potato kurma

Potato kurma
potato (alu) kurma is a side dish for
chapati.

Ingredients:
1.Potato 250gms
2.Onions 3 nos.
3.Tomato 1
4.Ginger garlic
5.Paste 1 tablespoon
6.Cumin
7.seeds 1spoon
8.cloves 2 nos
9.bayleaves 2 nos.
10.cinnamon 2 nos.
11.cashew nuts 6 nos.
12.coconut 1cup( grated)
13.green chillies 2 nos.
14.garam masala ½ spoon

method:
1. Peel the potato and cut into cubes.
2. In a cooker pan add little ghee and oil.
3. Put cumin seeds,then cloves bayleaves,cinnamon sticks and fry them.
4. Now add onions an fry, then add ginger garlic paste fry till the raw smell goes.
5. Add tomatoes and fry them.Now add the potatoes and slightly fry them and add little later.
6. Put salt to taste.
7. Close the cooker lid.keep it till 3 whistles.
8. Grind coconut,cashew into smooth paste.(soak the cashewnuts in warm water to get a smooth paste)
9. After 10 minutes open the cooker lid and add the paste.
10. Let the kurma boil for 3 minutes. Garnish it with coriander leaves.
11. Serve hot with chapattis.

miria patchadi

Miria Patchadi is a traditional side dish made for Idlies during festive occations like vinayagar
Chaturthi in our family.

What you need
* Brinjal 250gm
* Ladies finger 6or 7 no.
* Green chillies 3
* (finely chopped)

 *Tomato
* Tamarind (lemon size)
* Toor Dal 100gm
* Curry leaves
* Coriander leaves
* Mustard seeds
* Gingelly oil 3tbs
* Turmeric powder 2tsp
* Asafoetita or hing powder 2 pinches.
* Salt required

Cooking instructions:
· Pressure cook the toor dal with turmeric powder.
· Heat oil in the kadai add the mustard seeds when it splutters add the curry leaves.
· Cut the ladies finger into very thin slices add to kadai along with the green chillies Which are finely chopped
· Fry them for 5 minutes
· Then add the chopped tomato fry them.smash it with the ladle.
· Now add the brinjals cut into small cubes.fry them for 5 minutes.
· Now add the tamarind juice.(make it to 1. 1\2 cups by adding water)
· Add 1tsp of turmeric powder, hing powder and required salt.let this boil for 10 minutes.
· w hen the vegetables are cooked well add the cooked toor dal
· Mix well let it comes to boil for 2 min
· Garnish with coriander leaves and serve it with steaming idlies