Carrot Kichedi / Carrot Pachadi

Carrot Kichedi is a simple and delicious dish.

INGREDIENTS:

• Finely Chopped Carrot - ¼ cup
• Green chillies - 4 nos
• Curd - 1 cup
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
• Water 
• Salt - to taste
• Curry leaves - A few
• Mustard seeds - ¼ tsp 
• Red chilly - 2 nos 
• Coconut Oil - 1 tsp 

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook Chopped carrot and Green Chilly in water along with salt and turmeric powder .
• When the cooked carrot is cool,add Curd to it and stir well.
• Heat Oil in a Pan.
• Add Mustrard seeds and Red chillies into it, allow to Splutter.
• Add Curry leaves and fry it.  
• Pour the seasoning over the Kichedi.  

Recommended Combination: Serve with Rice.

Carrot Mutta Thoran / Carrot Egg Thoran

Another form of thoran using carrot and Egg mixed with grated coconut.

INGREDIENTS:

• Eggs - 3 nos
• Finely Chopped Onion - 1 nos
• Finely chopped Carrot-2 nos
• Green Chilly(Chopped) - 3 nos 
• Grated coconut - 4 tbsp
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
• Oil - 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds – ½ tsp
• Red Chilly-2 nos
• Curry leaves - few
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Beat the eggs and keep aside. 
• Cook the carrot along with turmeric powder and salt in little water.
• Heat oil in a pan.
• Add mustard seeds and Red chilly and allow to splutter.
• Add the chopped onion,green chilly and saute well till the Onion turns transparent..
• Add cooked carrot and saute for 2 - 3 minutes.
• Add the grated coconut and mix well.
• Add the beaten egg and scrambled it well.
• Stir continuously till the egg is well cooked and dried up.
• Add curry leaves and mix it.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice

Ishtu

This is a simple delicious dish, popular in a traditional Kerala Sadya, which can be served on its own with Appam or Chappathi.

INGREDIENTS:

• Diced Onion -1 nos
• Diced Potato - 2 nos
• Green Chilly(Slit) - 6 nos
• Ginger(chopped) -1 tbsp
• Thick Coconut milk - ½ cup
• Coconut Oil - 1tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Salt to taste

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Cook Onion, Potato, Chilly and Ginger along with salt and water.
• When the vegetables cooks well, add Coconut milk and let it boil.
• When it starts boil,turn off the stove and add Curry leaves and coconut Oil

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Rice/ Appam/ Chappathi

Thakkali Achar / Tomato Pickle

Tomato Pickle is a dry side dish served with Rice or other breakfast items like Dosa or Idly.
It is prepared using Tomato puree sauted along with other spices till the water dries off.

INGREDIENTS:

• Tomato - 10 nos
• Garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Ginger paste - 1 tsp
• Chilli Powder- ½ tsp
• Turmeric Powder - tsp
• Fenu greek powder - ¼ tsp
• Asafoetida - ¼ tsp
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
• Curry leaves - few
• Sesame oil - ¼ cup
• sugar - 1 tsp

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Salt to taste
• Put Tomato in boiled and peel the skin.
• Grind tomato into pulp.
• Heat oil in a Pan.
• Add mustard seeds, when it starts to splutter add Ginger paste, Garlic paste, curry leaves and fry it.
• Add asafoetida stir for a minute.
• Add Tomato pulp, Turmeric powder, Chilli powder and Salt and cook it.
• When the water dries up add fenugreek powder and sugar and stir well.
• Stir well till the Oil oozes out and remove from fire..

Recommended Combination: Serve with Chappathi, Dosa, Idli, Rice.

Beetroot Pachadi

Beet root Pachadi is typically made of cooked Beetroot and Green Chilles added in Coconut paste and Curd.

INGREDIENTS:

• Finely Chopped Beetroot - 1 nos
• Grated coconut - ¼ cup
• Green chillies - 4 nos
• Cumin seeds -¼ tsp
• Curd - 1 cup
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
• Water - ¼ cup
• Fenugreek Powder- a pinch
• Curry leaves - a few
• Salt  to taste
• Mustard seeds - 1 tsp 
• Red chilly - 2 nos 
• Coconut oil -1 tsp 

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Grind the coconut and cumin seeds to a fine paste.
• Cook chopped beetroot and green chilly in water along with salt and turmeric powder .
• When the water almost dries up, add coconut paste into it.
• When it starts boil,turn off the stove and allow to cool.
• Add curd to the mixture and stir well.  
• Heat oil in a pan.(optional)
• Add mustrard seeds and red chillies into it, allow to splutter.
• Add curry leaves.
• Pour the seasoning over the pachadi.
• Sprinkle fenugreek powder and mix well.

Recommended Combination: Serve with Rice.

Vendakka Mezhukkupuratti / Okra / Ladies finger Stir Fry

Okra is also known as lady's finger.It is an ideal vegetable for weight loss.The fiber of okra has many superior qualities in maintaining the health of the gastro-intestinal tract.
Okra Fry is made of Okra shallow fried in Oil.

INGREDIENTS:

• Roundly sliced Okra -1 Cup
• Chilly flakes  - ½ tsp
• Turmeric powder -¼ tsp
• Salt to taste
• Oil - 3 tbs

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Mix the Okra, turmeric powder and salt.
• Heat Oil in a pan.
• Put the Okra and chilly flakes into it.
• Mix well.
• Fry it until it becomes golden colour.

Recommended Combination: Serve with Rice.

Soya Fry

Soybeans are sources of complete protein with all eight essential amino acids. soybeans are rich
in soluble fiber which helps to eliminate cholesterol from the body.
Soya Fry is gravy less dish.

INGREDIENTS:

• Soya Bean chunks - 1 cup
• Onion(finely chopped) - ½ cup
• Onion(Slice lengthwise) - ¼ cup
• Slit Green Chillies-4 nos
• Red Chillies -3 nos
• Ginger-garlic paste - 1 tsp
• Chilly powder - 1 ½ tsp
• Coriander powder - 2 tsp
• Pepper powder - ½ tsp
• Garam masala - ½ tsp
• Turmeric powder - ¼ tsp
• Mustard seeds - ½ tsp
• Oil - ¼ cup
• Water - 1/4 cup
• Curry leaves
• Salt - As reqd

PREPARATION METHOD:

• Soak soya chunks or in hot water for 15 minutes.
• Drain the chunks and put them in cold water.
• Squeeze the chunks out of water and keep aside.
• Cut each balls into 2 pieces.
• Heat 3 tbsp of oil in a Pan.
• Add onions, green Chillies, and saute well, till they turn transparent.
• Add the ginger-garlic paste in to it and saute for sometime.
• Add turmeric powder, chilly powder, coriander powder, pepper powder and garam masala and stir till raw smell goes .
• Add Soya Chunks, Water and Salt in to it and allow to cook.
• Cook well until the water dries up.
• Heat the remaining oil in a pan.
• Put Mustrard seeds and red chillies in to it and allow to Splutter.
• Add Curry leaves.
• Put the Sliced(lengthwise) Onion in to the oil and fry it.
• Once the Onion turns brown add cooked Soya into it and stir well.
• Soya and Onion get fried well in oil for few minutes.

Recommended Combination: Serve hot with Chappathi, Rice