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This post is about my Amla and Ginger Jam. Amla (in Hindi), Nellikai (in Tamil) or the Indian Gooseberry is much known for its medicinal uses across India. It is much used in Ayurveda and other alternative medical practices even in Sri Lanka, Tibet and China. Indian Gooseberries are in season as the rains recede…
It was my turn to pick the bread to bake this month at the Bread Baking Babes. I am the only Indian in this group of bread lovers and bakers from different countries. So I picked Matar or Chola Kulcha to give them an example Indian street food and bread. Matar or Chola Kulcha actually is…
Mezhukkupuratti is a dry pan fried vegetable preparation from Kerala. Mezhukku in Malayalam refers to cooking fat, coconut oil in this case, and Puratti means coated in. As the name suggests it means the vegetable concerned is pan cooked/ roasted. Today’s post is Chakkakuru Mezhukkupuratti, pan cooked/ roasted jackfruit seeds. Mezhukkupuratti is slow cooked in…
Let’s talk a little about cake, shall we? Not just any cake but this Easy Orange Cake. I’m not really a fan of cake or even cookies, in general. I’m not a fan of frosted cakes either. If I must eat cake, I prefer simple and unadorned coffee cakes. There are exceptions, of course. I…
I’m one of a rare breed within my Palakkad Iyer community. I don’t like Rasam! This is so unusual that I cannot tell you the number of times it raises eyebrows. My daughter on the other hand, absolutely loves her Rasam. Her favourites include Tomato Rasam and Garlic Rasam, and most recently this Plum Rasam….
The Bread Baking Babes are baking bread as usual this month, but there’s a twist in the tale. Elizabeth set this month’s challenge which is less about the bread and more about slashing or scoring the dough. Quoting Elizabeth, “For this month’s decorated bread, it’s not really about creating an ear or directing the rise….
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