Aloe Vera Juice
- 02
- November
- 2008
Alloe Vera Juice: The botanical name of this plant is Aloe barbadenensis. The Aloe vera is one of the oldest known therapatic herb and is reowned world wide as a healing plant. It is first mentioned in Egyptian scripst ‘Papyrus Ebers’ in 1550. They used it for embalming. Aloe vera is supposedly used to embalm […]
Chicken Fenugreek Greens Pilaf
- 01
- November
- 2008
Chicken Methi Pulav: Chicken with Fenugreek Greens Pulav. Kozhi Vendhaya Keerai Saadham. Murg-Methi ka Pulav. Kodi Menthilu Annam. Fenugreek greens are known as Methika in Sanskrit and Methi patha in Hindi. The Botanical name of this greens are Trigonella foenum. The English common name is Fenugreek leaves. We call this Vendhaya keerai in Tamil. In […]
Mooligai Masiyal
- 01
- November
- 2008
Mukkarattai Keerai Masiyal: This is also called as Punarnava in Sanskrit. The Botanical name is Boerhaavia diffusa. The English name common name is Boerhaavia. In Tamil we call this Mukkarattai keerai. It has small pink flowers! Its kind of wild creeper…grows near wet paddy fields. In colloquial Tamil….they were calling it mukkaruthan keerai’. But it […]
Egg Puffs
- 01
- November
- 2008
When I was in College+University…..this was my favorite snack! Myself and my friend Shridevi used to go to bakery in the evening, get egg/chicken puffs and eat them during tea time! Awesome……gossips, puffs, tea…..what else can make a perfect day. Hostel life was full of fun! There were very few good bakeries in the city, […]
Rasam Idly
- 01
- November
- 2008
Rasam Idly: This is my friend Balaji’s favourite dish. When we were studying in Hyderabad. Soon after the class….myself and Balaji used to have brunch at this small cafeteria. Our usuals would be pessarattu, vadai and irania chai. So….we never bothered to try anything new. One fine day…..we happen to stop at this place at […]
Vanjiram Chettinad Fry
- 01
- November
- 2008
Vanjiram Chettinad Varuval: Spicy King Fish Fry. Fried Spicy King Fish. Deep Fried King Fish. Hot n SPicey Fried Fish. This is shallow fried spicy king fish. One of the amazing fish for frying. It just has one central bone and few pinbones thats it! Even an amertuer cook can fix this dish easily! One […]
Thin Omlette
- 01
- November
- 2008
Thin Omlette: Large & Thin Omlette. I could never forget this moment….whenever there is a talk about ‘Omlette’. When I was studying at Hyderabad…Selva my friend…was doing his M.V.Sc(back then). His project was all about Emu chick and stuff. One fine day, .he came to visit me. He was so happy that all his practicals […]
