I once posted about Black Night Shade Berries/ Manathakkali (click to view post). When I saw it in the nearby shop, I bought 200gm of those to prepare the dry version. Vatral is usually prepared during summers while the sun is very hot. When summer commences, mom starts preparing vadagam and…
Elephant foot yam also known as senai kilangu in Tamil is a root vegetable. It has a hard skin and a harder inner flesh. I usually buy old yam, because the fresher ones will start an itch. So be very careful while choosing. If the skin is darker it is…
Cheppankilangu or Arbi is one of my favourite root vegetables. I usually prepare roast with this and it is very tasty. It goes very well with rasm rice or curd rice. I also used some sesame seeds to sprinkle on the roast which gave a nice crunch and aroma. Cleaning…
Pavakkai or Bitter Gourd is a great vegetable but often hated by many because of the bitter taste it gives. But as it is good for health, you need to include it once a week in your diet. I love bitter gourd in any form. This roast when relished hot…
Curd also known as Thayir in Tamil, is an important part of Indian food. South Indians relish it with rice and no lunch is complete without curd rice and pickle. On the other hand north Indian recipes use curd as an important ingredient in cooking. The gravies are thickened with…
For this month’s Baking Eggless Challenge I selected Butter Tarts from Joy of baking. These have a crispy and flaky pastry base with nutty filling. The filling actually consists of egg, butter and sugar along with nuts. The challenge was to replace the eggs from the filling but still have…
Vatha Kulambu Podi is a spice powder used in preparation of Vatha Kulambu. This is a very aromatic powder which has coriander seeds, red chillies and other spices. The powder can be prepared in large quantities and can be stored for a whole year. But the ingredients I have given…
This is the second challenge given by Jason to the daring bakers. It is the Armenian Nazook/ Nazouk/ Nazuk. It is a yeasted, layer pastry filled with a sweet filling. The outer dough is made of an yeasted dough and the filling has sugar, butter and flour in it. While…
For this month, Jason of Daily Candor challenged the bakers to prepare two dishes. One is the Armenian Nutmeg cake and the other is … I will tell you tomorrow. Armenian Nutmeg cake is flavored with powdered nutmeg and it has two layers. The base is a biscuit layer and…
Today I will be showing you a Punjabi Thali. I am new to Punjabi cuisine and so I created my dishes with the help of a book full of Punjabi Dishes. Recently I bought Tarla Dalal’s Punjabi Khana and I was very much pleased with the book. I selected what…