Cilantro Uthappam
- 02
- December
- 2016
Not exactly a recipe to be proud of, but definitely…brings forth a smile on your face on an otherwise boring day. There you go, without much adieu. Ingredients dosa baater cilantro, chopped green chilies chopped oil few spoons Method Make a small crepes on an hot griddle and top it with cilantro and chilies as […]
Thai Style Stir-Fry: In the world of more n more anonymity, people pick up strange habits of nit-picking on others. And online free-advise is so fashionable these days! Oh yeah, I still keep receiving those awful negative comments at my food blog: Kitchen Tantra dot Com. Though I don’t have any objection for this suggestion […]
Thai Basil-Coconut Shrimps Curry – Aromatic It Is!
- 18
- June
- 2012
Also known as: Thai Green Curry with Shrimps, Thai Coconut Shrimps Curry. Honestly, I couldn’t recall the exact recipe of the above pictures. I know, it sounds ridiculous…but I whipped this several months ago during a cold winter-spring night. Oh, I was so excited to spot a fresh bunch of basil leaves in the market […]
Meat-Green Onions Soup: Other Names: Goat’s meat and Spring onions Soup. Iraichi-Vengaya thaal Soup. Ingredients: Meat with bones 1/4 kiloSpring onions 1 large bunchRed onions 1 medium slicedGinger 1″ gratedGarlic 2 cloves minced (use 7-10 pods, if you like)Soy sauce 1 tablespoonWhite pepper powder 1-2 spoonsOil few spoons. Method: Cook mutton till tender in a […]
Sprouted Green Gram Korma: Sprouted Green Lentils Curry, Mulai Payiru Kuzhambu. Ingredients: Green gram/mung dhal/ green lentils 1 cupCurry leaves 2 twigsCloves 5Cinnamon sticks 2Green cardamom 6-7 pods crushedBay leaves fresh 2-3 leavesStar anise 1 Fennel seeds 2 spoonsGreen chilies 6-8 gratedOnion 1 large gratedGinger 2″ minced/pasteGarlic 4-6 cloves minced/pasteTomato 1 large chopped/pureeSaltTurmeric 1/4 spoonMint […]
Pesto Pasta: Ingredients: For Pasta: Extra virgin olive oil Salt Pasta – your fav’ shell. For Sauce: Basil leaves 1 bunch Parsley 1/2 a bunch Pine nuts toasted 1 table spoon Extra virgin olive oil Salt …Wet grind them to thick paste. For Toppings: I used snow peas Parmesan cheese to garnish Method: Cook pasta […]
Keezhanelli Mor
- 21
- March
- 2009
Keezhanelli Mor: Phyllanthus amarus/ Phyllanthus nururui is the Botanical of this fragile plant! It is called Keezhanelli in Tamil. Keezh – Under/Underneath and Nelli – Berry/ goose berry/ amla!! This teeny plant has sesame seed sized leaves and underneath each leaf blade, it posses black mustard sized berries, which looks exactly like microscopic amla/gooseberry…Oh Tamilians […]
Fresh Figs Subzi
- 19
- February
- 2009
Athi Kai Kootu: Ficus in Culinary, Dumur ka Subzi, Athi Kai Kootu, Figs with lentils Curry. This woody tree comes under Moraceae family. The genus name is Ficus…since there are several varieties of species here(about 850)…I am leaving it blank here. One could assume that, I used ‘indica’ species tho’. The tree is native to […]
Green Grass Juice
- 10
- February
- 2009
Arugham Pul Juice: Herbal Concoction. Arugham Pul Ras. Arugam Pul Kashayam. Dhoob Ki Kashaya. Wild Bermuda Grass Juice. Bermuda grass, Botanical name of this grass is Cynodon dactylon. We call it as ‘Arugham Pul’ in Tamil, they call it as ‘Durva’ in Sanskrit & ‘Dhoob’ in Hindi. Before going into detailing about this particular grass…let […]
Koduka Puli – Remember This?
- 06
- January
- 2009
Also Known As: Manila Tamarind. Kodukkai Puli, Kodi-kai puli. Kodukalikai. Konakai, Konai-kai. Sweet Tamarind. Thai-Sweet Tamarind. Camachile Fruit. Koduka Puli. My back home cook, Usha Nandhini…brought some surprise to me! These Camachile fruits!!! The Botanical name of this tree is Pithecellobium dulce. Sources say it originated from Mexico! Then traveled to America, Central Asia and […]
