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What comes first in your mind when someone mentions AMBUR / ஆம்பூர்.…Biryani, right?? Ambur is a town in Vellore District of Tamil Nadu located on the Chennai-Bangalore Highway and very famours for Arcot style biryani. Anyone who passes or travels by or through this town cannot miss this famous biryani. Many travellers through this highway stop just to get the…
Weekend lunches are always a little special, there is plenty of time to shop, work on elaborate cooking & plenty of help around the house. Lot of inspiration from every corner , yeah right…. that’s just for the menu. Once that’s fixed then they all get busy with their electronic gadgets! Guess this happens in your house too! ;)This week…
Description: Jeera pulao is one of the most simple North Indian style rice which is mildly flavored with cumin seeds & with a touch of Ghee. Weekdays are always busy and coming up with simple yet tasty rice dish like this can come in very handy. Last night I quickly whipped this flavorful rice, made it look fancy with cashew…
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Ven Pongal is one of the breakfast item from South India, mainly popular in Tamil Nadu, prepared during Pongal Festival and also served as a special dish on auspicious occasions like wedding ceremonies. Fresh curry leaves and Ghee is a must for this dish.
Here’s something hearty and healthy for these cold wintry days. Usually or mostly Black eyed peas makes us think of a sundal recipe or quick salad recipe. But they pair well with gravies too. They are real friendly with most common veggies like brinjal, bottlegourd and drumstick. Moreover you don’t have to break your head about pre-soaking overnight, these are softer dried peas and require just about 10 minutes of soaking time. Here’s a light version of kara kuzhambu recipe made with black eyed peas and drumstick which when accompanied by plain rice and appalam will complete a full course meal.
Kuzhambu / Kulambu / Kaaramani / Thatta Payir Kuzhambu / Kongu Samayal / Puli Kuzhambu
Vankaya Pakodi Kura is a traditional Andhra dish made with brinjal and deep fried besan fritters often served during wedding or other special occasions. My recipe is slightly contrary to the original recipe, as the original calls for deep frying brinjal pieces. Its upto you, either deep fry or saute… whichever you choose the final dish will still look good and taste great.
Telugu ~~~ English Vankaya ~~~ Brinjal Pakodi ~~~ Gram flour Soft Pakodas / Besan Fritters Kura ~~~ Curry / Stir-fry / Poriyal / Saute
Avial is a well known Kerala side-dish for rice. And also a Kanyakumari favourite. The aroma that arises when my grandmother cooks it in a mud pot, still lingers around. It differs from the traditional recipe in just one way – she cooked it without adding curd. And so here is Tamil Nadu's version.
Rasavangi is a dish mainly made with Brinjals, but i tried out with white pumpkin today. And voila taste wasnt tht bad!! try it out for urself and let me know…..
Pepper sambar is different from normal sambar. No sambar powder needed for this sambar. Adding pepper powder gives unique taste for this sambar.
You can use these veges for this sambar….
Kathirikkai ~ Brinjal ~ eggplant
Chow-chow ~ Bangalore kathrikkai ~ Chayote squash
Cheppagkizhangu ~ tararoot ~ colocosia
