BM # 56 Week :2 , Day: 5 Theme: Indian States State : Tamil Nadu We are in the third week of this mega marathon and this week we are doing Indian States. I have been making Thali’s for all different…
Thakkali Sadam / Tomato Rice
BM # 54 Week :2 , Day: 5 Theme: Indian States Tamil Spread Rice is a staple of South India. The South Indians eat rice with Sambar, Rasam, Curd and yet they make a variety of rice. They are the best when it comes to using the left over rice. The variety of rice that…
Podi Potta Paruppu Sambar
BM # 56 Week :2 , Day: 5 Theme: Indian States Tamil Spread Sambar is a lentil based stew. It is served as the first course of any South Indian meal.While learning to cook,this was one of the first dishes I learnt .Shallots and drumsticks are what I used while preparing Sambar, but over the…
Jeera Milagu Rasam
BM # 54 Week :2 , Day: 5 Theme: Indian States Tamil Spread Rasam is the second course served with rice in a South Indian meal. It is normally thin and watery soup made with tomatoes, tamarind or lemon. Rasam has always been a favorite with me, in fact I prefer it to Sambar.…
Chettinad Biryani – Tamil Nadu Special for ICC
I missed the last months ICC and Valli told me that it had turned out really delicious, and I repented. This time I did not want to miss and planned to cook the Biryani as soon as Valli announced it. The hitch was the Jeera Samba rice and the whole spices which go into…
Uppu Seddai – Tamil Nadu Special for ICC
It is perhaps the first time that I am working on a post on the D day.Something that I hate , but somehow I was not sure about this recipe, I read the word tricky , which put me off and some how I was not willing to take a challenge. with some discussion with…
Vada Curry with Dosa – Tamil Nadu Special
BM # 39 Day : 26State : Tamil Nadu Rice is the major staple food of most of the Tamil people. Lunch or Dinner is usually a meal of steamed rice, served with sambar, dry curry, rasam, kootu and thayir (curd, but as used in India refers to yogurt) . Breakfast usually includes idli, pongal,…
Adai Avial
BM # 30 Week I Day 2 For the second day under the combos I chose to make Adai and Avial.This is a very popular combo from Tamil Nadu, a state in the Southern India . I had never made Adai before and even though it is supposed to be served for breakfast…
Thavala Vada with Coconut Chutney
BM # 30 Week 1 Day 1 This is the first week of BM # 30, for this week I have chosen from a list of combos that Valli gave us.The list had about 15 combos and we had to choose only three.Simple! Right, but I already had 6 recipes done from that…
Uluthan Kali Tamil Specialty for ICC
For the first time I was very hesitant to prepare the ICC post.Was I lazy?..busy??..no..somehow I was not sure how this halwa would turn out and decided not to participate this month. Normally I am done with my posts much ahead of time and everyone knows that, so Preeti called me to ask the feedback…