Do you remember the picture of the rosemary branch in my Foccacia Bread post? Those rosemary branches are still alive and well…and thriving… (In other words..read: I didn’t kill it 🙂 ) Yep, I have discovered the easiest way to propagate rosemary. Set it in a vase filled with water, and keep changing the water … [Read more…]
What’s lurking in my kitchen? I discovered quite a lot of challenging items in my kitchen for this event. The ingredient that topped my list, chronologically was: ‘Kalkandu’ or sugar candy. My mom had gotten it for my baby shower(valaikaapu), and set it as one of the plates…My son is celebrating his first birthday this … [Read more…]
The ‘Salna’ is a type of curry, that is usually a little bit watery than normal curry and usually paired with parotta. Made famous by our rottu kadais, it has a taste that can’t be beat. I made this Salna as a double duty side dish. One, to go with the appams for breakfast and … [Read more…]
Appam is one of my husband’s favorite breakfast items. I always made it by grinding raw rice with some coconut and letting it sit overnight to ferment, the way my mother makes them. But, with weather in the northwest being very unpredictable, the time the batter takes to ferment, is never guaranteed. So, I couldn’t … [Read more…]
I am not a big fan of raw banana or vazhaikkai. I am not sure why. But, I love this particular preparation of vazhaikkai. It is made by freshly grinding pepper along with a few other spices, and the masala just makes this dish wonderful. I love it in combination with rasam and rice. A … [Read more…]
The blog hosted for this month’s ‘Tried and Tasted’ event is Divya’s Dil Se. She has a beautiful collection of recipes, and among them, I loved this one. I have always wanted a good recipe for a stuffed eggplant kuzhambu. The best I have had was made by one of mom’s friends – Velumani Auntie. … [Read more…]