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    • Pavakka Kichadi

    by Maria on August 30, 2009

    Pavakka Kichadi
    1. Pavakka (bitter gourd) – 1 medium size
    2. Green chilly – 3-4
    3. Grated coconut – 1/2 cup
      Mustard – 1/4 tsp
    4. Yogurt – 1/2 – 1 cup
    5. Mustard – 1/2 tsp
      Small onion – 2-3
      Whole red chilly – 2
      Curryleaves
    6. Salt
    7. Coconut oil

    Crush 1/4 tsp mustard seeds. Grind the coconut into a smooth paste adding a little water and add the crushed mustard seeds to this.

    Cut pavakka into thin slices. Heat oil in a pan and fry the pavakka pieces till it becomes golden brown color, make sure that it doesn’t get burnt. Keep the fried pavakka aside. Add curry leaves and green chilly to the same oil and fry it for 1-2 minutes & remove from fire. Combine the fried pavakka pieces, curry leaves & green chilly & add salt to it. Add coconut paste to the pavakka pieces+curryleaves+green chilly. Add yogurt to this & mix well.

    Heat oil in  a pan & splutter mustard seeds. Add curry leaves, whole red chilly & sliced small onion. Fry it till the onion becomes golden brown and pour this over the pavakka mix.

    Recipe source: Vanitha magazine

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    • http://www.konnotation.blogspot.com Nancy

      I was looking for vellarikya pachadi recipe when I came across this.

      kichadi huh….tho the recipe sounds same as pachadi…I guess in diff parts of town its pronounced different:-)

      • http://www.mariasmenu.com Maria

        Hi Nancy

        Thanks for dropping in.

        I guess there is some diff between pachadi n kichadi. In pachadi vegetables are cooked by adding water and in Kichadi vegetables are fried (source: google search :) ). Rest everything else is same :)

        Btw, your blog is very interesting. I’ve bookmarked :)

        Cheers
        Maria

        • Anonymous

          I was going through your blog. It’s really nice.

          As per my understanding the pachadi and kichadi are different in the use of “mustard”. It’s grinded in “pachadi” along with the coconut but not in “kichadi”.

          • http://mariasmenu.com Maria Jose

            Thank you for your kind words & for explaining the difference between the two :)

            Cheers
            Maria

            • Anu

              Does being mean is being smart Anie! Maria, u r doing a great job and keep writing cos you have readers. Last night tried ur manga chammandi and it was a quick hit – will try some other recipes too.

            • http://mariasmenu.com Maria Jose

              Thanks Anu dear for your support & encouraging words, appreciate it very much. Nice to know that manga chammanthi turned out well :)

              Cheers
              Maria

    • Misha

      Yummy. I never liked pavakkas before.But now its changed

      • http://www.mariasmenu.com Maria

        Hi Misha

        Thanks for dropping in.

        Happy to know that you liked this :)

        Cheers
        Maria

    • http://niveditaskitchen.blogspot.com/ Nivedita

      Hi
      Same way I tried 15 days back!! What a
      co incidence! I did not put coconut but!!
      It came out very tasty!!
      Lovely photo!

    • AGNES P ANTONY

      i tried pvakka kichadi.it turnedout real good .my friend also had some,she loved it.

    • Elsa

      Hi Maria

      I tried pavakka kichadi…was soo soo good…. now i can add one more dish to my list :D .. my husband also loved it…. thank you so much…..

    • http://www.mariasmenu.com Maria

      Agnes & Elsa,

      thank you dearies :)

    • Latha

      I made this for Onam Sadya we hosted for our family friends, this Kichadi was a real hit as everyone liked the dish & asked for the recipe, the recipe is a simple one but its a sure mouth watering one… Thanks Maria for a nice recipe

      • http://www.mariasmenu.com Maria

        Hi Latha,

        Thanks for the comment :) Glad to know that you had a great Onam with your family n friends.

        Its one of my fav recipes too…

        Cheers
        Maria

    • Anie

      hi ,
      this doesn’t even look like kichadi.if we make kichadi in a traditional way it wil be a very light brown  colour .your kichadi look like thayir sadham , no offense.and one more thing ur website take very long time to load the page .some of your recipes are good but not all for i am from a traditional christian family in kerala and am familiar with most of the chicken recipes you upload . one more thing snaps which u upload for most of your recipes look like some British guy made those.
      thank you

      • Sina

        Sad Anie! You must be a really sad person!!!

    • Anie

      hi ,
      this doesn’t even look like kichadi.if we make kichadi in a traditional way it wil be a very light brown  colour .your kichadi look like thayir sadham , no offense.and one more thing ur website take very long time to load the page .some of your recipes are good but not all for i am from a traditional christian family in kerala and am familiar with most of the chicken recipes you upload . one more thing snaps which u upload for most of your recipes look like some British guy made those.
      thank you

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