Raji
Specialist in Chettiar veetu samayal
Chef's Recipes
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Ingredients
- Drumstick - Cut into small pieces - 2
- Turmeric powder - ½ teaspoon
- Tamarind juice - thin juice from a lemon-sized tamarind
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Oil - 2 tablespoons
- Toor dal - 2 teaspoons
- Dhania - 1 teaspoon
- Red chilli -2 to 3
- Small onions - Skin peeled - ½ cup
- Oil - 1 teaspoon
- Mustard - ½ teaspoon
- Urad dal - ½ teaspoon
- Curry leaves - a few
- Red chilli - 1
- Small onion - slightly smashed - 5 or 6
Murungakkai (Drumstick) Kootu Saaru
A special chettiar veetu kootu saaru for rice!
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Ingredients
- Fenugreek - a handful
- Garlic - 15 cloves
- Tamarind juice - taken from 1 amla-sized tamarind, thin in consistency
- Red chilli - 2
- Curry leaves - a few
- Kuzhambu chilli powder - 1 teaspoon
- Jaggery - a little
- Rice flour - 1 teaspoon
- Oil - 2 tablespoon
- Salt - ½ teaspoon
Vendhaya (Fenugreek) Kuzhambu
A special chettiar veetu recipe
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Ingredients
- Pumpkin - skin and the pulp with seeds - from pumpkin of 150 gr
- Raw banana - skin and a little banana - 100 gr
- Snake gourd - soft portion inside the snake gourd along with the seeds - from ½ snake gourd
- Ridge gourd - skin and a little flesh of ridge gourd - from ½ ridge gourd
- Yam - some flesh after removing the skin - from 150 gram of yam
- Chana dal - 2 teaspoons
- Urad dal - 2 teaspoons
- Dhania - 2 teaspoons
- Red chilli - 4
- Tamarind - a small lemon size
- Curry leaves - a few
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
- Oil - 2 tablespoons
Peel(Skin) of Mixed Vegetables Chutney (Thoppa Chutney)
A healthy side dish using all the skin and the pulp of the vegetables usually discarded while cooking!.
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Ingredients
- Boiled (idli) rice - 2 cups
- Toor dal - ½ cup
- Small onion - 1 cup
- Red chilli - 4
- Dhania - 1 tablespoons
- Salt - ½ teaspoon
- Coriander leaves - Chopped - a handful
- Curry leaves - a few
- Asafoetida - a pinch
- Oil - for making vadai
Arisi Paruppu Vadai
A tasty Chettiar Veetu Special Crispy Vadai for Evening Snack
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Ingredients
- Idli Rice - 4 cups
- Fenugreek(Methi) seeds - 1 closed handful
- Caster seeds(Aamanakku or Kottamuthu vidhai) - Shell removed - 12 to 15
- Salt - 1 teaspoon
Vendhaya Idli or Fenugreek Idli
Recipe for a Soft Idli with out Urad dal
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Ingredients
- Boiled (idli) rice - 2 cups
- Toor dal - ½ cup
- Small onion - chopped - ½ cup
- Red chilli - 4
- Dhania - 1 teaspoon
- Salt - ½ teaspoon
- Turmeric powder - a pinch
- Cumin seeds - ½ teaspoon
- Coriander leaves - Chopped - a handful
- Curry leaves - a few
- Asafoetida - a pinch
- Oil - for making dosa
Kara Dosai
A tasty Chettiar Veetu Special Crispy and spicy Dosa
