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…]
Blessed are the gals whose husbands can cook.Even more blessed are the husbands who clean after they cook. :), or after you cook. In that way, the most blessed wife I know would be my mom, for she has Daddy. Almost everyday as a kid, I woke up to the sight of Dad in the … [Read more…]
To go with the spicy sukku kuzhambu, I made a simple and sweet carrot poriyal. Ingredients: 4 carrots shredded 1/2 medium red onion chopped fine 4 green chillies, slit 1 sprig curry leaves 1 tsp lemon juice (optional) 1 tsp cilantro chopped 1 tsp oil 1/2 tsp mustard 1/2 tsp split urad dal 1 tsp … [Read more…]
To go with my cauliflower poricha kuzhambu, I made this spicy potato fry. Potatoes are a staple side in all Indian homes and each household has a different variation on preparing this fry. I usually go for cutting up raw potatoes and frying them with a little bit of spice, mostly bcoss its faster and … [Read more…]