Sadya Special Cheera Pachadi | Red Spinach Pachadi

How to prepare Sadya Special Cheera Pachadi | Red Spinach Pachadi

Pachadi is one of the mandatory dish in Onam and Vishu sadya. Pachadi is prepared using different vegetables like pumpkin, carrot, cabbage, beetroot etc. Pachadi is very healthy because it has only two main ingredients, one vegetable and curd.  Here I am showing you how to prepare pachadi using Red Spinach/Cheera which is a variety pachadi in sadya. 

Sadya Special Cheera Pachadi | Red Spinach Pachadi

Ingredients:-

• Red Spinach – 1 Bundle
• Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
• Curd – ½ Cup
• Green chilli –2
• Salt to taste
• Mustard Seeds 
• Dry red chilli – 2
• Curry leaves as required
• Salt to taste

Preparation:-

• Cut red spinach 
• Take a pan and add red spinach, salt to taste and mix it well. Switch on the stove.
• Close the pan using a lid and mix it in between.
• Take a mixer Jar and add grated coconut, ¾ portion of curd, ½ portion of Mustard seeds, green chilli and grind it well
• Transfer cooked red spinach into a vessel and add ground coconut and curd mixture into that and mix it well
• Add left over curd and mix it again
• Heat oil in a pan and splutter mustard seeds. Add dried red chilli, curry leaves into the pan
• Transfer spluttered mustard seeds into the pachadi
• Tasty red spinach Pachadi is ready serve.

Cheers!!!

Minu

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Padavalam Pachadi | Kerala Sadya Special Pachadi

How to prepare Padavalam Pachadi | Kerala Sadya Special Pachadi

Padavalam Pachadi | Kerala Sadya Special Pachadi

Ingredients:-

• Snake Gourd – ½ Portion of a medium Size
• Green Chilli - 2
• Curry Leaves as needed
• Grated Coconut – ¾ Cup
• Curd - ¾ Cup
• Mustard Seeds – ¼ + ½ Teaspoon
• Dry Red Chilli -2
• Salt as needed
• Oil as needed

Preparation:-

• Peel the snake gourd and cut it into small pieces
• Transfer the snake gourd into a mud pot
• Add green chilli, curry leaves and salt
• Add required amount of water and cook
• Grind coconut curd and mustard seeds
• Heat coconut oil in a pan and add mustard seeds
• When mustard seeds splutter add dry chilli and curry leaves and add it into the pachadi
• Tasty Padavalam/Snake Gourd Pachadi is ready to serve

 

Cheers!!!

Minu

Nilakadala Sundal | Peanut Sundal

How to prepare Nilakadala Sundal | Peanut Sundal?

Nilakadala Sundal | Peanut Sundal?

Ingredients:-

• Peanut (soaked) – 1 ½ Cup
• Onion – 1 Big sliced
• Grated Carrot – ½ Cup
• Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
• Mustard seeds – 1 Teaspoon
• Dried red chilli – 4 to 5
• Curry leaves as required
• Salt as required

 

Preparation:-

• Boil peanut in a cooker by adding required salt and water
• Heat a pan and pour required oil. Splutter the mustard seeds and then add dried red chilli and curry leaves
• Add onion, carrot and salt and sauté well
• Add grated coconut into the pan and mix it well
• Add cooked peanut and mix it again
• Tasty Peanut Sundal is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

Spinach Rice (Palak Rice) with Carrot Raita

Spinach Rice(Palak Rice)

Ingredients
Basmati Rice  - 2 Cup
Spinach   - 2 Cup
Onion   - 1 Large
Green Chilli  - 2
Ginger Garlic paste – 1 Tbls
Cinnamon – 1 large
Cloves – 4 to 6
Bay leaves – 1 or 2
Cardamon  - 3
Coriander leaves
Salt
Water

Preparation

• Cook rice and keep it aside (I usually add a little bit of salt while cooking).
• Blanch the spinach in boiling water for 10 - 12 minutes.
• Grind the spinach into a smooth paste.
• Heat oil in a pan. Add Cinnamon, Cloves, Cardamom and Bay leaves and saute it.
• Add onion into it and saute well . Add the remaing salt into it.
• Add ginger garlic paste and saute well till the onion became translucent.
• Then add the spinach paste and saute well.
• Once it became thick and dry, add the cooked rice into it and mix well.
• Add Coriander leaves for garnishing.

Carrot Raita

Ingredients
Carrot  - 1 cup(Grated)
Green chilli  - 3 (Chopped)
Yogurt     - 1 1/2 Cup
Salt
Curry leaves

Preparation

• Take Carrot,Green chilli and Salt in bowl.Mix it well
• Then add Yogurt and curry leaves and mix again.
• Serve it with Spinach rice, Pulao, Ghee rice or Biriyani.

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