Thengai Saadham
- 02
- February
- 2006
Coconut Rice:Ingredients:Raw rice 1 cupSaltFreshly grated coconut 1 bowl fullMustard seeds 1/2 spoonCumin seeds 1/2 spoonChenna dal 1 spoonUrad dal 1 spoonAsafoetida 1/4 spoonGreen chilies 6-8 slitted or choppedGinger skinned and chopped 1 spoonCurry leaves 1 cupCashew nuts 1 cupSesame oil 1 cup Garnishing: Crisply fried curry leaves few. Method: 1. In a pressure pan […]
Lemon Rice
- 02
- February
- 2006
Lemon Rice: Lemon rice is a basic tiffin box food, in many homes! Serves well for picnics and travel! Lemon comes under citrus family,very acetic is nature, rich in vitamin C and the zest posses the essential oils. Its said that during long voyages…they pickled and carried lots of citrus fruits in the ship, those […]
Milagu Pongal
- 01
- February
- 2006
Ingredients: Raw rice 1 cup Split munng dal 1/2 cup Salt Ghee 1-2 cup Curry leaves 4 twigs Whole peppercorns 1-2 tsp Cumin seeds 1-2 tsp Ginger 4″, grated Cashew nuts 10-15 Method: 1. In a pressure pan add few spoons of ghee. Add 3 cups of water. Add rice and dal to it. Add […]
Sweet Corn Pilaf / Makka Cholam Pulav
- 27
- January
- 2006
Corn Pilaf: This recipe is my Mommy’s friend’s recipe…. Mrs. Soundarajan(from kovai)! It seems she prepared this pulav to my Mommy…when she visited her place. So since then my Mommy was telling to me…its different and nice. So thought of giving a try. Ingredients:Frozen corn 1 cup(or Boil 2 corns with little salt and shred […]
Ellu Saadham – Priest Nandha Kumar’s Recipe
- 08
- December
- 2005
Also Known As: Sesame Rice, Gingeli Rice, Til Rice, Ellu Podi Saadham. Ellu Podi. This is one of my favorite rice, I got this recipe from my our family friend ‘Natha Kumar’…he is a priest at ‘Thiru Par Kadal – Shree Ranganathan Temple’. He is one of the amazing cook I ever met. Mommy learned […]
Soya Chunks Chettinad Style Curry
- 23
- November
- 2005
Meal maker/Soya bite Gravy / Soya Chunks Gravy(Chettinad Style) Well….I never tasted this recipe in actual chettiand home! But I always liked their extra spicy, hot hot & super hot curry recipes. Since most of the restaurants only produce their curry in non-veg form! Most of my family and friends happens not to taste their […]
Idly Fry
- 08
- November
- 2005
Idly fry:(Vellore Style) Nowadays….we could see this idly fry recipe so common in any restaurants. When I was a little girl, myself and my Dad used to go to Hotel Khanna for this dish! They make very good idly fry there. Very Red in color, spicy and fried makes it crispier, what not! Actually mommy […]
