Kugan's Kitchen Part 7

[dev]

Ran out of veggies and wondering what to make for dinner/lunch... Try this simple kootu...

Tomato Kootu:

Grind to a paste- Coriander seeds - 2 tsp
Cumin seeds - 3/4 tsp
Garlic - 2 cloves
Red chilli - 3
Grated Coconut - 1 tbsp
Cloves - 2
Cinnamon - 1" piece
Turmeric pwd-1/4 tsp
salt

Heat oil and splutter mustard and curry leaves.
Add 1 big onion chopped and saute until translucent. Highly recommend using pearl onions if available.
Now add 3 medium tomatoes and saute until it starts to breakup.
Add the ground paste, lil water(not too much. U r looking for thick kootu consistency) and let it simmer for 10 mins.
Garnish with coriander leaves and serve with rice or chapathis. Goes well with curd rice too.
Yummy!!!

[FernGraebn]

See u soon akka take care

Meanwhile can some one tell me some good side dishes for fried rice apart from Gobi Manchurian


Dev kootu sounds yummy.. What veggies can be added...

Thanks

[dev]

Priyasri, any kind of chinese gravy dishes-like sweet n sour vegs, shangai veg, veg in hot garlic sauce,kung pao chicken/veg etc goes well with fried rice...

Generally the kootu is made with lots of tomato... no vegs are added... maybe u can add carrots...

[rose75]

Take care kuganka, come back soon .
Thanks Dev for your post .
Let us all post something to make Kugan happy

[Aarthii]

Thanks for the kootu recipe dev.
It looks simple and nice too.
Will try it out one day.

[FernGraebn]

Thanks Dev, I'm planning to try kung pao tofu (found in the blog).. will remove tofu and just try with veggies...i tried Gobi manchurian from some random recipe in the net (those newly married days when i was cooking terribly) and it was awful.. so thirumba try panradukke payama iruku.. so was checking if there are any other sides.. thanks for the suggestion..

Also - yarukkavathu cranberry vachu ethavathu dish idea irukka.. i thought this berry also will be like strawberry/blueberry nu costco la oru peria packet vangittu vanden.. pulippo pulipu.. i dont have the heart to trash it..

Thanks for reading through...

Priyasri, any kind of chinese gravy dishes-like sweet n sour vegs, shangai veg, veg in hot garlic sauce,kung pao chicken/veg etc goes well with fried rice...

Generally the kootu is made with lots of tomato... no vegs are added... maybe u can add carrots...

[NOV]

yarukkavathu cranberry vachu ethavathu dish idea irukka....

you can try cranberry rice:





or cranberry chutney





or cranberry pickle

[dev]

Arthi,do give us the feedback if u happen to try the Kootu...

Cranberry...sry Priya...I've never had this fruit...so enakku idea illai... since it's sour, maybe pickles... or just chop it, add chilly pwd, salt and coconut oil...mix well and eat...just like we eat raw mangoes... nalla irukumanu theriyalai... konjama try panni paarunga...

[madhu]

I dont think cranberry is available (குருதி நெல்லி) in Tamilnadu. Or is it available somewhere ?

For me it looks like Plums.

[PARAMASHIVAN]

Cranberries are mainly found in north america!, it is very unlikley to grow in the sub continent.