Kala Jamun
- 10
- March
- 2008
Kala Jamun: Dry Jamun. Ingredients: Sugarless Kowa/ Skimmed milk – 1/4 kiloMilk 1/4 cup(if you’re using skimmed milk)Sugar syrup 2 cupsGhee for deep frying. Method: Knead skimmed milk with milk into soft fissure less dough. Make equal parts and small bite sized balls. Heat ghee in a deep pan, Fry these jamuns till dark-jet black […]
Peerkankai Chutney
- 10
- March
- 2008
Other Names Ridge Gourd Chutney. Beerakai Chatni. Chinese Okra Dip. Ingredients Ridge Gourd – 1 medium Onion 1 chopped Garlic 5 cloves chopped Tomato 1 chopped Green chilies 3 Salt Oil few spoons Tempering Oil few spoons Mustard seeds 1/4 spoon Cumin seeds 1/4 spoon Chana dal 1/4 spoon Urad dal 1/4 spoon Aafoetida 1/4 […]
Bread Salad / Fried Bread Chaat
- 10
- March
- 2008
Fried Bread Salad: Bread Salad. One fine day, I invented this recipe in my Hostel(back there at Hyderabad) I had leftover brown bread….so just tossed veggies and yogurts. Made like raita and enjoyed like healthy breakfast. Now I thought about it….anything made during the hostel days….was so perfect, tasty and felt good! Maybe coz the […]
Vegetable Pakoda
- 10
- March
- 2008
Vegetable Pakoda: Veggie Pakoda. Vegetable Fritters. Vegetabel Pakora. Ingredients:Mixed Vegetables(carrots, beans, cabbage – sclied matchsticks Begal gram flour 1 cupRice flour few spoonsRed Onions medium size 2 thinly slicedGren chilies thinly sliced 6Freshly wet-ground mint- 2-3 spoonGinger 3″ inch- peel and wet grindGarlic 6 cloves -peel and wet grindFennel seeds 2-4 spoonsCurry leaves 1 cupSalt […]
Bulb Onion Instant Pickle
- 10
- March
- 2008
Bulb Onion Achaar: Onion Pickle. Simple and easy to fix achaar. My friend Annie used to bring this pickle in her lunch box(when I was doing my Masters at Chennai) She cooks really well. She taught me several Srilankan recipes. All her recipes will be either fish or coconut. I liked her fish recipes especially. […]
Vegetable Lemon Rice
- 10
- March
- 2008
Vegetable Lemon Rice: Ingredients:Basmati rice 1 cupMixed Veggies(carrots, beans & Peas)SaltTurmeric powder 2 pinchLemon juice 1/2 cupMustard seeds 1/2 spoonCumin seeds 1/2 spoonChenna dal 1 spoonUrad dal 1 spoonAsafoetida 1/4 spoonGreen chilies 6-8 slitted or choppedGinger skinned and chopped from 4-5 inch sizeCurry leaves 1 cupCashew nuts 1 cupSesame oil 1/4 cup. Method:1. In a […]
Pattaani Korma – Sathya Devi’s Mom’s Recipe
- 10
- March
- 2008
Pattani Korma: Urulai Pattani Korma. Potato-Peas Korma. When I was studying +1, +2…my school bus experience was fun-filled experience. It used to last for 45 minutes to an hour of long twisted travel, before we reach school…which was only some 12 kilometers from my home! Most of the time, my tiffin box will be emptied […]
Pepper Mushroom Fry / Milagu Kalan Varuval
- 10
- March
- 2008
Pepper Mushroom Varuval: Mushroom-Pepper Masala. Kaalan-Milagu Vadhakiyadhu. Kaalan-Milagu Varuval. Ingredients: Button-mushroom 1/4 kilo(i prefer feather mushroom, back home – India)Scalion 1 small – finely choppedGinger 2″ peeled and gratedGarlic 2-3 beads – peeled and mincedTomato 1 large – pureedSaltTurmeric 1/4 spoonChili powder 1/4 spoonFreshly ground pepper 1 + 1 spoonMustard seeds 1/4 spoonCumin seeds 1/4 […]
Eggplants Masala Stir-Fry
- 10
- March
- 2008
Hot Italian Eggplants: Italian Egg-plants Vadhakkal – my way. Brinjal Vadhakkal. Kathirikkai Masala Fry. Ingredients: Italian Egg-plants 6-8 (slitted twice)Onion fienly choppedGarlic 1-2 whole head – peeled & choppedDry Red chilies 1 fistful – toasted n gratedTomatoes 2 – pureedTurmeric 1/4 spoonSaltMustard seeds 1/4 spoonCumin seeds 1/2 spoonCurry leaves fewCilantro to garnishSesame oil 1/4 cup. […]
Pavakkai Mor Kuzhambu
- 10
- March
- 2008
Bitter Gourd Mor-Kuzhambu: This is my own recipe. I always try too many ways to get-rid of that bitter taste from the bitter-gourd. One such way is leaving them in yogurts! Frying makes it not only crispier but less bitter again. So thought of making ‘mor-kuzhambu’ just the way to make me happy! It turned […]
