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Dec 1, 2014

POOSANIKAI PACHADI/YELLOW PUMPKIN PACHADI

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Recipe Highlights
Poosanikai pachadi is more tasty dish which is suitable for rasam and curd rice.
Ingredients Cooking Time : 10- 15Mins
Yellow pumpkin/poosanikai – 250 g
Big onion – 1
Tomato – 1 (Big)
Chili powder – 2 tsp
Oil- 1 tsp
Mustard seed – 1 tsp
Curry leaves- few
Salt - to taste


To Grind
Coconut  -  2 teaspoon
Cumin seeds – 1 teaspoon
Small onion – 3

Method
Step :1
Remove peel of the pumpkin and chop into small small pieces.Chop onion and tomato finely.
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Step 2:

In a pan ,add chopped tomato and pumpkin.Add a cup of water into it.Let it allow to cook for some time.Add chili powder and salt.
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Step 3:

In the mean time,Grind all the things mentioned below “To Grind”
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Step 4:

When pumpkin is well cooked,Heat oil in a pan.Add  mustard seeds.When it spluttered,add chopped onion first.Saute it for few seconds.Then add the cooked pumpkin and ground paste.
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Step 5:
Adjust the water level.Let it simmer for 3 minutes.
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Poosanikai pachadi is now ready to serve.
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Nov 29, 2014

PULI MILAGAI/TAMARIND MILAGAI PACHADI

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Recipe Highlights
Puli milaga is a tangy and spicy side dish for curd rice.I love it more.
Ingredients Cooking Time : 10 - 15Mins
Tamarind – Big lemon size
Green chili – 15 to 20 nos
Small onions/shallots- 250 g
Oil – 4 to 6 tsp
Salt - to taste


Method
Step :1
soak tamarind in 2 cups of hot water for half an hour
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Step 2: 

Chop small onions finely.
 
Step 3:

Then grind all the chilies here and there.(without adding water).
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Step 4:
Heat 4 to 5 tsp of oil in a pan.Add chopped onions first. saute it for few seconds.
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Step 5:
Now add the ground chili paste into it.Saute it well.
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Step 6:
Extract the tamarind water from the soaked tamarind and discard the pulp.Add the tamarind water into the above.Add sufficient salt into it.Stir it now and then.
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Step 7:
Let it allow to boil till the gravy thickens.
 
 
Puli milaga  is now ready to serve.
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