Palak Roti / Spinach Chappathi – Setting in Order?!
- 12
- July
- 2011
I haven’t cooked for a long time’ in my routine style. Sometimes…cooks need incentives, drive and motivation too, right. Hazards of being perfectionists is, even the slightest disarray in life, threatens us. Sometimes, it rather feels good to be predictable than taking surprises. I was really upset for the past few days, as there was […]
Bottle Gourd & Val Beans Curry – Native Cooking!
- 05
- July
- 2011
Soraikai – Mochai Kara Kuzhambu Other Names: Bottle Gourd – Val Beans Curry. Suraikai – Mochai Puli Kuzhambu. Lauki Curry. Sorakaya Pulusu. On the other day, bunch of my local friends showed up at an odd time! I wasn’t prepared for a formal lunch meeting! …was bit skeptical to go ahead and fix the ethnic […]
Muttai Koss Masala Varuval: Sometimes, I involve AK into my cooking. Hmmm, just for a change and some help in the kitchen. However, the each time he offers me to cook…I would be scared to see the generous portions of oil going into my dish, pretty mad to take care of those large skillets in […]
Mushroom Chettinad Masala
- 28
- June
- 2011
Kaalan Masala Kuzhambu Ingredients Button mushrooms 1 box – quartered Turmeric powder 1/2 spoonChili powder 1/2 spoonSaltSesame Oil 1 cup. To be dry roasted and powdered: Poppy seeds 2-3 spoonsCinnamon 2 sticksCloves 3Coriander seeds 1 fistful Fennel seeds 1-2 spoonsBlack pepper 2-3 spoonCumin seeds 1 spoonDry red chilies 5Fresh coconut grated 4 spoons To be […]
Palak MasiyalI owe you all an apology for abandoning my blog for such a long time. No, I don’t have a good excuse this time. All I could say is…this time of the season, am being very lazy! Besides its always the ‘starting trouble’ at my end. If I give myself a couple of days […]
Madhulai Rasam – Sweet and Light!
- 16
- June
- 2011
Pomegranate Rasam : Whenever I find sour fruits in the market, I instantly think of turning them into ‘rasam’. A simple touch of fruits makes this humble rasam, even more comforting! And there is absolutely no disputes at the dinner table…how about that! So, here you go…my take on ‘Madhulai Rasam’. Ingredients: Pomogranate fruit – […]
Pallipalayam Chicken Biriyani – Regional Delicacy
- 14
- June
- 2011
Gasa Gasa Kozhi Biriyani:(Kongu Nadu Special) Ingredients: Basmati rice 1 cup Chicken 3-4 pieces Coconut milk 2 cups Poppy seeds – powder 1 tablespoon Jalapenos 3 sliced Ginger-garlic paste 1 teaspoon Onion 1 large sliced Mint leaves 1 fistful Fennel seeds 2 spoons Bay leaves 2 Cloves 5 Cinnamon 1 stick Cardamom 3 crushed Ghee/ […]
Blog: ‘Kitchen Tantra’ to ‘Kitchen Mantra’
- 14
- June
- 2011
Dear Friends, Greetings from Malar Gandhi. Launching of Kitchen Mantra – Part II. www.kitchen-mantra.blogspot.com. This new web portal will serve as an extension of my blog: www.kitchentantra.com. After a month struggle of ‘home page error’ at Kitchen Tantra dot com. I finally made my mind to post my extended blog work at ‘www.kitchen-mantra.blogspot.com‘. Well, in […]
Also known as: Brinjal Gothsu, Eggplants Kothsu, Baingan-Tamatar Curry. Well…to begin with, I am going to tell you a small story that my Dad told me several times, when I was a kid! Each time the story was told during dinner time for some reason! As I told you all before’ I am such an […]
Hickory Chicken – True Southern Cooking!
- 19
- May
- 2011
Hickory Chicken: A friend of mine, Dennis Tindall cooked this ‘Hickory Chicken’ for me. It was fully cooked in the hickory sticks smoke! Yes, that’s right…sloooooow cooking, one of my favorite. Well, more than the dish, the preparation style is lot more fun. On the other day…after done with considerable amount of sweating under the […]
