For the alphabet Y, I had to do some word play as I couldn’t get any recipe in Tamil cuisine starting with Y. Yennai Kathrikkai kulambu is a very famous Tamil style gravy in which a spice powder is stuffed in brinjals and then a gravy is made. When I…
Last week, November 6th Wednesday, I was so shocked when I opened my FB page for updates. One of my FB friends posted that Tarla Dalalji is no more. I just couldn’t believe it. I searched for so long and after an hour, many updates started coming on friend’s walls…
I love brinjal and love the puli kulambu my mom makes. But mom has never prepared ennai kathrikkai kulambu for me. Brinjals are stuffed with spice powder and cooked in a tamarind based gravy. IT is then served with oil floating on top. That is why it is named so.…
My mom prepares delicious vaangi baath. I also prepare a type but it is not as flavourful as mom’s. So I asked her about the recipe and she told me that she adds a spice powder which gives the distinct flavour. Then she gave me the list of ingredients and…
I went to an organic store recently and saw these cute large brinjals/ eggplants. I bought some home to try out varuval. I usually prepare this with the green and long variety of brinjal. This is the first time I tried it with the purple variety. Though the brinjals were…
This is a speciality of Punjabi cuisine. This doesn’t contain any pickle as the name says, but has the spices which gives the taste of pickles. I bought a big eggplant/ brinjal from the super market and was thinking of preparing bartha with it. But when I was flipping a…
Today is the fifth day of Blogging Marathon#9. This is a delicious tangy gravy which uses small whole brinjals. I usually prepare a gravy with coconut. But this doesn’t have coconut yet it tastes great. The recipe also mentioned the addition of fennel seeds. The flavour was fantastic. This is…
Yesterday I prepared Kathrikkai Kotsu. I have heard about this dish but have never tried it. This is the first time I prepared it. It was so tangy and lipsmacking. This goes very nice with variety rice such as lemon rice, puliodharai, nellikkai saadam etc… This is very easy to…
My mom used to prepare Vaangi Baath. I never asked about the preparation. I like it very much. When I bought a brinjal from the stores, I was thinking about today’s menu. Suddenly I remembered Vaangi Baath. I called my mom and asked for the recipe and prepared it for…
This is my hubby’s favorite gravy which goes well with steamed rice. My MIL used to make this often. When she was there my hubby never expected me to prepare this. But as she is no more I have to take her place in preparing this yummy gravy. My hubby…