Now, I’ll bet you’re settling down to read about the history of the tomato and its health benefits. I must confess I thought of listing those, because there’s plenty. But then I suddenly remembered reading about tomatoes being more than food. I love tomatoes and snack on them when am too lazy to make...
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Last week we had here the Mushroom in coconut milk gravy recipe. In the comment section, Pallavi had asked if the mushroom can be substituted, may be with Paneer. So we decided to try the same recipe with Paneer instead of Mushroom. Well, though the original mushroom gravy had a dexterity and Mushroom’s uniqueness,...
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Kothu Parotta (minced parotta) is a popular recipe from Tamil nadu, where one finds many street joints serving piping hot delicacy thronged by people. The original Kothu Parota recipes is non-veg, where we have chicken, mutton, egg variants. Though now we find restaurants serving vegetable kothu parota, it does not come close to the...
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This recipe for potato poriyal is slightly different from the usual poriyals for that slight different taste. You can serve it hot as a side dish or as a main dish with coriander paratha, small puris or toast bread if you want. INGREDIENTS (Serves 2): Potatoes (diced)-2 Onion (diced)-1 Chana dal – 2 tbsp...
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What does mood have to do with food? Or put it the other way, what does food have to do with mood? Quite a bit, it seems. You can actually beat the blues or get over a sulking fit by watching what you eat and when you eat it. If you tend to snap...
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Maladu or Pottu kadalai urundai is an easy to make laddu variety. Ingredients: Bhuna Channa (roasted gram / pottu kadalai) Sugar Ghee Step 1: Take a measure of bhuna channa (pottu kadalai) and sugar as per your choice. Step 2: Grind bhuna channa (pottu kadalai) and sugar together into powder form. Step 3: Add...
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This is a simple, easy to make , healthy traditional snack made with black sesame seeds ( black til seeds) . In Tamil the dish is called Ellu urundai. Ingredients: Black Til (black sesame seeds) Jaggery Step 1: Roast the til (sesame seeds) in low flame till they crackle. Step 2: Grind the roasted...
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Ingredients: Kerala Banana (nentran vazha -the variety used to make banana chips) Sugar (as per taste) Ghee Step 1: Cut the banana into round pieces. Semi ripe bananas are preferable for this dish. Step 2: Add the cut pieces into a frying pan. Step 3: Add desired quantity of sugar and keep the flame...
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Aval Urundai (அவல் உருண்டை) or Poha laddu is an easy to make sweet dish. Believe me it just takes less than 10 minutes to make! Not just that it also makes a healthy indulgence. Ingredients: Poha (flattened rice) – 3 Cups Grated Coconut – 1 cup Sugar – Half cup or as per taste...
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Ada Paniyaram is a traditional sweet delicacy of southern parts of Tamil nadu. Ingredients: Raw rice: 1 measure Parboiled rice: 1 measure Jaggery: As per taste Moong dal (broken and skinned) Coconut (grated) Step 1: Preparing the batter : Take raw rice and parboiled rice in the ratio of 1:1 and Jaggery as per...
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