Ratha Poriyal
- 09
- February
- 2007
Ratha Poriyal:(Country Style) Goat’s Blood Recipe. Blood Poriyal. Lamb’s Blood Recipe. Fried Goat’s Blood. Fried Lamb’s Blood. Bakra Ka Koon Sabzi. Aatin Ratham Varuval. Hmmmm…..scared by the ‘recipe title’ ! if you feel really disgusting, don’t read further. Forget it here. Can I categorize this under ‘Weird Food From India’, or just ‘Organ Food’. Is […]
Egg Chettinad / Muttai Chettinad Masala
- 01
- December
- 2006
Egg Chettinad Gravy:(Chettinad Style)Muttai Chettinad Kuzambu. Anda in Spicy hot gravy. Gudilu Masala. Ingredients: Hard-boiled Eggs 6 – shelled and poked with needle at 4-6 pointsSaltTurmeric powder 1/2 spoonChili powder 1 spoonSesame oil 1 small cup.To be Roasted Each Seperately and Powdered Togather:Cloves 3Cinnamon sticks 2Black pepper 1 spoonCumin 1 spoonFennel seeds 1 spoonPoppy seeds […]
Mutton Chettinad
- 23
- October
- 2006
Mutton Chettinad:(Chettinad Style) Goat’s Meat in Chettinad Gravy. Hot and Spicy Goat Meat Curry. Madras Varutha Kari Kuzhambu. Aatu Kari Kuzhambu. Goat’s Meat in Spicy Rich Gravy. Or One can try this recipe for Lamb too. It is called ‘Varutha Kari-Kozhambu’ in Chennai. Its a perfect choice for Dosa, Idly, Iddiyappam and Appam. Ofcourse it […]
Kalkandu Vadai / Misri Ki Vada
- 21
- October
- 2006
Kalkandu Vadai:(Chettinad Style)Ingredients:Urad dal 1 cupRaw Rice 1 fistfulKalkandu/Lump sugar-1 cupGhee for frying. Method:Soak urad dal and rice togather for about 20 minutes. Drain and strain the dal and rice. Grind it along with lump sugar into thick paste. Maybe without adding any water. The lump sugar will give excess moisture for wet-grinding. Well….if the […]
Paal Thirattu / Thirattu Paal
- 12
- October
- 2006
Thirattu Paal:(Chettinad Style)Thirattu Paal/Paal Thirattu in Tamil. Condensed Milk Recipe/ Consolidated Milk Sweet. This is one of the great sweet recipe from Chettinad Kitchen. Other than the ‘panayyarams’ or ‘paal kozhukkatai’. This is the one I crave for. It turns out into ‘Rich Dark Brown Color’. Ingredients:Farm Fresh Whole Milk 2 litresPalm Sugar/Karrupatti in Tamil […]
Kalkandu Bath / Misri Pongal / Kalkandu Pongal
- 04
- October
- 2006
Kalkandu Bath:(Chettinad Style)Karkandu/Kalkandu Saadham/ Lump Sugar-Rice/ Misri Ki Chaawal/Sugar-Candy Rice/Chakara Pongal/Chakara Pongali. Ingredients: Raw rice 1 cupMilk 4 cupsSplit Moong dal 1/4 cup(optional)Lump sugar 2 cupsGhee 1/2 cup + 1/2 cupCashew nuts 10-15(slitted)Raisins/Dry grapes(from green grapes)-1 fistfulCardamon seeds powder 1/2 spoonSaffron strands 1/2 pinchDry Camphor (Pachai Karpooram) 1 pinchSalt 1 pinch Method:Using few spoons of […]
Vazhaipoo Vadai / Banana Blossom Fritters
- 04
- October
- 2006
This is my Mom’s special dish. Its really hard to find banana blossoms, here in America. But whenever I get a chance…I make sure that I prepare it with utmost care. It takes hours to do all the prep work, cleaning and grinding part. But, certainly worth toiling. Ingredients: Plantain Flower 1 small Red Gram/Thuvar […]
Cauliflower Chettinad Masala
- 23
- February
- 2006
Chettinad Cauliflower Curry:(Chettinad Style) Cettinad Style Cauliflower Qurma. Pepper Gobi Masala. Hot n Spicy Cauliflower Curry. Cauliflower Pepper Korma. Milagu Cauliflower Kurma. Chettinad Style Cauliflower Milagu Pirattal. Ingredients:Fresh Cauliflower – 1/2 kilo – cut into floretsTurmeric powder 1/2 spoonSaltSesame Oil 1 cup. To be dry roasted and powdered:Poppy seeds 2-3 spoonsCinnamon 2 sticksCloves 3Coriander seeds […]
Turnip Chops / Knol Khol Masala
- 26
- January
- 2006
Ingredients: Turnips 1/2 kg skinned and sliced Salt Turmeric powder 1/4 spoon Red chili powder 1/2 spoon Bay leaves 2 Oil 1/4 cupRoast each separately and powder them together: Cloves 2 Cinnamon 2 Cardamom 1 Black pepper 1/2 spoon Fennel seeds 1 spoon Poppy seeds 1 spoon Cumin seeds 1 spoon Dry coconut 1/4 cup […]
Potato Chettinad Style Curry
- 26
- January
- 2006
Chettinad Potato Chops:(Chettinad Style) Potato Pepper Curry. Hot n Spicy Dhum Aloo. Urulai-Kizhangu Milagu Masala Kuzhambu. Pepper Dhum Aloo. Ingredients:Baby potato – 1/4 kiloTurmeric powder 1/2 spoonSaltSesame Oil 1 cup. To be dry roasted and powdered:Poppy seedsCinnamon 2 sticksCloves 3Coriander seeds 1-2 spoonsFennel seeds 1-2 spoonsBlack pepper 1 spoonCumin seeds 1 spoonDry red chilies 3-5 […]
