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It will be very rare to find a South Indian who will not like dosa. And am certainly not an exception. I can have dosa for any meal. I specially love crispy ( moru moru) dosas. Today morning I made moru moru dosas ( moru moru is a Tamil word for crispness). It always givesRead more about Moru Moru Dosa[…]
As usual, when I was looking through my recipe note books, I came across this recipe of Mirchi ka Salan, a very famous dish from Hyderabadi cuisine. This is Tarla Dalal’s recipe. I didn’t have the green chillies. But I had the small brinjals (baingan). The recipe seemed to almost similar to bhagare baingan. SoRead more about Baingan ka Salan[…]
I was going through all my recipe note books few days back. I started writing down recipes from my college days. I used to copy from magazines, note down seeing cookery shows etc. While I was going through my very first recipe note book, I saw this recipe. This was one of the recipes taughtRead more about Brinjal Rasam[…]
I learnt to make this long back in Muscat from a good friend, Lakshmi. I was very very new to cooking that time. I followed her recipe blindly and am so glad that I did that. Till date I follow her recipe whenever I make Nei Appam. I have shared this recipe with almost allRead more about Nei Appam[…]
Mango is known as manga in Tamil and Aam in Hindi. Manga thokku is a very traditional instant, cooked pickle variety from Tamil cuisine. Raw and sour mangoes are grated and is cooked in sesame oil, seasoned with red chilli powder and salt. As not much of salt and oil is used for making thisRead more about Manga Thokku[…]
My sister and her kids have come home to stay with us for few days. I decided to make onion rava dosa for breakfast as its their favourite. I follow Mrs Mallika Badrinath recipe for most of the South Indian tiffin varieties. And Rava dosa is one of her fool proof recipe. It tastes exactlyRead more about Onion Rava Dosa[…]
There are many recipes of stuffed brinjal. Today I have made very traditional Tamil Brahmin recipe with some changes ( my personal touch). It’s one my most favourite dish, something that I look forward to eat while making . It always comes out well and today was no different. Am very happy to share myRead more about Stuffed Brinjals[…]
I have made so many types of rasam and I look forward to learn more. I never hesitate to try unique recipes. And I have come to understand that Karnataka cuisine has many delicious varieties of rasam. One such rasam that I learnt very recently is Jackfruit seeds rasam. I learnt this from Jayanthy aunty,Read more about Jackfruit Seeds Rasam[…]
Kootu is a tamil word which means ‘add’ i.e. vegetable added with lentils and cooked together. It is semi-solid in consistency, less aqueous than sambar but more so than dry curries. Some cook the vegetable and lentil separately and then mix it. But I prefer to pressure cook both together as it saves time andRead more about Chow Chow Kootu[…]
Gothsu is a spicy tamarind based gravy. It is a very traditional dish from Tamil Brahmin cuisine. It is generally served with ven pongal, a South Indian version of khichadi. There are many varieties of gothsu recipe. Today am sharing my own recipe of gothsu. My family is very fond of this dish. Hope thatRead more about Gothsu[…]
