Masoor dal is very rarely used in my kitchen. Infact, I don’t ever remember my mom buying or using it. I guess it was not a very tamilian dal. The first time I saw it was after coming to the US, being sold in the bulk bins in Indian stores. I was surprised to see … [Read more…]
This week is probably the first week of ‘summer’ in Seattle. We in the Northwest are probably one of the last places to get good sunny weather, and it was evident how people yearn for such good weather. I shouldn’t complain much, for we didn’t have a bad winter. Compared to other places in the … [Read more…]
After my ‘broccoli bliss’ with my oven roasted broccoli, i got hooked on roasting my vegetables. I’ve made the broccoli recipe three times since my original post. Talk about obsessions! Today, I tried to roast cauliflower, but with an Indian twist. It is quite similar to the broccoli recipe, simple and delicious. Ingredients: 1 large … [Read more…]
I got so happy about participating in my first food blog event, that I got all excited about more entries to other events. I even picked out my first Mark Bittman recipe to try for IHCC – Its time for Breakfast in Bed event. My recipe was going to be Potato Asparagus frittata, I picked it … [Read more…]
The missed out my post about my mushroom masala – the mother of the Leftover makeover – mushroom masala burrito, that I posted earlier. I made this quick Mushroom masala to go with Chapatis for my dinner, and it turned out to be a fulfilling one. When you are too tired to chop a lot … [Read more…]
To go with my freezer clean out pulikulambu yesterday, I decided to make poosanikai paruppu kootu. Poosanikai or Ash gourd is a winter melon variety. It belongs to the same family as Musk melon or the Honeydew melon that we find here in the United States. In Tamil cuisine it is most often paired with … [Read more…]