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Veg Kothu Parotta Recipe – Kothu Parotta Madurai Tamil Veetu Style
Veg Kothu Parotta Recipe – Kothu Parotta Madurai Tamil Veetu Style Long time ago, friends were home for dinner. The children were playing and we were talking. One of our good friends Karthi had asked...
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Milagu Rasam Pepper Rasam Recipe
My aunt Sarasu Athama is the queen of rasams in my family. She is the only daughter to my grand mother. My Paati had 5 sons and then Sarasu Athama. My dad, my chitappas and periyappas (uncles) go...
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Cheppankizhangu Varuval Tamilnadu style Arbi fry Recipe
My mom never cooked Cheppankizhangu at home. I became a fan of Cheppankizhangu varuval during my years at Manju auntie’s place. Cheppankizhangu fry is a dish loved by everyone. Its meaty and crisp and...
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Coimbatore Style Kadaintha Keerai / Keerai Kadayal / Mashed Greens Recipe
This is my moms Keerai recipe and has just 5 ingredients. Its the easiest to do and the most tastiest. The onions give the Keerai a nice richness. My mom used to make this almost twice or even thrice...
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Hagalakayi Gojju Bittergourd Gojju Recipe
Hagalakayi gojju or bitter-gourd gojju stands right in the middle of pickle and a chutney. It is so yummy and tart that even a person who doesn’t like bitter-gourd will become a convert. I tasted this...
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Vegetable Kuzhi Paniyaram – My Paatis Paniyaram Batter Recipe
This is my dad’s mom Kittamma Paati’s recipe. My dad always says that Paati and my aunt worked so hard in the agricultural field so that her boys ( 5 of them ) could go to school. After my aunt got...
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Amma’s Coimbatore Style Easy Pressure Cooker Chicken Biryani
This is the Sunday Biryani my mom used to make for us. Its very simple to make and one of the easiest Biryani recipes. The different thing about this Biryani is the addition of coconut milk. It gives...
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Dal Fry Recipe / Easy Tamilnadu Style Dal Fry
As a typical south Indian, nothing satisfies me during lunch like lentils and rice. Whenever I used to return back home during my hostel days, I would ask my mom to make lentils. As they say “The...
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Kongunad Kaata Kuzhambu / Kollu Kuzhambu / Horsegram Curry
Horsegram is a favorite lentil among households in the Coimbatore Kongunad region. I have already shared our favorite Kollu Paruppu and Kollu Rasam recipe. Horsegram / Kollu is such a flavorful...
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Appala Kootu / Tamil Appalam Kootu Recipe / Lentils in Paapad Curry
Appala Kootu. This is a basic variation to the everyday lentil. They never made Appala kootu at my home. This is not a very common dish in Coimbatore. First time I had this was at Manju Aunties place...
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Baked Potato Wedges / Potato Wedges Indian Style
When I first saw this recipe in Vikas Khanna’s new cookbook Indian Harvest, I was excited. I saw this recipe for baked potato wedges and he adds tamarind for the Indian touch. I thought it was a...
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Mani Paati’s Peerkangai Paal Kuzhambu / Ridgegourd Curry
This is a family recipe. I like my brother in law Ravi bava a lot. He is a foodie. One day I was asking my sister Radha akka, what my bil’s favorite food was. She didn’t even think for a moment....
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Neikarapatti Vazhakkai Vadai / Vazhakkai Kola / Plantain Vada Recipe
This recipe is from Neikarapatti Amma as we fondly call her. Amma’s real name is Vijayalakshmi Gurusamy. She is my aunt’s co-in-law. Neikarapatti is near Palani in Tamilnadu. The house where...
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Pal Payasam / Milk Payasam Recipe
The sweet ending to any lunch is not complete without Payasam. My grand mother loved pal payasam and my dad says her favorite way of eating payasam was with appalam. I can never get enough of this...
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Paruppu Usili Recipe / Beans Usili Tamil Style
Usili is a very traditional dish made in Tamilnadu and is very popular among the brahmin community. My friend Priya is married to a Tamil Brahmin and she learnt this recipe after marriage. Its a...
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Doughnuts Recipe / Classic Original glazed Doughnuts
This is my son approved doughnuts recipe. We have made this together so many times and this is his absolute favorite. There are a few tips and tricks to a good doughnut and its all about the dough. I...
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Marmalade springs Citrus Mocktail
There is a cute little resort tucked inside a coffee plantation in Wayanad, Kerala called Marmalade Springs. We had this refreshing citrus drink there, which I liked a lot. I later came to know that...
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Kalakala Sweet Recipe / Diamond Biscuit / Maida Biscuit
When we used to live in CA, a couple of us friends would go for walking in the morning after dropping the children at school. After walking, I would spend at-least an hour with Thahira sipping tea and...
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Rich Plum Cake / Indian Fruit Cake Recipe / Christmas Fruit Cake
During Christmas time, you will come across two kinds of people in this world. The fruit cake lovers and the fruit cake haters. I used to be a fruit cake hater for a very long time. Then it all...
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Murungai Keerai Paruppu Usili / Murungai Keerai Lentil Fry Recipe
I posted the recipe for Beans Usili sometime back. I adapted the recipe to make this murungai keerai usili. It works so well. The addition of shallots adds a nice flavor to the dish. I think garlic...
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