A recipe for passion is always simmering !
Mint Leaves Kurma/Pudhina Kurma:Mint leaves/Pudhina are highly fragrant by itself and are also rich in Iron and Fibre.It holds an important place in Indian cuisine. A few dishes prepared with mint leaves are mint-coriander chutney, rasam,pulao, biryanis. Being a carminative,mint is often used in dishes made with peas, dals and other food stuffs .
One of the most popular sweet dishes, prepared with milk and malai, served as dessert.
Rasmalai / Rasamali
Brown rice is simple white rice with bran intact and is a good source of fiber. It has got strong nutty flavour with chewy texture, which ofcourse, is not that pleasing to our taste buds and one of the main reason for getting neglected. Happened to read some interesting facts about his great grain and could not resist buying a bag for my pantry. Tried the long grain cooked brown rice, little yuck…
takes quite a long time to cook in a regular rice cooker.
Here's an easy recipe to bring home the most hated veggie on earth. Though Italian born, when given life with protein packed Indian lentils, this would no longer be looked down with a frown. Usili, a famous South Indian preparation takes an interesting twist in this recipe when combined with broccoli.
Here is an easy tasty preparation to include Bitter Gourd in our meal.
Bitter gourd – English / Pavakkai – Tamil / Karela – Hindi / Kakara Kaaya – Telugu / Kaipakka – Malayalam / Hagala Kayi – Kannada
Taro Root (Sepang kizhangu / Chepankizhangu in Tamil / Arvi in Hindi / Chama Dumpa Vepudu / Chaama Dumpa in Telugu / Chamadumpalu Fry / Kilangu / Colacasia)
Andhra style Indian broad beans curry. Chikkudu Kaya (Indian Broad Beans) Kura (Curry).
Indian Broad Beans ( Avarakkai in Tamil / Chikkudu kaya in Telugu / Sem in Hindi / Avarekayi in Kannada / Avara in Malayalam )
This is a kind of chettinadu dish which is the substitute for our Rasam, this dish is mainly made with kalani thanni.
Pakoda kurma is a lentil based sauce which is decadently creamy. Small deep fried lentil dumplings cooked in rich coconut milk gravy. This recipe might sound very unfamiliar to many, as its confined only to certain communities in Tamil Nadu. Quite hard to find online, as it sparingly shows up on searches. There are a couple of ways of making it, here's how we make it in our family. Quite a lengthly process, that's why I guess they make it only during special occassions. Ghee is a must as far as the original recipe goes, but its Ok to substitute with oil. (Padoka Kuzhambu / Pakora Korma / Pakora Kurma )
Crunchy red radish fry in minutes to go with rice.
