry leaves torn with hands

Method:

Heat oil in a wok, add in the mustard seeds and let them splutter well.
Add in the aniseeds, urad dal, channa dal, and the red chillies.
Stir fry till the dals turn lightly brown. Add in the smashed garlic.
Add also the curry leaves and fry till the garlic turns golden brown.

Add in the chopped onions, tumeric powder and little salt.
When the onions turn limp, add in the garlic and ginger.
Fry for about 2 minutes, add in the chillie powder and tomatoes.
Add salt and cook till they turn mushy.

Add in the cut valakkai, and stir fry well.
Add in the water, mix well, cover and cook on sim for 10 minutes.
Stir the contents occasionally. The valakkai should be cooked.
Garnish with curry leaves and remove from the stove.
Goes well as a side dish.

[kugan98]

My dear friends, have you all heard what is tempeh?
We get it here in Malaysia, also in US. Korean stores, Suvai.
Actually you must an acquired taste for it.
I normally will cut into small pieces fry, than make it into soy sauce stir fried.
Recently I had it in a curry form in a friend's house.
The taste was super. O.K this post, just see how the tempeh looks,
and the properties of tempeh. I will post the recipe in the next post
Thanks. Kugan



What is tempeh!? Tempeh, like tofu, is made from soybeans – but it actually has a higher nutritional content than tofu. It uses the whole soybean, and a fermentation process causes the tempeh to maintain a higher and more easily digestible protein content than tofu. The soybeans are packed into a cake that’s easy to slice and cook with, and the high protein content makes it afantastic alternative to meat (and it has no cholesterol).

Tempeh also contains a high amount of essential fatty acids, fiber, vitamins and minerals.The fact that tempeh keeps the whole soybean intact and is less processed than tofu makes it a more nutritious choice.


This is how tempeh looks:

[suvai]

hello hello ngo kugan..... neenga semma speed ngo....iphone4s or ipad2 put together


naalaiki...kandipa seeyali & coriander idly thaan for sure for sure.. thank u k for posting it enoda result...seekiram sollaren.

ohhh onga relatives aatukal & ammi kal use pannaraangala....but all said & done....athula araicha....suvai o suvai thaan....aatukal idly & dosai are the besttttttttttt.....there is no doubt in that.. onga relatives ku oru "O"...

During the week...intha oh bok bok bok...bokchoy try pannidaren.... ipadi enaku pidikaatha sila vegies epadiyaavathu saapida vaithu viduveenga pola

tempeh ingeyum kidaikithu.....smell naala i dont like it...inga the brown variety kidaikuthu but more brown than the picture ones...i guess they fry it & then pack it nu neenaikaren.....next visit to the health food store....will check out if they have natural ones....
k....kandipa smell irukaathey neenga poda pora tempeh curry recipela?????
ayoo no smell suvai try panni paarunga nu sollunga apurammmmm try pannaren

[suvai]

adengappa...vazhakai tholoda picture nalla thaan iruku.....next time i get hold of the vazhakaai...intha recipe thaango ..

[suvai]

nowadays children will complain with these types of dishes.
They say we serve them carbs in many forms.
Idli, thosai, puttu, idiyappam aapam upma and so on.
They prefer, cereals , sandwiches and more of healthy breakfast.

I am going on a spree to find out all about crack wheat cooking.
Then I will be serving crack wheat, idli, thosai, puttu, upma and even different types of pulaos
Till they come begging to change into carbs again

......varathaan poraanga paarthukitey irunga.....omg i was laughing loud reading this nga kugan.....

[rajraj]

Thanks kugan! We have only one grandchild, an eight month old baby! I have food for two months!
Before she took off aunty made:

..........Chicken pulav
..........Chicken kuzhambu
..........Fish kuzhambu(tilapia)
-------Shrimp varuval
-------Turkey cutlet

..........Idli

On top of that one of our "daughters" brought food to last for a week. This evening she will bring more!

I think I am going to gain weight!

Thanks Dev! I am fine!

Rajraj uncle, how are you getting on?
How are your grandchildren?

Oh! aunty India va, apa what do you do for food?
Athuthaan namma NM kitta kekureengala.

Enjoy the food uncle. Thanks and take care. Kugan

[dev]

oh,aatukkalku maaritaangala relatives!!!...inga innum andha nilamaiku varalai...but aatukalla masala aati kuzhambu vechaal aahaa ohoo thaan...

K, even in SG we get all the indian stuffs that we find hard to get in places like cbe...Little India pakkam ponaal palani panchamiradhathila irundhu ellam kidaikum...

Coriander idli looks uper good... thanks a lot for yet anotehr interesting recipe...

[gulabjamun]

Kugan tried your garlic rolls, came out very super.
Also you have given us ideas how to use up old Iddlis. Kugan one request, when you fly in a plane, they give you a bun with your meals.
Do have the recipe for the bun? I will be happy if you can post it for me.
Gulabjamun.

[kugan98]

Suvai, thanks for your nice post.
Suvai, I will post the tempeh recipe.
Since we marinate and fry it before adding to the gravy,
I am sure the smell will not be there. Think that it is good for our body
Pidikalaina, ennaku anupungga.
Thanks, Kugan

[kugan98]

Rajraj uncle, so good of aunty to cook and stock food for you.
Athum, nalla chicken fish, prawns, imm enjoy uncle.
Take care, Kugan