Chennai Potato Varuval | Urulai Varuval | Potato recipes

This Chennai Potato Varuval recipe is sent to me by a reader/friend/follower from g+. The original recipe is from chef Damu. It tasted good, when I had with pepper rasam. It is not much spicy also and my lo also loved it. 

Some other Potato recipes for you to check
Spicy Potato Roast
Simple Potato Fry
Potato Poriyal
Potato Pulao
Urulai kizhangu Kuruma

Chennai Potato Varuval

Preparation time: 15 min | Cook Time: 10 min | Serves: 4

Recipe Category: Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

Boiled Potato - 3 medium sized 

Onion - 1 chopped finely 

Garlic - 4 to 5 cloves chopped finely 

Fennel seeds - 1/2 tsp

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp

Chilli powder - 1 tsp

Coriander powder - 3/4 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/5 tsp

Salt as per taste 

Green chilli - 1 chopped finely 

Curry leaves - 1 spring 

Lemon juice - 2 tsp ( from half a lemon)

Fried gram dal powder / - 1 tbsp

(Pottukadalai maavu)

Coriander leaves for garnishing

Method

1. Boil the potato. Cut into cubes and keep it ready. Prepare the pottukadalai powder ( fried gram dal powder ) and keep it ready. In a kadai, add oil and when it is hot, add the fennel seeds, curry leaves. Add the green chilli and onion and fry till onion are translucent. 

2. Add the ginger garlic paste and fry till raw smell goes off. Add in the potato pieces. 

3. Add the turmeric powder, chilli powder, salt, coriander powder and chopped garlic. Sauté them till the powders are cooked and well coated with the potato. Add in the lemon juice. 

4. Add in the pottukadalai powder and mix well. Finally garnish with coriander leaves and serve. 

5. Yummy chennai potato curry is ready. 

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Vazhaikkai Varuval | Raw Banana Fry | Vazhaikkai Recipes | Side dishes for Rice

Vaazhaikai Varuval or Raw banana fry is my hubby all time favorite varuval. He always buys this vaazhaikkai and asks me to prepare this. Since I got bored of preparing this, I used to buy vegetables and stopped him from buying this veggie. But can't stop for a long time right.... He he he... He started buying this again and last week prepared the vazhaikkai varuval and captured for this post. Also there are many methods to prepare this veggie and this is the simplest one. Will see the variations for this varuval in the coming posts. 

You can view other side dishes for rice below

Soya chunks fry

Potato fry

Spicy Potato Roast
Avarakkai poriyal

Carrot and beans poriyal

Snake gourd poriyal

Vendakkai varuval / ladies finger fry

Crispy okra fry

Ivy gourd fry 

Vaazhaikkai Varuval

Preparation time: 07 min | Cook Time: 15 min | Serves: 4

Recipe Category: Snacks | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients 

Raw banana/vaazhaikkai- 2

Chilli powder - 1 tsp 

Coriander powder - 1 tsp

Ginger garlic paste - 1 tsp 

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Water to sprinkle 

Salt as per taste

To temper

Oil - 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds - 2 pinch 

Urud dal - 1/2 tsp

Curry leaves - 1 spring 

Method 

1. Wash and remove the edges as shown below.

2. Cut the veggie in thin circles. ( but not so thin)

3. In a bowl mix the chilli powder, coriander powder, turmeric, salt and ginger garlic. Sprinkle little water. Mix the raw banana and marinate it for 30 min.
4. In the kadai or vessel, add the oil and when hot add the mustard seeds. When it starts spluttering add the Urud dal and curry leaves. Now add the marinated raw banana and sauté them till they become light brown in color.
5. Serve them as the side dish for Rasam rice.

Easy Vaazhaikkai Varuval is ready.

Notes:
1. Spiciness can be increased as per your taste buds.

