SuvaiArusuvai - Veg Recipes of India

Pathiya Samayal Contest entry by  Sowpernica Ingredients: Small onions – 1 cup Garlic cloves – 10 to 15 Salt – 2 ½ teaspoons Sesame oil – 1 tablespoon Tamarind – lemon sized ball Mustard seeds – ½ teaspoon Turmeric powder – ¼ teaspoon Dry roast & grind to powder: Omam – 2 teaspoon Pepper – 1 teaspoon Cumin seeds – 2 teaspoons Sitharathai, Arisi thipilli, Sukku, Athimathuram –small quantities of each of these Red chillies – 3 to 4 Method: Prepare tamarind extract soaking tamarind in 1 ½ glasses of water. Heat oil in a pan, add, mustard seeds & allow spluttering. Add garlic cloves & sauté for a minute. Add small onions & sauté till they look transparent. Add tamarind extract, salt, turmeric powder & allow boiling until raw smell vanishes. Add the ground powder & allow boiling until the kuzambu thickens & oil separates . Serve hot with rice. Could be refrigerated & used for a week to 10 days. A perfect kuzambu when you are having a cold & for the win

Pathiya Samayal Contest Entry: Manathakkaali Keerai Dish Submitted by: Vijaya Venkatesh Ingredients: Manathakkaali keerai (Black Nightshade leaves) - a small bunch Coconut - a small piece Red chilli - 1 Pepper - 4 or 5 Jeera (Cumin seeds) - 1 tsp Salt - to taste Boiled moong dal - 1 small cup Hing (Asafoetida) - a pinch Mustard seeds - for seasoning Urad dal (Split black gram) - for seasoning Curry leaves - a few Method: Preparation : Wash the Manathakkaali keerai thoroughly and chop the leaves finely. Boil the moong dal and keep it ready. Cooking the Leaves : In a pot, add the chopped Manathakkaali keerai, a little water, salt, and a pinch of hing. Cook until the leaves are tender. Grinding the Masala : Grind the coconut, red chilli, pepper, and jeera into a fine paste using a little water. Combining Ingredients : Add the ground paste to the cooked leaves. Mix well and cook for a few more minutes to blend the flavors. Add the cooked moong dal and mix thoroughly. Seasoning :

Pathiya Samayal contest entry by  Vijaya Venkatesh Ingredients: A small bunch of modakathan keerai Soaked parboiled rice and Urid dal as u do normally for dosas Method: While grinding, add the leaves also. It gives a light green colour to the batter. Allow it to ferment and make dosas as u normally do. This Modakathaan keerai is very useful in preventing Arthritis/Rhuematism

Pathiya Samayal contest entry by  Geeta Sami Ingredients: Pudalangai- 2 medium Moong dal- 1/4 cup Pepper -1 tbsp Jeera -1 1/2 tsp Curry leaves- few sprigs Asafoetida- little Turmeric- little Salt- 1 tsp or to taste Method : Dry roast pepper and jeer and keep aside. cook moong dhal in pressure cooker or directly in a pan. Wash the vegetable and cut to small pieces. steam them in microwave steamer and keep aside. In a pan add water, then add the pepper and jeera powder and bring it to boil. Add the cooked vegetable and add salt to taste. let it cook for few minutes till you get the right consistency. then add hing and dried and roasted curry leaves.

Ingredients: Urad dal - 2 tablespoons Black pepper - 2 teaspoons Red chillies - 3 Asafoetida - small piece Handful of curry leaves, washed Tamarind - small lemon-sized (seedless) Turmeric powder - 1/4 teaspoon Salt - 1 teaspoon or as needed Vegetables (choose from brinjals, ladies' finger, or drumstick) Method: In a pan, heat a little gingelly oil and fry the asafoetida. Then add urad dal and black pepper. Fry until the dal turns brown, then add red chillies, tamarind, and curry leaves. Let it cool, then grind into a fine paste. Add turmeric powder and salt. In another pan, boil water and add your choice of vegetables cut into medium-sized pieces, along with a little turmeric and a pinch of salt. Once the vegetables are cooked, add the ground paste and some water. Let it boil for about 5 minutes until you reach the desired consistency. Adjust salt according to taste.

Ingredients: Veppambu - 6-7 tablespoons Red chillies - 4-5 Asafoetida - 2 pinches Tamarind - one medium lemon-sized Salt - as needed Oil - 2 tablespoons Method: Fry veppambu, red chillies, and asafoetida in oil. Grind them along with tamarind and salt. Thogaiyal is ready. Mix it with rice and ghee/nallennai and enjoy.

Pathiya Samahyal Contest Entry by  Malini Ingredients: Pumpkin seeds - 2 cups(Use only the seeds & fibre portion of the pumpkin wedge) Tamarind - 1/2 the size of a lemon Coconut scraped - 1/2 cup Dry red chillies - 3 or 4 Urad dhal - 2 tablespoons  Perungayam,S alt - as per taste Oil - 2 tsp. Method: Take out the tender seeds alongwith the small fibres (only the seeds and soft portion) from the pumpkinThe seeds should be very tender , else the thogayal will not taste good. Fry chillies, perungayam and seeds in oil, till it shrinks well & the raw smell goes away. Fry urad dhal till golden brown. Allow it to cool. In a mixie, grind scraped coconut, chillies, e urad dhal, tamarind and salt. Then add the seeds and grind it till soft.

Ingredients: Tomato – 2 Toor dal – 1/2 cup Turmeric powder, Salt, Perungayam (Asafoetida) – to taste Coriander leaves and Curry leaves for garnishing Ghee – 1 teaspoon Mustard seeds – 1 teaspoon To be ground into a paste: Dhaniya (Coriander Seeds) – 1 tablespoon Channa dal (Bengal Gram) - 1/2 tablespoon Milagu (Black Pepper) – 8 nos. Jeera (Cumin Seeds) – 1 teaspoon Red chillies – 2 Oil – 2 teaspoons (for roasting) Method: Prepare Tomato Base: Cut tomatoes into pieces and place them in a vessel. Add water, salt, and perungayam (asafoetida), and cook until the tomato pieces are soft and cooked through. Cook Toor Dal: Pressure cook the toor dal until soft and mushy. Set aside. Prepare Spice Paste: Heat oil in a kadai (pan). Add dhaniya, channa dal, milagu, and jeera, and roast until they turn aromatic and golden brown. Then add the red chilies and turn off the stove. Allow the mixture to cool. Grind the roasted spices into a smooth paste in a mixer, adding a little water. Make Rasam: Add