Garlic is a popular ingredient in cooking due to its strong flavor and its health benefits. Most of the health effects are caused by one of the sulfur compounds formed when a garlic clove is chopped, crushed or chewed. The compound which gives this distinct garlic smell is called Allicin. Garlic is very nutritious but … [Read more…]
Narthangai oorugai is one of my favourite oorugai which my mother makes at home. It has a very strong sour taste and the skin of the citron is thick green in colour. It removes impurities from the blood and cleanses the blood. It is also good for your stomach too as they help to heal … [Read more…]
Have you ever tried making veppilai katti? It is a simple and easy to make dry pickle which are made using lemon leaves, citron leaves and curry leaves. It is not prepared from neam leaves as the name vepillai suggests. It is a spicy and tangy ball which can be had with curd rice. This … [Read more…]
Mavadu is a pickle which is made using tender mango in Tamilnadu. This is one of my favourite pickles. This is a seasonal pickle as tender mango comes on the onset of summer. With very less oil, the taste of the mavadu is too good with the simple spices added which makes it special. My … [Read more…]
Bitter gourd is very healthy for us and we prepare variety of dishes using bitter gourd. One such dish is bitter gourd pickle. Making bitter gourd pickle is very simple and it has a shelf life of 10 days. Ingredients: Bitter Gourd – 2 medium Chilly Powder – 3 or 4 tsps. (according to your … [Read more…]
We use green chillies in almost all the recipes. This is a traditional green chilly pickle which I learnt from my friend. I love pickles very much. For this pickle we need slightly spicy green chillies and we use some masalas which makes the pickles very tasty. This pickle tastes well with curd rice. I … [Read more…]
Green chilly which is the one among the best to bring spicy taste to the food. Green chilies add a unique flavor and taste to meals. Capsaicin is the chemical compound that makes chillies taste hot; most of the people will eat chilies in raw, fried or roasted form along with salads and as a side … [Read more…]
My mother is an expert in making pickles. She almost made pickles from everything. The gooseberry pickles she made was very awesome. In our home, we always had a collection of at least 8 pickles which she made herself. I am a big fan of pickles my mother made. I learnt this Gooseberry Pickle recipe … [Read more…]
Whenever I think of raw mango, I think about salted mango. It is a very simple pickle and easy to make and it tastes well with curd rice.
Ingi Puli is a traditional Kerala pickle prepared during festival times. No feast is complete without Ingi Puli. The main ingredients are ginger, tamarind, jaggery and green chillies. It gets a sweet and sour taste from all these ingredients. After a heavy feast, if we have this it helps us to easily digest our food … [Read more…]