Paruppu kuzhambhu / Spicy lentil soup

             In my childhood , our village often suffered powercuts. On those occasions, my mom used to compensate the ‘Edison’less nights  with her moonlight dinner(Nila Choru). My brothers and me sit around her in the moon lit hall , speaking about all good times .The menu would be rice with either this kuzhambhu or our other favourite, Varutha [...]

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Varutha paruppu kuzhambu

This is the most favourite kuzhambu in our family. My amma makes it very often and it is never boring . It tastes so good with the fried vathal (rice crispies).
Before digging in the ingredients, I need to tell you about the vadagams (seasoning balls)  we make in our region. It is a mix of [...]

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