Keezhanelli Mor
- 21
- March
- 2009
Keezhanelli Mor: Phyllanthus amarus/ Phyllanthus nururui is the Botanical of this fragile plant! It is called Keezhanelli in Tamil. Keezh – Under/Underneath and Nelli – Berry/ goose berry/ amla!! This teeny plant has sesame seed sized leaves and underneath each leaf blade, it posses black mustard sized berries, which looks exactly like microscopic amla/gooseberry…Oh Tamilians […]
Plagiarism – Support my Fellow Blogger
- 20
- March
- 2009
Swapna from www.tiffinroom.blogspot.com has copied and duplicated my friend Usha Nandini’s picture, www.ushanandini.blogspot.com. Swapna has portrayed the picture, to appear has hers! Very talented to copyright the stolen picture! Aaah, what to say, wish she uses the same energy in cooking for herself or doing something productive than stealing! I know all my blogger friends […]
Fish Fries
- 18
- March
- 2009
Fish Fries: As usual I was playing with my food, in my kitchen! I had this bag of salmon lying in the freezer, for pretty long time! Actually, I thought of making finger fish…but didn’t like the fact of skinning the fish!! Aaah…that takes away all the good cholesterol, right! So…just like that, sliced them […]
Paneer Muttar Masala – from Kranthi’s Kitchen
- 17
- March
- 2009
Muttat Paneer Masala: My friend Kranti(from Herndon, Virginia) has generously contributed her recipe to my blog! I feel proud to display her recipe here!:) A few words about my best friend. We were hostel mates, back then at Hyderabad. Also serious Civil Services aspirants. I practically survived with her Mommy’s pickles and podis, at hostel. […]
Sweet Corn Soup – In Praise Of Hitting Repeat
- 16
- March
- 2009
Following random people on social media can quickly convince one that everyone’s life is better than mine! Hmmm, one such adventurous day on Instagram…I came across, friend’s friend’s skiing trip to Canada, trekking in Guatamala…and much more! Impulsively, I started looking for my own flight tickets to all these unknown places and started imagining all […]
Award
- 15
- March
- 2009
My friends…Vinolia, Varsha and Sanghi has shared this ‘Super Chef Award’ with me! Thank you Sweet Hearts! It really means a lot to me. Well…I leave to all the food bloggers, here. Please feel free to take them with you…almost all the home chef’s deserve it, I guess.
Zucchini Bake from my Brother’s Kitchen
- 12
- March
- 2009
Solo Feasting!!Close up!:)Paari Cooking… For those of you, who don’t know what Zucchini is!!! Zucchini Bake: Did I ever mention, that my brother can also cook! If not…I got to tell you’ll now! He cooks better than me, ha ha (at least he thinks so)! Pari Gandhi(Yes that’s his official name) lives in Australia. You […]
Tamarind Rasam – Counter Top
- 12
- March
- 2009
Pacha Puli Pulusu: Counter-top Rasam. Tangy Tamarind Rasam, Imli ka Ras. Hot-Sour cold Soup!:)Plain Rasam. Thaalikaadha Rasam/Kodhi-vidaadha Rasam…ha ha what else can I name it!! Okay my friend, Kranti corrected me just now…it is called as ‘Pachi Pulusu’ in Telugu!!:) When I was in Andhra Pradesh(Hyderabad)…my culinary expedition took different dimension! I got introduced to […]
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 […]
Quail Pakoda
- 09
- March
- 2009
Quail Pakoda: Kaadai Pakoda. Kaadai Pakora. Deep fried Quails. Fried Quails. I love this tender birds! They are gamier in taste, low in calories, better than chicken, low fat/thin skin…pretty fast in getting cooked! What else do we want!! Hmmm today I deep fried it, just for a variation! They turned out super crispy! Ingredients: […]
