Garlicky Rice – Welcome To Garlic Land
- 08
- January
- 2015
The daily act of cooking your meal is so very special back home! If you are part of a Tamil household…you could relate to what I mean! We put all the spices in mortar and grind it, before using it up in cooking! Back home…every sacred act (such as boiling water), will call for a special spice, you know! […]
Poondu Thokku – Feel Good Meal
- 27
- June
- 2014
One of the best things I do to myself is to cook a healthy meal, despite of all the odds!! I think it comes to me naturally to navigate through, even the most tempting foods! Guess, it must be an innate talent…I must have inherited some weird gene from my folks! Yeah, finally some genetic […]
How To Mince Garlic
- 18
- April
- 2013
Garlic is a very popular flavor, a base for countless recipes. Using this common ingredient in right proportion may give you the best results to your otherwise regular dish. However, peeling fresh garlic and mincing it, is a bit challenging task to many! If you allow me, I will let you a know few tricks […]
Home Made Chili Sauce – More than a Condiment
- 05
- April
- 2013
Also Known As: Home Made Hot Sauce. Home Made Sriracha Sauce. Hot Chili Sauce. Milagai Thokku. Milagai Saandhu. Hot sauce is one of the most favored condiment topped on fries, snacks, rice and what not! It adds that extra zest of culinary heat to the otherwise, basic appetizers and meat products. There are so many […]
Green Beans Casserole / Asian Style Beans Stir-Fry
- 08
- June
- 2010
Beans Stir-Fry: (Asian Style) Stir-frying is an age old technology, I have been practicing all my adult life. Rush home, wash n trim the ends of any possible vegetable, heat up the wok…throw-in whatever that comes to your mind!!! Oh yeah…this is how I started cooking.:) Pretty much no one’ to monitor…throwing randomly any spices […]
Poondu Chutney / Poondu Thuvaiyal
- 26
- June
- 2009
Poondu Thuvaiyal:Ingredients:Garlic 1 headRed chilies 7Onion 1 bulbSaltTemepering spicesOil. Method: In a wide wok, heat oil and fry garlic and chilies together till fragrant. Then wet-grind the same. In a separate pan, heat oil and add the tempering spices and run this seasoning over the chutney made.
Garlic Naan
- 22
- June
- 2009
Garlic Naan: Nothing much to say, when I was in India…relished this a big time, at the restaurants! Miss the fun here, but why to give up on ‘naan’ though! Hmmm, fixed it at home…pretty much home adopted version, absolutely no grilling! Just baked and broiled them…so howz that sounds to you?!! Ingredients: All purpose […]
Kothavarankai Poondu Poriyal
- 08
- September
- 2008
Kothavarangkai- Poondu Poriayl: Cluster Beans Subzi. Gorichikudukaya Koora. Gauvar Phalli Ki Subzi. Cluster Beans Stir-Fry. Ingredients: Cluster beans 1/4 kiloGarlic 2 whole heads – peeled and crushedSaltTurmeric 1/4 spoonChili powder 1 spoonMustard seeds 1/4 spoonCumin seeds 1/4 spoonCurry leaves fewOil few spoons. Method: Trim the ends and side fibres from the beans. Wash and then […]
Joyweed Greens Fry
- 09
- April
- 2008
Ponnanganni Keerai Poriyal: Keerai Poondu Poriyal. Keerai Kadalai Paruppu Poriyal. The Botanical name of this greens is ‘Alternanthera sessilis’. Sanskrit name is Matsyakshi. The common English name is Dwarf copperleaf/ Joyweed/ Sessile joyweed. Well…we call that “Ponanganni keerai” in Tamil. I googled some of its medicinal Value: It is body coolant. It gradually induces a […]
Poondu Kuzhambu – Kovai Special
- 30
- March
- 2007
Also Known As: Poondu Kuzhambu. Garlic in Spicy Hot Tamarind Sauce. Poondu Kara-Kuzhambu. Garlic Curry. Losan Ka Salan. Garlic Pulusu. Ingredients: Garlic 4 heads – peeled Tamarind puree, 1 Tsp Red onion 1 chopped Ginger 1″ grated Tomato 1 large chopped Jaggery 1 tsp Salt Turmeric powder 1/2 tsp Chili powder 1 tsp Rice powder […]
