Recipe traditions :

Recipe: Javvarisi Karuvadam

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Traditionally, we never made javvarisi karuvadams at home because good quality javvarisi (Sago) was not available those days in our village and javvarisi if at all was used only as an antidote for diarrhoea. Another reason, as my echiyamma was[...]

Recipe: Manga Kootan

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Raw mangoes are used for preparing tasty gravy dishes to be mixed with rice. The raw mangoes provide the tanginess which is a must for any south Indian gravy dish. The Malayalam saying goes, ? Aaru maasam marapuli, aaru maasam manga puli, ? which[...]

Recipe: Vazhathandu Karuvadam

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Vazhathandu or banana stem is extensively used in cooking in Kerala and Tamil nadu. It has many medicinal properties. It contains potassium, minerals and other vitamins. It is a good diuretic and a good antihypertensive. Since it contains a lot[...]

Thai Poosam; Recipe: Panakam

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Hope everyone celebrated Thai Poosam in the traditional manner. Worshipping Lord Muruga is said to be good for the welfare of the children.We celebrated Thai Poosaam by offering Panakam and Sweet Payar to Lord Muruga. (Recipes are sure to[...]

Recipe: Vendakkai Pachadi (lady's fingers (okra) in tamarind gravy)

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Pachadi means different things in different south indian languages. In Telugu Pachadi refers to all pickles. In Tamil, pachadi means fresh grated/cut or stir fried vegetables in curds seasoned with salt and the spices(the name for the same dish[...]

Mango Mania

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This is the first time I spent all the summer months in Hyderabad and what an experience it has been. For a person who has lived in Bangalore for 35 years where the maximum temperature never exceeded 34 deg C, the day temperatures of 45 deg C for a[...]

Rice Pudding

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The wonderful smell of vanilla and cinnamon will fill your home as these spices slowly cook in your crock pot creating a most comforting, delicious pudding for your Thanksgiving dessert. Ingredients: 1 1/2 cups scalded milk 2 1/2 cups[...]

Eaten Not Stirred

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My mother?s great grandparents came from Russia and one of the stories that I found most fascinating was their tradition for a Bloody Mary. According to them the Bloody Mary?s that we are all familiar with stray far from its origins. There was[...]

Ulundu kozhukkattai

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Hope everyone celebrated Janmashtami and Ganesh Chaturthi in a grand way. I was travelling on both occasions and hence could not celebrate the functions as usual at home. But my recently married son and daughter-in-love who are now in[...]

Navarathri at Jalandhar

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Hope everyone had a nice Navarathri. We had a nice Navarathri, this time at Jalandhar. While leaving for Jalandhar last month, my sis-in-law asked me,?What would you do for Navarathri in Jalandhar, you won?t be able to have your kolu and[...]