Chettinad cuisine is very famous for its unique flavors…it is unique because of the brilliant combination of spices interspersed in all of their dishes. I have always been on the lookout for an authentic Chettinad Chicken curry recipe..and I finally found one here, at Solai Aachi’s Kitchen. I have made very slight modification to her … [Read more…]
Whenever I make something with kollu(horsegram), I remember my grandmother….she was what we now call ‘a passionate foodie’. She would walk everyday to the vegetable vendor and buy fresh vegetables. If a dish needed a certain ingredient, she wouldn’t hesitate to make a trip to the store to get it. Even in her 80s….I used … [Read more…]
Fiber – thats the new health term, that we’ve started looking out for. Fiber in cereal, fiber supplements, foods high in fiber…its all over the place. What is fiber? and why do we need it? Basically, the term fiber refers to carbohydrates that cannot be digested. There are two types of fiber—soluble and insoluble. Some … [Read more…]
I see the different events created and hosted by fellow foodies, as an invitation to try new dishes, as a challenge and something that caters to my quest for trying different kinds of foods. For ‘Cooking with Seeds – Fenugreek’ event, I wanted to try something I had not tried before. I got this recipe … [Read more…]
I saw the recipe for this kuzhambu in a tamil magazine a few years back. I was intrigued by the use of milk in a tamilian kuzhambu variety and I decided to try it. It turned out to be a delicious dish, that it feature quite frequently in my kitchen. I have made the same … [Read more…]
I had made this kuzhambu last week, in the hope of submitting it for the ‘CWS – Pepper’ Event. But, I completely missed doing that, since I was busy with other posts. I realized that I had’nt posted this recipe yet, when I had this kuzhambu again today.(The same kuzhambu, I didn’t make it again … [Read more…]