Mutton-Cashew Nuts Fry
- 20
- February
- 2009
Mutton Kaju Fry: Goat’s meat & Cashew nuts Fry. Brain is one of the powerful organ! About 1.4 kilo of brain is still a mystery to lot of scientists! If I want to talk about the brain chemicals and function…I could talk all day long. But let me stick to the area, I am blogging […]
Fresh Figs Subzi
- 19
- February
- 2009
Athi Kai Kootu: Ficus in Culinary, Dumur ka Subzi, Athi Kai Kootu, Figs with lentils Curry. This woody tree comes under Moraceae family. The genus name is Ficus…since there are several varieties of species here(about 850)…I am leaving it blank here. One could assume that, I used ‘indica’ species tho’. The tree is native to […]
Award
- 18
- February
- 2009
Award My Sweet friends( Yasmeen, Shanghi and Vinolia)had shared an award with me! Award, ‘You are Sweet’…isnt that sweet!!! I will share this award with all my sweet fellow bloggers!:) Yeah…I don’t want to make a list, that is so endless… This award goes to all my sweet fellow bloggers….who take care to notice whats […]
Cranberry Pickle – Yummy
- 18
- February
- 2009
Cranberries are in season again. We love berries, when mother nature gives us bounty harvest, pickle it. Where I come from…we turn all the tangy food into succulent pickles for the rest of the year. In tropical India, summer is the best month to pickle goods. Here, I continue the tradition in early spring. However, […]
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 […]
Green Gram Fritters
- 15
- February
- 2009
Green Gram Vada: Green Gram Vadai. Whole Mung dal vadai. Whole Moong dal vadai. Pachai payiru vadai. Pasi paruppu vadai. Another exciting recipe from Andhra home! Telugu people always inspired me in cooking, language and culture! I learned a lot from them! When I was in Hyderabad…my house owner Auntie used to share with me, […]
Valentines’s Day Special – Wheat Halwa / Karah Prasadh
- 12
- February
- 2009
Thirunelveli Halwa: Thirunelveli Iruttukkadai Style Halwa/ Gothumai Halwa /Gyehoo`n Ki Halwa / Wheat Halwa / Glossy Ghee Halwa. Today I present…the world famous ‘Thirunelveli Halwa’ recipe! A regional Speciality Dessert! Thirunelveli/ Tirunelveli is situated in South Tamil Nadu. The city is 2000 years old(maybe much more). Has a rich History right from the 1-2 Century […]
Green Grass Juice
- 10
- February
- 2009
Arugham Pul Juice: Herbal Concoction. Arugham Pul Ras. Arugam Pul Kashayam. Dhoob Ki Kashaya. Wild Bermuda Grass Juice. Bermuda grass, Botanical name of this grass is Cynodon dactylon. We call it as ‘Arugham Pul’ in Tamil, they call it as ‘Durva’ in Sanskrit & ‘Dhoob’ in Hindi. Before going into detailing about this particular grass…let […]
Chicken Tomato Thokku
- 10
- February
- 2009
Chicken Tomato Thokku: Kozhi Thakkali Thokku. Kodi Tomato Vepudu. Murg Tamatar ka Curry. Mommy used to make Thakkali Thokku(Tomato dip)to go with our chappathis(during school days). Later I tweaked the same recipe and added chicken to it…to suit my palate(during hostel days). So when ever I visit home during vacation…I try to cook and show […]
Award
- 09
- February
- 2009
A Million Dollar Friend Award: Sometimes we cross path with fellow bloggers…that we end up knowing each other, beyond blogging!!! Thanks to the very idea of blog comments!!! Although making a bunch of new friends is not uncommon in this blog world…but still, only with very few…we have real touchy conversation!!! Guess frequency match made […]
