SOUTHINDIAN CURRY

Brinjal curry

Brinjal - 1/2 kg, Onions - 1/4 kg, Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp, Urad dal - 1/2 tsp, Red chilli powder - 1/2 tsp, Salt - 1/4 tsp, Oil - 5 tsp
Cut onions and brinjals into semi-circular pieces. Heat the oil. Add mustard seeds. When it splutters, add the urad dal. When the urad dal is roasted, add the onions and brinjals. Add salt and red chilli powder. Fry with constant stirring until the brinjals and onions become soft.
Instead of the red chilly powder,you may try it out with paruuppu podi or the normal molagai podi. It tastes really good with paruppu podi

Green Beans curry

Fresh green beans - 1 kg, 1 small tomato, 1/4 cup grated coconut, moong dal - 5 tsp.
Trim both ends of the beans and cut them into small pieces. Steam them in a pressure cooker in auntil half-boiled. Heat 2 tsp of oil in a frying pan, add mustard seeds,. When it splutters, add the tomato (cut into small pieces) and fry well.Add the steamed beans-dal, 3/4 tsp salt and 1 tsp red chillie powder.Stir until fully cooked. In the end, add the grated coconut, mix and heat for 1 min.

Okra Curry

Okra (ladies finger) - 1/2 kg, salt - 1/2 tsp, red chilli powder - 1 tsp, oil - 5 tsp.
Cut okra into cubical pieces.And dry it on a sheet of newspaper for 5 minutes.Heat a little oil in a fry pan, add 1/2 tsp mustard seeds.Add 1/2 tsp urud dal,and add the cut okra,salt, red chilli powder and fry until it is roasted evenly. In the end, add a tsp of curry masala powder.

Potato curry

Potatoes - 1/2 kg, onions - 100g, green peas - 100g, mustard seeds - 1 tsp, urud dal - 1 tsp, green chillies - 3 small, curry leaves - 1 twig, salt - 1/2 tsp.
Boil the potatoes fully, peel and mash them. Heat some oil and add mustard seeds and urud dal.Add finely cut onions, fresh green peas and fry until the onions turn transparent. Add some fine pieces of green chillies and add the mashed potatoes, salt and fry.Add some curry leaves.

Vegetable Curry

Ingredients: Vegetables, Musturd seeds- 1tbsp, Cumin Seeds - 1tbsp, Pepper- 1tbsp, Curryleaves, Tamarind, Grated Coconut
Method: Cut Vegetables(Carrot,Beans,Greenpeas,Red Pumkin,capsicum) into small pieces and boil. Take extract from lime size tamarind and keep aside. Grind Musturd seeds,Cumin seeds, pepper,2 red chillies,1/4 cup grated coconut and curry leaves into fine powder. In a frying pan add 3tbsp of oil and put 1/2 tbsp of musturd seeds,1/2 tbsp cumin seeds and curryleaves when all splits add the boiled vegetables,tamarind extract and the grinded powder and allow it to cook until it becomes thick.Add 1 tbsp of urid dal powder to the curry and cook for a while.
This vegetable curry is good combination with Rasam Sadam