Zucchini are cheap during summer, and I bought quite a lot of them. I made this salad today in a jiffy, in an attempt to use up the excess zucchini and we loved it. Whats great about this salad, is that it makes a great appetizer/finger food. You don’t need to serve it up, or … [Read more…]
There are some very strange combinations of food…that I sometimes wonder how people come up with…..until I got to witness one such discoveries, right under my nose. 🙂 It was one of those days when my son and I were waiting eagerly(vazhi mel vizhi vaithu…)for my husband to come home from work. Me, because I … [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…]
Briyani, is one of the most favorite dishes in my family. My brother loves it, my husband loves it and it is often the specialty of most of the women in our families. I love to make briyani, mostly because it is a one pot meal and it has always been my number one choice … [Read more…]