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Tag: Indian Recipes

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Mar 30, 2012

Mint Chutney Recipe

Here's a recipe that we acquired on our recent spiritual and culinary adventure in South India. This Mint Chutney recipe was taught to us in the heart of Chettinad in Tamil Nadu state where they make some amazing food. Ingredients required Mint leaves – few sprigs Shallots – 100gms Garlic – 1 pod Ginger – 1 inch Coconut (grated) – half cup Tamarind – Small quantity Red chillies – 2 chillies Salt ...

Mar 30, 2012 Food & Cooking

Kola Urundai Kolambu Recipe

Well, if you can say the name of this dish then you can surely make it as it is easier than it sounds. And when you have one of these lentil balls (urandais) in your mouth you won't be saying anything as it is absolutely delicious. We learned this on our most recent spiritual an
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Feb 25, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

Learning Chettinad Cooking

Our spiritual and culinary adventure is coming to a conclusion and today we had our last cooking class. It was on two Chettinad style dishes. The first was "Mint Chutney" and the second "Kola Urundai Kolambu". Here's the recipe for the "Mint Chutney" that we learned today. Ingr
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Feb 20, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

Eating with your hands

Eating with your hand is something that is common in Asia especially in India. The right hand is used and all meals are eaten with it. Today for lunch as part of our culinary journey we visited Sri Krishna Sweets, a restaurant in Pondicherry that is famous for its sweets on the g
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Feb 19, 2012 Spiritual Adventures

No Plate Big Enough

After class we took an evening walk along the promenade in Pondicherry which always seems to be bustling with people. Then we headed into town walking past a lot of the colonial type structures that are very much part of this section of Pondicherry. We ended up in Surguru restaur
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Dec 22, 2011 Spiritual Adventures

Avial

A classic preparation from Kerala, Avial is a light, easy-to-make dish of vegetables cooked with coconut and yogurt. It goes particularly well with Pallapam. Preparation should take no more than 15 minutes, even faster if you use the microwave. Ingredients 1 1/2 cups choppe
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Dec 18, 2011 Spiritual Adventures

Palappam

South Indian cooks make breads from lots of different ingredients more or less unknown in the west. This unusual and delicious bread from Kerala uses a fermented batter of rice flour and coconut milk. This is called Palappam, although often you just hear it referred to as appam
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