Black Coffee And Books – Two Great Obsessions
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- April
- 2011
Black Coffee: For those who agree books and coffee are two life’s greatest pleasures! Here is my take on gourmet blend. Enjoying a great cup of coffee is an obsession to me! And why not, I need some “Me-Time” to get relaxed before I bounce back to my routine commitments! I play some soft music […]
Karamani Sundal – Pre or Post Workout Snack!
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- April
- 2011
Black Eye Beans Sundal: I have been up to all healthy ways for whatever reason that I needed. Most of the days, people stay active and choose only healthy food from Monday through Friday, as soon as they see the calender hit Friday…many want to break the rules for some take-away meals! Other than that, […]
Apollo Fish – Grab Your Fork
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- April
- 2011
Apollo Fish:(Restaurant Style) One of my favorite topic of conversation at breakfast table is about lunch! I am not really a breakfast person. I was trained that way by various hostel mess masters(chefs)…to go hungry to school and college! So, the very idea of lunch puts an instant spark on my eyes. On weekends, I […]
Broccoli Rice – Sometimes, I Need A Change
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- April
- 2011
Broccoli-Baby Carrot Rice: Life is flying fast in a flash second. I am wondering why is that, each year goes faster than the last. All my days here are like in that movie, Groundhog day. Its so monotonous. I can’t say which incident happened when…nothing sensational is happening around me…and am kind of running out […]
Pesarattu / Green Gram Dosa – Recreating Perfection
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- April
- 2011
Pachai payaru Dosai: There should be at least one recipe for each one of us, that no matter how hard we try to replicate it, never able to master it, right? Somehow, the taste of first devoured dish still lingers on our mind! And even after a zillion painful experiments…we know that it is not […]
Beetroot Subzi – As Easy As A-B-C
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- April
- 2011
Beetroot – Keerai Poriyal: No matter how tired you come home, its worth straining another 10 minutes in the kitchen to have an instant gratification with food. If my fridge is packed with fresh produce, I usually plan ahead for a week’s menu, the inspiration comes from my mind whizzing ideas of playing with ingredients […]
Prawns Thokku / Shrimps Thokku – Start Cooking!
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- April
- 2011
Eral Thokko: Other than cooking shrimps in curry form, my mother never thought about combining it with new ingredients. Shortly after I started cooking, I kept experimented with various spices and combination. To my surprise, the result was good the each time. My first idea was never to repeat the same old recipe or method. […]
Okra Pepper Stir-fry / Vendaikai Milagu Varuval
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- April
- 2011
Bhindi Subzi:Ingredients: Okra/lady’s finger 15-20 sliced lengthwise Salt Turmeric 1 pinch Urad dal 1 spoon Garlic 5 minced Pepper powder 1-2 teaspoons Mustard seeds 1/4 spoon Sesame oil few spoons Curry leaves few. Method: Take a very wide, heavy bottomed skillet. Yeah, bit unusually!…for a small portion of vegetables, an extra large wok! This will […]
Mutta Curry: I am happy to post yet another ‘Egg Recipe’. If you have gone through my previous posts, you probably know my love for eggs. Safe-Handy-Easy…I have used a ton of different methods for cooking eggs. Well, it never ruined my dinner:) Ingredients: Eggs 4 – soft boiledOnion 1 large gratedGinger-garlic paste 1 spoonTomatoes […]
Iniya Thamizh Puthaandu Nalvazhthukkal – Happy Vishu:)
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- April
- 2011
Hindoo Meals Vazhaipoo Vadai (Plantain Flower Fritters) Muttai-Koss Kootu (Cabbage Kootu) Vendaikai Poriyal (Okra Stir-fry) Avaraikai Podimass (Broad beans subzi) Vazhaikai Varuval (Green plantain spicy fry) Urulaikizhangu Masala (Potato Masala) Kathirikai-Murungaikai-Mangai Sambhar (Eggplants-Drumsticks-Mango Sambar) Arai Keerai Masiyal (Amaranthus Greens Masiyal) Murungai Keerai Poriyal (Morigha greens-peanuts stir-fry) Decoration and Picture – by A.K.Karan:)
