A simple, mellow, satvik side dish for rice/roti. It gets done in the time to make a rice and a rasam. And, I promise, you will not smell the trademark cabbage smell. This pairs really great with sambar/rice, or rasam/rice. In my family, we grew up eating most vegetables mixed with plain rice for a starter, with a little drizzle of ghee. This dish provides the good fat from the coconut, and the supposedly cancer-fighting properties of the cabbage.
One of the simplest curries to make, and it’s delicious, no hint of any slimyness. I got my kids to eat okra when they were little with the same line my mom got us girls to eat it: it’s brain food, and it’ll make you a whiz at math. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but my kids love love love okra made this way, and won’t let me make it any other way! It’s a breeze to make, and is awesome mixed with rice, and a little ghee. Or as a side for rasam and rice, sambar and rice, yogurt rice, you get the drift…
This is one vegetable you must wash before cutting. One time, in my very very early days of cooking, I forgot to wash it before cutting, and thought nothing of washing it after. Big mistake! Slimy mess, and never repeated again 🙂
This simple potato curry would figure at the top of any Tamilian’s favorite things to eat! Simple, versatile soul food. Indulging once in a while is good!
This is a quick, healthy powder (podi) that makes a great side for idli, dosa, methi paratha, and to mix with rice.
“Koottu” is an amazingly simple, nutritious, and wholesome dish and makes a complete meal when eaten with a raita. When my kids were little, they wouldn’t eat it if I said it was kootu. But they loved paruppu saadam with ghee (dhal chawal), and I used to trick them into eating it by mixing it myself, with a generous dollop of ghee on top, and calling it paruppu saadam. They loved it. Now it’s one of their most favorite comfort foods, and I have to make it whenever they come home.
This version is my daughter’s favorite. The other kootu with the toasted and blended spices is my son’s favorite.
