Potato Podimas

Ingredients :
1 pound potatoes
¼ tsp turmeric
a small pinch hing
6 green chillies
a small piece ginger, grated
½ tsp urad dal
1 tsp channa dal
¼ tsp mustard
curry leaves
a small bunch cilantro,
washed and finely chopped
1 lemon
2 tsp cooking oil
1 tsp salt to taste

Method :
Boil potatoes with turmeric and salt.
Peel skin and mash them and keep aside.
Heat some oil in a pan and put the mustard.
When they crackle put urad dal, channa dal, hing, turmeric, curry leaves, red chillies, ginger, lemon juice, salt and the mashed potatoes.
Allow it to cook for a few minutes. Garnish with cilantro.

vegetable kootu

Ingredients :

2 to 3 tsp coconut
1 tsp cumin seeds
5 red chillies
½ tsp turmeric
1 tsp urad dal
1 tsp coconut oil
salt to taste
a few curry leaves
Mixed Vegetables (carrot, cabbage,
peas, potatoes, etc., washed and diced)

Method :
Cut the vegetables evenly and cook them with a little salt and turmeric.
Wet grind coconut, cumin seeds, and red chillies and add this masala to the boiling vegetables.
Cook until the flavour comes out.
Heat some coconut oil in a pan and put the mustard.
When they crackle, put urad dal, 1 red chillie, and, curry leaves, and add this to the above.

Puli Keerai

Ingredients :
1 bunch spinach, finely chopped
½ cup toovar dal
4 red chillies
4 green chillies
½ tsp imli paste
½ tsp sambhar powder
¼ tsp mustard
a small pinch hing
1 tsp salt to taste
2 tsp cooking oil
a few curry leaves

Method :
Cook toovar dal and keep aside.
Boil spinach with little water and some salt.
Heat some oil in a pan and put the mustard in it.
When they crackle, put hing, red chillies, green chillies, curry leaves and sambhar powder and sauté for a few minutes.
Now add this to the boiling spinach, and add imli paste and let it cook for a few minutes.
Now add the cooked toovar dal. Allow it to cook until the flavour comes out.

Plaintain Curry

Ingredients :
2 to 3 washed plantain, peeled and diced
½ tsp cumin seeds
¼ cup grated coconut
2-3 red chillies
½ tsp urad dal
¼ tsp mustard
a small pinch hing
¼ tsp turmeric
a few curry leaves
3 tsp cooking oil
½ tsp salt

Method :
Boil plantains with turmeric and salt.
Wet grind cumin seeds, coconut and red chillies and keep aside.
Heat 3 tsp of oil in a pan and put mustard.
When they crackle, then add hing, urad dal, curry leaves, turmeric, and the diced plantain.
Sprinkle water and allow it to cook for 5 minutes.
Now, put the ground masala, and allow it to cook for another 5 to 10 minutes.

Avial

Ingredients :
Vegetables like (carrots, potatoes, beans, white pumpkin, peas, eggplant)
1 cup coconut
8 green chillies
2 red chillies
1 tsp cumin seeds
¼ tsp tamarind paste
2 tsp coconut oil
½ cup yogurt
a few curry leaves
1 tsp salt to taste

Method :
Cut all the vegetables evenly, and cook it with little water.
Put turmeric and salt to this.
Grind coconut, green chillies, red chillies, cumin seeds, and tamarind paste finely in yogurt.
Put the ground masala to the cooked vegetables, and allow it to cook until the flavour comes out.
Garnish with curry leaves and coconut oil.