‘Arusuvai’ – is the traditional Tamil word denoting the six different tastes in food: Sweet, Salty, Sour, Bitter, Spicy/Pungent, Astringent. It is believed that when you offer a meal it should contain all of these flavors. Most of the items that feature on the traditional banana leaf for weddings, used to cater to all of … [Read more…]
I went to the farmers market this week, and again I picked up greens…This time I went when it was almost pack-up time. As I hurried in, I saw a young guy slowly packing up these greens in a box. They still were very fresh. I remembered that these were Indian greens and I asked … [Read more…]
You may have seen that I’ve never posted any seafood recipes in my blog. Although I am not a meat eater, I could bring myself to cook meat dishes for my husband. But, somehow I cannot bring myself to cooking seafood. I am slowly clearing out my inhibitions and trying it out..for the sake of … [Read more…]
To go with my spicy kuzhambu, I made a quick and easy Snake gourd stir fry with channa dal. Its quick, easy and nutritious too. Ingredients: 1 snake gourd, insides removed, quartered and sliced 1 small onion chopped 2 red chillies broken 1/4 cup channa dal 1 tsp oil 1/2 tsp mustard 1/2 tsp split … [Read more…]
Flax..the first time I heard of this was in a recipe for Vegan cakes. Then it kept appearing in a lot of blogs I frequent and the fact about how healthy they were made me look for it in the store. I was telling myself that it must be some kind of expensive ingredient that … [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…]