Mint Green Peas Sundal/புதினா பச்சை பட்டாணி சுண்டல்

It’s a healthy sundal and slightly differs from the normal one. Mint gives nice flavor and unique taste to this dish. It is healthy too and easy to make.

Here is a healthy and perfect evening time snack. Hope you can enjoy to have this sundal with tea/coffee.

Ingredients

Green Peas – 1 cup

Chopped Onions – 1 (big)

Salt to taste

(To Temper)

Mustard Seeds – 1 tsp

Dry Red Chilli – 2

Curry Leaves – few

Chopped Mint Leaves – handful

Method

Soak green peas through over night or at least 6 to 8 hours.

In a pressure cooker, pressure cook it with little salt until 3 to 5 whistles comes out. Then keep it aside.

In a pan, heat oil. Add the tempering ingredients one by one and saute it well.

Then add chopped onions and fry till slightly changes in color.

Finally add cooked green peas and mix it well.

Garnish with mint leaves. Then serve hot with tea or coffee.

Chettinad Kozhi Rasam/செட்டிநாடு கோழி ரசம்

Chettinad Kozhi Rasam is very popular in South Indian cuisines. It is very spicy and tasty rasam.This chicken rasam can be served either soup or rasam. This goes very well with or without any meals.

Ingredients

Chicken with bone – ¼ kg

Turmeric Powder – 1 tsp

Chilli Powder – 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Chopped Tomatoes – 3

Chopped Coriander Leaves – handful

Tamarind - Gooseberry sized ball

(For Rasam Powder)

Fennel Seeds – 1 tsp

Cumin Seeds – ½ tsp

Peppercorns – 1 tsp

Dry Red Chilli – 6

Urad Dal – 1 tsp

(To Temper)

Fennel Seeds – ½ tsp

Urad Dal – ½ tsp

Peppercorn – ½ tsp

Curry Leaves – few

Oil – 2 tsp

(To Crush)

Shallots/Small Onions (peeled) – 5

Garlic Pods (peeled)-3

Method

Soak tamarind in hot water for about 10 min. Then extract the juice and keep it aside.

Clean and wash the chicken pieces and keep it aside.

In pressure cooker, add chicken pieces, salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder with 5 cups of water and cook until 5 whistles comes out.

In a pan, heat 1 tsp oil. Add dry red chilli and saute it for few seconds. Then take it out and fry remaining items and fry for a min. Let it cool down and grind it as coarse powder. Then keep it aside.

In a kadai, heat remaining oil. Add tempering ingredients one by one and saute it for few seconds.

Then add chopped tomatoes and fry till it becomes mushy. Now add turmeric powder and curry leaves.

Now add cooked chicken with water. Let it boil then add rasam powder and mix well.

Once it done, then add tamarind water and chopped coriander leaves. Let it boil for another 2 to 3 min.

Then switch off the flame and garnish with chopped coriander leaves.

Green Peas Nimona

It is a very famous dish in north India. This is very popular dish also in Lucknow. A strictly home-fare dish, this delectable made with green peas pureed with tomatoes to make like gravy. 

This goes well with steamed rice, Chapatti, Naan and Roti.
Ingredients
Green peas – 2 cup (boiled)
Potato – 1 cup (cubed & fried)
Chopped Onion – 1 (Big)
Chopped Tomato – 1 (Big)
Ginger – 1 piece (small)
Garlic – 4 pieces
Green Chilli – 3
Ginger Garlic Paste – 1 tsp
Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp
Cumin powder – 2 tsp
Coriander Powder – 1 tsp
Pepper powder – ½ tsp
Garam Masala – 1 tsp
Red chilli – 2
Bay leaf – 1
Cinnamon – 2 (small)
Cardamom – 2
Pepper – ¼ tsp
Oil - 2 tsp
Salt to taste
Method
Heat the oil in a kadai and add the cumin seeds, red chill, cinnamon, bay leaf, pepper and cardamom and saute over a slow flame.

