Potato is a star vegetable. No matter what situation you put it in, it will come out shining. Also, it is one vegetable that finds an important place in every single cuisine of the world. the previous statement is of course part knowledge and part assumption 😛 Early on in my blogging days, I wrote
C is for Chow Chow
Source: Wikimedia commons Chow chow doesn’t mean eating twice. It is the name of a squash. Tambrahms and their obsession with all vegetables of the gourd family is legendary. Such a gourd-loving community we are. Give us a gourd and we’ll make a koottu, a curry or a thogayal out of it and call it a
Summer Recipes : Dudhi / Bottlegourd Raita
Bottle Gourd is a boring vegetable, no doubt. There is hardly a person who loves it. It’s one of those “damn! it’s dudhi for lunch today” kind of vegetables, very difficult to glam up or make delicious. It has no flavour of its own, so when fried into a kofta or made into a spicy koottu, it is somew
Molaga Maanga – an instant raw mango pickle
This was the only pickle I liked as a kid, which I had fondly christened- ‘square maanga’ because it was cut in a square dice. In the hot summers of Bombay, curd rice would taste divine anyway. A tiny bit of this square maanga with the curd rice would always take it to another level of divine. Often
The secret to absolutely delicious Masala Aloo
The one potato recipe you MUST have in your folder of favourite recipes – crispy masaledaar, crusted with dry spices, super delicious with naan, roti or dal and rice. Get it here!
Kaddu Ki Sabzi – Punjabi style pumpkin curry
This authentic recipe for Punjabi style Khatti Meethi Kaddu ki Sabzi comes from a friend’s mother who is a brilliant cook. This is THE sabzi to eat with Pooris.
Banana Stem Curry | Vazhaithandu Moong Dal curry
The humble banana stem gets made into a curry with moong dal – delicious when paired with rice and Moar Kuzhambu.
Fresh green peas parathas
‘Tis the season of fresh green peas and while I always have on hand large packet of frozen peas, the taste of fresh green peas is something else. There is an extremely simple recipe – which my friend had shared with me last season, where if you buy large quantities of peas, say 2 kilos or so, you sh
Traditional Lunch Series – Day 1 ( Vengaya sambar, Vendakkai curry, Potato Roast )
For the next few days – we are going to be having traditional Tambram food for lunch. When it’s just me, I usually make one-pot meals which have a fair balance of carbs, proteins and loads of vegetables. Now that I have company for the next couple of weeks, proper lunch it is! I’m just doing this fo
Vattayappam – Steamed rice cakes from Kerala
I first tasted these fluffy rice cakes when my ex-boss got them in her lunch box. She said her mom made them with ground rice and yeast and it is quite simple. Several google searches later, trying all possible spellings, I landed on this recipe given by a forum member of Forum Hub, which was dug ou
Poori Kizhangu
When Anita, one of my favourite people among the food bloggers called out to us to make pooris, I could not bear to refuse. And let me confess, this is the first time I’ve ever made them. They puffed up beautifully and were a great colour, but I did not want to handle the camera with oily hands, hen
Chargrilled Eggplant in Yoghurt
Update: Do check out the WBB # 13 – Oats for breakfast round up at Madhuli’sFoodcourt for 20 delicious ways to make your breakfast healthier! Chargrill an eggplant and you have a whole host of options. I can list 4 right away 1. Prepare a gravy with onions, tomatoes, ginger garlic paste and spice po