Milagu Jeeraga Rasam (Tomato broth simmered with roasted cummin,pepper and lentils.)

Milagu Jeeraga Rasam is also part of the comfort food series…On a cold day to have a dose of steaming pepper rasam along with piping hot rice and your favorite side of vegetable like vendekkai kari, Amma`s Alu Fry or “kootu” is something I can never trade anything else for!!! Whenever its the rainy season [...]

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Milagu Kuzhambu (Pepper Gravy simmered in tamarind and spices cooked with baby brinjals)

I remember the first time I ever had it in my Mom in law`s place in Srirangam….She had made her special dishes, as we were visiting and when I had it, my senses simply shot up. It was all the more tantalising as she had used teeny tiny whole brinjals, to float and take in [...]

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