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Mambazham Mor Kuzhambu- Mango Mor Kuzhambu

Lunch Recipes

M for Mambazha Mor kuzhambu. Yes, you read correctly J. This mor kuzhambu is cooked with ripe mango. My daughter suggested this to me when I was stuck for a Tamil recipe which starts with alphabet M. I was apprehensive about using a ripe mango. Felt it would be sweetish...

Veena

April 15, 2016

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Karuveppilai Thogayal

Karuvepillai or curry leaves has a lot of health benefits. You can see them here. I use curry leaves in Karivepillai kuzhambu, Karuveppilai saadam, Karuveppilai podi and Karuveppilai Thogayal. INGREDIENTS Curry leaves 2 cup Fresh coconut 1/4 cup Urad dal 2 tbsp Red chilli 4-5 Pepper corn 1tsp Mustard seeds...

Veena

April 13, 2016

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Jigarthanda

Beverages and Drinks

Madurai is famous for this drink Jigarthanda. Now we see many juice shops offering us Jil Jil Jigarthanda even in Chennai. I had bookmarked this recipe from Gayatri and got to opportunity to make it and blog about it for the alphabet J. INGREDIENTS Adapted from Gayathri Cookspot Vanilla Icecream...

Veena

April 12, 2016

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Godumai Rava Sakkarai Pongal

Indian Sweets

A traditional sweet for Ugadi with a twist. Instead of the rice that we use in Sakkarai Pongal, today I cooked this Pongal with godumai rava or broken wheat. INGREDIENTS Godumai rava 1 cups Green gram dal 1/4 cup Water 3 cups Jaggery 1 cup Caramom a pinch Saffron few...

Veena

April 8, 2016

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Filter Coffee

Beverages and Drinks

A typical morning at my home , every morning is having string filter coffee simultaneously trying to read the news paper with Venkateswara suprbhatam playing at the backgroundJ. We are coffee lovers and coffee is something without which my day will not start. And here is the very way to...

Veena

April 7, 2016

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Elai Vadaam

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Elai vadaam is a speciality of Tamilnadu which in fried form is served with Mixed rice and is eaten as a delicacy just after steaming. Elai vadaam is nothing but rice appalam. This can be flavoured using tomato to make Thakkali vadaam. The process may look complicated, but once you...

Veena

April 6, 2016

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Dadhiyonnam

Dadhiyonnam is the other name for Iyengar style curd rice. This is given as Prasadam in some of the Perumal koil/ Temple. It is the simple curd rice which is seasoned with green chillies, coriander and mustard . The texture of this should be mushy which is achieved by mashing...

Veena

April 5, 2016

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Beans Paruppu Usili With Instant Paruppu Usili Mix

Indian

Generally this is a featured dish in a typical. Tamizh Brahmin wedding. When I make this at home, I generally steam the paruppu Usili and it is low on oil too. When my daughter relocated I had to come up with an instant mix which is easy to cook and...

Veena

April 3, 2016

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Araichivitta Sambhar

Lunch Recipes

We are back again with a month long marathon under the regional cuisine theme and I had to choose the tamil cuisine as I have loads of authentic Tamil recipes yet to be featured on my blog and so here is my first recipe which is one of the sambhar...

Veena

April 1, 2016

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Peas Mint Pulav

Rice varieties

Today it is a simple lunch menu of Peas mint pulav with raita and curd rice. The added mint gives lovely flavour to this rice. INGREDIENTS Basmati rice 1cup Fresh peas 1/2 cup Mint 1/2 cup Shallots 10 Green chillies 2 Cardamom 2 Bayleaf 2 Cumin seeds 1tsp Garam masala...