Food, friends, and recipe inspiration: Juli 2010

Dosa Variety -Vegetable Uthappam

Vegetable UthappamA small circle and a semi circle vegetable uthappam. Make any shape of your choice and serve it for kids.(eg)You can make a house with a square and a triangle .They will get the goodness of vegetables and at the same time learn different shapes & colors. I am sure they will enjoy!!Now to the Vegetable Uthappam RecipeUthappam is a variety of dosa which is slightly thicker than

Snake Gourd Kootu - Pudalangai Kootu recipe

Snake Gourd with LentilsFor the past 4 days, I had connectivity problem, so could not update or visit others blog.I was so restless but did so many things which I will never do, if I had net connection. Well, today I am sharing a simple South Indian kootu recipe which is very common in my house. Snake gourd is rich in fibre and helps prevent constipation.I love preparing kootu as it does not need

Mixed Beans Recipe - Mixed Beans Gravy

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Mixed Beans Recipe - Mixed Beans GravyWow! They look so colorful and lovely, isn't it? I got a big bag full of home grown mixed beans as a gift from a friend of ours. I was so delighted.What could be a better gift for a food blogger and a health freak like me .I prepared a variety of dishes with those bean seeds ranging from soups, mixed beans rice to mixed beans gravy.I prepared Mixed Beans

Rice Kheer Recipe -Rice payasam - Arisi Payasam

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I am glad to inform you that padhuskitchen has completed 1 year today. What started as a hobby has become a passion now. When I receive comments or mails or when people come and tell me that they followed my recipes and it turned out well, I feel so happy.My first recipe was Mysore Rasam which I posted exactly on the same day, last year 16-7-2009. I have given the picture link below-My first post

Kitchen Tips-Cooking tips

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Here are a few Kitchen tips to make your time in the kitchen easierAdd 2 tsp of water to the egg mixture to get fluffy omelette.To peel baby onions/pearl onions easily,soak them in cold water for 20 minutes.Use warm water for kneading dough to get soft rotis.Add a pinch of salt to the water while boiling eggs to prevent the egg shells from cracking.Add a little rice flour to the wheat

Plantain Curry-Plantain Curry Recipe-Valakkai Curry

Unknown Plantain/ raw banana Poriyal and Kootu Varieties Tamil Brahmin recipes Vegetable Curry

Raw Banana/Plantain is called Vazhakkai in Tamil. Plantain curry is very simple to prepare. It tastes delicious with rice and sambar and also with rice and rasam. I prepare plantain curry in two ways - one with coconut and another with chilli powder without onion and garlic which I am sharing it here. Today we will learn how to make vazhakkai curry (Brahmin style) following this very simple

Baingan Bartha-Smoked Eggplant recipe

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Baingan Bartha is a North Indian (Punjabi) dish prepared with smoked brinjals. I love it very much for the smoky flavour and prepare it often. It goes well with roti (Indian flat bread), poori and all parathas. You can also make brinjal thogayal (chutney) and brinjal raitha using smoked brinjal. Today we will learn how to make Baingan Bartha following this easy recipe with step wise pictures.

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