Recipes

I will be adding tons of recipes to this site. I have two goals in doing this:
  • Showcase my favorite foods and my cooking experiments
  • Capture traditional, home-style recipes of South India that are woefully underrepresented outside

Palakora Velluli Koora

September 30, 2025

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

August 08, 2025

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

February 20, 2024

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

January 10, 2024

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

April 02, 2023

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

March 14, 2023

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

December 16, 2022

Pesarattlu Koora Description Pesarattlu : plural for pesarattu - a thick crêpe made with pesara pappu meaning Mung bean batter. This dish…

Cabbage Pappu Koora

September 03, 2022

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

July 28, 2022

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

July 28, 2022

Punukulu Koora Description Punukulu are savory, deep fried dough balls often served with coconut chutney as a snack. This dish probably…

Beera Pottu Pachchadi

May 15, 2021

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

July 26, 2020

Gongura Pachchadi The quintessential Andhra pickle. Description Gongura: Roselle leaves (Sabdariffa gossypiifolia var. rubra (also known as…

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