Category: Tamil Nadu
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Pan Roasted Garlic Potatoes
Simple pan roasted garlicky flavoured potato. Aloo fry / Potato Fry / Roast Potatoes / Urulai Kizhangu Varuval
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BADAM BURFI RECIPE – Almond Burfi recipe – Diwali Sweets
Badam burfi is one popular katli variety found in most sweet shops in India. Here is simple homemade version of this item. Coming to making perfect soft and sharp katli is quite an art and needs lot of practice. Fine grounding the nuts is one key factor which is hard to do with regular mixies……
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Ragi Kuzhu
Ragi Porridge or Kepaai koozhl is very healthy and cooling. This is the best breakfast on sunny days. People having diabetes can have it very well.
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BANANA FLOWER USILI RECIPE – Vazhaipoo Usili recipe – Vazhaipoo Puttu
Banana Blossoms / Banana flower is not that common here in USA except for some coastal and tropical regions. To my surprise found one fresh in my local market this week. Atlast!
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Simple Sweet Corn Dosa
A simple spicy healthy dosa, tastes good even without any side dish. Still, goes well with onion chutney!!
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Egg Kurma
Egg kurma forms the staple Sunday breakfast menu in our house. I like it with whole eggs whereas my husband likes it with bulls eyes all around
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Kohlrabi Kuzhambu
Kohlrabi / German Tulip is a mild tender veggie suits almost any curry or saute preparations. This veggie is very popular in Kashmir, also known by the name Knol Khol in Southern regions. Tamil ~ Nool Kol / Noolkul / Nukul / Nookul Hindi ~ Ganth GobhiTelugu ~ NoolkolKannada ~ Navil KoosMalayalam ~ Seemamullangi
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Nethili Meen Varuval
Anchovies are called Nethili in Tamil. These are tini tiny fishes edible both in fresh and dried form. The dried ones are called Nethili Karuvaadu, which I've used for this recipe, coated with masala and pan fried until crisp. Fresh Anchovies can be found in regular grocery markets under tinned foods packed with salt and…
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Tomato Kurma
With a few basic ingredients in my pantry and some leftover idli / dosa batter in my refrigerator….and with humongous craving for flavourful simple dinner then immediately steaming piping hot idlis with tomato kurma is all I can think of ! My recipe goes with extra cinnamon flavour… BTW, it goes very well with tomato combination. Tomato Kuzhambu /…
