Spicy Chettinadu Kurma – Spicy Sidedish for Aapam.

Aapam and Kurma has been a combination of sorts  a marriage made in heaven, spongy white silky pieces of aapam dunked in spicy fragrant kurma and the meeting of the softness of the aapam and the fiery spice in the kurma, and the day is made. My first ever taste of Aapam and Kurma was [...]

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Eggplant Fry flavoured with ginger-green chilli paste.

In my everlasting quest for newer and flavorful varieties of making the lowly eggplant, I came across this simply yet top rated in flavour recipe from a good friend L. The first time ever I tasted it was when she made it and brought it home, piping hot. I had made spicy Lemon Rasam that [...]

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Navarathri Golu – 2010 & Significance of Marapachi Dolls.

This year, I have my second daughter is who just turning one this month on the 24`th, so planning for Golu was something  I had postponed to the very end of the day!  I had all the paraphernalia out and I was wondering If I was really out to put myself through monitoring the little [...]

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Andhra Style Spicy Tomato Till Chutney.

I have always steered clear of spicy fiery Andhra Cuisine, as we generally are used to very normal levels of spice in my home.  In my many trips to the US and with so many friends from this neighbouring state, it is but natural for my cooking to be influenced by friends from here. I [...]

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