BAMBOO SHOOT PICKLE

Bamboo shoot pickle is made out of bamboo shoots with kpra masala (ready made).

Since childhood, i have seen preparing bamboo shoot subzi but never bothered to look at it even though it was available plenty in our backyard.  one of my relative used to make something with the bamboo rice (mula ari in malayalam) i remember faintly.  after coming to Mumbai, years together i used to see the stuff in the market but never bothered to buy it.  But since for the past few months, I want to taste this stuff so thought of buying it last week.

JAGGERY DOSA, VELLA DOSA, SWEET DOSA, GUD KA DOSA, CREPES

Vella dosa, jaggery dosa, sweet dosa is one of  the favourite dish of my son.  My mother in law used to make them for him and he love this.  Whenever i ask him what you like of Thattimas's dishes (he used to call grandmother Thattima), he would say, one is vella dosa and another one is appalam kuzhambu.  he love the kuzhambu with chapati.

Today when I asked him what to make for breakfast, he said Kuch Acha that is his usual dialogue.  He never specifies what he wants to eat.

In fact, in search of Kuch Acha (something good), i took interest in cooking and today i am with my blog in front of you.  Tomorrow, one of you must be coming out like this.  Some one is behind your success. that is true.  Now coming to the recipe.

THATTAI, FLAT RICE CRISPIES

Thattai or flat rice crispies are made out of rice flour, urad dal flour with chilli powder and salt.  It is a very nice snack item too with a cup of tea or coffee.  During festival season viz. krishna jayanti or gokulashtami or ashtami rohini is called, Kai murukku, thattai, cheedai, vella cheedai etc. are the main dishes prepared in every household.


Normally, my mother in law make the Murukku, cheedai, thattai etc. with the same dough which is made for the murkku.  only variation is that in cheedai, we add black pepper, coconut grated and in thattai we add bengal gram.  I always follow her method as it is the perfect one for me.


She never  wait for any festival to come.   whenever she feels like make it, without any hesitation and laziness, she prepare the same for my children.

Now let us have a quick look at the recipe

SHEPUCHE VADE, DILL LEAVES VADA,

Shepuche vade (Dill leaves vade) is made out of dill leaves or shepu in local language with chana dal,urid dal and with some onions chopped.  It is a nice tea time snack during the winter and monsoon.

Dill leaves are very good for health.   helps in digestion and prevents acidity.  See other posts of Dill leaves

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WATER MELON CURRY, TARBOOSE KI SUBZI, THANEER MATHAN PACHADI

Water melon curry is made with the white portion of water melon,  coconut, tamarind pulp or curd and spices.  This has the similarity of normal pachadi we make with red pumpkin, vellarikka etc.  

It is a best out of waste recipe and goes well with rice and chapatti.  View more   recipes made with  the white portion of water melon.

BANANA STEM CHUTNEY, VAZHATHANDU CHUTNEY, KELE KI DANDAL KI CHUTNEY

Banana stem chutney is made with the the cooked stem or sauted stem, coconut and chilli.  It is a nice chutney goes well with dosa, idli, and a a side dish for some mild curries like dal, molagootal and curd rice.  Since it has got medicinal values, i make it a point to include the same atleast once in a week as it is available through out the year.

BANANA STEM THORAN, VAZHATHANDU THORAN, BANANA STEM STIR FRY, VAZHATHANDU PORIYAL

Banana stem thoran is made with finely chopped banana stem, coconut etc.  It has got medicinal value. see the post of Banana Stem soup for more details of health benefits.  It is a simple and easy recipe to make and goes well with samabar rice, dal rice, curd rice, chapati etc.

BANANA STEM SOUP, VAZHATHANDU SOUP, KELE KI DANDAL KI SOUP

BANANA STEM SOUP/VAZHATHANDU SOUP/ KELE KI DANDAL  KI SOUP

Banana stem soup is made with  banana stems and little  barley.  Banana stem and the barley has got various medicinal properties.  Banana stem juice consumed in the empty stomach in the morning cures kidney stone. Barley water is given when fever is there and helps in flushing out the toxins from the body through urine.

KAVLECHI BHAJI, KAVLA SUBZI, ODABIRNI SUBZI

 Kavla is a leafy vegetable available in Maharashtra, Konkan &  Bengal. 

dry subzi is made out this with Onion, moongdal, tuvar dal  or chana dal with coconut and all.  It has a bland taste but I liked it hence posting the recipe today.

 It is a seasonal vegetable i.e. available during monsoon.  I had no clue about this vegetable till such time I went to the market and found this.  when I checked with the lady who was selling this, she said, subzi is made out of this and the name is Kavla.  She was not aware of the Hindi name.  When I checked with my servant, she said that it is an important vegetable during Rishi Panchami day that they have to make subzi out of it.  I thought in my mind that I picked up a very important leafy vegetable.  It has got some medicinal values as per the information available in the net.

WATER MELON DOSA, TARBOOSINI DOSA, DOSA

Water melon dosa is made with the white portion of water melon.  We have to separate the red portion and the green skin.  The white portion is grated, water is squeezed out from it.  The water is used while grinding the rice.  I found the same very tasty hence i posted it.  Hope you will also enjoy.  It is a best out of waste dish too.