Hara Chana/Cholia/Fresh chickpeas right from the plant is something I have never seen before. In Nairobi I go to a fresh wet market to buy vegetables. There I have seen these light green small pods but never knew what they were. When I asked the guy once he showed me what it was and I … More Hara Chana/Cholia/Fresh Chickpeas &Mushroom Gravy
Methu Vadai or Ulunthu Vadai is a superb breakfast recipe. Making this needs little skill. When you have been trained in making them perfect in shape then it will pop more often in your kitchen. Yes Whenever this vadai is done and served along with the onion & tomato chutney the guests go Gha Gha. … More Methu Vadai/Ulunthu Vadai
This is a unique chutney which always gets appreciated by others. Whenever this reaches the table the guests come & definitely ask you”pass me the recipe please”. It’s another chettinad special. Yes this is a superb combination for Ulunthu/Medhu Vadai, Kuli Paniyaram, Masala Paniyaram & Vellai Paniyaram. It’s an easy chutney to be made. This is called “Red … More Onion & Tomato chutney/Red Thovayal
Kathirikai/Brinjal kootu is a preparation liked by my FIL. He loves this a lot. It is an easy preparation and can be done in a jiffy with the pressure cooker. Cooking in pressure cooker without mashing the ingredients is a skill to attain. This kootu is gud when the brinjal does not loose its shape. … More Brinjal/Kathirikai Kootu
Coriander is so aromatic that when we add these to most of the dishes as a garnish. But some dishes do require this for enhancing the flavour. Like when u add these to sambar or rasam it enhances the dish. So am going to give away a very easy to make recipe using coriander leaves … More Coriander Chutney/Kothamalli Thovayal
Raw banana or Plantain or Valakai masala/stir fry is a superb combination with rice. It is a simple dish which can be prepared very easily. This dish was introduced to me only in Malaysia. My mom used to make it in a different way. My MIL makes it like this. This is always a hit … More Valakai Masala/Raw Banana Stir Fry
Potato for Poori is something I never liked a lot. It used to be a bit more runny in consistency than the one I have made here. At my mom’s place we used to have it with yogurt. But this used to be the combination for poori all the time when we were in Malaysia. … More Potato for Poori/Poori Kilangu Masala
Generally my mom makes Poori with just atta. That used to be soft. After my marriage I was introduced of making Poori with equal amount of atta and maida. This Poori has a different taste than that of poori done only using atta. This is not that soft but tastes definitely very different. Hope you … More Poori
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