A few months ago we were invited to my friend-Ju’s home. Her parents were eager to meet us but her mother was a little apprehensive as Ju had informed her that I am a vegetarian. I asked her mom to take it easy as I can survive on bread and noodles but she surprised me…
A simple vegetable dish today.Nothing fussy but absolutely delicious.A south Indian method of preparing potato curry.My ultimate favorite potato dish. Imagine a’ semi-cold day’.A plate of piping hot steamed rice and a bowl of onion sambar,a large bowl of potato podimas.Drizzle a teaspoon of ghee over the steamed rice and now you are all set…
Yet another family favorite.As I had mentioned in my post on Bitter gourd stir fry ,we love this vegetable so much that I always have a couple of these in stock.Whenever hubby wants two vegetable curries with lunch,this is the easiest to prepare. Even though it is a deep fried curry,we just cant stop eating…
I like brinjal/ eggplant in a few dishes only-say, like Ennai kathirikkai or the stir fry that mom prepares.It’s just so-so in sambar.I don’t get the small variety here, just the long Chinese brinjal. Hence ennai kathirikkai is out of question. I tried this recipe with the Chinese variety and it was not as tasty…
This post has been in my draft for more than 6 months and somehow missed my attention.Last April,we visited the temple town- Madurai in South India. We stayed there for a couple of days and one evening we visited the famous Meenakshi amman temple.It is one of the biggest temples in India and its history…
