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Chettinad Urlai Roast – Potato Roast
This recipe came into being because of my mom. My mom has a habit. She would cut out a printed recipe or a food tip from a magazine she comes across and would save it and give it to me when I go home...
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Tamilnadu Style Vendakkai puli kuzhambu – Vegan Okra in tamarind curry
This curry is for the love of tamarind. Every Tamilian house would have a version of this curry. Its really hard to qualify a recipe as authentic. To me, if the recipe was passed on from a grand...
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Ammas Kongunad Egg Pepper Kuruma
This is my mothers signature dish. She would make this for Sunday lunch when we were young. It has also featured on all our birthdays. I like it so much that I ask her to do this for me whenever she...
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No Butter Nutty Cinnamon Streusel Coffee Cake
I love love anything streusel. Coffee cakes are so warm and comforting. This is a very very tender cake with a crunchy topping. Cinnamon topping adds a great depth of flavor to this cake. This is so...
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Samba Godhumai Payasam – Cracked Emmer Wheat pudding
We love cracked samba godhumai/Emmer wheat in our house. You all know I am from Coimbatore. All households in Coimbatore invariably make upma out of this cracked emmer wheat atleast once a week. They...
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Shallow Fried Fish Croquettes
If you like fried fish like me, you are in the right place. I adapted this recipe based on the classic croquettes recipe from Julia Child’s Mastering the art of french cooking. Everyone in my family...
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How to Make Homemade Crème Fraîche
I do not get Crème fraîche in Bangalore, India. So I have to make it from scratch like I do many other things. But making Crème fraîche from scratch is one of the easiest things to do. Crème fraîche...
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100% Wholegrain Oat Muffins
I get requests from my friends for whole grain muffins/bakes all the time. I adapted this recipe from Chef Joanne Chang’s cookbook Flour. Joanne is an honors graduate from Harvard with a degree in...
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Sweet and Sour Fish
Lets do some Chinese take out dinner. Who doesn’t love fish, fried and tossed in sauce. Come with me…I will give you a piggyback to flavor town. I adapted this recipe from Martin Yan’s cooking show,...
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Manju Aunties Thenga Paal Saadam / Coconut Milk Rice Pilaf
I used to stay in Manju Auntie’s (not a relative) house when I was studying/working. That was roughly a decade plus years ago. I was as any normal teen and I used to get up very late in the morning,...
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Brown Butter Nutella Crepes
When I first saw Nutella on a shelf in a grocery store in Bangalore, I literally jumped. It is now available in most super markets. They are true little things of joy! Crepes makes for an easy snack,...
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Six Ingredient Palak Paneer
I adapted this recipe from my moms basic spinach mash recipe. As any daughter would say, my mom makes the best spinach. Okie doke. This whole dish can be put together in less than 30 minutes and has...
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Vegan Pasta Verdure
My earlier recipe for Vegan Penne Rigate Mushroom Bolognese was pinned more than 800 plus times and still running strong. After that recipe post, I have been getting a lot of mails for more lite pasta...
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Baked Samosas
If there is something I really miss in India, it got to be the food network. I watched the whole sixth season of the next food network star for one cute contestant called Aarti Sequeira. It was 5...
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Tomato Dal / Tomato Pappu
I am a lentils and rice girl. This is one of my go to everyday lentil. I make this at least once a week.I used masoor dal/red split lentil today. You can use toor dal or moong dal too. Tomato pappu is...
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Toasted Nuts
Toasting Nuts brings out their full flavor and gives them a more pronounced taste, since it releases their natural oils. Oven Method Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees...
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Gluten Free Chocolate Nut Cookies
I once had a chewy sophisticated cookie at Payard patisserie in New York. It was then called as passover cookie. It was a chewy, chocolaty and a oh so good cookie. Sometime later I spotted the same...
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Murungai Keerai Poriyal | Drumstick Leaves Stir-fry (Vegan)
Drumstick leaves or Moringa as its called in the western world has been used for centuries as folk medicine in India. In Ayurvedic traditional medicine, the leaves are believed to affect blood...
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கம்பு தோசை-Kambu (Bajra) Dosai |Fermented Pearl Millet Crepe-Gluten free and...
Millets have been around 2000 BC. Millets are a great source of starch, making it a high-energy food. It is also an excellent source of protein and fiber. It is said that the amino acids in the pearl...
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Gluten Free and Vegan Tomato Omelette
I love lazy easy weekend breakfast. This is a one bowl, make in ten minutes, my kind of breakfast. Don’t forget its gluten free and vegan too. That’s a really nice way to start my day. Here is how to...
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