Hello dear all 🙂 Here I am with a tasty village style Tomato / Thakkali Kuzhambu recipe which I learnt from my grandma and is my most favorite one to go with hot steamed rice. She makes this every week Friday night during my College days during my visits to home on weekends. I used…
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Special Tomato Chutney
Hello dear all 🙂 Here is a variation of usual tomato chutney which you can store in the refrigerator for a week. It goes well with Idly, Dosa and even Pongal. I have used Byadgi chillies here which gives a nice color. You can replace it with normal red chillies and you can choose the…
TharaiPasalai / SiruPasalai Keerai Paruppu Kadayal
A very unusual Keerai that we get from villages rarely with the Green Vendors here in our Maraimalai Nagar evening market, TharaiPasalai Keerai / Sirupasalai Keerai (Portulaca). The granny who brings these medicinal greens in very small quantities (கூறு ). It gets sold soon after she displays them. Luckily I got a bunch this time…
Irungu Cholam Paniyaram
Got some native variety of Cholam from a farm which is this recipe is all about.Red Sorghum/ Red Jowar / Irungu Cholam (Irumbu Cholam got transformed to this name colloquially) which is rich in Iron(hence the name) has a numerous health benefits to offer us. Not only it is rich in iron but also a…
Thaambaala Paniyaram
In a quest of all forgotten recipes of family I got bumped into this lovely recipe of my Maternal Grandmother which she used to make especially for the new bridegrooms of relatives when they visit her and fondly recollected by my mom as “Mapillai Palagaaram” My mom told me this recipe and immediately we made…
Suraikai Kadayal
Having an Organic Store at the office and getting veggies fresh everyday from Company’s farm is truly a blessing I feel. When I saw this native, farm grown Bottlegourd in store today, I immediately grabbed it, with which I made this very easy, rustic yet exotic recipe which is almost forgotten village recipe. Bottlegourd offers…
Sirukeerai Parupu Kootu
Got fresh fresh Sirukeerai from local farm . This is the recipe that came to my mind which my grand mom used to make in manchatti which I tweaked to use Pressure Cooker . Sirukeerai is the best green among the Amaranth greens. It has lot of medicinal benefits which is why it is recommended…
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