Tomato pickle / Thakkali oorukai

As long as you have something you never realize the value of it. Once it is no more , you want it more and more. You heart yearns for it, starves for it …This is true not only for the worldly possesions, but also for silliest things like the pickle your mom made for you. [...]

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The ‘no spit’ vegetable pulav

‘Thinnai pechu veenaa pochu’ goes a famous tamil saying . It means that all chitchat is a waste of time. I agree, but in one such  kind of gala chat I had with my friends back home,  we started  talking about food and it ended up like a recipe exchange workshop. I carried home this [...]

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Tindora tomato stir fry

I need to confess something. I made a  mistake. Tindora is my daughter’s  favourite but not a frequent dish in our home. So soon after our visit to Devon market, we celebrate a feast with Indian  veggies. It was the same this time too. But yrrrrr, I added too much of chilli powder in  the tindora stir [...]

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Have a Break! Have a Salad!

After all trials from the roundups, (WBB and festive food fair), I feel I need a break from the high calorie, but delicious, feasts. If you feel the same way, this is for you. And whenever I am late to get up  in the mornings, and when my stove top is so engaged, I call salads [...]

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Tomato potato pulav

  ‘Mummy, This is not fair’ grieved  my daughter. ‘Whats the matter?’ ‘You never serve me with a rose.’ ‘But, you don’t eat raw tomatoes.’ ‘Thats ok, I want that plate.’ She went ahead, ate half of it and rushed to school. I grabbed another serving and clicked my dish. Evening when I was editing the  [...]

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