I am so glad to be back to regular blogging and this month is going to be very interesting. As I mentioned earlier I will be doing 26 Indian milk sweets this month. I used to love milk sweets from my childhood and my dad was a great sweet fanatic…
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Beetroot Kola Urundai
For the alphabet B, it was so easy to choose. Beetroot is one of my favourite vegetables but used only in a handful of dishes. I wanted to explore more and saw this recipe in a Chettinad book I own. When I decided upon the cuisine for this BM, I…
Chettinad Potato Roast
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…
Paasiparuppu Puttu
Today is the second day of Blogging Marathon #21 and the dish today I am posting is a Chettinad speciality. Chettinad cuisine is famous for its delicious and unique recipes. This puttu is one among them. I saw the recipe in a cook book. I also had an opportunity to…
Kavuni Arisi – Chettinad Special
I have heard of chettinad’s kavuni arisi but never had an opportunity to try it until last month. Our neighbour during Grihapravesham (House Warming Ceremony) arranged for cooks from Karaikudi who are specialists in chettinad cuisine. For breakfast they served kavuni arisi and paasiparuppu puttu along with idli, pongal and…
Kathrikkai Getti Kulambu-Chettinad Style Eggplant Gravy
This is a chettinad gravy with tamarind as the base and eggplant as the main ingredient. It was absolutely delicious and we enjoyed it with appalam for our lunch. Eggplants or brinjals must be tiny to make this gravy delicious. So whenever you come across the tiny brinjals, do not…
Therakkal – Chettinad Eggplant Gravy
This is another chettinad dish using eggplant. The original recipe includes a potato which I skipped because I didn’t have it in my pantry at that time. This goes well with rice. I prepared it for the lunch and we liked it so much. But in the recipe the chef…
Multi Grain Puttu Urundai
Today is the fourth day of Blogging Marathon and I prepared this multigrain puttu urundai. This is a chettinad snack which my mom used to prepare when I was a kid. She saw the recipe in a TV show and tried it out immediately. Every one liked it and so…
Sweet Aval Paniyaram
I got this recipe from my neighbour. When I was talking with her, she showed me a recipe book given by her chettinad friend. It contained many hand written recipes. I was surprised by her patience. Gifting such a wonderful recipe book to a neighbour is wonderful. This recipe doesn’t…
Saiva Meen Kulambu / Vegetarian Fish Gravy
When I first saw this recipe in Solai Achi’s blog, I was interested. After my hubby became a vegetarian, he usually asks me to prepare some substitutes for the original non-vegetarian gravy. His favorite was meen kulambu. I usually substitute fish with yam ordinary, adamant creeper or elephant yam but…