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Continue reading →: Fish Fry with Indian spices /Snook fish fryThis is a easy fish fry with the usual Indian spices shallow fried to perfection. Snook is the smaller version of the Barracuda. It has one center bone running through to its tail with small bones on either sides of the finger.The local supermarkets have fish filleted but the choice…
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Continue reading →: Fish Curry / Baby Snapper curry with coconut milkFish curry / meen curry is staple in the southern part of India from where I come.Fish is cooked in mud pot and relished for lunch and the flavor of fish being cooked in mudpot is delicious. The usual dialogues between households is which fish did you get today? And…
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Continue reading →: Potato FryThese are like french fries, only better. I came across this recipe here months ago but the very idea of deep frying kept me postponing and then I had to make it today since I had made Sambar Rice for lunch and this would make a great combo. My 4…
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Continue reading →: Sambar rice / Sambar Sadham / Rice with lentils and VegetablesThe rice is a meal on its own. Nutritious. Wholesome Yum! I have chosen to cook the rice and sambar separately and then mix them and let the rice soak up the flavours of the curry and finally serve with Poppadoms/papads.The Sambar can be stored away for another day too…
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Continue reading →: Chicken with Onions gravy/Chicken kootu/Chicken roast-Indian styleThis is a very simple chicken recipe with all the usual ingredients but the flavours come together so well to create the easy, simple dish you could always turn to for those quick lunches. Nothing fancy to put it short. 🙂 Recipe : Serves : 4 Must haves :…
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Continue reading →: Beetroot Pachadi / Beetroot Salad with YoghurtBeetroot is low in fat, full of vitamins and minerals and packed with powerful antioxidants and tastes good in salads, juice (my sisters MIL used to make a refreshing bottled juice), chicken curry. Yes chicken curry. Amma makes a good chicken curry with it for which I shall post the…
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Continue reading →: Double Chocolate BrownieBrownies have an American origin I read. American food is Rich.Buttery.Laden. Oh not that Laden, just plain laden. Laden laden, Hope you got it?I love to bake. But my sister excels in it. Me loves basic baking.Or Basics of baking? No! Just basic baking. Confusing Monday must be! My sister…
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Continue reading →: Sambar with Greens / Keerai SambarWhen you have spinach that needs to be used up and running out of ideas yet need to make it quick and easy, then keerai sambar it is. Its very similar to the Lentil and Spinach curry except that we’ll be using Sambar powder. Recipe : Source : Me Serves…
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Continue reading →: Pongal and Sambar – a hearty breakfastOne of my favorite breakfast is Pongal. Any South Indian hotel I step into I request for pongal. I enjoy the weird look on the waiter if I request around lunch time. Ha!For folks who are newly introduced to South Indian food, pongal is an ideal breakfast, flavourful yet very…
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Continue reading →: Moms Chicken Curry / White Chicken Curry / Vellai Chicken Curry/White chicken kurmaThis is a simple yet delicious chicken curry that pairs well with Dosa or idli, chapati, roti etc. This is a also a weekend weekday breakfast dish that pairs well with appams, idiappams and did I mention bread too. Recipe Must haves : Chicken , Coconut, Cashew, Spices Source :…
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