Sambar vadai is a famous dish in Tamil Nadu. You can get it in every hotel and small cafes. Usually in hotels, the vadas prepared in the morning goes into reheated sambar which is also prepared in morning, and makes thier place to the diner’s table in the evening. So…
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…
I am totally exhausted after 6 days of thali preparation. Whenever I return from hostel, I ask my mom to prepare vatha kulambu and fry appalam to go with it. This may sound simple but the tangy and bitter kulambu is a great savior after eating the mess meals for…
Today I am posting about a perfect Tamil breakfast platter. This menu comes in marriage functions. In our marriage there was also uthappam. Usually the breakfast is completed with a cup of coffee. Traditionally it is laid out on a banana leaf. First comes kesari and it is followed by…
Today is a simple lunch which includes my daughter’s lunch box dishes and a stir fry for us. She took mangai saadam to school along with her potato stir fry. I prepared the potato to suit her taste. We had it along with bitter gourd roast. There was a bowl…
Here is one more thali which MIL prepared on each Tuesday. Paruppu is a very important gravy in our household. MIL often prepared this. When I came home after marriage, my SILs warned me not to prepare paruppu, because K hates it. But I was confident in turning him around and I…
Today I will be posting a simple Thali which we relish in Tamil Nadu. Sambar is the famous lentil based gravy from south India. Each house in the state has a special recipe for sambar. I prepare it like my mom. The sambar powder she makes is very simple yet…
The remaining pakoras from yesterday’s brunch transformed into this delicious gravy suitable for idli, dosa and rice. I was afraid that my daughter will not eat this. But to my surprise, she liked it very much with her morning dosa and with rice and ghee for her lunch. The pakoras…
There was an announcement to all Food Buzz Featured Publishers, inviting for proposals for their monthly event Foodbuzz 24*24. The blogger must give a meal plan for some guests and if selected the post will be up in that particular section. To try my luck, I added my proposal for…
Rasam is South Indian Soup. This is always relished with hot rice. This rasam is quite rich in taste because of the addition of coconut milk. Usually rasam powder is used in preparation. But my mom uses only pepper powder and cumin powder for flavour. This is an absolutely comforting…