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  • Raw mango: 1 kg
  • Mustard oil: 100 gm
  • Salt: 100-120 gm
  • Fenugreek seeds: 40 gm
  • Onion seeds: 20 gm
  • Fennel: 20 gm
  • Turmeric: 1½ tsp
  • Red chilli powder (optional): 2 tsp
  • Whole red chillies (optional): 10-15

Raw mango pickle

I am the fourth generation in my family to follow this super-simple mango pickle recipe, passed on by my great-grandmother. As…

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  • Ripe pushnikai (yellow pumpkin): 200 gm
  • Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
  • Green chilies: 2, or as per taste
  • Grated coconut: ½ cup
  • Fresh yogurt: 2 cups
  • Sugar: ½ tsp
  • Oil: 1 tsp
  • Salt: to taste

Pushnikai pachadi (pumpkin in curd)

This is a family favourite! Passed on to Amma (my mother-in-law) from her mother (Nallamma), we all relish this yummy raita.…

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  • Brinjal: 1 large
  • Curd: 1½ cup
  • Garlic paste: 1 tsp
  • Haldi (turmeric) powder: 1 tsp
  • Salt: to taste
  • Dry red chilli: 2
  • Jeera (cumin seeds): ½ tsp
  • Oil: 2 tbsp

Dahi Baingan (Aubergine in curd)

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  • Kothavarangai (cluster beans): 300 gm
  • Toor dal (split pigeon peas): ¾ cup
  • Bengal gram: ¼ cup
  • Dry red chillies: 2
  • Green chillies: 2
  • Turmeric powder: ¼ tsp
  • Hing (asafoetida): a pinch
  • Oil: 2 tbs
  • Oil: 2 tsp
  • Mustard seeds: 1 tsp
  • Split urad dal: 1 tsp
  • Curry leaves: Few

Kothavarangai (cluster beans) paruppu usili

Paruppu usili is generally considered a ‘festival’ dish among Tam Brahms and is usually served during weddings. For me, it is…

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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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