Kothavarangai Poriyal/ Long beans stir fry

Another simple and yummy poriyal, great to be enjoyed with sambar, rasam or curd. For non-vegetarian version we can even try adding prawns or eggs.

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Tangy Tomato Chutney/ Thakkali Thokku

This is a simple chutney that can be made in few minutes to be a good combo with idli or dosa. Few people make this chutney just with tomatoes. But I have also added some onions to give in extra flavors.

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Stir fried Okra and Sweet corn Salad

This is a very simple and healthy salad that can be made in just few minutes. It's a great, light snack or the same can be converted into a yummy raita by adding some yogurt to it. I have the used the traditional seasonings for this salad to give it that Indian touch.

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Bread and vegetables stir fry

Thinking what to make for breakfast or evening snack.. Here is a simple and healthy dish using bread and mixed vegetables. Just with a pack of mixed veggies and few bread slice, our plate will be filled with colorful and delicious dish.

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Pineapple Raisin Egg Fried rice

This is a simple fried rice recipe with slight twist from the usual egg fried rice. I got this idea from the Thai pineapple rice and modified the recipe to suite our taste. Add pineapples and raisins to the rice really enhanced the flavors, also the mild sweetness from pineapples and chewy raisins in each bite made the fried rice great.

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Simple Spicy Chicken Kuzhambhu/Chicken Curry

This is one of my hubby's favorite non vegetarian side dish. Sunday morning breakfast will usually be either chicken curry with hot idlis or dosa and chicken soup combo.. :) The traditional way of making this chicken kuzhambu needs roasting of onions, grinding and stuff like that. But when I am lazy to do all that, I use this quick version of it... ;) Just a can of hot Mexican tomato sauce would do the magic. My hubby doesn't know about this secret and he still thinks that I make the kuzhambu in the traditional manner.. :D

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Milagai Kootu/Chilly kootu

I had few chilly peppers left in my fridge after making the spicy bhajjis/fritters with them. These light green to yellowish colored peppers are usually refereed to as ' bajji milagai' in South India. That's these peppers are commonly used to make the spicy fritters, which is a must in all the fares and beaches in south India... :D  The spiciness of these peppers is little bit more than bell peppers.  I just thought of trying some kootu with the left over peppers. It turned out to be really good and my hubby enjoyed it with his kuzhambu rice.

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Cabbage Mullangi Poriyal/ Cabbage Radish poriyal

Thinking for simple side dish to go with sambar rice, kuzhambu sadam or even curd rice... Here comes the simple and delicious cabbage radish poriyal. I was just left out with some chopped cabbage and radish in my fridge. So I just grabbed them both and made a simple poriyal to go with the sambar rice.

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Simple Sundal

Thinking what to make for evening snack, I found some left over frozen peas, corn, black eye peas, carrots. I then decided to grab them all into a healthy delicious sundal. Sundal is one of the easiest and healthy snack that will make our evening tea time great.

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Spinach Capsicum stir fry/ Keerai Capsicum poriyal

This is a simple and healthy side dish that could be made in a jiffy. It goes well with sambar rice, kuzhambu sadam or even curd rice. It also serves as a great rice by itself. Mix the poriyal with rice and add a spoon of ghee and serve with pappad... It will taste great and quiet nutritious too. The flavors from capsicum and garlic together makes the spinach to taste great.

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Peas Radish Shrimp fry/ Mullangi Pattani Eral varuval

This is a simple side dish I made for yesterday's dinner. The combo of radish with peas and shrimp worked out really well. I just tried to add peas to my usually mullangi eral recipe, that turned out to be good with additional flavor and mild crunch from peas.

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Peas Cabbage Pepper fry/ Cabbage Pachai Pattani Milagu Poriyal

Here comes a simple side dish, I made in a jiffy for our dinner today. This dish took just 10 minutes to be done, but tasted great with chapathi. No fancy ingredients, no grinding, no roasting, nothing.. Just as simple as it could get but tasted great with chapathi.

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Stir fry prawns with vegetables

What could be the simplest side dish for the easy fried rice? May be some stir fried vegetables or stir fry chicken.. Why not stir fry prawns mixed with vegetables. Here goes the quick version of stir fry prawns that would taste great with any kind of fried rice.

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Egg Fried Rice

Thinking for a quick meal.. Here comes the easy, tasty egg fried rice. If you don't need the eggs, forget them, you will have delicious veggie fried rice in your plate. This is one of the easiest dish that could be made by any one and where you can let your imagination run wild. For example, add chicken to this same dish, you get chicken fried rice or add prawns and you have shrimp fried rice or anything you name it. The list goes on and on.. You can make mushroom fried rice, tofu fried rice, kheema fried rice etc just with this single base recipe.

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Simple Coconut Rice

This is the simplest rice dish I love to make when I am in a hurry to fix something for lunch or when I am bored to cook. Usually our Saturday's lunch plate will be filled with this yummy coconut rice and a veggi curry or brinjal salna. That's the usual combo which my hubby loves.

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