Uppumma (உப்புமா) is a breakfast dish. It should be served hot and can be eaten with banana or a curry like dhal. Actually I am not too sure how it should be eaten. So I am going to publish this post … Continue reading
Uppumma உப்புமா
Category Archives: Vegetarian
Paal Sodhi (பால் சோதி)
பால் (milk) சோதி goes well with pittu or iddiyappam. As with most dishes, I have tasted many variations to sodhi. This is obvs just one way of making it. The deliciousness comes from the fenugreek seeds. INGREDIENTS 1/2 red onion … Continue reading
Kanji – another cold remedy
It’s runny nose season in Australia. Last year I put up the recipe for Kothamalli Thani – which my ammah has on tap for us when we are sick. Today, on my request, she made the family Kanji. There are many different … Continue reading
Nothing beats rotti and sambol
Last week I took a friend’s homemade sourdough bread, olive oil and caramalised balsamic to my parent’s home. I chopped up the bread and poured a little oil and caramalised balsamic into a dish while ammah looked on curiously. I showed … Continue reading
Fried bitter gourd salad
This sambol is made from bitter gourd (Pavakkai in Tamil). The only other recipe I know this is used in is an Okinawan dish called Goya champuru ゴーヤーチャンプルー. Below photo taken in my ammah’s garden: For those not familiar with this … Continue reading
Soya Chunks Curry
I got a comment on Jan 21 from unknown person ‘V’ asking me if my mum or I knew how to make Soya Chunks Curry? I replied saying I would get to it immediately, but oops – it’s taken me a … Continue reading
Vegetarian cutlets
In the west – a cutlet is some meaty thing fried in breadcrumbs right? For the Tamils a cutlet is a roundy ball thing stuffed with fish and fried in breadcrumbs. We serve them as an entrée at a dinner party. Any … Continue reading
Green banana chips
Note – when I wrote this post in 2013 it was for two dishes. An eggplant milk curry and banana chips. It’s now 2 of Feb 2016 and I have just updated the photos for both these dishes and checked … Continue reading
White Rice (Yellow Rice option)
I am dedicating this blog post to my friend Rajeev, who tells me he is struggling with cooking rice let alone curry. I normally chuck the rice in with spices and some random amount of water and then occasionally check … Continue reading
Fried eggplant curry
For years I have eaten this curry as if it was some mystery – it tasted that good. Every time my western friends asked for the recipe, I would tell them it’s too complicated and to not bother. To my … Continue reading
