Kattu Saadham – Olden Days Travel Food
- 12
- April
- 2010
Kattu Soru: Kattu Choru’ literally means ‘Pack Rice’. In olden days, this is one of the method to preserve the food’ for their long journies. The strong spices and tamarind kept their food fresh and aromatic for days. Especially in tropical weather, food goes rancid very quickly…we tend to heat food for long time with […]
Kitchri – Gujarati Style
- 15
- December
- 2009
Kitchedi: Kitcheri, Kitchri. Cutcheree. Lentil’s rice. Masala Rice. Paruppu Saadham. Pappu Annam. Parippu Choru. What to write? Hmmmm…what to write? And did you think its easy to write about something (nothing)! Come on, pickup a blog space and start ranting to nobody (for years). And…when the traffic was at abyssal, it was bit easy. Now […]
Birinji Rice – Infused with Lemon Stalk
- 27
- April
- 2009
Coconut Birinji:(Version 2) Coconut Biriyani, Thengai Biriyani. Thenga Biriyani. Coconut Birinji Rice with Lemon stalk. Coconut Pulav. Thengai Saadham. Lemon Stalk infused Rice dish. My friend Mercy, who is from Philippines runs an International market…here at Oxford! She used to complain about, how locals never buy vegetables from her and that she will have to […]
Perumaal Kovil Thayir Saadham: Spiced Yogurts Rice. Spicy Curd Rice. Tamizhar Thayir Saadham. Aaaah you got me there…being an atheist raving about Perumaal Kovil Thayir Saadham!!! Thiruparkadal is a small village, about 100 km from Chennai. The place is famous for a Hindu temple. Sri Ranganathar…actually the beauty about the deity is ‘he is on […]
Bell Pepper Rice
- 01
- March
- 2009
Capsicum Rice: Kudai-Milagai Saadham, Kodaimilagai Saadham. Simla Mirchi Ki Chaawal. Simla Mirchi Rice. When it comes to anything that is named ‘Chili Peppers’, please count me in. I am all crazy for that ‘Hot Spice’! Whether you’re crazy like me or not…try to include ‘chilies’ or at least these ‘Bell peppers’ in your diet. Since […]
Lentil’s Rice
- 28
- February
- 2009
Paruppu Saadham: Pappu Annam, Paruppu Saadham. Rice Kitchedi. Arisiyum Paruppum Saadham??? Yes…much similar to ‘Masala Pongal’ dish with slight variation! Its a comfort food, well balanced, nutritional and easy to fix recipe! As we say it as ‘Paruppu Saadham’(at Chennai)…people from South(Coimbatore belt)call this as ‘Arisiyum Paruppum Saadham’!! Hmmmm pretty weird??? I tease them a […]
Kollu Saadham
- 27
- September
- 2008
Kollu Saadham: Horse-Gram Rice Dish. Can you beleive it….horse-food is eaten by humans! There is a saying in Tamil language ‘ ellaichavanukku ellu, kozhuthavanakku kollu’…oh what a rhyming! Means….a slim person should take a diet based on sesame(it helps to put on healthy weight)and a fat amn should go on horse-gram diet(yeah it helps to […]
Quintessential Thayir Saadham – Comfort Meal
- 08
- September
- 2008
Ingredients: Raw rice 1 cup Milk 4-6 cups Yogurts 1 small cup Salt Green chilies 4 finely chopped Curry leaves few Ginger 2″ finely chopped Chana dal 1 fistful Urad dal 1 fistful Cashew nuts few Peppercorns 1-2 spoons Cumin 1/4 spoon Asafoetida 1/2 spoon Coriander leaves few chopped to garnish Sesame oil few spoons. […]
Tindora Masale Bhaath – Ivygourd Masala Rice
- 19
- March
- 2008
Kovaikkai Masale Bath:> Tindora Masale Bath. Dondakkai Bath. Kovaikkai Saadham. Gherkins Spice Rice. Ingredients: To Be Toasted Each Separately And Powdered Togather: Coriander seeds 2 spoonsChana dal 2 spoonsUrad dal 2 spoonsDry red chilies 6Fenugreek seeds 1-2 spoonsWhole black pepper 1 spoonCinnamon 2 sticksCloves 3Cumin seeds 1 spoonDry coconut grated 1/4 cupBlack Sesame seeds 2 […]
Thirunelveli Ulundhu Saadham
- 10
- March
- 2008
Thirunelveli Ulundhu Saadham: Ulundhu Saadham. Urad Dal Kitchedi/kitcheri. Ulundhu Pongal. This recipe was prepared by my family friend ‘Meena Aunty. Though she is from Palayamkottai, uncle is from Thirunelveli. Well…she made this Urad Dal Pongal on some special occasion and called this as ‘ Thirunelveli Ulundhu Saadham’! I thought urad dal will make the pongal […]
