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World Idli Day 2021 – Dedicated to Seenu Mama

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Idli Chutney

World Idli Day 2021 is dedicated to Seenu Mama, who could eat idlis every single day without being bored. Hope his mother made the “vilayatu” idli for him.

Cutlet Dosa

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Continuing our attempts to add more vegetables to our regular food – I made “cutlet” dosas. Flashed (an OPOS technique) corn, green chana and green peas and poured some dosa batter. A little bit of garam masala and green chillies or red chilli powder can be added. I didn’t add either, just adjusted the salt. … Read more

Re-imagining Traditional Food

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For the past 10 days, we have been trying to improve our intake of uncooked fresh vegetables because we realised that while we do eat healthy, the content of uncooked vegetables is very low in our preparations. I tried re-imagining two of our favourite breakfast items – Sabudana Khichadi and Poha. Sabudana Khichadi as Bhel … Read more

Kadamba Saadam – My Mother-in-law’s Signature dish

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Amma (my mother-in-law) was a great cook – if there ever was a Masterchef competition for only South Indian vegetarian food when she was alive, she would have won it easily. She could make the same vegetable every single day of the week and each day it would taste different. There are several relatives of … Read more