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South Indian Mixed Vegetable Kurma – My Dads Recipe
My dad is a wonderful cook. He would cook once or twice a week for us whenever he was in town. He would make me and my brother stand near the kitchen counter and teach us how to do things in the...
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Ammas Kongunad Egg Pepper Kuruma
This is my mothers signature dish. She would make this for Sunday lunch when we were young. It has also featured on all our birthdays. I like it so much that I ask her to do this for me whenever she...
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Vellai Kurma – Restaurant Style South Indian White Vegetable Korma
I learnt this Vellai Kurma recipe after marriage from my mother in law. She is an awesome cook. My father in law is a foodie. This is his favorite curry to have with chapati. In my early years of...
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Kongunad Cauliflower Kurma / Vegan Cauliflower Curry
This cauliflower kurma / kuzhambu recipe from the kongunad region uses the simplest of the ingredients and spices. “Once you get a spice in your home, you have it forever. Women never throw out...
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Kongu Thakkali Kuzhambu – Kulambu – Coimbatore Style Tomato Kurma
Kongu Thakkali Kuzhambu – This is an amazing kurma for idli and dosa and is very popular in the kongu region of Tamilnadu. Thakkali Kuzhambu is an absolute favorite and every family in Coimbatore has...
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Pondicherry Egg Curry – Muthaiy curry
Pondicherry Style Egg Curry – Muthaiy curry. The coastal city of Pondicherry has been greatly influenced by the French as it was a French colony for a long time before independence. Pondicherry...
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Chettinad Chow Chow Masala Kootu
Usually kootu is made with dal / paruppu. This chow chow kootu curry is different that there is no dal used. Its called as masala kootu or vaasanai kootu. The addition of fennel seeds (sombu) and...
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Vegetable Stew for Appam
Appam married two women in life. The first lady being Vegetable stew and the second lady being the sweet coconut milk. Here is the recipe for easy and simple Vegetable Stew. Vegetable stew and appam...
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Sweet Coconut Milk for Appam – Thengai paal recipe
Appam married two women in life. The first lady being Vegetable stew and the second lady being the sweet coconut milk. And they lived happily ever after. Here is the recipe for easy and simple sweet...
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Hotel Saravana Bhavan Vegetable Kurma Recipe
Dinner is something my husband looks forward to happily after the usually long and stressful days at work. Chapathi Kurma makes him a happy man at the table. His favorite is his moms Vellai Kurma....
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Tomato Salna Recipe
Hello everyone. Its been so quiet here for sometime. We just moved to Hong Kong a couple of weeks back and that’s what has kept me away from Kannamma Cooks. We are still settling down and things...
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Chicken Kurma – Easy and Quick Bachelor Recipe
This recipe for chicken kurma is something I picked up during our initial years after marriage. I always had home made spice masala powder stashed in the freezer at all times. My days at work used to...
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Thakkali Bajji – Tamil Style Recipe
This tomato chutney is called as thakkali bajji in the Coimbatore region. Its called as “maapilai thakkali bajji” or “tomato chutney fit for a groom”. The mother in law tries to impress the newly...
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Cauliflower Paneer Curry – Gobi Paneer Curry
This is a one pot Cauliflower Paneer Curry with coconut milk. No grinding of masalas. No making pastes. A quick curry for those busy weekdays. It tastes great with rice or chapati. There are very few...
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Kongunad Style Senai kilangu Masala – Elephant Foot Yam Masala
This is Renuka Aunts recipe for Senai kilangu Masala – Elephant Foot Yam Masala. I have some fond memories with her. She was 16 when she got married. Young. Too young! Her father ran a bus company...
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10 minute Veg Kurma – OPOS Method
The original recipe is from here This is the recipe for Saravana Bhavan style vegetable kurma. The original recipe takes about one hour to do. When I came to know that this recipe was made using OPOS...
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Muttai Kuruma – Egg kuruma – Egg Curry – 10 minute Recipe
Muttai Kuruma – How to make Tamilnadu style Muttai Kuruma – Egg kuruma – Egg Curry – 10 minute Recipe This is an easy and quick 10 minute muttai kuruma made using home made curry masala powder. Here is...
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Kerala Chicken Stew, How to make Chicken Stew, Chicken Ishtu
Chicken Stew – The perfect partner for idiyappam and appam. Its called as Ishtu, the local word for stew. This is a very mild gravy / curry flavored with a lot of ginger and coconut milk. Here is how...
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pasi paruppu dal, moong dal for chapathi, chapati dal recipe
This is a simple pasi paruppu dal thats made in Tamilnadu for Chapati. Its truly simple to make and a very nourishing side dish for chapati. The dal is cooked with a lot of vegetables and finally...
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Sodhi Recipe, Tirunelveli Sodhi Kuzhambu for appam, idiyappam
Sodhi is the Tirunelveli version of a vegetable stew.The addition of lentils and drumstick makes this sodhi a sublime side dish. Its served with rice at weddings. Its also called as Maapillai Sodhi....
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