BITTER GOURD CURD CURRY ll PAVAKKA THAYIR CURRY ll KARELA CURD CURRY

 

Bitter gourd is good for health especially for those who are suffering from diabetes. Various dishes can be made with this. Today, I tried it with curd which was quite tasty with rice.

 I finely chop them and put in curd with little salt which is my husband's favourite.

 I have made few dishes with bitter gourd and posted in the channel.

 Link: 1) Bitter gourd chutney powder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iHY8GYDYkNo&t=8s&pbjreload=101

2) Bitter gourd potato Subzi : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xibE2UeryRQ

3) Bitter gourd vathal : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=poKvOBLWpfI

4) Bitter gourd in tamarind sauce: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqj4P1iCObc

5) Bitter gourd fry: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFp6sdpSc8c

 

 Video link:

POMEGRANATE RAITA l DALIMB RAITA l MATHULANGA RAITA

Raita is a yoghurt based dish with any kind of raw vegetables like onion, carrot, beetroot, cucumber, tomato and fruits like apple, pineapple, pomegranate etc. are added to it.

It is served along with any kind of rice varieties like pulao, jeera rice, upma etc.

Today I made this raita to serve it along with Achari Upma.

METHI SPROUTS RAITA

Methi/sprouts has got many medicinal values.  It cools your stomach as well as good for diabetic people.

I always make the sprouts and prepare various dishes out of it and eat as it is also.  Today I  tried the raita and it was awesome.

Some links: https://rasavinsuvai.blogspot.com/2019/03/methi-sprouts-broccoli-yoghurt-soup.html - 
 https://rasavinsuvai.blogspot.com/2019/03/methi-sprouts-brocoli-paratha.html
https://rasavinsuvai.blogspot.com/2019/03/brocoli-methi-sprouts-rice.html

 The above three recipes are prize winning recipes.
https://rasavinsuvai.blogspot.com/2016/06/methi-sprouts-vathal-kuzhambu.html
https://rasavinsuvai.blogspot.com/2013/06/methi-soup.html
https://rasavinsuvai.blogspot.com/2013/06/methi-sprouts-subzi.html
https://rasavinsuvai.blogspot.com/2019/03/methi-sprouts-kheer.html
https://rasavinsuvai.blogspot.com/2016/07/mehi-sprouts-dosa.html
https://rasavinsuvai.blogspot.com/2013/05/health-benefits-of-methi-leaves.html

Let us look at the recipes now:

GINGER CURD RAITA l INJI MORU CURRY l INJI THAYIR

Inji means ginger.  Ginger moru curry is prepared with coconut paste and curd mixed in it.  It  can be prepared within 10  minutes if you have coconut, ginger, green chilli, curd at  home.  

I am sure all the above ingredients are available in your kitchen so why don't you try this.  This can be served along with Upma, Kozhukkattai, Sevai and even with rice too.

MOONG DAL DANGER

Normally,  Maharashtrians prepare this with urid dal flour.  However, I avoided urid dal flour and made it with moongdal flour.  I will be preparing the same with the urid dal shortly and shall post the same.

This dish is very simple and tasty along with chapati and paratha.  Can be served with rice and dal too.  The flour is mixed with chopped onion, hing powder, salt, green chilli chopped and green coriander  chopped.

During the discussion with my friend Shubha, she said they used to make pachadi    (see the pachadi)  which I have already posted. do try this recipe and enjoy.

Let us look at the recipe now:  on you tube

MOONGDAL DANGAR PACHADI

Urid dal danger is a Maharashtrian dish prepared with the roasted urad dal flour.  I happened to taste this  yesterday when my colleague brought this during lunch time in the dining hall.  I had it with Methi Paratha and really it was awesome.

It is a simple recipe with the urid dal flour mixed with some onion, lime juice, coriander leaves, hing powder etc.  This recipe shall be posted soon.  First I am posting the Pachadi / Raita recipe.

When I was discussing this recipe with another friend of mine Shubha, she said we used to make pachadi out of this and she shared the recipe with me.  

Since I wanted to avoid urid dal due to some gastric issues, I tried it with the Moongdal and it was quite tasty though I am trying this dish for the first time.

I hope you will also enjoy this dish as much as I enjoyed, sharing the same here for you.

Let us look at the recipe now:

moongdal danger

MIRCHI KA RAITA

Mirchi ka raita is prepared with the large green chilli or bharwan mirch it is known as.  We can make nice bhajias out of this stuffed with potato masala.

When I saw the fresh green chilli with the veg vendor, I could not resist myself from buying this.  However, I made it with only one chilli and rest, i used for bhajias.  This goes well with rice as well as parathas.  I had made green peas paratha and served with it.

LAUKHI YAKHNI, AL YAKHNI

Lauki is a quite healthy  vegetable and helpful in reducing your cholesterol, weight etc.  We can make varieties of dishes from lauki halva to raita with this.

I made this raita or Al yakhni (Al means Lauki in Kashmiri, Yakhni is curd based sauce) when I made Kashmiri pulao today as per my Son's requirement.  It was a good combination, simple and easy to prepare.
I forgot to take the photo separately of the  Al  Yakhni.  It is with the  Kashmiri pulao.

KARELA RAITA, BITTER GOURD RAITA

Bitter gourd raita is made out of bitter gourd and onion.  It is a simple preparation and tasty rice and I liked it with chapati too.  Bitter gourd has got many health benefits.

