Pala pinju poriyal/ Baby JackFruit Stir Fry

Baby Jack fruit is a seasonal veggie which is available for a few days in the summer season. Back home we use to buy this for every year. It tastes awesome. Few days back, I saw few baby jack fruits in the Indian store. I was so excited and grabbed one without second thought.(May be I should have thought for a minute!!;) )So this is how the veggie was...I peeled the skin & cubed it into chunks with the idea of making a simple stir fry.IngredientsBaby Jack fruit chunks-11/2cupsOnion-1Red chilly-2Green Chilly-1Few curry leavesMustard...

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Cauliflower Roast

Ingredients for the stuffing Cauliflower-11/2cups Onion-1 Tomato-1 Cumin seeds-1/2teaspoon Chilli powder-11/2teaspoons Turmeric powder-1/4teaspoon Coconut milk powder-1tablespoon Salt Oil. Dosa Batter-1 cup Method Wash and cut the cauliflower into bite size florets,chop the onions,tomato & green chilly. Heat oil in a kadai, add the cumin seeds,let them splutter. Then add the onions,curry leaves, sauté them till the onions become transparent. Add the tomatoes,chilli powder and salt. Cook till the onions become mushy. Add the...

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Vegetable Kurma

Roti..Nan..Paratha..Rice..Idli..dosa..aappam .. you name it!!! What ever may be the main course,this recipe will be a perfect accomplishment for all those!! :) This time we had it with spongy Appam!! It was delicious! :P :PIngredientsMixed Vegetables of your choice-1cupOnin(big)-1Tomato(big)-1Green chilly-1Few Curry Leaves & CilantroTurmeric powder-1/4teaspoonChilli powder-11/2teaspoonSugar-1/2teaspoonSaltOilTo grindGinger-1"pieceGarlic-3clovesGreen Chilly-12" piece of Cinnamon StickFennel Seeds-1teaspoonBay leaf-1Cloves-2Elaichi-1Grated...

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Pakarkay theeyal/ Bitter gourd gravy

Bitter gourd is one of the few veggies my DH hates! If I make Pulikuzhambu once in a blue moon he will have it. Bitter gourd fry is always not permitted. As a result I buy this veggie rarely. When I bought it this time, i saw the paakarkay theeyal recipe in Chitra's blog. Tried it a few days back, and it was a big it. This is slightly different from the puli kuzhambu and tasted awesome.IngredientsBitter gourd -2Onion-1Green chilly-1Turmeric powder-1/4teaspoonTomato-1Few Curry leavesSugar-1/2teaspoonTo roast & grindGrated Coconut-3tablespoonsSmall...

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Vazhakkay Eriseri/ Plantain Fry with roasted coconut

I tasted this in a friend's house. The very next day I wanted to try this out as 2 plantains were sleeping in my fridge for a long time. To my bad luck, I was running out of couple of other main ingredients(green chillies and fresh coconut) for the recipe. But was not having the patience to go to the store and getting things. So just proceeded with the alternatives and guess what?? It turned out to be really tasty. I know this may not be the proper "eriseri" but still it tastes awesome. :) Ingredients Raw Plantain -2 Red chillies-3 Coconut...

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My Article in Aval Vikatan

Dear Friends, Am happy to share the news that my article about Carlsbad Flowerfields is featured in the latest issue(published last Monday in India) of Aval Vikatan, a famous tamil magazine from the Vikatan Groups.The Flower Fields is a beautiful place with lot of fun filled activities. If you live around LA, this is a must see place. With the Pacific breeze, colourful flowers and a big outlet mall, am sure you can spend a whole day here. They are open for 3 months in the Spring, so don't miss it in the next season!Thanks to Aval Vikatan...

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Potato Podimas

IngredientsPotato-2 (medium size~200grams)Onion-1Green Chilli-2Few curry leaves and CilantroHing-2pinchesTurmeric powder-1/4teaspoonMustard Seeds-1/2teaspoonCumin Seeds-1/2teaspoonChanna dhal-1teaspoonUrad dhal-1teaspoonSaltOilMethodBoil the potatoes with enough salt in a pressure cooker for 2 whistles. Peel them and keep aside.Chop the onions & green chillies finely.Heat oil in a kadai,add the mustard seeds,let them pop, then add hing,cumin seeds followed by channa dhal and urad dhal. Fry till they turn golden colour.Add the onions-g.chilli-curry...

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Puliyodharai / Tamarind Rice

IngredientsOne (big) lemon sized TamarindOnion-1Garlic- 1 bulb(roughly 12 cloves)Round Red chillies-15(adjust to your spice level &variety of the chilly.Can decrease the number if using long red chillies)Methi seeds-1teaspoonCurry leaves-2 springsMustard seeds-11/2teaspoonsCnanna dhal-1tablespoonUrad dhal-1tablespoonRoasted peanuts-1 fistfulTurmeric powder-1/2teaspoonSugar-11/2teaspoonsSalt-2teaspoonsOil-1/4cup*Cooked rice-5cupsMethodCook the rice well in advance.Soak the tamarind in 3 cups of water for an hour, extract the juice...

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