Amma’s Avarakkai Avial / Broad Beans Avial / Broad Beans cooked in a Coconut Paste- Sidedish for Rice

 

I am not a big of this broad beans when I was little. But amma makes this for us often..she says that this veggie is filled with lots of fiber and it is so good for you..We started eating this and it was pretty good..Hope you try it and let me know what you think..

Amma’s Avarakkai Avial Recipe

Ingrediants:

Avarakkai / Hyacinth Beans/ Broad Beans – 1 cup prepared and chopped

Salt to taste

Water to cook avarakkai

For Grinding:

Coconut – ¼  cup

Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi – 1tsp

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam– 1 tsp

Shallots / Sambar Onion – 3 peeled
Dry Red Chilli - 2

For Tempering:

Oil- 1 tblspn

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku -  1tsp

Urad dal / Ulundu -1 tsp

Curry leaves – 1 spring

Method:

Grind the ingrediants given in the list to a paste by adding some water.

Take avarakkai in a kadai and add some salt and water and cook it for 15 mins untill done.

Add the grind paste and mix well. Cook for 5 more mins.

Now heat oil add the tempering ingrediants and mix well.

Pour this over the avial and mix well.

Serve hot with rice.

Amma's Cucumber Pulikari / Velarikai Thengai Kulambu / Cucumber Cooked in Coconut Sauce

This is a gravy which hardly takes any time to cook..So amma makes it more often than anything else. You can use any vegetable of your choice. You could add ladysfinger, pumpkin, shallots or drumstick, brinjal and make this..Hope you like it..

Amma's Cucumber Pulikari 

Ingrediants:

Cucumber -1 cup deseeded and chopped

Salt to taste

Water to cook cucumber

For Grinding:

Coconut – ½ cup

Turmeric Powder / Manjal Podi -1 tsp

Shallots / Sambar Onion – 3 peeled

Cumin Seeds / Jeerakam – 1tsp

Dry Red Chilli - 2

For Tempering:

Oil- 2 tblspn

Mustard Seeds / Kaduku – 1tsp

Urad Dal / Ulundu -1 tsp

Shallots / Sambar Onion – 3 chopped finely

Curry leaves – 1 spring

Method:

Grind all the ingrediants given in the list to a fine paste by adding some water.

Take cucumber in a kadai and add salt and water. Cover and cook for 10 mins untill cooked.

Now add in the ground masala paste along with some water to make the gravy.

Bring it just a single boil. Don’t let it boil over. Switch off the flame.

Make tempering by adding all the ingrediants to oil and pour this over the gravy.

Mix well and serve with rice.

Keerai Masiyal – Healthy Sidedish for Rice

This is what amma made for us when we are kids..She used to make this atleast 2 times a week. A really really tasty dish which is extremely healthy too..Hope you like it..

Keerai Masiyal Recipe

Ingrediants:

Spinach (any variety ) – 1 bunch

Shallots / Sambar Onion - 3

Garlic – 5 cloves

Ghee – 1 tblspn

Salt to taste

Method:

Wash the spinach well and chop into small pieces. Take it in a pan and add about a cup of water.

Add in salt, garlic, onion  and cook for 5 mins untill the spinach is cooked and completely wilted.

Now cool this down and take it in a blender and make into a fine puree.

Transfer to a bowl. Heat some ghee and pour over the top.

Serve this with hot rice..