I have been in charge of the kitchen from last 8 days…. I wanted to make something different…..nice to eat and easy to make. As usual…amma’s recipe worked.
It is imitating sevai using semiya.
Coconut semiya
Ingredients:
1. Semiya
2. Salt
3. Water
4. 2 tbsp cooking oil
5. Grated coconut
6. Mustard
7. Curry leaves
8. Red chilli
9. Groundnuts
Prepraration
If semiya is non roasted fry the semiya to golden brown colour (without oil).
Boil water and [...]
Thenga podi:
Thoram paruppu (thuar dal) – 2 tbsp
Kadalai paruppu – 2 tbsp
Ulutham paruppu (urad dal) – 3 tbsp
Pepper – 10
Salt – to taste
Oil – to fry
Grated coconut – 1 cup
Perungayam (hing, asafoteda) – to taste
Red chillis – 10
Fry each of the paruppu (dals) separately in oil till golden and keep aside to cool. Grind all [...]
Most of us carry lot of food items when we travel abroad…..most of the times it is some MTR ready to eat stuff….how long will that last? Also, how many of us really like the taste?and it is quite a heavy hit on the pocket if you want to buy a lot of it.
Instead, why [...]
We just finished one of our important festivals yesterday…It was the Kaaradayam nombu.
This is a festival celebrated by Tamil Brahmins. This is a day for the ladies to pray that their husbands (or husbands to be) are always with them and that their relationship never dies.
It is an equivalent to karvachauth celebrated in north India….of course…since this festival concerns a very small community….it is not that famous and widely celebrated.