Beets And Baby Potato Curry, Kurma

          Sometimes, it actually takes more time, for me, to decide on what to make for dinner or lunch, than the actual process of cooking it. Today was one such day, I had some boiled potatoes in the fridge and I wanted to cook something with it along with another vegetable, then finally decided to add some beets and do a curry or kurma to go with rotis. Since the potatoes were already cooked, it took me less than thirty minutes to make the actual dish. The curry tasted really good, it would pair very well with any kind of pilaf, rotis or even with dosas..

Savory Bread Toast

          We have bread for breakfast, at least once a week, mostly it's a sandwich with guacamole or pesto and cheese or with some kind of spread. For a change I made this savory toast, though it's very easy and tasty, it's been a long time since I had made these simple and delicious toasts. I have used some kasuri methi for flavor, you can replace it with any of your favorite herbs. Serve it with some spread, chutney or even salsa, we had it with some Tomato thokku, they tasted really good..

Appalam Kootu, Dal With Pappads

          Appala Kootu, a dal/ lentil dish where at the end, you add fried pappads to the curry, I tasted this so many years back, I liked the taste but those were the days when I had no idea about cooking. Later I had noted it down from some magazine, I don't remember it, and then once again, totally forgot about it. Recently while sorting out things, I saw this piece of paper with the recipe, and this time I made it the very next day. It's a very simple dish, no chopping vegetables or grinding masalas involved, but the taste is awesome. It tastes very good when mixed with plain rice, also goes equally well with rotis and dosas too..

Peerkangai Podi Curry, Ridge Gourd Curry

       
          Ridge Gourd, this is another vegetable that I buy quite often, I usually make some kind of kootu, curry or sambar with it. Today's curry is similar to the Eggplant Podi Curry, but I have added a couple of more ingredients to the podi, I have added sesame seeds and peanuts which gives a nice nutty flavor and taste to this curry. This curry can be served as a side dish with rice and dal and also with rotis. The slight sweetish taste from the gourds along with fresh spice and peanut powder makes this curry very delicious..