Arasanikkai or parangikkai kuzhambu is a simple and delicious gravy that goes well with hot rice. This is a Tamil Nadu style kuzhambu. Some people may not like parangikkai as it is sweet in taste. But yellow pumpkin is a superfood. It is rich in antioxidants and vitamins.
Erissery is a traditional Kerala dish which is very healthy as it has black eyed beans and pumkin. Black eyed beans is rich in fiber, iron and zinc. Half a cup of black-eyed peas has only 100 calories and 1 gram of fat. So it is very good for people with diabetes and those who want … [Read more…]
Usually, south Indians add pumpkins in sambar or kootu. I heard this recipe from one of my friends. This recipe is very easy to make and it tastes differently with rotis. Pumpkin is one of the low calorie vegetables and has many anti-oxidant vitamins like vitamin A, C and E.
Two weeks back I tried this sambar which tastes like hotel sambar at home. It came out very well. Here we add roasted gram. Because of this, the taste itself changes like hotel sambar. In hotels they add yellow pumpkin also while cooking the dhal and mash it. This gives thicker sambar.