Flavoured Yogurt
- 14
- April
- 2009
Berries in Yogurts: Yogplait. Fruit Yogurts. Berries in Dahi. Ingredients: Stawberry Blue berryBlack berryRaspberrySugarPlain yogurt Method: Combine everything together…serve chilled as dessert, guilt free eating!!
Nargazi Kebab
- 12
- April
- 2009
Nargazi Kebab: Egg Kebab. Egg-Batata Vada. Potato-Egg Bonda. After the regular cooking…sometimes I really play in the kitchen with left over ingredients/food stuff. So when there was enough aloo masala and eggs, I thought about this one dish, they call it ‘Nargazi Kebab’ God only knows the reason!! Where the eggs are covered with potato […]
Drum Chicken
- 09
- April
- 2009
Cornish hen Drummeties: Rock Cornish Hen – Grilled Wings. Drum Chicken. Chicken Wings. Grilled Chicken Wings. Baked n Broiled Chicken Wings. Another Restaurant special, liked by all! Chicken Drummeties…interesting name, as they resemble the drum’s stick!! This is served as an appetizer in many restaurants in India. I really never thought of fixing it at […]
Vallarai Keerai Paruppu
- 07
- April
- 2009
Vallarai Keerai Kothu Paruppu: Centella asiatica is the Botanical name of this creeper! The English common name is ‘Asian Penny wort’ or ‘Penny Wort’. They call this as Brahmi/ Gotu Kola is Hindi. We call it ‘Vallarai Keerai’ in Tamil. Other names: Bemgsag, Brahma manduki, Brahmanduki, Brahmi, Ondelaga and Gotu Kola. This is a wild […]
Bok Choy & Shrimps Curry
- 03
- April
- 2009
Boy Choy & Shrimps Thanni Kuzhambu: Sothi Kuzhambu. Iral-Keerai Sothi Kuzhambu. Boy Choy & Shrimps Stew. Shrimps and Greens Stew. Botanical name of Bok Choi is Brassica chinensis. It comes under cabbage family! This is commonly called as ‘Chinese Cabbage’. It initially spread to European countries and America, where Chinese settlements were high! Though I […]
Lentil’s Stuffed Indian Flat Bread
- 02
- April
- 2009
Moong dal Paratha: Dhall Roti. Dal Roti. Lentil’s Chappathi. Lentil’s Roti. When I was studying in New Delhi, my hostel cook…Kamalesh Roy cooked this for breakfast!! Some of you guessed it already, yeah…he fixed it with left over dhall!! According to me he is a gifted cook! A real cook doesn’t like to waste food…its […]
Chili Tofu
- 30
- March
- 2009
Chili Tofu: History of Tofu: Tofu was invented in China, about 2000 years ago! Although the exact details is hard to claim, the story goes like this…accidentally cook dropped the seaweed in a pot of soy milk…seen them curdle and throw up into Tofu! Tofu was introduced to Japan, as early as 8th Century, where […]
Tomato Special – Round Up !!
- 28
- March
- 2009
Country Chicken Tomato Curry: Fish in Rich Tomato based Curry:Thakkali Thokku: Araithu Vitta Rasam:Ramzaan Pachadi:Paneer Tomato Curry: Tomato Specials: Lycopene is an open-chain unsaturated carotene that imparts deep red color to the tomatoes! Lycopene is insoluble in water and soluble only in organic solvents and oil. The double bond present in them between 2 carbon […]
Fish Molee
- 26
- March
- 2009
Fish Molee: Kerala Fish Stew. Fish in Coconut Sauce. Meen Thengai-Paal Kuzhambu. Fish Moli. This fish was caught by AK’s friend Davi Doss from his home pond, at Water Valley, Mississippi. Although went for fishing couple of times with my cooking class crew, it really didnt budge any luck to me…only thing I wasted my […]
Hong Kong Table – Dim Sums
- 23
- March
- 2009
Hong Kong Table – Test Drive – Dim Sums!!!My friends chit-chatting!!:)Platter – Dim Sums.Cream buns with lotus seeds filling!Pork BBQ Sums(no idea about the taste)Lotus leaf wrapped Sticky rice(Leaf is not eaten tho’ hee hee) This was bit stinky to me!:(Shrimp Dumplings, everyone’s favourite! I fried these Sesame balls.Daphne & Suzete seriously cooking!Dim Sums: I […]
