This blog provides delicious,traditional, vegetarian, South Indian Recipes from my mother Chitra Amma's kitchen. There are few 'world recipes' as well!
Thanks to Shravan, Pranav, Akash, Tara, Guggs, Shankari, Adu and Appa Ramachandran for the photos!
THE QUEEN OF SPICES IN MY KITCHEN SHELF - SAMBAR PODIMany of you may wonder when I include Sambar podi as an ingredient in not only Sambar, but also in rasams, (...)
FINGER FOOD FOR THE NEW YEAR PARTY LENTIL &VEGETABLE DUMPLINGSThis is an easy to prepare finger food. Lentil and Vegetable Dumplings are very healthy and (...)
AVARE KAALU KURMAIt is raining Avare Kai in Bangalore! Pardon us for not providing the correct English name for Avare Kai. We tried net searching and found (...)
VANGI BATHGrandfather was a gardening freak. He spent most of his time in the garden after retirement. Various types of croton plants, roses and hibiscus (...)
BEETROOT AND MANGO UGADI PACHADIBeetroot Sweet Pachadi occupies a special place in all festival menus. Adding beetroot to the traditional Ugadi Pachadi makes (...)
Dry fruit and nut payasam and harira - milk beverage with nuts and dried fruits
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DRY FRUIT AND NUT PAYASAM /HARIRAThe news paper supplement was loaded with various recipes for the Ramadan festival. The milk drink savoured to break the fast (...)
BRAN RICEWITHSTIRFRIEDVEGETABLESBRAN RICE is 'whole grain red rice' with the bran and germ intact. A product of Sanjeevanam Ayurvedic Food Products, my (...)
AVIAL – VEGETABLES IN COCONUT-CURD GRAVY Avial is a mixture of selected boiled vegetables cooked in coconut-curd base. A curry-like thick Avial (Variation 1) (...)
Raw banana curry with peel - traditional south indian recipe
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BALEKAYI PALYA WITH PEEL Cooking with peels has been in practice in South Indian homes since ancient times. Peels of ridge gourd, chow chow, cucumber and (...)
MURUNGAI KEERAI PORIAL/NUGGE SOPPINA PALYAThe market is flooded with drumstick leaves since it is the Tamil month Aadi . Murungai Keerai Porialis especially (...)
Banana kofta curry vazhaikkai urundai masala kuzhambu
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GOING BANANAS!VAAZHAIKKAI URUNDAI MASALA KUZHAMBUMy granddaughter loves to help me cook and she loves to eatkoftas.I wanted to prepare a raw banana dish for (...)
RAVA URUNDAIBe it a wedding or an upanayanam (a ceremony to baptize a boy into brahamanhood -the one who has to realize Brahaman, or The Self, by chanting the (...)
Sojji appam - fried dough with sweet semolina filling
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SOJJI APPAM FOR NAVARAATRI''Oh dear Mother ! I welcome thee by ringing the bell -I offer Thee a comfortable seat -The waters of the holy rivers are Thine for (...)
Beetroot and kadalai thoran - beetroot and black chickpea dry curry
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BEETROOT AND KADALAI THORANBeetroot was taboo in our kitchen during our childhood days. May be the bright red colour put off the elders who cooked for the (...)
Deepaavali sweet godumai maavu adhirasam wheat flour and jaggery doughnuts
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GODUMAI MAAVU ADHIRASAMAdhirasam is one of the most delicious sweets made out of jaggery and flour. Rice flour Adhirasams are slightly tricky to prepare. Much (...)
WHOLE CAULIFLOWER MASALAIt is my habit to get the clicks of all the dishes I cook. When I was casually browsing through my album the pictures of Whole (...)
Bisibele navanebath with foxtail millet, lentils and vegetables
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BISIBELE NAVANEBATHTHE LATEST AVATAR OF BISIBELEBATH - THE STAR DISH OF MYSORE “What is your favourite dish?”I get utterly confounded when someone poses the (...)
VAZHAIPAZHA DOSAIMukkanigal (Three fruits) in Tamil is one word to refer Mangoes, Jackfruit and Bananas together. Mukkanigal have been specially mentioned in (...)
MAVINA SHUNTI /MANGA INJI THAMBULIPickles are an integral part of an Indian meal. While most of the pickles are meant for long term use, instant pickles using (...)
MANGO ICE CREAMWe were very happy to get a bumper yield from our mango tree this year. The smaller ones went into the pickles and we let the bigger ones ripen (...)
BADAM BURFI FOR DEEPAVALIBadam Burfi is supposed to be a luxurious sweet which is prepared only on important and happy occasions like Deepavali. This rich (...)
