During Christmas time, you will come across two kinds of people in this world. The fruit cake lovers and the fruit cake haters. I used
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When we used to live in CA, a couple of us friends would go for walking in the morning after dropping the children at school. After
Kalakala Sweet Recipe / Diamond Biscuit / Maida Biscuit Read More »
There is a cute little resort tucked inside a coffee plantation in Wayanad, Kerala called Marmalade Springs. We had this refreshing citrus drink there, which
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This is my son approved doughnuts recipe. We have made this together so many times and this is his absolute favorite. There are a few
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Recipe for Beans Usili. Paruppu Usili with Beans. Traditional Tamil kitchen style recipe. With step by step pictures. Usili is a very traditional dish made
Traditional Pal Payasam recipe. Milk payasam / kheer recipe with step by step pictures. Old fashioned, Classic recipe. The sweet ending to any lunch is
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This recipe is from Neikarapatti Amma as we fondly call her. Amma’s real name is Vijayalakshmi Gurusamy. She is my aunt’s co-in-law. Neikarapatti is near Palani in Tamilnadu. The
Neikarapatti Vazhakkai Vadai / Vazhakkai Kola / Plantain Vada Recipe Read More »
This is a family recipe. I like my brother in law Ravi bava a lot. He is a foodie. One day I was asking my
Mani Paati’s Peerkangai Paal Kuzhambu / Ridgegourd Curry Read More »
When I first saw this recipe in Vikas Khanna’s new cookbook Indian Harvest, I was excited. I saw this recipe for baked potato wedges and he
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Appala Kootu. This is a basic variation to the everyday lentil. They never made Appala kootu at my home. This is not a very common
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Horsegram is a favorite lentil among households in the Coimbatore Kongunad region. I have already shared our favorite Kollu Paruppu and Kollu Rasam recipe. Horsegram /
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As a typical south Indian, nothing satisfies me during lunch like lentils and rice. Whenever I used to return back home during my hostel days,
