Pitlai :

pakarkai(Bitter Guard)pitlai with chickpeas

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Bitterguard is an excellent source of vitamins B1, B2, and B3, C.It is rich in iron, contains twice the beta-carotene of broccoli, twice the calcium of spinach, and twice the potassium of a banana. Bitterguard contains a hypoglycemic[...]

Pavarkaai Pitlai (Bitter gourd in spicy gravy)

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Pavarkaai pitlai is a traditional dish and I used to make this often at home. This is a healthy dish with bitter melon and less oil. I know most of you would not cook pavarkaai (bitter gourd/bitter melon) because of it's taste. But this vegetable[...]

Sambhar

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Sambhar can be made two ways: by either adding Sambhar powder while cooking it or by adding freshly ground ingredients that comprise the Sambhar powder + some coconut. The former is easy to make and this is the one that I have described below. I[...]

Onion Sambhar ("Vengaya Sambhar")

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Of all the sambhar varieties, the one that is near and dear to me is "vengaya sambhar" !! My mom certainly makes the best vengaya sambhar !!! So whenever I make this sambhar, I tend to compare mine with my mom's - just to see if mine[...]

Pitlai (eggplants in tamarind coconut sauce)

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Pitlai is a very typical Iyer dish. Though it uses ingredients used for sambar, pitlai consistency is somewhere between a sambar or a kootu and it is a good change from the usual menu of sambar, rasam or kozhambu. Pagakai pitlai (Bitter gourd pitali)[...]

Paharkai pitlai / Bitter gourd gravy- Tamilnadu style

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When I made this for the first time a couple of years ago , I did not like the taste. Somehow the south indian spices did not seem to work well the bitter bittergourds!!I had made a similar thing... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my[...]

Bitter gourd Recipe/ Bitter gourd pitlai

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Bitter gourd Recipe/ Bitter gourd pitlai/Pavakkai pitlaiThis is a very common dish in my house. You might all be knowing the health benefits of bitter gourd. It is an excellent source of vitamin B1, B2, B3, C, magnesium, folic acid, zinc,[...]