Mattar Paratha
- 15
- November
- 2005
Alu Mattar Paratha : (North Indian Dish) Potato and Peas Stuffed Flat Breas Ingredients: Whole Wheat flour 1 bowlSaltCooking soda 1/4 spoonWarm water 1 cupGhee/clear butter Dough preparation: 1. In a large bowl add wheat flour. 2. In warm water add salt + soda. 3. Now add this water to the flour and mix it […]
Ramzaan Nombu Kanji – Sharing The Love
- 10
- November
- 2005
Brussel’s Sprouts & Cheese Sauce
- 09
- November
- 2005
Brussels sprouts with cheese sauce(American dish) Ingredients: Brussels sprouts 1 bowlWhite vinegar 3 cupSugar 1 spoonSalt to tasteBlack pepper 1 spoonRed onion 1Salt less butter 1 cupPista nuts 1 cup Preparation: 1. In a deep pan add butter and place on the low flame. 2. When butter melts into yellow oil…. add onions and stir […]
Idly Fry
- 08
- November
- 2005
Idly fry:(Vellore Style) Nowadays….we could see this idly fry recipe so common in any restaurants. When I was a little girl, myself and my Dad used to go to Hotel Khanna for this dish! They make very good idly fry there. Very Red in color, spicy and fried makes it crispier, what not! Actually mommy […]
Prawn Rice – Mom’s Favourite
- 28
- October
- 2005
Prawn Rice(Srilankan style) Shrimp Rice. Roiyaalu Annam. Eral/Iral Saadham. Era Saadham. Kekda Biriyani/Chaawal. This is my PostGrad classmate ‘Anne Sundari’s recipe! She is a SriLankan Tamil girl! She is a great cook herself. She used to cook for her own lunch box! Almost everyday she comes with a seafood in her lunch box! Myself and […]
Vegetable Stew – Kerala Style
- 28
- October
- 2005
Vegetable Ishtu I happened to taste this recipe for the first time at Taj, Kumarkoam (Kerela). The stew was so good, a perfect match with appam and iddyappam. Later, when I migrated to U.S…where I was forced to cook my own dinner! I usually call my Mom or brother for recipe ideas…but today, I googled […]
Arcot Brinjal Serva – A Side Dish for Biriyani
- 24
- October
- 2005
Also Known As: Brinjal Serva – North Arcot Muslim Style, Egg-Plant Serva. Kathirikkai Serva. Baingan ka Salan. Kathirikkai Ellu Kuzhambu. Biriyani Side Dish – Brinjal Curry. Brinjal serva makes an excellent side dish for Nawabi biriyani or Arcot Biriyani. It may sound bit odd for some of you who haven’t yet sampled yet this combo! […]
Arcot Chicken Biriyani
- 24
- October
- 2005
Arcot Biryani(Mughalai style) Arcot or North Arcot district belt of Tamil Nadu is known for its Biriyani. Well…Nawabs, small time Mughal ruler, governed this part. The outside Muslim influence and the local blend has improved this recipe. Strong south Indian chilies are the highlight here. Locally grown ‘long duration paddy’…the short grain rice called ‘seeraga […]
