of recipes that complements the main dish. This group consists of Pickle, Dips, Condiments etc. Lets take a bird’s eye view of this group. In Tamil , We call “Pickle” as “oorukaai”, “oorudhal” is the word that denotes “Soaking or Curing”. “Kaai” denotes vegetables. Ooru+kaai=oorukaai. Curing+Vegetable=>Pickle. All things that is Cured