Recipes
- Showcase my favorite foods and my cooking experiments
- Capture traditional, home-style recipes of South India that are woefully underrepresented outside
Palakora Velluli Koora
Palakora Velluli Koora Ingredients 3 bunches or 1/2 kg greens (spinach, kale, mustard greens, collards) 2 bulbs of garlic, peeled 1 tbsp…
Ariti Doota Pachchadi
Ariti Doota Pachchadi Ingredients 1 log Ariti Doota (Banana tree trunk core) 1 small lime size tamarind pulp 4 dried red chillies 3 -…
Tadka Dal
Tadka Dal Description Tadka is the Hindi word for tempering in which oil is heated in a small wok and various spices are fried at a high…
Tomato Pachchadi
Tomato Pachchadi aka Chutney Ingredients 1/2 cup sesame seed oil 6 tomatoes 1 inch ball of tamarind 1 tbsp mustard seeds 1/2 tsp fenugreek…
Pesara Pappu Ariti Doota Popu Koora
Pesara Pappu Ariti Doota Popu Koora Ingredients 1 log of Ariti Doota (Banana tree trunk core) 2 cups pesara pappu (moong dal) 1/2 garlic…
Paala Poththulu
Paala Poththulu Description In Telugu paalu means milk and poththulu means cob but is generally understood to be corn on the cob. So this…
Pesarattlu Koora
Pesarattlu Koora Description Pesarattlu : plural for pesarattu - a thick crêpe made with pesara pappu meaning Mung bean batter. This dish…
Cabbage Pappu Koora
Cabbage Pappu Koora Ingredients 1/2 head of cabbage 2 cups channa dal 1/2 pod of garlic cloves peeled 1 tbsp urad dal 4-5 whole dried red…
Allam Pachchadi
Allam Pachchadi aka Ginger Chutney Ingredients 1 inch ginger root 1.5 tsp tamarind pulp 1.5 tsp jaggery 4 dried red chillies 1 tsp mustard…
Punukulu Koora
Punukulu Koora Description Punukulu are savory, deep fried dough balls often served with coconut chutney as a snack. This dish probably…
Beera Pottu Pachchadi
Beera Pottu Pachchadi Description The name beera pottu comes from beerakaya for ridge gourd and pottu meaning skin or rind. The thick outer…
Gongura Pachchadi
Gongura Pachchadi The quintessential Andhra pickle. Description Gongura: Roselle leaves (Sabdariffa gossypiifolia var. rubra (also known as…