Prawn 65 / Shrimp Pakora – How About That?
- 05
- April
- 2011
Shrimp 65: Now a days, coz’ of blogging…it looks like am obsessed with cooking! No, no…people take advantage of me:( Where ever I go, call it a simple vacation or even sick leave, lady of house will be overwhelmingly happy to see me, only for her benefit’ taking a day or two off’ from her […]
Chicken Soup – Unbelievably Yumm!
- 04
- April
- 2011
Kozhi Soup: Ingredients: Chicken cut into small chunks 1 cup(with bone)Green chilies 3 slicedGarlic 5 slicedGinger 2″ choppedMint leaves fewCilantro leaves fewOnion 1 small slicedTomato 1 dicedLemon juice few spoonsWhite pepper powder 1 spoonOlive oil 2 spoons. Method: Heat oil and add all the sliced vegetable-spices and stir-fry briefly. Followed by add chicken and stir-fry […]
Vaangi Bath – Karnataka Special
- 04
- April
- 2011
Kathirikai Podi Saadham: Ingredients: To Be Toasted Each Separately And Powdered Together: Coriander seeds 2 spoons Chana dal 2 spoons Urad dal 2 spoons Dry red chilies 6 Fenugreek seeds 1-2 spoons Peppercorn 1 spoon Cinnamon 2 sticks Cloves 3 Cumin seeds 1 spoon Dry coconut 1/4 cup(grated) Black Sesame seeds 2 spoons Asafoetida 1/4 […]
Bobatlu – Ugadi Shubhakankshalu
- 03
- April
- 2011
Other Names: Bobbatlu, Puran Poli, Paruppu Poli, Boli, Obbottu, Bobatlu. Polelu. Poli. Ingredients: Maida/All purpose flour 3 cups Salt Turmeric 1/4 spoon Cooking soda 1/4 spoon Warm water 1 cup Ghee/clarified butter/sesame oil 1 cup No working flour/dusting flour Dough Preparation: In a large bowl add flour. Mix salt, turmeric and soda in warm water. […]
Kale Vepudu / Kale-Nilakadalai Poriyal
- 01
- April
- 2011
Kale Vepudu: Somehow, I missed publishing this recipe, until a friend of mine (Preetha) reminded me! As I was going on and on, how I could relate Kale with that of Murungai Keerai(Native Indian Greens)…I realized that my long lying pictures, in the draft, were kind of blurry. I don’t find them usually in the […]
Shrimps Pepper Fry – Cooking It, My Style!
- 01
- April
- 2011
Iral Milagu Varuval: I cant keep quiet for sometime, from getting my hands dirty:( On the other day, as usual I was on the trip (from deep South to North America)…on a thick cloudy snow day, where there are hardly any people around (the local population of each county, proudly displayed less than 100), it […]
Carrot Cream Soup – The Best:)
- 31
- March
- 2011
Carrot Cream Soup: Ingredients: Carrots large 2 – dicedWhole milk 4 cupsAll purpose flour 1/2 table spoonSaltButter 1 cubePepper powder to taste. Method: Boil carrots in one cup of milk, and puree them. Set aside. Melt butter, add salt and flour…stir-fry briefly and then add 3 cups of milk. Bring this to boil, further add […]
Cluster Beans Poriyal:Ingredients: Cluster beans 1/4 kilo – choppedSaltTurmeric 1 pinchGround black pepper 2 spoonsGarlic 7 cloves with skin, crushedCumin seeds 1 spoonMustard seeds 1/2 spoonCurry leaves fewOil few spoons. Method: Boil the beans briefly in water and retain the semi-cooked vegetable in a colander. Heat oil in a pan, add the tempering spices, followed […]
Bajri Congee: Ingredients: Bajra/pearl millet flour / Kambu Maavu 1 cup Raw rice 1 fistful – cooked Salt as per taste Butter milk 2 cups Pearl onion and Green chilies to taste. Method: Add enough luke warm water to the flour and make a thick paste. Allow this to ferment, maybe 5-7 hours will do. […]
Iral Kara Kuzhambu / Shrimps in Tamarind Based Curry
- 30
- March
- 2011
Also Known As: Roiyalu Pulusu. Iral Puli Kuzhambu. Chemeen Theeyal. Prawns in Tamarind Curry. Ingredients: Small shrimps 1 cup Pearl Onions 5-7 chopped Garlic 5-7 cloves – crushed Tomato 1 small – chopped Tamarind milk 1 cup Salt Turmeric Chili powder Jaggery 1 spoon Fresh grated coconut Sesame oil 1 table spoon Thallippu vadagam Mustard […]
