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…
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…
Before I go to the event announcement, I need to share with you some of my experiences for the past 10days. Any regular reader of my blog would have noticed that my blog is missing updates for the past 2 weeks. The reason behind this absence is, I was on…
Here is my next entry to Kalyani’s Magic Mingle. For this month Kalyani selected Paneer, which is my most favourite ingredient and paired it up with Mint. This is the third dish with this combination. As my niece has come to Madurai on her holiday, I wanted to prepare something…
This has been in my draft folder for long. I prepared this to go paneer pulao and it was so nice. The koftas were very soft and this gravy is also good with parathas or naan. You can either deep fry the koftas or cook them in paniyaram pan for…
I had a block of Paneer and I was planning to prepare this pakoda/ bajji for a long time. As I was travelling a lot this month, I was postponing the preparation. Yesterday, I came back and I had to prepare some snack for the tea time. Remembered the paneer…
Every time I prepare a sweet, I need a reason to do so. Yesterday, Gayathri’s Cook Spot was mentioned in an article in Deccan Chronicle-Chennai Edition and I am very happy for that. I wanted to share this with all my readers without whom this is impossible. Okay, now I…
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…
Last week K bought home a product from organic store. It was called as sattu flour(this is not the Bihari Sattu) which had sprouted grains and nuts. It was actually prepared as porridge/ kanji. If taken regularly instead of breakfast, it helps in weight reduction ( a very necessary product…
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…