Archive : South Indian Food

Organic Chieftain Red potaoes, Spanish white utah onions, Jalapeno peppers and Trinco chillies from Milton Organic available at Brampton Farmers market, Milton Farm Gate and Wanigans Organic Store. Ingredients: - 2 lbs Organic Red Potatoes cut in inch cubes - 2 Organic Spanish white onions, peeled and cut in chunks - 2 Jalapeno or Chillies, chopped - 2 gloves of Ontario garlic, minced - 2 tsp Olive oil - 1/4 spoon each of [Read More...]

Keerai (Any green) – 1 bunch Big onion – 1 Tomato – 1 Sambar Powder – 1 teaspoon (heaped) Turmeric Powder – ¼ teaspoon Garam Masala Powder – ¼ teaspoon Ginger garlic paste – ½ teaspoon Besan flour – 1 cup Salt – 1 teaspoon or as per taste Oil – five to six tablespoons Method: Wash and chop the greens into tiny bits. Chop onion and tomato finely. In a kadai(wok) put two to three teaspoons of oil. When [Read More...]

Small onions(Venkayam) – 15 nos Cooked red gram(Thuvaraparuppu) – 1/2 cup Tamarind(Puli) water – As reqd Mustard seeds – 1 tsp Fenugreek(Uluva) powder – A pinch Red chillies(Kollamulaku) – 2 -3 nos Oil(preferably sesame) – 1 tbsp For masala: Red chillies(Kollamulaku) – 3 nos Coriander seeds – 1 1/2 tsp Bengal gram(Kadalaparippu) – 1 tbsp Pepper – 3 – [Read More...]

Vallarai is well known for it’s medicinal qualities.  It is considered a brain booster.  Please note: Consume Vallarai in moderation.  Excessive consumption could lead to liver damage! Currently, Vallarai is being imported into Canada from all over the world.  The quality and taste is not the greatest with the imported products. We made some chutney with our own seedlings.  We couldn’t resist this super veggie. Ingredients [Read More...]