Pakoda Kuzhambu – Tamil Nadu Style
- 10
- March
- 2008
Pakoda Kuzhambu: Ingredients for Pakoda:Gram flour 2 cupsGhee 1/4 cupSoda 1/4 spoonSaltOnions thinly sliced 1 bowlGreen chilies chopped thinly like sticks 1 cupCurry leaves 1 cupGinger- garlic paste 1/2 cupOil for frying. Ingredients for Kuzhambu: Cricket ball size tamarind or 1 spoon of thick tamarind pasteRed onion 1 large finely choppedGarlic 1 large peeled and […]
Karamani Vadai / Kidney Beans Vadai
- 10
- March
- 2008
Karamani Vadai: Brown-small Black eye beans Fritters. Lobia Vada. Kidney beans Fritters. Ingredients: Kidney beans/karamani(small & brown)1 cupSaltGreen chilies 8/Dry red chilies 8-choppedGinger-garlic paste 2 spoonsFennel seeds 2 spoonsOnion 2 finely choppedCoriander leaves few finely choppedCurry leaves few finely choppedOil for frying. Method: Soak overnight the kidney beans. Wet-grind coarsely the other day, using very […]
Thenga-Manga Pattani Sundal – Beach Sundal
- 10
- March
- 2008
Thenga-Maanga Pattani Sundal:Beach Pattani Sundal. Pattani Sundal. Ingredients: Yellow-dry whole peas 1 cup Salt Raw mango 1 small(I could’nt find here) peeled, deseed & grated Fresh coconut half shell – grated Red peppers 3 Mustard seeds 1/2 spoon Asafoetida 1 pinch Ginger 2″ peeled, grated/minced Cilantro leaves few Sesame oil few spoons. Method: Soak Dry-yellow […]
Achaari Fish Fry
- 10
- March
- 2008
Also Known As Fried Whole Flounder. Pickled Fish Fry. Fish Fry with Pickling Spices. Muzhu Meen Varuval. Meen Porichadhu. Ingredients 1 whole flounder salt turmeric powder 1/4 spoon chili powder 1/2 spoon tamarind paste – as per taste oil for pan-frying To Be Toasted and Powdered coriander seeds 2 spoons dry red chilies 4 fenugreek […]
Sivappu Arisi Idly – Country Style
- 10
- March
- 2008
Country Idly: Kara Arisi Idly. Sivappu Arisi Idly. Rose-matta Rice Idly. Hand-pounded parboiled -rice Idly. Ingredients: For Batter: Red Par-boiled rice 2 cups(rose matta arisi/Sivappu arisi/Kara arisi)Urad dal ½ cupCastor seeds 10-15 (shell removed)Fenugreek seeds 2 spoonsSaltBaking soda ½ spoonSesame oil 1 cup. Just before Cooking: Sesame oil or ghee for smearing the idly cooker/laddle. […]
Thirunelveli Ulundhu Saadham
- 10
- March
- 2008
Thirunelveli Ulundhu Saadham: Ulundhu Saadham. Urad Dal Kitchedi/kitcheri. Ulundhu Pongal. This recipe was prepared by my family friend ‘Meena Aunty. Though she is from Palayamkottai, uncle is from Thirunelveli. Well…she made this Urad Dal Pongal on some special occasion and called this as ‘ Thirunelveli Ulundhu Saadham’! I thought urad dal will make the pongal […]
Noi Arisi Puliyodharai
- 10
- March
- 2008
Noi Arisi Puliyodarai: Cracked Rice Puliyodarai. Broken Rice Puliyodare. My Grandma’s Recipe! Hope you’ll know how I intensify the flavour of my Puliodari…(quick refresh – make it previous day night, pack tightly in a narrow vessel…serve minimum 7 hours later) The same thumb rule is followed here, only thing is we are using ‘cracked rice’ […]
Orange Crepes
- 27
- February
- 2008
Orange Crepes: Ingredients for Basic Crepes: Eggs (jumbo eggs) 3Whole milk 1 and 1/2 cupAll purpose flour 1/2 cupSalt pinchButter 4 cubes – melted. Ingredients for Filling: Orange Jam with orange rinds 1 cupMandarind Orange pulp(with syrup). Method: Blend all the basic crepe ingredients in a mixie/electric beater. Let it come without any lumps. Let […]
Milagai Kuzhambu – Feiry Hot
- 27
- February
- 2008
Capsaicin: Molaga Kuzhambu: Milagai Kuzhambu. Fresh Red Chili Curry. Red Pepper Gravy. Pandu Mirchi Pulusu. Sivappu Milagai Kuzhambu. Portuguese travelers introduced chilies to Indians…somewhere around 1400s. Tamilians(South Indians) used peppercorns for taste before that. When ever anyone say…Dutch settlers brought these, Arabs introduced that…..first question comes to mind is…what would have people used in time […]
Chicken Rice – Hot and Spicy
- 27
- February
- 2008
Chicken Rice: Chicken Rice – my way. There are 3-4 similar chicken rice recipes, I practiced back then….while in Hostel! Never mind if you’re missing most of the spices…just flip it, cook it, salt it…that was the motto then! Hmmmmm….most of the time, it tasted better! Beleive me! One pot meal(crock pot) is easy to […]
