Gravies | Spicy Tasty

Mixed vegetable kootu/Mixed vegetable curry

This is mixed vegetable curry with spices, a south Indian dish which is simple and healthy. Spices like jeera, pepper and red chillies are used. They give a good flavour for the dish and have good values. Pepper is good for digestion, cold and flu. Cumins are good appetizer. Squash and [...]

Popularity: 24% [?]

Written on January 29, 2008 | Posted in Veggie Entrées & Sides | 11 Comments

Radish Sambar

Hearty pongal wishes to all our visitors…Iniya PONGAL nalvazhthukkal…
I am always interested in trying new things. I tried cooking sambar a little differently and it came out yummy. Hope you like this too…

Popularity: 16% [?]

Written on January 15, 2008 | Posted in Veggie Entrées & Sides | 4 Comments

Chicken Vindaloo

Vindaloo is an Goan dish traditionally prepared with garlic, red wine and chili. Vindaloo roughly means in Portuguese - ‘ Wine,Vinegar and Garlic’. Vindaloo these days are usually made with potatoes leading us to think the aloo in vindaloo is the Hindi word for potatoes. In fact, I just found out the [...]

Popularity: 41% [?]

Written on January 11, 2008 | Posted in Chicken dishes, Meat & Seafood Entrées | 7 Comments

Foodie Rendezvous - 1

Food tastes its best when we enjoy it with others. In a blog all about food, what could be better than to showcase recipes from my fellow foodie bloggers?
We are going to bring a few recipes every week to the limelight here. We encourage you to visit their blogs and leave them a comment or [...]

Popularity: 23% [?]

Written on January 7, 2008 | Posted in Rendezvous | 4 Comments

Pepper Chicken Gravy

Today my husband and I were craving for something little spicy so I ended up making this pepper chicken gravy. My Mom used to make this for me and my sisters if we had a bit of cold. Pepper has this medicinal quality that helps fight the common cold.
The main flavors that stand out [...]

Popularity: 46% [?]

Written on January 5, 2008 | Posted in Chicken dishes, Meat & Seafood Entrées | 18 Comments

Ennai kathirikkai

This is a South Indian spicy dish which is taken along with rice and any curries. People who don’t like Eggplant/brinjal will definitely become a eggplant lover if they taste this.

Popularity: 29% [?]

Written on December 29, 2007 | Posted in Veggie Entrées & Sides | 2 Comments

Paruppu Urundai Kozhambhu

Popularity: 12% [?]

Written on December 28, 2007 | Posted in Veggie Entrées & Sides | No Comment

Aloo Mutter

This is a simple side dish to make for chapathy or dosai. It’s really easy to cook in a very short time with few simple ingredients that you will find in your pantry.
Popularity: 13% [?]

Popularity: 13% [?]

Written on December 24, 2007 | Posted in Veggie Entrées & Sides | 2 Comments

Kadai Chicken

Kadai Chicken is a spicy chicken dish with a rich aroma given by the Ginger and Tomatoes. It makes an excellent side dish for Briyani and makes a great alternative toBaraha Mutton.Usually served in a brass dish called ‘Kadai’ in Indian restaurants.

Ingredients:

Chicken : 1 kg
Tomato : 1 kg ( chopped)
Red Chili : 6-8 [...]

Popularity: 48% [?]

Written on December 18, 2007 | Posted in Chicken dishes, Meat & Seafood Entrées | 3 Comments

Morkuzhambu

Ingredients:

Fresh curd - 4 cups
coconut - 1 cup
Green chilly - 2
Channa dal - 1 tbsp
Toor dal - 1 tbsp
raw rice - 1 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tbsp
Coriander seeds - 1/2 tbsp
Any of the vegetables listed - colocasia, okra, chayote, drumstick (cook the vegetable)
Salt to taste

Method:

Soak toor dall, channa dal, rice, cumin [...]

Popularity: 16% [?]

Written on December 10, 2007 | Posted in Veggie Entrées & Sides | 1 Comment