Pachadi - kerala recipe(ladies finger)

There are different kinds of pachadi.With beetroot,ladyfinger,cucmber,pinapple,carrot....we can make pachadi.First i will give the simpler one,with ladies finger.Very easy to make and during the busy time it took less that 10 mts as preparation time.In kerala it is a side dish with rice.And during the mango season it is also made with mangoes.

Ingredients(Ladies finger pachadi)

Ladies finger -250 gm

Green chillies -4or 5

Curd - 1 cup

Chopped small onion- 3or 4

Ginger -1tsp

Oil -3tsp

Mustard seed- 1 pinch

Salt for taste

Preparation

1. Add mustard seed to the hot oil and allow it to sputter, Cut ladies finger in to small pieces and fry it in same oil till it becomes crispy,also fry the ginger ,chillies,and onion.

2. Then turn off the burner and add curd to it with salt for taste.

3. If you want it thick you can add the grinded coconut to it before adding the curd

Now the tasty vendakkaya(ladies finger) pachadi is ready......

Moru curry (kalan) -Kerala recipe

Moru curry or kalan the simple but Delicious Kerala recipe.If you have curd you can make a similar curry named moru kachiyath(with out coconut).It will be really an easy one for working women.

Ingredients

Raw banana/white pumpkin/yam - 1 cup

Curd -2 cup

Coconut - 1 no

Ginger - 1 tsp

Garlic - 1tsp

Mustard seed -1/2tsp

Red Chilli - 2 no

Greem chilli - 2 no

cumin seed - a pinch

Curry leaves a small stem

coconut oil - 1 tsp

Turmeric powder -1/2tsp

Red chilli powder - 1 tsp

Fenugreek seed - a pinch

Preparation

1.cut the yum/banana/white pumpkin in small pieces,add turmeric powder,salt ,green chillies,curry leaves and cook it with reqd water.

2.Beat the curd ,and grind the coconut with cumin seed ,ginger ,garlic.

3. Add the grinded coconut and curd to cooked pieces and boil it for 5 mts.

4.In a pan heat the oil and add mustard seed ,curry leaves ,red chillies,pinch of fenugreek seed,pour this to the curry.now the delicious curry is ready.

We can also make it without vegetables for this avoid the part of cooking vegetables..........