Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Generic Version - Fries

You can cook most vegetables using the Stir Fries method with minor variations and they all taste wonderful. We cook different types of beans, gourds, cabbage, carrots, eggplant etc. And yes, even okra can be cooked like this. Try and see!

I listed some combinations that we like.

Some of our favorites with any variations in the process of making. (All the recipes need green chillies and salt to your taste).

- Carrots sliced into thin circles with chana daal. Add plenty of coconut in the end. Use salt sparingly to preserve the sweetness.

- Beet roots sliced with chana daal. Add coconut in the end. Use salt sparingly because beets are high on sodium to start with.

- Cabbage + carrots + peas + potatoes + tomatoes with coconut and, or sesame or peanuts

- Cabbage + red bell peppers + potatoes + tomatoes + onions with sesame or peanuts

- Cabbage + potatoes + tomatoes + onions with coconut and, or peanuts

- Cabbage + tomatoes with sesame or peanuts

- Potato + onions + Menthi leaves. This smells delicious and looks gorgeous.

- Okra with coconut. This is one of the best. Also tastes great with sesame or peanuts.

- Whole green chana (Bengal gram / chick peas) with coconut. My kids end up eating it as a snack.

- Snake-gourd grated or finely chopped with coconut. This is a a wonderful dish.

- Mullangi with moong daal. You can also add nuts.

- Cauliflower + potatoes, tomatoes, onions with peanuts

- Beerakai (Chinese okra / ribbed gourd) with milk added in the end. When you peel the Chinese okra, you should peel only the ribs and leave the rest of the skin on.

- Beerakai (Chinese okra / ribbed gourd) with pan roasted sesame seeds added in the end. This is another one of our favorites. When you peel the Chinese okra, peel only the ribs and leave the rest of the skin on.

- Cucumber (no need to peel the skin of) with pan roasted sesame seeds added in the end.

- Long squash (Sorakai) with pan roasted sesame seeds added in the end. No need to peel the skin.

- Drumsticks six or so + a pound or so tomatoes + a pound or so onions + 8-10 green chillies. Add ground peanuts towards the end. This is another great recipe.

- Brinjal thinly sliced with nuts or coconut

- Brinjal and spinach with nuts added in the end

- Green Beans with coconut

- Raw banana + tomatoes and onions with coconut

- Spinach and Onions (yummy)

Dr. Raju has given 20 or so varieties just with garden leaves (thota koora) in his Food and Thought book. So I am sure you will find many of your favorites in this book.

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