Sundaikkai or Turkey Berries are usually relished as vatrals. The fresh berries are usually used in gravies. It has a bitter taste, so it is usually paired with lots of onion and sesame oil. Sesame oil helps to reduce bitterness of vegetables in gravies. Tamarind is also used to reduce…
If you have read yesterday’s post, you know that I promised to post another recipe with palapodi(grated baby jack fruit). It is this delicious kola urundai. You can refer yesterday’s post for preparing jack fruit for cooking. These kola urundais are deep fried balls made with grated jack fruit. These…
When I went to the store near our home, I saw a baby jack fruit there. Though I don’t know how to prepare it, I just bought it. I can surely learn from mom. The next day I asked mom on how to clean, cut and prepare baby jack fruit.…
Pudachi Wadi is a special Maharashtrian snack which uses fresh coriander leaves as filling. Srivalli selected Pudachi Wadi for this month’s ICC. The recipe is from Archana of Tried and Tasted Recipes. I have not changed any ingredient in the original recipe. It came out great. Especially the tamarind and…
I had some broccoli florets and a Delhi carrot in my fridge. I just wanted to use it up. Yesterday, I thought of preparing wheat vermicelli upma. I just added those veggies to the upma and the flavour was quite different, but nice. We enjoyed it with coconut chutney. You…
This is another tasty gravy using baby bitter gourds / kurivi thalai pavakkai. This tamarind based gravy goes well with rice and appalam. It tastes divine and you will never ever feel the bitter taste of bitter gourd in this dish. Ingredients:Kurivi Thalai Pavakkai / Baby Bitter Gourd-200gmPearl Onion-15+10Tomato-1Tamarind-size of…
This has been lying in my draft folder for a long time. I prepared Butter Naan along with this delicious masala when my sister visited me. I prepared paneer at home and it came out very tasty. Those who try store bought paneer in your recipes, please try home made…
Sweet Punch is turning one this month. So Ria asked the members of Sweet Punch to bake any dish of our choice. I had so many plans for this month’s sweet punch. But as I had to go on a break for nearly 10days, I couldn’t bake according to my…
I am a great fan of Nigella. When ever I feel dull, I watch Nigella’s cooking shows. It is really soothing. I love the way she talks and cooks. This is one of her recipes. I am always tempted to try these rolls but actually didn’t try because of beer…
This month’s Daring Bakers’ Challenge was hosted by Evelyn of Cheap Ethnic Eatz. She challenged us to prepare maple syrup mousse served in edible container. Maple syrup is not available in Madurai. So I searched for an alternative in the web. I got the recipe for homemade maple syrup. It…