I made these fries as a side for the ‘Hot Tamale Burger’. These are healthier as they are baked rather than fried and are also thick cut compared to the thin and slender ones you get at fast food joints. We really enjoyed the flavor of these fries with the burger. Ingredients: 3 medium russet … [Read more…]
I am crazy about cookbooks..and I use the local library to get access to a lot of books. And at times, I flip the pages on the way back from the library, in the car, and there are a few recipes that call out to me. I know from the first look that I am … [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…]
Pallipalayam Chicken is a spicy chicken fry variety, that has a fancy name, but is quite simple to prepare. To those who don’t know, Pallipalayam is a small town near Erode in TamilNadu. It is famous for being the birthplace of the Math genius – Srinivasa Ramanujan. This dish is unique because it relies on … [Read more…]
My mom has a unique way of preparing yard long beans, very different than the regular poriyal or varuval. She cooks the beans in a coconut dry curry that makes it the perfect combination for lemon rice. This is one of my favorite tiffin box lunches that I Â had while I was in school and … [Read more…]
Of late, I have been experimenting by trying out new vegetables and fruits. This time I tried ‘Asparagus’. I was curious about this vegetable and was wondering how it was grown, and what part of the plant these spears were. Like an answer to all my questions aired this episode of ‘Good Eats’ and who … [Read more…]