Category: Curries

Menthikura paruppu usili

This is a Tamil food – vendhaya keerai(fenugreek leaves) paruppu usili. Paruppusili I have’nt posted yet. It is a slight variation of Telugu Patoli. We use a mix of dals ground with spices which is steamed and then saute’d with some vegetable in Tamil style whereas in Patoli we use just chana dal or kala…

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Vankaya karam kura/ Gutti vankaya

By far the most celebrated curry in Andhra, this always finds a prime place in the menu of functions and festivals. Panasa pottu (minced tender jackfruit) kura is the other festival favorite but panasa pottu is available only during a certain season while brinjal the “king of vegetables” is available all through the year. Tender…

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Vankaya Allam kura

This curry looks quite unappealing, but tastes terrific with rice, at least according to my son. Surprisingly he loves some traditional curries like this, beerakaya karam kura etc. One may think isn’t that normally to be expected in the home environment with my penchant for cookery. Not really because, growing up he was away in…

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