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Roasted Sepakizhangu - Recipe Marathon - Day 8

Posted in Curry, snacks, vegetables, tagged , on May 24, 2008 | 10 Comments »

Perfectly roasted Sepakizhangu (Taro/ Colacasia/ Arbi) - crisp on the outside, well steamed and soft inside - is a dead simple recipe that contrary to popular perception doesn’t require any deep frying or a bottle of oil.
Let me get this straight. Taro is NOT inherently gooey, mashy and ichy. Taro is more often than [...]

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Pudina Sadam (Mint Rice) - Recipe Marathon - Day 7

Posted in Rice, tagged , , , on May 23, 2008 | 9 Comments »

Pudina or Mint is God’s gift to mankind - its green, it smells like a beautiful dream, it tastes like heaven, it adds a flavour to anything and its perennially available. According to the Wikipedia, Mint is a diuretic, its good for your digestion and it whitens teeth. So its like this super efficient [...]

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Kashayam - Drink for Health - Recipe Marathon - Day 6

Posted in home remedies, tagged , , , , on May 22, 2008 | 16 Comments »

Kashayams are magical medicinal drinks conjured with a few simple kitchen ingredients. Think of a singular drink that takes less than 5 minutes to cook and that can cure nausea, drive away cold, take care of that nagging lack of appetite or those digestion problems after an unnecessary binge - that’s a typical Kashayam [...]

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Mango Fool with Nutmeg - Recipe Marathon - Day 5

Posted in sweets, tagged on May 21, 2008 | 14 Comments »

Fool apparently is the culinary term for pureed fruit served as a cold dessert. So when you have these over ripe fruits that seem to be growing inside your fridge, then fool its got to be.

This Mango Fool was discovered as a legitimate fool after combing the internet for ideas on what to call such [...]

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How to set Curd - Recipe Marathon - Day 4

Posted in how to, life, tagged , , on May 20, 2008 | 12 Comments »

Thayir Sadam or Curd rice is almost always the grand finale of every south indian meal (especially the tamizh variety). Now what might seems like a straight forward mixing of two simple ingredients is actually quite a task - considering the fact that the list of criteria for the perfect sadam (rice) and the [...]

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Onion Kulchas - Recipe Marathon - Day 3

Posted in indian breads, tagged , , on May 19, 2008 | 14 Comments »

Someone needs to educate me on the difference between a naan that is stuffed and a kulcha. In terms of method or taste, at least to me there doesn’t seem to be any difference.
But what I do know is that this is a dish I am immensely motivated to make - so much so that [...]

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