
Duck Fry: Duck Pepper Fry. Duck Garlic Fry. Vaathu Varuval. Ingredients: Duck Meat 1/2 kiloGarlic 1 whole head-peeled & slicedGinger 1″ gratedOnion 1 bulb gratedTomatoes 1-2 choppedSaltTurmeric 1/4 spoonChili powder 1/2 spoonPepper powder 2 spoonsMustard 1/4 spoonCumin seeds 1-2 spoonsChana+Urad dal 1 spoonCurry leaves crisply fried to garnishSesame oil 1/4 cup. Method: In a wok, […]
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Figs Milk Shake: Athi Pazham Shake. Athi Pazham Milk Shake. Figs are known as fertility tree!! Although it does’nt have anything to with it! Since it grows in clusters! Probably antient fore-fathers thought it would have contributed something in that sphere! The botanical name of this cluster fig is Ficus racemosa, It is called Higo […]
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Vazhaipoo Usili: Plantain Flower Subzi. Vazhai-Poo Usili. Attipoo/ arattipoo Usili. Kela ka Fool Usili. When I visited my hometown…..we have palntain tree in the house! I happen to cook palntain flower all the time! We either make ‘kootu’ or ‘vadai’ generally! So…for a change…I was going thro’ local magazines and came up with this idea […]
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Veg Keema Curry: Veg-Kheema Curry. Minced Veggies Curry. Kai Kothu Kari Kuzhambu. When pantry is full with lots of veggies….some of us will have hard time….deciding which one to cook first! My idea is….take little bit of everything throw into one dish! I prefer making veg-biriyani or vegetable korma….after a heavy shopping day! So on […]
read moreVazhaithandu 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 […]
read moreChettinad Meen Kuzhambu / Vanjiram Kuzhambu
- 01
- October
- 2008

Vajjiram Chettinad: King Fish in Rich Indian Spices. Super Hot Fish in spicy-tangy Curry. Chettinadu Meen Kuzhambu. Chapalu Pulusu – Chettinadu Cooking. Machili Curry in Chettinad Style. Araithu Vitta Meen Kuzhambu. Meen Masala Kuzhambu. Vanjiram Masala Kuzhambu. Vanjiram Meen Kuzhambu. I don’t know how many of you’ll will agree….when it comes to dicing the veggies […]
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