I had half a cup of Karunai Kilangu Masiyal left after our lunch. I wanted to transform it into another dish for our evening brunch. There were some bread slices. So I thought of preparing a sandwich out of it. The masiyal went very well with the bread slice. It…
Palak Oat Bran Cutlets
For an evening I wanted to prepare a cutlet which was nutritious and tasty. I had a bunch of palak in my fridge. The idea for this combination suddenly crossed my mind. This was very easy to prepare and delicious. We enjoyed it with tomato ketchup. I am sending this…
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…
Eggless Povitica – Walnut Filled Sweet Bread
For this month, Jenni of The Gingered Whisk challenged the daring bakers to prepare Povitica. This is a sweet bread with a walnut filling. Pronounced as po-va-teet-sa, this is a dessert bread of Eastern Europe, served during the holiday season. It is also known as Nutroll, Potica, Kalachi and Strudia.…
Vengaya Kosu
Today is the sixth day of Blogging Marathon#9 and I prepared this tasty gravy for the breakfast to go with dosas. This is a popular chettinad breakfast item. The main ingredient is onion and the gravy is coconut based. The gravy is very simple but tasty. We had a delicious…
Eggless Banana Tart
I saw this recipe in Fox History featuring Mauritian Cuisine. I decided to do it as soon as possible. The crust was so crisp and the banana filling was so nice. My daughter loved it. Every time when I prepare a new dish, I am always worried whether my daughter…
Kathrikkai Kulambu
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…
Karunai Kilangu Masiyal
For the third day of Blogging Marathon#9, I prepared karunai kilangu masiyal. Karunai kilangu is called as Yam Ordinary in English. While searching for the English name for the vegetable, I got so many confusing answers. Many of them have named it as elephant yam. But it is wrong. Elephant yam is the…
Paal Paniyaram
Today is the second day of Blogging Marathon#9 under the theme regional specials. As you all know, I chose the chettinad cuisine for my theme. Yesterday I prepared these sweet, delicious and juicy paniyarams for evening tiffin. My hubby liked it a lot. The actual recipe uses deep fried paniyarams…
Milagai Mandi
Today is the first day in the second week of Blogging Marathon#9. For this week I have chosen Regional Specials. I chose Chettinad cuisine for this theme. Chettinad cuisine is very famous and it has so many mouthwatering dishes. I am trying to capture some dishes from the lots and…