Category: Sambhar & Rasam

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

(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...

(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...

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...

(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 -...