Falafel
- 17
- May
- 2009
Falafel: Middle East Falafel recipe. Middle East Fried Chickpea Fritters. Middle East form of Indian Vada!! One my friend’s friend is doing her Ph.D(in International Studies)at The University of Mississippi. The interesting subject she chose was ‘Studying the similarities between all the Southern Food’. I mean…below the equator(a rough scale)to see the similarities through food! […]
Mithai Mela – Special Round Up
- 13
- May
- 2009
Halwa CandiesJack Fruit PayasamWheat HalwaMakkan PedaBoodhiBaasandhiNuts HalwaWalnut HalwaNuts KheerMilk KowaSugar Cane PongalBlack Gram KaliFruit HalwaAlmond Halwa Mithai Mela – Special Round-Up: These recipes are going to Srivalli’s Mithai Mela Event!!!
15 Minutes Cooking
- 13
- May
- 2009
Masala Pongal Milagu Pongal Gothumai KitchediWhen it comes to solo cooking, we’ll always end up making a quick crock pot meal or a stir-fry for an accompainment! Generally such menu will be simple and easy to flip in minutes. Most of my dinner menus are all cooked under 15 minutes!! So here, I have listed […]
Water Melon Sorbet
- 13
- May
- 2009
Water Melon Sorbet: Water Melon Sarbeth. Tarpoosani Sharbeth. When I was a kid, we had 2-3 water melon vines in our garden. Each vine produces just one, but big, big, very big melon! The stumpy vine always spread on the ground to support their extraoridinary large fruit. It was fun getting up early morning and […]
Drumstick Greens Usili
- 12
- May
- 2009
Murungai Keerai Usili: Moringa Keerai Poriyal. Murungai Keerai Masala Poriyal. Moringa ilai thoran(Tamil Nadu Style) Moringha oleifera is the Botanical name of this tree. We call this as ‘Murungai Keerai’ in Tamil. The leaves are rich in iron and potassium. Rich source of dietary fibre. It is an aphrodisiac plus stimulant. It has good content […]
Ambur – Vaniyambadi style Mutton Biriyani
- 07
- May
- 2009
Vaniyambadi Mutton Biriyani: India’s finest cuisine developed after Mughal rule(14-16th Century), they took basic Indian cooking to art level! Since Mughal empire was widely spread, one could see biriyani recipe where they had strong foothold. Even now…several 100s of years after…local and outside influences fused together to create a unique style. To name a few […]
Carrot Halwa
- 05
- May
- 2009
See, I would have accepted AK’s proposal at the first place, if he had had chosen a nice dessert to dig in on our first date rather than spending a huge fortune on a diamond ring!! Which I don’t even wear. Anyhoooo, the poor guy waited three loooong years before I nodded ‘Yes’ for marriage. […]
Eggplant Chutney
- 03
- May
- 2009
Brinjal Chutney: Eggplant Dip, Baingan Chutney. I like North Indian style ‘Baingan ka Bhurta’ so much, except the part of…skinning the eggplants!! I feel that violet colored skin is more appetizing than the pulp itself!! Moreover all the essential vitamins and minerals lie close to the skin or on the skin. Skin is the natural […]
Chiffon Cake – by Bi Sheng
- 30
- April
- 2009
Bi Sheng & Stephanie: Chiffon Cake:Chiffon Cake: My friend Sheng is from China, she is doing her PH.D at the University of Mississippi in English! She is an active member of Cook! Eat! Share! the International club…that I attend to! So last week we had an Event, India Table(Yeah, yeah you guys guessed it right, […]
Brussel’s Sprouts Fry
- 28
- April
- 2009
Brussels Sprouts Masala Varuval: Never been a big fan of this Brussels Sprouts. Though it resembles much like cabbage(mini cabbage)…the taste never compelled me to have more. I tried various versions before…from korma to curry, nothing appealed. Gave a final try with all my favourite strong spices…whoo that was a hit!!! This is the recipe… […]
