Tomato Cream Soup
- 10
- March
- 2009
Tomato Cream Soup: Never been a big fan of ‘Tomato Soup’…all until, I discovered that Chinese restaurant near my Hostel, Delhi. During cold winters, myself and my roomie Poorani used to sneak out, to have this soup…with unique Delhi walas croutons, called ‘Fans’! That particular Chinese restaurant has an unique set of menu plan. All […]
Shrimps-Drumsticks Soup
- 15
- February
- 2009
Shrimps & Drumsticks Soup: Shrimps and Drumsticks Stew. Murungaikkai-Eral Soup. Murungaikkai-Iral Thanni Kuzhambu. Shrimps: Shrimps contain a sleep promoting amino acid – Tryptopan, in it! So if you’re suffering from insomnia, fix shrimps for dinner! Or any sea food namely, cod, tuna and trout are also abundant in this amino acid! Better balance your sea […]
Neeraagaram
- 07
- February
- 2009
Neer + Aagaram = Water based Food. This is the simple man’s food, now forgotten by this convenient driven world. In a Tropical country like India and especially South India…to beat the heat, people often practice all sorts of things. And food habits becomes a culture after considerable period! The availability of sources and weather […]
Creamy Saffron Chicken Soup
- 31
- December
- 2008
Creamy Saffron Chicken Soup: Saffron/Zaffron is one of the costliest spice/herb in the world. It costs more than Gold! These are actually flower’s anthers…..a fine strand that holds up the pollen grains! So….if one needs a gram of saffron, he needs to pluck at least 10,000 flowers. Now you know….why it is so expensive! These […]
Country Chicken Soup
- 24
- November
- 2008
Country Chicken Soup: Naatu Kozhi Soup. Naatu Kozhi/ Desi ka Murg Soup. I could never match the taste of country chicken…..with any kind of chicken I find here. Whether its corn fed or herb fed….nothing beats up the flavour the native chicken gives. Raising country chicken is not uncommon in India….but it seldom hits the […]
Mushroom Soy Soup
- 09
- October
- 2008
Mushroom Soup: Mushroom Thin Soup. Mushroom Soy Soup. Ingredients: Mushroom 6-8 piecesSoy sauce thin 4 spoonsBlack pepper 2-5 turns in pepper millSalt as per tasteVegetable brothOlive oil 1 spoon. Method: Slice the mushrooms, stir-fry them..using 1 spoon of oil. Add soy sauce and vegetable broth. Cover and cook till tender. Sprinkle pepper finally and serve […]
Orange Rasam
- 09
- October
- 2008
Orange Lemon Soup: Orange-Lemon Rasam. Orange-Neembakai Saaru. Lemons and Oranges are rich in Vitamin-C. Most of vitamins lie only close to the skin and on the skin. The lethery rind(jacket)is also loaded with essential oils! Since some of the vitamins are oil soluble and to make use of those essential oils….its good to cook them […]
Vazhaithandu Soup / Plantain Stem Soup
- 01
- October
- 2008
Vazhaithandu Soup: Plantain Stem Soup. Plantain stem is full of fibres! Tamilians use it as vegetable…only when it is tender. The bottom most stem is bit hard…with this tuff fibre, where it makes cooking hard! Sometimes….when you leave these stem for couple of days in fridge…there you go! Most of the moisture dries up! Only […]
Aatu Kaal Soup
- 09
- September
- 2008
Aatu Kaal Soup:(Country Style) Goat’s Leg Soup. Aatukaal Soup. Aattukaal Soup. Ingredients: To be Toasted Each Seperately and Powdered Together: Coriander seeds 1 fistful Whole peppercorns 2 spoons Cumin seeds 2 spoons Coarsely Wet-Grind These: Chilies 1-2 Onion 1 small bulb Ginger 1-2″ piece Garlic 2-3 beads Tomato 1 Curry leaves few Coriander leaves few […]
Mor Koozh / Ragi Porridge
- 09
- September
- 2008
Mor Koozh: Raagi-Buttermilk Soup. Kezhvaragu Koozh. Finger-Millet Cold Soup. I just don’t know….how to explain this recipe. See…you could consider this as ‘Cold Soup’….If you want! This is simple man’s food, back there. I don’t thing….its till in practice tho’. Maybe in some parts! Yeah…..this soup/kanji is prepared a day early in the evening. It […]
