Karuveppilai podi/Curry leaf powder is an ever present thing in our home.Love to have it with piping hot rice drizzled with a tablespoon of ghee.The ingredients and the quantities used vary through each household.This is my moms recipe. You need: Curry leaves / Karuveppilai leaves-4 cups Gram dhal/Kadalai Paruppu- 1 cup Urad dhal[White]/Uluththam paruppu-1 cup…
Something to heat up the tastebuds on a cold rainy day.Increase or decrease the pepper to your taste.This lovely,pungent and sharp tasting spice can best be relished when used fresh ground pepper instead of the preground powder. You need: Rice- 1 cup ,cooked,each grain should be seperate Ghee-2 tablespoons Jeera-1 teaspoon Mustard seeds-1 teaspoon Black…
This is the first time I am trying it out.Wanted something with carrots for JFI and rice for Rice mela.Result-Carrot rice…I had some of the masala powder I made for the capsicum rice and used it with carrots.I expected the rice to be sweet but I was wrong cos it tasted great… You need: Rice-1…
‘Totally uninspiring’-that’s what I would call my kitchen venture today.I was in no mood to cook but had to coz 1]I didn’t want to be chucked out of RM with just a few days to cross the line and 2]I was hungry.. I dragged myself to the kitchen and opened the refrigerator.It was overflowing with…
Hereis a yummy rice variety with crunchy capsicum and peanuts.This is quick and easy to make.. You need: Cooked rice -1 cup(each grain should be separate] Capsicum – 2 big,deseeded and Ghee/oil-2 tablespoons Mustard-1 teaspoon Jeera-1 teaspoon Curry Leaves- a few Salt to taste Roasted groundnuts-2 tablespoons Coconut-2 teaspoons,grated Roast in Ghee[1 teaspoon] and powder:…
