Description: This weekend I get to prepare my favorite lunch combo…..Meen kuzhambu, Cabbage Kootu with Meen Varuval. I have always loved winter, snow and all… but this year it seems to be extra long and tiresome. I was longing for some spicy fish kuzhambu with fresh King fish varuval but this week has been very hectic with “this & that” and I…
Description: Meal planning is the most mind-boggling thing for most of us. First question that pops the moment you enter the kitchen is what to cook for lunch /dinner? I don’t know about you ladies but for me it starts the night before! Whether its formal or casual , simple or elaborate… at the end of the day you got…
Paya are trotters, the feet of a goat or lamb or any cattle, a rich gourmet food, consumed mostly by recuperating patients for its nourishment. This is especially famous among the muslim community, basically a mughlai dish, expensive and widely popular among the riches(nawabs), who consume this soup with meat and marrow cooked in exotic ayurvedic spices to get the full benefit , while the poor peasants enjoy just the soup made with bones. Well mine too is like a poor mans paya (Do not laugh) as my butcher could not give us the cut with meat.
Brown rice is simple white rice with bran intact and is a good source of fiber. It has got strong nutty flavour with chewy texture, which ofcourse, is not that pleasing to our taste buds and one of the main reason for getting neglected. Happened to read some interesting facts about his great grain and could not resist buying a bag for my pantry. Tried the long grain cooked brown rice, little yuck…takes quite a long time to cook in a regular rice cooker.