When I asked my husband what to make with karela as he loves the stuffed karela, bitter gourd pickle,  pitla, fried , bitter gourd fry, etc. he told me put it in curd and give me.  He loves to have it in that way.   What I have to do is chop them very finely, add salt and then add the curd. keep it for sometime and serve.

When he said that I said will raita out of it.  He was too happy to have it when I made as it was tasting very nice with rice.

PINEAPPLE RAITA

Normally, some people do not like to eat pineapple because after eating, it irriates the throat for some.  My daughter does not like it for this reason.  Pineapples are consumed fresh, cooked, juiced, and preserved, and are found in a wide array of  cuisines.    Pineapples are loaded with vitamin A and C, fiber, potassium, phosphorous and calcium. Pineapples are a great source of bromelain which help prevent sinusitis. Pineapples are also effective in curing sore throat, gout and swellings.

Pineapple raita is very tasty can be served with paratha, rice varieties.  I always prefer to have just raita as I am fond of it.

It is very easy to make, a quick raita provided u have the ingredients at home.

 

Pineapple raita

BEETROOT RAITA

Beet root raita is very easy to make.  Either you can cut into small cubes or grate it.  If grating the job is done easily. You can serve it with plain rice, (I love to eat ) or with pulao, biryani, roti with subzi.

ONION RAITA

Raita is  a commonly made side dish for biryani, pulao.  You can also serve with dal roti, dal rice.  You do not need any special item for making raita.

Normally, the basic things like onion, tomato, cucumber etc. are always available with any of the Indian Household so preparing a raita makes the task very easy.  If not these are available at home, you can add some boondis  or sev to the curd along with some spices like chaat masala, chilli powder, roasted cumin powder etc.

PEARS KICHADI, PEARS RAITA

Pears kichadi or raita you can call is a very simple dish which goes along with dosa, idli, chapti and rice too.  I had few pears with me which was too soft and over ripe.  I could not cut them so I decided to grate them and make simple dish out of it.

Pears are packed with dietary fiber, anti oxidants, minerals and vitamins which are necessary for good health.  They contain Vitamin C, copper, iron, potassium manganese and magnesium as well as B complex vitamins such as folates, riboflavin and pyridoxine (vitamin B 6).

Pears are also useful in treating colitis, chronic gallbladder disorders, arthritis and gout.

TOMATO THAYIR KICHADI, TOMATO CURD KICHADI, TOMATO CURD RAITA

Tomato kichadi   is prepared with tomato,  curd  and coconut.    It is a simple dish and the feast is incomplete with this dish.  This is a nice combo with molagootal rice too.  I love to eat this dish with plain steaming rice,  papad and vadu mangai or mango pickle. avakkai pickle.  It can also be served with roti  and any other rice varieties too.

tomato thayir pachadi

watch youtube: tomato pachadi, kichadi

BANANA FLOWER RAITA

All parts of Banana Plant is useful for us.  The banana stem, flower, fruit are used for making various delicacies.  I have already posted the banana flower sambar.

Today, I made raita out of it and it was very delicious.  I wanted to eat rice today and do not want to make any dishes which are time consuming as I had planned to make the vada which has taken a lot of time in cleaning the flower.

Since Holi festival is on 17th March 2014, I had planned to upload  pooran poli and thandai  recipe hence settled down for the simple raita, rice and papad for the day.

I really enjoyed it.  Now it is your turn to enjoy this simple, healthy recipe.

banana flower raita, khel phoolachi raita, vazhapoo raita

TOMATO APPLE PACHADI

Tomato Apple  Pachadi is made with tomatoe, apple and green chilli.  It is a nice combo with chapati, pulao and steamed  rice.  The apples which we recently purchased was not tasty at all and children refused to eat as it was not sweet.  Hence decided to make use of it in pachadi as I was late from office and had to make some gravy subzi for the roti very soon.    It was easy to make and tasty too.  I made it in two different ways  one with yoghurt and one without yoghurt.

DAHIWALE TOMATO

Three days back I visited one of my colleagues house.  I went there because he superannuated and were invited to his house.  Non veg and veg dishes were arranged by them. Being a vegetarian, I preferred to eat the dosa and bisibela bhath his wife had made.  It was lovely and I am a fan of Bisibela Bhaath. along with some kurdai, papad etc.  She had also made dahiwale tomato in her language it is thayir pachadi.  She had made it in a different style which I am sharing with you all.  It was tasty with dosa, bisibela bhaath.

WOOD APPLE PACHADI, ELEPHANT APPLE PACHADI, MONKEY FRUIT PACHADI, BEL FRUIT PACHADI

I have already posted wood apple chutney.  This is yet another recipe with bel fruit, sweet pachadi.  This pachadi can be served with molagootal, curd rice and for ven pongal, dosa, idli too.  wood-apple-rice. wood apple juice

It is made with the pulp of bel fruit, chilli powder and jaggery without much hassle and easy to prepare.

TOMATO RAITA

Raita is a good accompaniment for pulao, roti etc. Any kind of raita goes well with the pulao, roti.  Here I am presenting a simple and easy tomato raita recipe for you.

YAM RAITA OR YAM PACHADI

Yam raita or pachadi is very easy to make.  It is always liked by everyone with pulao, roti and this one can be served with idli and dosa too.    Main ingredients are yam and curd.  I served it with vermicelli dosa which I made today for breakfast.