Grind Onion, ginger, garlic, green chilli, coriander powder, pepper powder, turmeric powder, and cumin powder with salt using little water and keep aside.

Puree the green peas in a blender using little water and keep aside.

Add the ginger garlic paste, and this onion mix and saute for 5 min. then add the tomato and cook the oil till separates from gravy.

Fry the cubed potatoes with little bit salt, then add this with green pea puree and saute for 3 to 4 min. Then add garam masala and 1 cup of water and mix well.

Snake Gourd Stir Fry/புடலங்காய் பொரியல்

Snake Gourd Stir Fry is simple and yummy dish. This goes very well with steamed rice, roti, bread. Snake gourd is rich in fiber and low in calories. So it is great for weight-loss diets. The fiber in snake gourd is also helpful for those with diabetes. Its high water content helps to cool the body and also beat the summer heat.
 

Ingredients

Chopped Snake Gourd - 2 cups

Chopped Onions – 1 (big)

Toor Dal – a handful
Turmeric powder - a pinch

Grated Coconut – 3 tsp
Salt to taste
To Temper
Mustard seeds -1 tsp
Urad dal - 1 tsp
Red chillies -3
Hing- a pinch
Curry leaves - few

Oil – 1 tsp

Chopped Coriander Leaves - few

Method

In a bowl, add chopped snake gourd pieces, salt and toor dal. Then mix well with hands and keep it aside. 

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal, red chillies, hing and curry leaves.

When dal turns golden brown, add the chopped onions and fry well. Add the tossed snake gourd (marinated with salt and toor dal) and cook covered.

No need to add water. Keep cook on low flame. If required, add another 1 tsp of oil and cook.

Then add grated coconut and mix it well. Then switch off the flame and garnish with chopped coriander leaves. Serve as a side dish for sambar rice or rasam sadam or curd rice.

Rajma Sundal/Red Bean Sundal/ காராமணி பயறு சுண்டல்

This is an easy and healthy snack. Red beans are rich source of fiber. This helps to improve your memory. It is also helps to easy digestion and prevents constipation.

Here is the recipe... Have this great snack and stay healthy!

Ingredients

Rajma - 1/2 cup
Grated coconut - 1/4 cup To Temper
Oil -2 tsp
Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
Urad dal (split variety) -3/4 tsp
Red chilli - 1

Hing/Asafoetida- a pinch
Green chilli -1 slit
Curry leaves – few

Method

Wash and soak rajma overnight or for 7-8 hours. Pressure cooks rajma with a little salt and water for 5 whistles. Keep it aside.

Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, when it splutters, add urad dal, red chillies, hing, and green chilli and curry leaves.

Saute until dal turns golden brown and then add the cooked rajma. Add salt if required.

Saute for a few seconds, add grated coconut, mix well and remove from heat.
Delicious rajma sundal is ready.

Spinach Kootu/ பசலைகீரை கூட்டு

This Spinach Kootu recipe is very easy to make and very healthy too. Any variety of kootu is loved by all of us at home.

It is very to prepare and I used moong dal that is also very good for health. Very less oil used to make this kootu.

This goes very well with steamed white rice, idli, dosa, chanpatti and bread.

Ingredients

Chopped Spinach – a bunch

Moong Dal – 1 cup

Turmeric Powder – ½ tsp

Chilli Powder – 1 tsp

Salt to taste

Coconut Paste – ½ cup

Chopped Onions – 1 (big)

Chopped Tomatoes – 1 (medium)

To Temper

Venkaya Vadagam – 1 tsp

Curry Leaves – few

Dry Red Chilli - 2

Oil - 1 tsp

Method

In a kadai, add moong     dal with 4 cups of water with little and cook till the dals becomes mushy.

Then add turmeric powder and chopped onions, chopped spinach leaves and tomatoes.

Close the lid and keep cook on medium flame. Now add chilli powder.

Once it done, add coconut paste. Let it be for 2 to 3 min.

In a pan, heat oil. Add the tempering items one by one and saute it for few sec. Then add this into spinach kootu.

Serve this with hot steamed rice.