Category: Tamil Nadu

  • Pachai Mor Kuzhambu – Raw Buttermilk Curry – Vendakkai Mor Kuzhambu

    Pachai Mor Kuzhambu – Raw Buttermilk Curry – Vendakkai Mor Kuzhambu

    Pachai Mor kuzhambu – Raw Butter milk Curry – Vendakkai Mor Kuzhambu – is a thin buttermilk curry made with plain whisked yogurt, sauteed okra and some tempering.  Simple, quick curry that you make under 15 minutes … serve along with rice and some papad. This recipe idea adapted from Neeskitchen  her version has more authentic preparation…

  • Goat Brain Pepper Fry –  Aatu Moolai Varuval – Brain Fry

    Goat Brain Pepper Fry – Aatu Moolai Varuval – Brain Fry

    Goat Brain Pepper Fry – Aatu Moolai Varuval – Brain Fry is a south indian delicacy some what comes under bizarre foods for many 🙂 for us its an usual back home every sunday! Its mostly served as an side dish for simple sambar or rasam sadham. Here is another version of BRAIN FRY MASALA  …

  • Mysore Pak – Traditional Kallu Mysore Pak – Porous Mysore Pak

    Mysore Pak – Traditional Kallu Mysore Pak – Porous Mysore Pak

    Mysore Pak -Traditional kallu Mysore Pak recipe – How to make traditional Porous Mysore pak –  Traditional Mysore Pak as we all know is supposed to be crunchy, porous and also melt in your mouth, atleast that’s what I remember seeing it as a 70 ‘s  80’skid… ever since Krishna sweets launched it Mysorepa and…

  • Bhai Veetu Biryani – Tamil Muslim Style Chicken Biryani – Dum Biryani

    Bhai Veetu Biryani – Tamil Muslim Style Chicken Biryani – Dum Biryani

    Bhai Veetu Biryani – Tamil Muslim Style Chicken Biryani – Dum Biryani – How to make Tamil Nadu Muslim Style Chciken Dum Biryani – Bhai Veetu Chicken Biryani – Well, we all crave for this one dish that comes from any muslim home especially during their festivals.. don’t we? No one ever match that taste……

  • Thayir Vadai – South Indian Curd Vadai – Dahi Vada

    Thayir Vadai – South Indian Curd Vadai – Dahi Vada

    Thayir Vadai – Curd Vadai – Dahi Vada -How to make Thayir Vadai / Curd Vada – is a snack prepared by soaking plain vadai in curd / yogurt/ dahi and tempered with spices. Traditionally a south indian snack or starter is now claiming recognition in the name of Chaats 😉  There are many ways…

  • Vegetable Paniyaram – How to make Vegetable Kuzhi Paniyaram

    Vegetable Paniyaram – How to make Vegetable Kuzhi Paniyaram

    Vegetable Paniyaram – How to make Quick Vegetable Kuzhi Paniyaram – is an easy south indian breakfast dish made with idli dosa batter and mixed veggies, shallow fried into little dumplings. Traditionally its made from scratch… using equal parts of raw rice and boiled rice soaked with urad for few hours… then that ground batter…

  • Mutton Dalcha – How to make Mutton Dalcha

    Mutton Dalcha – How to make Mutton Dalcha

    Mutton Dalcha – How to make Mutton Dalcha –  is a side gravy prepared with combination of meat, lentil and vegetables. Its a part of Hyderabad Cuisine but also a very common dish in many tamilian muslim community.  Mostly this is prepared as side for biryani or pulao.. goes well with idli dosa and chapati…

  • Pudalangai Thengai Paal Kootu – Paal Kuzhambu – Snakegourd Moongdal

    Pudalangai Thengai Paal Kootu – Paal Kuzhambu – Snakegourd Moongdal

      Pudalangai Thengai Paal Kootu – Pudalangai Paal Kootu – Snakegourd Moongdal in coconut milk – How to make South Indian Paal kottu Kuzhambu  Paal Kootu  is a simple gravy style dish that is prepared in our home… with combination of 1 dal (any variety) + 1 Veggie (any type) + Milk (Boiled regular milk…

  • Mutton Chukka Varuval – Mutton Sukka – Chik Chik Kari

    Mutton Chukka Varuval – Mutton Sukka – Chik Chik Kari

      Mutton Chukka Varuval – Mutton Sukka – Dry Mutton Fry – How to make Mutton Sukka Fry – Chik Chik Kari as we call it in our home… its kind of a dry mutton fry where the mutton is cooked till all the water content in it gets dried up almost like uppu kandam. …

  • Masala Vadai Kuzhambu – How to make Vadai Kuzhambu

    Masala Vadai Kuzhambu – How to make Vadai Kuzhambu

    Masala Vadai Kuzhambu – How to make Masala Vadai Kuzhambu – Vada kuzhambu – is just cute masala vadais soaked in puli kuzhambu (tamarind based gravy) 🙂  This is one of such nostalgic gravy dish for me… brings back so many childhood memories… my Chithi, Mrs. Devi Elangovan is an expert in making this scrumptious…