Soya Chunks Biriyani
- 19
- December
- 2005
Also Known As: Meal maker Biriyani. Soya Chunks Biriyani. Ingredients: Meal maker/soya chunks 1 bowl full Small grained rice(seeraga samba) or long grained rice(basmathi) Onion 1 chopped Tomato 2-3 chopped Mint leaves 1 cup Ginger – garlic paste 2-3 spoons Green chillies 6 slitted Lime juice from 1 fruit Clove 3 Cinnamon sticks 2 Cardamom […]
Hush Puppies – Southern Delight!
- 09
- December
- 2005
Hush Puppies is my all time breakfast favorite. Although tasted it in quite a number of places…the best came from ‘Cracker Barrel’ a true Southern County Style Restaurant chain here. I am just wondering, how a chain of restaurant…still managed to collect so many pieces of antiques almost uniform in all their places…wow! Back to […]
Jerk Chicken or BBQ Chicken
- 09
- December
- 2005
Jerk Chicken: BBQ Chicken, Home Made BBQ Chicken. Indian BBQ Chciken. Jerk??!! Chicken. I don’t know, how it got this name…but its kind of kool, right! I like to be called ‘Jerk Chicken’, he he. As per the thumb rule…one need to grill it!! But here, I baked and broiled…to get that charred effect, I […]
Ellu Saadham – Priest Nandha Kumar’s Recipe
- 08
- December
- 2005
Also Known As: Sesame Rice, Gingeli Rice, Til Rice, Ellu Podi Saadham. Ellu Podi. This is one of my favorite rice, I got this recipe from my our family friend ‘Natha Kumar’…he is a priest at ‘Thiru Par Kadal – Shree Ranganathan Temple’. He is one of the amazing cook I ever met. Mommy learned […]
Chicken Pakoda – Street Food
- 01
- December
- 2005
Also Known As Chicken Pakora. Deep fried Spicy Chicken. Poricha Kozhi. Chicken Varuval. Kozhi Porichadhu. Ingredients Bone less, skin less chicken 1/2 kg Ginger 5-6 inch size – freshly grated Garlic 4-5 cloves – made into paste Black pepper – coarsely grounded Chili powder 1 spoon Egg white part Lemon juice from 1-2 fruit […]
Ilaneer Payasam
- 01
- December
- 2005
Ingredients 1 cup fresh tender coconut – flesh 2-4 cups thick coconut milk 3 cardamom pods, seeds – crushed sugar to taste Method Mix everything together and chill. Serve in a tall glass.
Badam Halwa / Badham Halwa
- 28
- November
- 2005
Almonds Halwa:Badam Halwa. Badhaam Halwa. Badami Halwa.I always liked Badam Halwa. Being a great fan…I tried to buy all over the city, just to make sure…’who made best Badam Halwa?’. Like right from Adyar Anadha Bavan, Archana Sweets, Krishna Sweets…the best came from ‘Ganpath Sweets’ at Vadapalani! They really made extraordinary Badam Halwa! Meantime…while all […]
Cauliflower-Muttai Podimass
- 27
- November
- 2005
Cauliflower & Egg Podimass : Ingredients: Cauliflower 1 large flower(cut into small florets)Eggs 3-4 (nicely beaten)Green chilies 6(length vise slitted)Onion (length vise chopped)Curry leaves (fried crisply to garnish)SaltTurmeric 1/4 spoonGround black pepper 1-2 spoonsOilMustard and cumin seeds 1 spoon. Method: 1.In a large frying pan add oil. add mustard and cumin seeds to the hot […]
Raagi Vadai
- 25
- November
- 2005
Raagi VadaiIngredients:Raagi flour : 1 cupMinced ginger : 2 teaspoonsFinely chopped onion : 1 cupFinely chopped green chilies : 2Curry leaves : 1 twigSalt : suit to tasteOil (to deep fry) : as required Preparation:1. Mix the above ingredients (except oil) in a large bowl.2. Add water to prepare a thick dough.3. Heat oil in […]
Peerkankai Thol Thuvaiyal / Ridge Gourd Peel Chutney
- 23
- November
- 2005
Other Names: Peerkankai Thuvaiyal. Peerkankai Thol Chutney. Ridge gourd Chutney. Ribbed gourd chutney Beerakkai Chutney. Beerakkai Pachadi. Turai Chutney. Thurai Chutney.Here…I used only ridge gourd’s outer skin and not the pulp. I don’t like to waste the fiber load in it. If you feel awful to use ridge gourd’s skin…..you can change the ingredient to […]
