There are quite a few dishes for which the name of the dish is in no way related to the recipe! Like this one where I still can’t figure out why the number 65 is in name of the dish!!! This is one of the famous restaurant style starters and is in the menu of…
A couple of months back, I went to a store nearby to get some groceries. Now, that store is a small one but has all the essentials and doubles up as a green grocery too.After buying a couple of things I noticed a something new in the veggie isle and asked the shop keeper about…
The country that we are visiting this month in the MENA[Middle Eastern and North African] Cooking club is Malta! I am so new to this country and its cuisine so I thought it is better to have a little knowledge about the background. The island-state of Malta is located in the Mediterranean Sea, south of…
Last week’s mystery was to identify this veggie… Well, Srivalli and Nalini guessed it right – It is Athalakkaai /Adhalakkai This plant is related to the bitter melon / bitter gourd. Scientific name – Momordica cymbalaria Other names – Luffa tuberosa (Roxb.) or Momordica tuberosa (Roxb.) Tamil – Adhalakki / Athalakaai Kannada -Karchikai Telugu –…
After a long gap I have again signed up for Srivalli’s Cooking from a Cookbook Challenge. Though I have plenty of cookbook and do cook from them, somehow couldn’t post them on time.But this month I have signed up for all the week!! This week’s recipe is adapted from the book – How the banana…
