This post has been due for a few weeks now. I have a grape vine in my house and this year the yield was pretty good. But, the drawback is that they were a bit on the tart side. I left them on the vine hoping they would turn sweet…but, the rains came and the … [Read more…]
Puli Kootu….the first time I had this dish was when one of my friends’ mom who was visiting from India made this. It tastes the same as a puli kuzhambu, only thicker, and the advantage is, it is chock full of veggies. It is thicker than a kuzhambu and is meant to be eaten as … [Read more…]
Thanks to Nithu’s ‘Best from Waste’ Event and to fellow bloggers who inspire me to try new things. Last week I came home from grocery shopping, and started planning my meals for the week, by chopping and bagging veggies. I had gotten a personal watermelon and set to disassemble it. I used a melon baller … [Read more…]
My friend who makes arachi vekkira pulikuzhambu always pairs it with this wonderful kootu, and it is a winning combination. The chow chow is simmered along with channa dal until both are soft and creamy. With this post, I am starting the good practice of watermarking my photos. It has been quite a quest as … [Read more…]
Once in a while, and quite frequently lately, I get over-enthusiastic about being healthy. I work out, go for a walk, cook healthy, watch my portion sizes and at the end of the day weigh myself. 🙂 If I go shopping on one of those days, boy do I go crazy. I read the nutrition … [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…]