Pavarkai Porial | Bitter gourd fry

Bitter gourd is loaded with vitamins and minerals. This is one of the common vegetables in south Indian cuisine. I like the bitter taste form this. If you don’t like the bitter taste then you can chop and soak the bitter gourd in sour curd for 20 mins and follow the below steps. You will get fry with nice texture with no bitterness.

 

 Let us see how to prepare this.

Senaikizhangu porial | Elephant Foot Yam fry

Elephant Yam is Senai Kizhangu in Tamil, Kanda gaddha in Telugu, Chenath-thanda/chand in Malayalam and Suvarna gadde in Hindi. Before going to the preparation method, let us see some of the health benefits of this veggie. Yam is used as a slimming food as it is a low-fat food and lowers the cholesterol level and promotes in weight loss. It is rich in magnesium, phosphorus, calcium, potassium and many trace metals. These metals are responsible for sharp memory and concentration power. It also contains carbohydrates and protein equivalent to potatoes. It provides you instant energy. Its regular consumption keeps you fit and healthy. Yam lowers the Insulin level thus aiding in blood sugar. Its adequate consumption lowers the diabetes.

First time I tried to prepare this porial. It came out really well and we liked it very much. Let us see the how to prepare this porial

Kathirikai Porial | Brinjal / Eggplant fry

                Brinjal is one of the tastiest vegetables. It is so versatile and so you can use it in any type of curry or gravy. Brinjal is my favorite vegetable, but my hubby doesn’t like it and so rarely cooking this after marriage. Today I prepared Brinjal porial after a long time. It came out really well. He liked it very much. Now I am very happy. Do you know why? Because, I can prepare this porial very often.. J

Let’s see how to prepare this spicy brinjal porial.

Baby potato fry

Potato is favorite one for many people. This is so versatile vegetable and you can make uncountable no. of dishes out of this. Today I have used baby potatoes to make this fry. I bought this baby potato first time and tried. It came out really well and tasty.

Let see how to make this fry.

Pusanikai/Parangikai Poriyal | Yellow Pumpkin fry

Pusanikai/Parangikai Poriyal | Yellow Pumpkin fry

I like to have Pumpkin along with curd rice. This also goes well with plain hot rice. Pumpkin is good for health. This is one of the very low calorie vegetables with no saturated fats or cholesterol; however, it is rich in dietary fiber, anti-oxidants, minerals, vitamins. The vegetable is one of the food items recommended by dieticians in cholesterol controlling and weight reduction programs. Pumpkin is a storehouse of many anti-oxidant vitamins such as vitamin-A, vitamin-C and vitamin-E.  The fruit is a good source of B-complex group of vitamins like folates, niacin, vitamin B-6 (pyridoxine), thiamin and pantothenic acid.  It is also rich source of minerals like copper, calcium, potassium and phosphorus.

Let see the ingredients list and the method to prepare this heathly porial.

Ingredients:

Yellow Pumpkin | Parangikai – 2 cups chopped

Onion – 1

Red chilly – 2

Chilly powder – 2 tsp

Salt

Coconut – ½ cup grated

Jagery/sugar/palm sugar – 1 tbsp

Murungai kai Porial | Drumstick Porial

Murungaikai Porial is very easy and tasty one. My mom used to prepare this porial earlier very often when we had drumstick tree at my home. If you are bored of having sambar with drumsticks then you can give a try to this porial. Drumsticks are loaded with valuable minerals, healthy proteins and essential minerals making it a healthy food.

Keerai/leaves from this tree are also very good and rich in Vitamins and Iron. I will post that keerai porial very soon.  Let’s see how to prepare this simple and tasty porial.