Coming to the alphabet X, I didn’t have a choice for any word in Tamil. If you are new here, then you must be confused. I am doing an A-Z Tamil Cuisine recipe marathon this month, and we are at the alphabet X. As there are no words in Tamil…
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Naarthangai Oorugai / Kafir Lime Pickle
When I bought home a huge batch of naarthangai / citron / kafir lime, I got two recipes from my aunt. This is the second recipe I got from her. Scroll down to the end of the post for the first recipe. I have seen kafir lime a lot in…
Naarthangai / Citron Pickle
Naarthangai aka Citron is a citrus fruit used in cooking. In Tamilnadu we use it for pickles, preserves and pachadis whereas it is used in making jam, desserts and candied peels in some countries. I have never used naarthangai in cooking till now and have never seen mom making pickles…
WTML with Arinellikkai Oorugai / Gooseberry Pickle
My mom used to make the world’s best pickles. She had so many fans in the family. Every year she made jars and jars of avakkai, vadumangai, nellikaai and maangai oorugai / pickles and gave them to relatives and friends. When she became sick, she tried to make it atleast…
Maa Inji Oorugai/ Ginger Mango Pickle , Walk Through Memory Lane Announcement and WTML Winner for April
I know I am very late in announcing this month’s WTML. If you are new to this blog, please take a look at WTML page to know more about this event. This month’s host couldn’t do it and so I will be hosting this month’s WTML. Here is a delicious…
Inji Puli/ Puli Inji
Today starts the final week of Blogging Marathon #34 and I have chosen to blog from a fellow blogger as a special theme. The blogger I am paired with is Lisha of Nandoo’s Kitchen. She has a nice collection of recipes and what interested me the most are the Kerala…
Avakkai Oourgai / Avakkai Mango Pickle
When I hear the word Avakkai, my mind races back to child hood. Mom is a specialist in making this pickle and she even has so many fans. Whenever someone makes pickle at home, the first comment would be that it is not so good as mom’s. Avakkai is made…
Arinellikaai Sweet Pickle
On our way back to Madurai from Palani we travelled through a village. A lady was selling these arinellikkai / small gooseberries. In Madurai it is very rare to get these arinellikkai unless we have a tree in the house. So I just bought 2 cups of the gooseberries and brought it…
Instant Pumpkin and Green Chilly Pickle
For this month’s Magic Mingle, Kalyani chose Pumpkin and Fresh Chillies as the two magic ingredients to be used up in the dish. I have been thinking a lot to make both star ingredients of the dish. As I am a great fan of Master Chef Australia, I wanted to…
Inji Oorugai/ Ginger Pickle
Pickle is a very important side dish in Indian Cuisine. South Indian pickles are very hot compared to achars of North and they use sesame oil. As pickles are meant to stay good for a year, they use lots of oil, salt and red chilly powder to preserve them. My…