Festival lunch preparation
if you are using frozen coconut, thaw them
To chop
Okra for sambar Tomato for rasam and pachadi Beans and carrot for poriyal Grate mango for thokku Cashews for Payasam Potatoes for Potato fry
To Soak
Moong dal and chana dal for payasam Jaggery in water and filter for payasam toor dal for sambar and rasam
To Pressure cook
Toor dal for sambar, rasam and paruppu Cook rice Beans and carrot with little water, oil, and salt for beans poriyal Potatoes with turmeric powder and water for potato fry Moong dal, chana dal, turmeric water, and water for payasam
To Grind
Green chilli and coconut for tomato pachadi Coconut and water for Payasam
To Temper
Mustard seed in ghee for tomato pachadi Cashews and raisins in ghee for Payasam Mustard seeds, fenugreek seeds, and cumin seeds in ghee for Rasam Urad dal, mustard seeds, and red chili in coconut oil for Beans poriyal chana dal, mustard seeds, and curry leaves for potato fry Mustard seeds in sesame oil for mango pickle
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Moong dal payasam
Boil jaggery water, cooked dal for 5 minutes Add ground coconut and boil well furthermore add cardamom powder, salt, and sugar; boil Finally, add roasted cashews and raisins; turn off the stove
checkout other payasam recipes
Sambar
Temper and saute Okra Add sambar powder, tamarind paste, water, and other required ingredients for sambar; boil Furthermore, add dal and boil Finally, add coriander leaves and asafoetida; boil
Check out sambar, kuzhambu recipes, coconut-based recipes, kootu recipes in TMF
Paruppu rasam
Saute tomatoes Boil tamarind, rasam powder, salt, and other ingredients Add cooked dal and bring to a frothy boil Finally, add the tempering and turn off the rasam
Check out other rasam varieties in TMF
Potato Fry
Peel the potato and roughly chop them Do tempering and add the required ingredients, saute potato in low flame
Beans poriyal
To the poriyal tempering, add cooked beans, carrot, and coconut and prepare poriyal
Check out beans paruppu usili, beans thengai podi usili, potato-based recipes, and poriyal recipes in TMF
Mango Thokku
Add grated mango and turmeric powder to the tempering and saute for two minutes furthermore, add salt and saute gradually add oil little by little and cook till oil oozes out Finally, add fenugreek powder; mix well and turn off the stove
Check out other pickle varieties in TMF
Tomato pachadi
whisk curd well Add tomatoes, ground coconut, and tempering; mix well
Checkout other pachadi recipes in TMF
Add salt to the dal and mix well Serve the meal with a dollop of ghee
