Inji Puli /Puli Inji /Instant Ginger - Sweet And Sour Pickle

Today's recipe is an item served as a part of the Sadhya,an instant mixed flavored pickle(not exactly a pickle).The main ingredient is the ginger which helps digestion and the other ingredients tamarind,jaggary and green chillies which brings out the spicy tangy lip smacking flavours.

Mambazha Pulissery / Mango Pulissery

There are 2-3 Mango trees back home but a particular tree yields a lot of Mangoes.Umma says it has given a lot of raw mangoes for curries and pickles and also delicious ripe mangoes.Whenever there is plenty she gives it to our neighbours and relatives,that is every one gets these mangoes to taste every year but hardly I get to taste them.It is really hard to send it through someone because of the weight problems,and only very close relatives might take the trouble,also my Dad doesn't like troubling others with such loads.But as he comes during those six months gap (which now has turned to one year) Ummi sends whatever she could get which would be mostly raw.It's not that we don't get Mangoes here,actually we get a lot of varieties from different countries along with Indian Mangoes but something from our own garden means it elevates the love and taste somehow :)

Erissery

In India my hubby's family has started a monthly 'Family get together'.Only siblings and very close uncles and aunts.It was a good initiative so that every one could meet up each month ,talk,eat together and the children really enjoyed playing,showing their talents like singing,acts etc..The time when every one talked face to face,played games without any gadgets, it was totally fun.As such in today's world no one has time for others and specially the children have no connection with their cousins and so on ...

Pineapple Pachadi(Sweet)

One whole month of Ramadan is followed by the six days of Shawwal fasting and whoever completes those six days included is rewarded as if he has fasted  for the whole year.I have already posted on the six days fasting earlier that is about a saheeh hadeeth from the prophet (pbuh) saying “Whoever fasts Ramadaan and follows it with six days of Shawwaal, it will be as if he fasted for a lifetime.” (Narrated by Muslim)

Avial

Avial is a mix of different vegetables in a coconut and yogurt mixture.This comes under the list of sadhya recipes,it is one of the main side dish of sadhya.Coming to the recipe
Ingredients
Drumstick            2
Beans                  8-10
Elephant Yam/Chena    160g
Raw Plantain              1
Carrot                1 (110g)
Pumpkin              110g
Potato                110g

Water               11/2 cup
Turmeric powder    3/4 tsp
Green chilly      2-3
Salt             to taste

Coconut grated    1cup
Shallots      6-7
Cumin seeds      1sp

Yogurt (thick)     1cup

Coconut oil    2 tsp
Curry leaves   2 sprig

Preparing Method
-Peel and cut all the vegetables into 1.5'' lengthwise.
-Coarsely grind  the coconut,shallots and cumin seeds without adding water and keep aside.
-Heat a wide mouthed utensil adding all the vegetables,turmeric powder,slit green chilly, salt and water.
-Once the vegetables are cooked (be careful not to overcook),add the ground coconut mixture.Mix it well with the vegetables by stirring.
-After 2 minutes put the flame at very low and add the slightly whisked yogurt.Mix this well with the vegetables and just before boiling,off the flame.
-Add the coconut oil and the curry leaves.Keep covered for 10-15 minutes and then serve.

*You can use any vegetables of your choice,but use the stiff ones and not the mushy ones.
*Avial is prepared in a dry form,but here we all like it in a gravy form therefore you can add the coconut and yogurt according to your taste and like.

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Kumbalanga Pachadi/Winter Melon(Ash Gourd) Pachadi

Ingredients
Winter Melon        1 cup (Peeled,de seed and diced)
Water                    1/4 cup or less
Salt                        to taste
For Grinding
Coconut grated     1 cup
Water                    1/2 cup
Green chillies        2-3
Ginger                   11/2" piece
Yogurt                   1 cup
For Tempering
Coconut oil        3 tsp
Mustard seeds     1/2 tsp
Dry Red Chillies       1-2

Curry Leaves          a few

 Method of preparing

-Grind together the coconut,chillies and ginger  along with water into a smooth paste.Lastly add yogurt and blend for 2 seconds and keep this aside.
-Cook the melon along with water and salt till soft.Once cooked there should not be any water left.
-Add the coconut-yogurt paste and when it just starts to boil off the flame.
-Heat oil in a small pan,splutter the mustard seeds,add the dry red chillies and the curry leaves.Now pour this into the cooked melon gravy.
-Serve this as a side dish with rice and sambhar

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