PIZZA who will not want to treat themselves with pizza. Yes pizza is a favourite meal relished by everyone, except my husband. Yes would you all believe he doesn’t like it. He is not a fan of pasta or pizza or any of the cheeses. A big no no to all this. But me and … More Pizza Dough
Paruppu Usili is a preparation like vada but in a deconstructed way. Haha yes instead of mixing everything to make vada’s we just saute them one after the other and the outcome is this wonderful Paruppu Usili recipe. It can be done with Beans, Snack gourd, Vallaipoo and even beetroot. I like this preparation as my … More Beans Paruppu Usili
Happy Ganesh Chaturthi called Vinayagar Chathurthi in the south to all my blogger friends. This dish is a prasadh for this festival. Can be made one among the many we make. Kalkandu is called Rock Sugar in English and Misri in Hindi. It is nothing but a sweet vada made with urad dal and Kalkandu/Misri/Rock Crystal. It … More Kalkandu(/Rock Sugar/Misri) Vadai
Rasam is an everyday preparation in the South. Most of the houses make a sambar and a rasam for lunch almost everyday. They even have a separate vessel for making rasam as they make it everyday. I have grown up with only sambar and curd everyday. So in our houses they don’t make rasam everyday. Sambar … More Drumstick/Murunga Kai Rasam
Podalangai is called snake guard as it is long like a snake. It is a South Indian veggie and not so prominent among the North Indians. Here in Nairobi I get mostly all my South Indian veggies except for this one. But one shop here brought the seed and they alone produce this vegetable. Whenever we go there I … More Snake Guard/Podalangai Thovandal/Poriyal
Coriander chutney with coconut is a great combination with Dosa, Idly and it goes even very good with lemon rice or tamarind rice also. I like any chutney with coriander or curry leaves. It tastes great. Another Coriander Chutney that is in the blog is just ground without any cooking. But this Chutney is done … More Coriander Chutney with Coconut
Pineapple actually is the best cure for a sore throat. My mom and mil always say pineapple is a fruit that makes your body hot, so it’s not supposed to be taken while there is a cough or cold. Nowadays internet brings focus in all these subjects. I have found that pineapple is a best cure … More Pineapple Panna
Butter Beans is a fresh beans which used to be available in Chennai. It is so much bonded with me and my childhood. I just love these yummy buttery beans. Am a great fan of any kind of fresh beans. I missed these fresh varieties when we were in Malaysia and Cairo as we get … More Butter Beans Kurma(Coimbatore Style)
Brinjal Chutney, its another way to make dishes using brinjal. I am sure many don’t use them in lot of recipes as it might not be the favourite vegetable. So here is another chutney recipe using brinjal. There is a story for this recipe. Actually I followed the recipe here. I used to make this chutney … More Brinjal Chutney/Kathirikai Thovayal
Tingle-UR-Tastebuds 