Category: Mullai’s
Mullai’s Recipes & Posts
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Pan Fried Karela
Shallow fried Indian Bitter Gourd prepared with an unsual tomato pulp marinade. Bitter Gourd – Karela
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Ragi Dosai – Fermented Ragi Dosa – Finger Millet Dosa
Finger millet / Ragi is widely consumed in Karnataka, popular in rural Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu. Mostly its used in porridge or Mudde / kali preparations. Due to its high nutritional content its getting significant importance recently and people have started inculcating it in many day to day dishes too. Here's one from my kitchen…Englsih ~ Finger…
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Kale Poriyal – Kale Stir Fry Indian Style
Kale greens are highly nutritious vegetable relating to the wild cabbage family. Fresh kale leaves when sauteed and seasoned in our Indian style taste similar to that of Murungai keerai (Drumstick leaves). Poriyal ~~~ Dry saute / Dry fry / Vepudu / ThoranKale Greens Thoran / Kale Saute / Kale Vepudu / Kale Curry / Porial /…
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Chettinad Meen Kuzhambu
Inorder to enjoy the true essence of Chettinad cuisine, always prepare the dish with fresh spices and masalas… don't ever compromise over any susbtitutes. This meen kuzhambu is just like any other regular kuzhambu preparation except its made with a fresh blend of spices and sauteed in pure sesame oil which gives life and brings out that finger licking…
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Sweet Corn Chicken Soup- Indo Chinese Chicken Corn Soup
Corn soup is traditionally corn kernels added to regular soup base seasoned with salt and pepper. Most popular pick among one such corn soups is Indo-Chinese creamed style soup, which people crave for. Here's my style of Sweet Corn Chicken Soup… though not an exact match but close enough to that of Adyar Waldorf Restaurant, Chennai.
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Enchanted Kitchen
Well, starting a day in this lousy day light savings time with chores pressurising from every corner of the house means a challenging job for any women. Every one of us, need some kind of motivational start, an enchanted self to kindle our energy. Finding things which brings pleasure and meaning to our lives could be one…
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Dill Mushroom Masala
Dill with sateed mushroom in peppery masala. Fresh Dill is very fragrant and sweeter with little bit of fennel and ajwain flavour. Suits well for soups, pickles and some curries. Here is my attempt to combine it with Mushroom and pepper. Mushroom Masala / Dill Masala / Mushroom Pepper Masala with Dill / Dill Curry / Dill Saute /…
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Asparagus Paruppu Usili
Paruppu Usili is a South Indian dry lentil curry preparation. Paruppu ~ lentil, Usili ~ Crumbled is teamed with Asparagus to form a scrumptious poriyal. Asparagus ??? quite a scary veggie for first timers to inculcate in Indian cooking. But trust me… it tastes pretty decent compared to Broccoli. In my opinion, fresh raw asparagus tastes like raw…
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Green Brinjal Curry
Green brinjals sauteed in Idli milagai podi with rich seasonings. This quick veggie fry is very popular among Mudaliar community in some parts of Tamil Nadu. Happened to taste in one of my friends place and since then was craving for this dish. Traditionally its made with purple brinjals but tried mine with Thai eggplants…
