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Most of you know that we group of friends started an event Tamizhar Samayal Tuesday and showcasing the traditional and authentic recipes of Tamilnadu on 2nd and 4th Tuesday of every month. As today is the 2nd Tuesday I am sharing a delicious kulambhu with pakoda which is quite popular in Southern part of Tamilnadu. This pakoda kulambhu can be made  with the pakodas made out of gram flour or ground channa dhal,but we prefer to make it the later version. This is my grandmothers signature recipe and she used the stone mortar to grind the channa dal and fry the pakodas in coconut oil.Here I used the regular cooking oil and fried the pakodas,lets move into the recipe................ Basic Information Soaking Time 2 hours Preparation Time 20 minutes Cooking Time 40 minutes Serves 3-4 Ingredients For the Kulambhu/gravy Ingredient Quantity Onion(finely chopped) 1no.(medium size) Tomato(finely chopped) 2no.(medium size) Garlic/poondu(finely cho...

For the final day of Blogging marathon under the theme combo dishes is a classic Chettinadu combo Vella paniyaram and milgai chutney. These vella paniyaram are so easy to make and batter doesn't need fermentation,as the name indicates it should be white in color. Vella paniyaram and milagai chutney combo features in Chettinadu family's breakfast or evening snack for all occasions. This recipe I noted down from Mrs.Revathi Shanmugam cookery show in a regional channel,with no further delay lets move on to the recipe................. Basic Information Soaking time 2 hours Preparation time 15 minutes Cooking time 20 minutes Makes 20-22 Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Raw rice/pacharisi 11/4 cups Boiled rice/Pulungal arisi/idly rice 1/4cup Urad dhal/ulutham paruppu 1/4cup Salt 1tsp Oil for frying Method Soak the rice and dhal together for 2-3 hours and grind it to fine paste with salt.Add water and adjust the consistency(like dosa b...

Coming to second day of Blogging Marathon under combo theme I made Tikki Chole a popular street food/chaat.Though the process is bit lengthy its worth it for the delicious taste,lets move on to the recipe.................... Basic Information Preparation time 30 minutes Cooking Time 1 hour Serves 4 Ingredients For the Chole Ingredient Quantity Chickpeas/vella kondakadalai/channa 11/4 cups(soaked) Onion(finely chopped) 1(medium size) Tomato 2 (large size) Green chilly/pachamilagai 2(finely chopped) Ginger/inji 2 tsp(grated) Red chilly powder/milagai podi 11/4tsp Coriander powder/dhaniya podi 1tsp Garam masala powder 1/2tsp Dry mango powder/aamchur powder 1/2tsp Coriander leaves/kothamalli 1tbs(chopped) Cumin seeds/jeeragam 1/2tsp Oil 2tbs For the Tikki Ingredient Quantity Potato(boiled) 3 (medium size) Corn flour 1tbs Red chilly powder 1/4tsp Garam masala powder 1/4tsp Coriander leaves/kothamalli 1tbs(chopped) Salt 1tsp Oil 3 tsp...

Another session of Blogging Marathon has started and for this session I chose combo dishes .For this week I will be sharing combo dishes and today's recipe is a simple and authentic mor kulambhu and potato roast. I have already shared two recipes of mor kulambhu here and here . Today's version is typical Tanjore style vendaikkai mor kulambhu with no onion garlic.As this doesn't have onion and garlic this kulambhu is mostly made during auspicious and fasting days. For this morkulambhu potato roast or raw banana roast is a perfect pair and the curd needs to be slightly sour to get a nice taste.Lets move on to the recipe................... Basic Information Preparation time 10 minutes Cooking time 15 minutes Serves 3 Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Slightly sour thick curd/thayir 11/4 cups Okra/ladies finger/vendakkai 10-12 (small size) Turmeric powder 1/4tsp Curry leaves/karivepillai 5-6 leaves Coriander leaves/kothamalli 1tbs(chopped) Salt 11/4ts...

Today's recipe is a spicy Andhra chicken which I bookmarked from  Srivalli's blog and i tried it for weekend lunch,it tasted awesome.Due to the color of my red chilly powder the color was in a darker side,her's is in a perfect spicy color. As Hubby dear prefers dry fry I made it drier version,you can adjust the consistency as per your preference.She used the pressure cooker to cook the chicken but here the chicken gets cooked faster so I made it in the pan. This chicken fry is a perfect go with pulao and rasam rice.Try this spicy chicken fry and enjoy,lets move on to the recipe................... Basic Information Preparation Time 15 minutes Cooking Time 30 minutes Serves 3-4 Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Chicken(with bones or bone less) 1lbs Onion/ vengayam(finely chopped) 1 (medium size) Tomato(chopped) 1 (medium size) Ginger&garlic paste 11/2tsp Red chilly powder 1tsp Coriander powder 1/2tsp Turmeric powder 1/4tsp Green chilly 2-...