Avarakkai Poriyal / Broad Beans Fry

28th January 2010 / 8 comments

An authentic kongunadu broad beans fry in peanut masala powder. We add peanut masala in many of our dishes. We get peanut from our farms every year, this helps peanut availability throughout the year at […]

Kollu Paruppu Chutney / Horse gram Chutney

15th November 2009 / 7 comments

This chutney is a special treat from Kongunadu. Normally Horse gram recipes are prepared to treat Cold at my places. This goes good with white rice.

Brinjal Masala Rice / Spicy Kathirikai Sadam

14th October 2009 / 6 comments

Masala rice turned nice aromatic with less work. Back in my childhood, when my grand father was alive, we used to have this planted in our farms very frequently. I hated brinjal all my life […]

Carrot Masala Rice / Carrot Sadam

10th October 2009 / 5 comments

Normally we prepare carrot rice by just making carrot fry and mix them with it. Carrot Masala Rice is prepared with ground masala powders. They taste more aromatic.

Muttaikose Kulambu / Cabbage Gravy / ( Muttakose )

29th September 2009 / 18 comments

This is how exactly we prepare the Chicken Kulambu in Kongunadu. We don’t normally eat Non-Veg during the month of Puratasi. So we make substitues for chicken during that period. This recipe is a substitute […]

Pulicha Keerai Chutney / Gongura or Sorrel Leaves Chutney

28th August 2009 / 1 comment

This is a Kongunadu style rather village style Sorrel leaves Chutney, my grand mother used to make this in bulk and pack it to us during the season. We keep it refrigirated for atleast a […]

Mint Chutney / Pudina Chutney / Pudina Thogayal

20th August 2009 / 3 comments

Mint has very unique strong smell, adding it to food gives the kick it needs. Mint Chutney goes very well with Idili and Dosas.  Refrigerate this up to a week by grinding it very thick without […]