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Vegetable Curries
With Rice
A simple vegetable side dish made to go with rice
Simple curries with everyday vegetables like potato and ladies finger — easy sides for rice.
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AMMAMMA'S NOTES.
Potato fry
Boiled potato cubes tossed in a besan, rice flour and spice coating, then pan-fried in seasoned oil (mustard and urad dal) on a slow flame until crisp.
Mathan Olan
Thin slices of ash gourd and cowpea simmered gently and finished with coconut milk and coconut oil - a light curry from Kerala's festive sadya spread.
Parappu Usily
Boiled vegetables mixed with a coarsely ground, steamed lentil masala and finished with a mustard-urad dal tempering and grated coconut.
General Curry
A simple, everyday dry vegetable stir-fry tempered with mustard, urad dal, and coconut - a staple side dish for any South Indian meal.
Ladies Finger Curry
Ladies finger tossed in a besan-rice flour spice mix and pan-fried until crisp - a quick, tangy side dish.
Potato podimas
Boiled and smashed potatoes seasoned with mustard and urad dal, then mixed with a coarsely ground coconut, green chilly and ginger paste.
Rasam Varieties
Four kinds of rasam — tamarind, spices and often dal, each with its own main flavour like lemon or jeera.
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Kozhambu Varieties
Kozhambu - a tangy, tamarind-based gravy eaten with rice
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Curries that made the cut — mostly potato and ladies finger, because, as you can probably tell by now, I was the pickiest child known to mankind.
YAMINI VENKATESAN
WHAT'S FOR LUNCH, 2026