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  • Tamarind (soaked in hot water): Indian lemon size
  • Asafoetida: ½ tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Turmeric powder: ¼ tsp
  • Ghee (clarified butter): 1 tsp
  • Kandathipilli (long pepper, also called pipli): 5-6
  • Arisithipilli: 7-8
  • Coriander seeds: 2 tsp
  • Split yellow arhar dal (pigeon pea): 3 tsp
  • Whole dried chiili: 1-2
  • Whole black pepper: ¼ tsp
  • Curry leaves: 10
  • Jeera (cumin seeds): 2 tsp
  • Ghee (clarified butter): 1 tsp
  • Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
  • Cumin seeds: 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves: 5
  • Whole red dry chilli: 1

Kandathipilli rasam (Indian long pepper rasam, a…

Rasam is comfort food. My maternal grandmother was from Tanjore, TN. And like all Tamil brahmins hailing from Tanjore, she was…

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  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Lime juice
  • Ground green chillies: 1 tbsp
  • Ground grated ginger: 1 tbsp
  • Ground garlic: 1 tbsp
  • Ground onion: 1 tbsp
  • Ground coriander leaves: 1 tbsp
  • Ground mint leaves: ½ tbsp (optional)
  • Mix all of the above to make the marinade.
  • Eggs: 2
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Cornflour 1½ tbsp.
  • Beat the above ingredients together well
  • Breadcrumbs as needed
  • Mustard sauce or kashundi
  • Onion rings
  • Whole green chilies
  • Mayonnaise/tartar sauce
  • Potato wedges/French fries
  • Salad of julienned cucumber, beetroots, and thin slices of onions with a dash of lemon

Kolkata fish fry

The story of fish fry: The Kolkata (then Calcutta) fish fry was developed during the British rule in India when Kolkata…

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  • Onion (chopped): 1 medium
  • Small green capsicum (thinly sliced): 1
  • Big potatoes (sliced like for French fries): 3
  • Eggs (beaten, with salt to taste): 8
  • Salt: to taste
  • Pepper: to taste
  • Grated cheese: ½ cup or as per taste
  • Oil: 4 tsp

Potato omelette

I was in Std XI and was just discovering the art of cooking. I had started to try my hand at…

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  • Sponge fingers: 24-26. (I use Vincenzovo)
  • Mascarpone cheese: 400 gm (must be room temperature at the time of making)
  • Egg yolks: 2 (I substitute this with 100 gm cream since I don’t eat eggs)
  • Lemon rind (finely grated): ½ tsp
  • Coffee decoction: 200 ml (I use normal South Indian filter coffee)
  • Sugar: 6 tsp (dissolve in the decocotion)
  • Tia Maria: 5 tbsp (mix it into the cooled coffee decoction)
  • Cocoa powder: 3 tbsp

Tiramisu

Other than the fact that everyone I have served it to has liked this very much, no story really.

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  • All-purpose flour (divided): 4 cups plus 1 tbsp
  • Baking powder: 2 tbsp
  • Salt: 2 tsp
  • Cold unsalted butter (diced): 340 gm
  • Extra-large eggs (beaten lightly): 4
  • Cold heavy cream: 1 cup
  • Extra-sharp yellow Cheddar, small-diced: 225 gm
  • Minced fresh dill: 1 cup
  • Egg for egg wash (beaten with 1 tbsp water): 1

Cheddar dill scones by Ina Garten

I love Ina Garten’s recipes, never-go-wrong rich comfort food. In the couple of years that I spent in the US, her…

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  • Onion (finely chopped): ½
  • Pomegranate arils: 3 tbsp
  • Cooked corn: 3 tbsp
  • Roasted peanuts: 2 tbsp
  • Green chilly (deseeded and chopped): ½
  • Lemon juice: 1 tsp
  • Salt to taste

Nutty Zest

The salad recipes are conceived and put together by my husband, Gopi, whose creative abilities in the kitchen are profound.

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  • Wholewheat atta (flour): 160 gm
  • Oats: 30 gm
  • Baking soda: ½ tsp
  • Salt: ¾ tsp
  • Cinnamon powder: a pinch
  • Butter: 130 gm
  • Brown sugar: 135 gm
  • Egg: 1
  • Vanilla essence: ¾ tsp
  • Lemon: ⅛ tsp
  • Dark choco-chips: 227 gm
  • A little sea salt for sprinkling

Chocolate Chip Cookies

This is the recipe that has propped our home during the lockdown… and it’s been a weekly ritual to make this…

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  • Cut raw mango pieces: ½ cup
  • Cut coconut pieces: ½ cup
  • Sesame oil: 1 tbsp
  • Split urad dal: 1 tsp
  • Small black mustard seeds: 1 tsp
  • Asafoetida: a pinch
  • Red chillies: 4 (nipped at the tip)
  • Green chillies: 2 (chopped)
  • Coriander: 1 tbsp (chopped)
  • Curry leaves: a few
  • Salt: to taste

Mango coconut pachchadi

This is a simple chutney to be enjoyed as an accompaniment with idlis, vadas, dosas, or with rice. It brings back…

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  • Basmati rice :1 cup
  • Dhuli masoor dal (red lentils without skin): ½ cup
  • Coriander leaves (chopped fine): ½ cup
  • Mint leaves (chopped fine): ½ cup
  • Onions (sliced thin): 2
  • Green chillies (sliced long): 4-5
  • Ginger-garlic paste: 2 tbsp
  • Shahjeera (caraway seeds): 1 tsp
  • Ghee (clarified butter): 3-4 tbsp
  • Cloves: 4
  • Green cardamom: 2-3
  • Bay leaf: 1
  • Cinnamon: 2” piece
  • Water*: 5 cups
  • Salt to taste*

Hyderabadi Khichdi

A summer spent in Kodaikanal in the company of awesome cooks and golfers led to an exchange of many recipes. My…

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