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Beans Paruppu Usili | Side dish for Sambar Rice | Side Dishes | Easy side dishes for Rice | South Indian side dish

Beans Paruppu Usili is one of the recipe which I learnt after coming to blogging. I have tasted this only in hotels and have liked it but never thought I should prepare at home and don't know why. Two months back, while browsing for U recipes, got this recipe and first time I did in my life. Everyone in my family loved it a lot and it was a great hit in our family and my kids even asked one more time. I was so happy I tried this finally. This is easy and simple recipe and you can do it in any kind of beans. Lets see how to make this yummy and healthy Beans Paruppu Usili Recipe.

How to make Beans Paruppu Usili Recipe

Preparation time: 30 min | Cook Time: 10min | Serves:4
Recipe Category: Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

• Bean - 150 gms
• Water - as needed for cooking beans
• Turmeric powder - a pinch
• Salt - a pinch

To grind

• Bengal gram - 1/2 cup
• Toor dal - 1/2 cup
• Green chilles - 2
• Asafoeditda - a pinch
• Cumin seeds - 1/4 tsp
• Salt - as per taste

To Temper

• Oil - 1 tsp
• Mustard seeds - 2 pinch
• Urud dal - 1/2 tsp
• Curry leaves - few

Method

1. Soak bengal gram and toor dal for an hour. After that, change to food processor or mixer.
2. Add the salt, cumin seeds, green chillies, asafoetida and grind to a coarse paste. (if you want add just 1 tsp of water from the soaked water.)
3. Take the idli plates and grease it with little oil, as we do it for idlis. Fill the ground paste in this and steam it for 10 min. Remove it from the idli plates and let it cool down completely. After cooling down, just crumble the steamed grams and keep aside.
4. In the mean time, wash and cut the beans in to small as shown below.
5. In a bowl, add water, beans and a pinch of turmeric powder and salt and let the beans cook fully.
6. In a another pan, add oil, and when hot, add the mustard seeds, urud dal, and when the mustard seeds splutter, add the curry leaves and fry for a minute. Add the crumbled dal and mix it.
7. Add the cooked beans and mix them well. Beans Paruppu Usili is ready to be served.

Yummy and healthy Bean Paruppu Usili is ready.  A Tasty accompaniment for Rasam Rice or Sambar Rice.

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Ladies finger fry is always my favorite fry from my childhood till now. Now my children also loves it. I prepare the same method how my mom cooked. It just tastes awesome and sometimes, I used to eat only this fry without any rice. I like this vendakkai varuval when it becomes slightly black in colour rather than greenish colour.


You can view other ladies finger recipes below
Vendakkai puli kuzhambu
Crispy ladies finger fry

Vendakkai Varuval / Ladies Finger Fry

Preparation time: 10 min | Cook Time: 18 min | Serves: 4

Recipe Category: Side dish | Recipe Cuisine: South Indian

Ingredients

• Ladies finger – ½ kg
• Red chilli powder – 1 tsp
• Coriander powder – ¾ tsp
• Turmeric powder – ½ tsp
• Sal as per taste
• Oil for frying around  1.5 tbsp
• Mustard seeds – a pinch
• Black gram – ½ tsp

Method

1. Wash and Cut the ladies finger into small same sized pieces.

2. In the kadai, add 2 tsp oil, mustard seeds black gram. When the seeds start spluttering, add the ladies finger and start frying. Fry till the green color starts to become dark green colour ( may take 10 mts atleast). Now add the Powders and the salt and again start frying.

3. It might take another 5 to 7 min, to get our consistency as shown below. When the oil starts coming out of the veggie, switch off the stove and serve.

4. Serve hot with sambar rice or rasam satham.

My old photo

Notes:
1. Always wash the ladies finger first, before cutting it.
2. Let the ladies finger gets cooked nicely, before adding the chilli, coriander, turmeric and salt. Otherwise it becomes sticky sticky and we will not get the desired texture.
3. Always prepare this in medium flame, as the veggie tend to become over fried.