Eggplant

Sutta Kathirikkai Thayir Pachadi ~ Roasted Eggplant Raita

January 26, 2011

Not many people like this beautiful purple vegetable, but I love it for the taste and the ease of cooking it. Mostly it is a simple stir fry with some onions, turmeric powder and red chilli powder, but sometimes I take the effort to make Baingan Bharta – roasted eggplant mashed and spices added to it [...]

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Kathirikkai Kuzhambu ~ Baby Eggplants in a Tangy and Spicy Gravy

September 14, 2010
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Sometimes some vegetables are irresistible because they are fresh, sometimes you find a rare vegetable – something you don’t see everyday and want to buy it but it also happens that sometimes a vegetable is “cute” that you want to buy  it. Yes, you heard me right. Cute!! A couple of days ago I saw [...]

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Eggplant –Polenta Stacks with Garlic Sautéed Broccoli Rabe, Radicchio and Baby Arugula

June 24, 2009
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There used to be a time ( 8-10 yrs ago when i just started college) when the only things that I cooked were those with instructions from Amma or those diligently followed step-by-step procedures from a cookbook. It then later became something of a – I know the ingredients, I am not gonna follow the [...]

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Hunger Challenge – Day 1

April 21, 2009
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So, the first day got over yesterday and we survived it. It was a little difficult because, I went outside as it was a sunny day and my regular practice is to grab a cup of Starbuck’s Latte, whenever I go out in the afternoon / evening time. I walked past Starbuck’s without buying my [...]

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My Italian Love Affair – Asparagus and Spinach Spaghetti, Eggplant Involtini with Ricotta and Scallions, Roasted Aparagus with Capers and Eggs & Vanilla Panna Cotta

April 13, 2009
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I just cannot help it! I’m talking about me ranting on and on about the Seattle weather. When it became all nice and sunny and spring-like, i just once , only once, expressed my happiness and then i kept mum. But here again, the same old rain and lousy weather is back. I’m sorry I [...]

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Mediterranean Eggplant Steaks and Couscous Salad

January 14, 2009

I don’t watch a lot of TV these days..the reason being, we moved it from the living room to the spare bedroom as I wanted the living room to be a space where we would sit and chat or do something else with family and friends and always thought that a television comes in the [...]

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Flavors of Greece – The Monk’s Onion Soup, Tomato Salad with Arugula and Olives & Eggplant Pilaf with Glazed Tomatoes

May 23, 2008

I have sooo been looking forward to the memorial day weekend. There are many reasons to it… one is..its our 6th anniversary, not since we got married (thats been only 6 months now) its been 6 years since we moved from just friends to something more. The second reason is that, its a long weekend [...]

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Eggplants in lentils and salsa…. an entry to the Royal Foodie Joust!!

January 9, 2008

I always followed the Royal Foodie Joust at the Leftover Queen Forum and was intrigued by the concept of making something with all the three ingredients provided…kinda brings out the creativity in u…but sadly for me, there was always an ingredient which was not available in the local stores ( when i was in india).This [...]

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Spicy Spinach Dumplings and Baingan Ka Bartha

October 2, 2007

As i went wedding shopping..i came across a couple of good cook books… my fav of the lot was “Andu Paatti’s cookbook”..it has alll that your paatti will possibly make…right from okkarai to puttu to varathu aracha kuzhambu… i picked it up instantly n now my mom wants a copy too.. :) :) i got a [...]

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Mediterranean Fusilli

September 24, 2007

It seems Pasta has existed since the days of the Roman Empire and remains one of the most versatile cooking ingredients of all times and yeah..it also remains one of the favorites at home!!!The word comes from Italian pasta which shares its origins with “paste”, meaning “dough”, “pasta”, or “pastry” as in “small cake”. As [...]

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