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Sprouted Mung Bean Dosa and Coconut Chutney
A nutritious kickstart for the day leaves you feeling good the entire day. Pesarattu or sprouted mung bean dosa is an Andhra native. I had never tried this dosa though I had seen it on restaurant menus. My sister-in-law, a … Continue reading
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Kesari Bath/Sooji Halwa
Kesari bath/sooji halwa is one of my favorite sweets. It is a common neivedyam (food offering made to God) and a sweet served along with breakfast at Palakkad Iyer weddings. It is made even when there is no special occasion … Continue reading
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Colocasia Tuber Wafers
Last year around the same time I posted yam wafers and had promised I will post recipes using colocasia very soon. Well it took me a year! Your chance of finding them in the market is miniscule. Only way to … Continue reading
Sesame Cheese Toast
A wedding that I attended recently had a good spread of starters and cocktails. Among the more predictable paneer tikka fare, there was an interesting crispy fried bread geneously sprinkled with sesame seeds. Though I like to pretend that I … Continue reading
Posted in breakfast, easy dishes, experimental, snack, starter, tiffin
Tagged bread, breakfast, breakfast item, butter, calcium, cheese, herbs, mix herbs, multigrain, olive oil, pasta herbs, sesame, starter, tiffin, toast
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Uthappam, The South Indian Pizza
Uthappam, for most people, is thick dosa made from dosa/idli batter. But at home uthappam is made from special uthappam batter and is eaten with fiery shallot and red chilly chutney. Fenugreek seeds up the health quotient of uthappam. Restaurant … Continue reading
Pazham Nurukku/Jaggery Coated Plantain/Steamed Plantain
Plantains are an integral part of Onam, the harvest festival of Kerala. Malayalis cannot think of an Onam without plantains. Keralites leverage plantain in all its forms and age. Raw plantains are deep fried and salted or jaggery coated to … Continue reading
Posted in breakfast, dessert, easy dishes, Kerala recipes, snack, South Indian, tiffin, traditional
Tagged amma's evening snacks, authentic Kerala dessert, banana, breakfast, cardamom, cooked plantain, ela ada, etham pazham nurukku, ghee, healthy sweet snack, jaggery, Kerala sweet, nenthra pazham nurukku, onam, Onam breakfast, pazham nurukku, plantain, sharkara, steamed plantain, sugar, Thiruvonam special
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Paniyaram
What your mother cooks for you always holds a special place in your heart. Everyone has a long list of items that they love about their mother’s cooking. I have my list of items too, right from the jeeraka vellam (jeera/cumin … Continue reading
Posted in easy dishes, eating out, experimental, snack, South Indian, starter, tiffin, traditional, travel food
Tagged aduppunkarai, amma's evening snacks, chennai, chopped onions, chutney, fried snack, green chillies, morappam, muniyamma's paniyaram, paniyaram, snacks made of idli batter, South Indian starter, steamed snack, tasty snack
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Killu Kondattam (Rice Crisp Fries)
Coming up with good translations of traditional South Indian dishes is a huge challenge for me. The closest I can think of is Sun Dried Rice Crisp Fries. But that’s such a long name! Kondattams (or Vadaam as some call … Continue reading
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Tagged asafetida, asafoetida, chilly powder, hing, kondattam, red chilly powder, rice, sun dried recipe, vadaam, vdaam
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Enna Pothi/Sweet Pouches
A fitting follower to Ela Ada, my previous post. The ingredients are the same as ela ada. Just that the proportions are different and they are mixed differently. These are little steamed pouches of a mixture of rice, jaggery, jackfruit … Continue reading
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Amba Bhavan
No, it’s not the name of a dish. “Amba Bhavan Coffee Club” is a simple, unpretentious eatery in Matunga, Mumbai, one that was started way back in 1934. Whenever I visit Matunga, (which is around 15 km away from where … Continue reading
Posted in beverages, breakfast, chutney, dosa, eating out, snack, South Indian, tiffin, traditional
Tagged Amba Bhavan, Amba Bhavan Coffee Club, Bharat Hotel, Brahmanaal Hotel, davara, dosa, ghee dosa, Hariharaputra, kaapi, kapi in davara, Mani's Cafe, Mavalli Tiffin Room, methi seeds, MTR, mysurpa, Palakkad, Palakkad Brahmins Hotel, rava dosa, rava kesari, sada dosa, Saravana Bhavan, TNVR, Tumbler kapi, Udupi, Udupi Hotel, Udupi Sambar
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