I love to make chettinad dishes. I even bought a small tamil recipe book with only chettinad recipes. And I have tried some of them. There are so many paniyaram varieties and they are deep fried in oil. I wish I could try all the recipes from that book. Once…
As I have promised earlier, I am sharing thie recipe for curry leaves spice powder. When I posted kariveppilai kulambu recipe, I had some feedback from readers who asked for the spice powder recipe too. My grand mom used to make this often. She always had a jar full of…
Today I bring you a very traditional Tamilnadu gravy. We love tamarind based gravies a lot. I have made puli kulmbu using garlic, onion, eggplant, bitter gourd and ladies finger. Today the main ingredient in this puli kulambu is curry leaves. usually curry leaves are used in tempering and it gives…
My mom used to make crispy rava roasts and she used to make it when she wanted to make breakfast in a jiffy. I have tried it so many times but they never were as tasty as mom’s. And whenever I go to a hotel, I try onion rava roast.…
This month’s Walk Through Memory Lane is being hosted by Rafeeda of The Big Sweet Tooth. This event is close to my heart as this is about mom’s cooking. Whatever childhood favourite food you have, try recreating it now, post it in your blog and link it to the event.…
After making uppu seedai successfully, I had a batch of the seedai flour left to make the sweeter version. For Indian Cooking Challenge this month, when Srivalli asked for a recipe suggestion and I suggested this uppu seedai and vella seedai. I usually think that seedai is a bomb which…
If you are wondering what happened to me, please don’t worry. I am fine and for the past 16 days had a wonderful vacation. I went to Chennai, Pondicherry, Thiruvannamalai and Karaikudi. In every place I had a nice experience and I couldn’t take a look at my blog. I…
Today we come to my home state Tamil Nadu. It lies in the southernmost part of India and shares its boundaries with Pondicherry, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala. It also has Indian ocean to the south and Bay of Bengal to the east. Tamil Nadu cuisine is not as spicy…
Puducherry, previously known as Pondicherry is an union territory situated at the east coast of India. It is also the French Riviera of the east. For me Pondicherry bring me so many childhood memories as I lived there for five years. I joined a school in Pondicherry for my fourth…
Today we reach Karnataka and I present you one of Karnataka’s popular dishes. It is one of the four South Indian states and it shares its boundaries with Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra and Maharashtra. Karnataka is one of the states which is closer to my heart as I have lived…