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South Indian Style Mushroom Biriyani
Mushroom Biriyani is my dad’s trademark recipe. Everyone loves it. This is a party favorite. The whole house starts smelling festive when you start making this Biriyani. Its a very flavorful dish. I...
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Tamilnadu Thalappakatti Biriyani
My mom gave this Thalappakatti Biriyani recipe cut out that was published in a magazine years ago. She likes to save recipes from magazines that she finds interesting and keeps it for me. This is one...
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Peas Pulao
Peas Pulao This is my recipe for Peas Pulao. Think about it – Peas and Rice. You can eat a hundred of these when you feel like it. Next time you eat peas pulao, stop at the hundredth grain and think...
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Burnt Garlic Fried Rice
Burnt Garlic Fried Rice Summer vacation has started for the children here and it has been crazy. On the brighter side, I don’t need to get up early in the morning to rush for school. I love to sleep...
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Usha Aunty’s Madras Chicken Biryani (Dum Method)
Usha Aunty was my neighbor in San Diego. She loved to cook. She loved to cook for others. She was the one who taught us ( a bunch of friends ), how to make chicken biryani for 50 people in an 80 sq.ft...
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Easy Tamilnadu Vegetable Biryani Using Pressure Cooker
This is a very easy to do vegetable biryani recipe that is made using the pressure cooker. I have used Seeraga Samba Rice to make this biryani. If you do not have Seeraga Samba Rice, you can...
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Amit’s Aloo Poha – Batata Poha Recipe – Aval Upma
I have a very fond memory of this dish. Me and my friend Amit Chandak worked together for some time a decade ago. I was in Chennai at that time and my office was in Sholinganallur. The cab would pick...
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Tomato Rice with Coconut Milk – Pressure Cooker Method
I have a question for you today. A question on tomato. Ready? Here you go. Why Did The Tomato blush today morning when I was making breakfast? Do you know? I just figured that he was blushing because...
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Chettinad Style Spicy Mushroom Biryani – Pressure Cooker Method
This happened when we lived in San Jose, CA. Every time we went to an Asian or Indian restaurant, they would ask us to rate our comfortable spice level as a number from 1 to 10 while placing the...
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Arisi Paruppu Saadam
If there is one recipe that is so proudly kongunad, then it has to be arisiyum paruppum saadham. Actor Sivakumar is from Coimbatore and in his autobiography idhu raaja paatai alla, he writes his love...
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Morkali – Fermented Morkali Recipe
I am a great fan of fermented foods. When the legendary Chithra Viswanathan had posted a picture of this morkali in a forum, I was instantly hooked. The unique thing about this recipe is that the...
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Tamilnadu Brinji Recipe – Vegetable brinji sadam with coconut milk
Brinji is a flavorful vegetable rice made with coconut and coconut milk. Chef Ramakrishnan in his book says “The word Brinji means nothing in Tamil, always a reasonable indicator that the recipe is a...
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Lemon Rice – Elumichai Sadam recipe
Lemon rice for a South Indian is all about nostalgia. I don’t remember a single picnic when I was young without lemon rice. Whether its for the school lunch box or a picnic brunch or even as a temple...
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Ramzan Nombu Kanji – Authentic Palli Vaasal Nombu Kanji – Veg Recipe
Nombu Kanji / Nonbu Kanji is a porridge made during the ramadan season to break the fast in the evening. This recipe is from my good friend Thahira. Thahira’s father was a Quran scholar in...
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Bisi Bele Bath Recipe, bisi bele huli anna, Karnataka Style spiced lentil...
When I was in my high school, my mom sent me to tuition everyday. 10th grade was like “THE” most important grade on earth for her and like all other households, I was sent to tuition with an excellent...
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Matta Rice, How to cook Kerala Matta Rice – Pressure Cooker Method
My husband loves Kerala Rice. Its also called as the palakkadan matta rice. There is a red hue on the rice which is nothing but the pericarp. Its highly nutritious and rich in fibre. The traditional...
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Akkaravadisal Recipe, Tamilnadu Akkaravadisal, Akkara Adisil
The Story behind the divine prasadam Akkaravadisal. Panguni Uthiram is a very important day for Hindus. In Srirangam, when the star Uthiram is in ascension, Divya Thampadhigal (the divine couple),...
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Uppu Urundai Recipe, uppu kozhukattai, Steamed Rice Dumplings
This recipe for uppu urundai or uppu kozhukattai is a variation from the recipe, Kara kozhukattai. Both the recipes are so easy and so popular back home. The addition of coconut and ground red...
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Kothamalli Sadam, Coriander Rice, Kothamalli Rice Recipe
The very first plant I grew in a pot during my uniform days was coriander leaves. The whole idea of planting the seeds and watering them everyday and seeing whose plant grows well (between mine and my...
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Vangi Bath, Kathirikkai Sadam, Brinjal Rice Recipe
Brinjal rice, Vangi Bath is a keeper recipe with a lot of spice flavours. This recipe again is perfect for lunch box. Here is how to do Vangi bath, Kathirikkai Sadam my aunts style. Getting the...
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