A dark rainy evening with gusty cold winds .... fabulous weather that calls for comfort food and mine is a piping hot gottu rasam sadam paired with fried neem flowers and pickled onions. A finger-licking meal… though many will raise...
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Pachai Milagu Kuzhambu Recipe | Tangy Tamarind Gravy With Green Peppercorn
Herbs and spices are an integral segment of our Indian cuisine. They enhance the taste and flavour of food and have myriad health benefits. Green Gold is one such spice -none other than the” green peppercorn” which is the unripe...
Sambhar & Rasam
Pachi Pulusu | Andhra Rasam | Andhra Pradesh Cuisine
A quick "no-cook" rustic Andhra special rasam… Pachi pulusu made with minimal ingredients. A perfect summer dish, this is served with hot steaming rice or as a cold soup. Light and tangy, it is usually prepared with tamarind extract. Sometimes...
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Tamarillo Rasam
Tamarillo Rasam Tamarillo....a not so common fruit on my table but thanks to farmizen I received a nice batch of ripe and plump ones. Here is an unusual recipe of a no tamarind tangy rasam with an intense fruity flavour...
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Parrupu Urundai Kuzhambu
Lentil dumplings in a tangy tamarind gravy... Our ancients knew interesting ways to incorporate protien in our diets. This protien packed "kuzhambu" is a traditional recipe teamed with absolute tongue tickling taste. INGREDIENTSTOOR DAL /RED GRAM DAL SOAKED FOR AN 1...
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Poricha Saatramudhu/ Saathuamudhu/Poricha Rasam
This variety of saatruamudhu/rasam belongs to the classic Tambrahm cusine. The rasam is prepared without the usual tang of the tamarind or tomatoes. This rasam is usually served during the first meal that is partaken after a fast or vratham...
Sambhar & Rasam
Vathakuzhambu
(THICK TANGY TAMARINGD GRAVY) SERVING - 4 (WILL YIELD ABOUT ½ A LITRE) SAMBHAR POWDER - 3 TSPS TAMARIND - 1 LEMON SIZE SOAKED IN WATER JAGGERY - 1 TBSP TURKEY BERRY /BLACK NIGHT SHADE( dried) - 1 TBSP ASAFOETIDA...
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More Kuzhambu (Method 3)
(A THICK GRAVY MADE WITHCURD/YOGURT ) SERVING - 4 (WILL YEILD ABOUT ½ A LITRE) CURD (SOUR) - 1 CUP RAW RICE (soaked in water) - 1 TSP TOMATO - 2 FINELY CHOPPED GRATED COCONUT - 3 TSP BLACK GRAM...
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More Kuzhambu (Method 2)
KUZHAMBU (A THICK GRAVY MADE WITHCURD/YOGURT ) SERVING - 4 (WILL YEILD ABOUT ½ A LITRE) CURD (SOUR) - 1 CUP RAW RICE (soaked in water) - 1 TSP BLACK GRAM DAL - 1 TSP SALT - TO TASTE MUSTARD...
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More Kuzhambu (Method 1)
(A THICK GRAVY MADE WITHCURD/YOGURT )SERVING - 4 (WILL YEILD ABOUT ½ A LITRE)CURD (SOUR) - 1 CUP RAW RICE (soaked in water) - 1 TSPCORIANDER SEEDS - 1 TSPBLACK GRAM DAL - 1 TSPSALT - TO TASTEMUSTARD SEEDS -...