Monthly Archives: February 2013

Cauliflower 65


Cauliflower 65/Gobi 65 is a very popular snack or starter in south India as a vegetarian version. You can use the marinate of chicken 65, for cauliflower65, refer recipe. I tasted this first in Coimbatore where it is very popular as a street food. The cauliflowers are well coated in reddish sauce (marinate) and when it is fried, it gives a very good and crispy colour which attracts every one.


Cauliflower pakoda


Cauliflower pakoda is one of my favourite snacks and I cook it whenever I crave for it. Pakoda is an important snack in India as a street food and it is eaten mostly evening times, served in newspaper as a plate or disposable plates with chutneys. During rainy times, the first thing that comes to mind is hot tea and hot pakodas. Pakodas can be made from onions, cashews, cauliflower and many more.


Putnala pappu podi


Pappula podi or putanala pappu podi is famous in Andhra and is used for various purposes. I tasted this first in my grandparents place Anantapur near a chilli bajji stall (mirapakaya bajji), the lady sprinkles this putanala pappu podi on the chilli bajji with some chopped onions which makes the chilli bajji (milagai bajji or mirapakaya bajji) more tasty and appetising. This putanala pappu podi everyone prepares it differently as per their home recipe and their taste.


Mirch pakora


Mirch pakora /Chilli pakora is a very popular street snack in India in the evenings. You can find these chilli pakora stalls in corner of the streets but only in the evenings after 5pm. Mirch pakora/Chilli pakora can be served with any chutney you like and each stall has his own variation. In this recipe, I have not used the small chillies but instead, I have used bajji chilli which are thick and light green in colour.


Nam prik pao


Nam prik is a spicy chilli paste in oil or chilli sauce or like chilli jam consistency which is normally eaten as a condiment or dipping sauce for fried dishes and other vegetable dishes in Thailand . It is a spicy and sweet jam consistency chilli paste in oil.


Vegetarian stir fry noodles


Vegetarian stir fry noodles is like vegetable hakka or chow mein hakka noodles, which is stir fried on a wok or a wider Indian kadai/vessel. Stir fry noodles are very easy to make and gets quickly cooked if vegetables are chopped in advance. Its children’s favourite and of course mine too and is a very easy option for lunch boxes. The main vegetables which we see often is carrot, beans, cabbage, capsicum and beansprouts.


Vegetable hakka noodles


Vegetable hakka noodles or vegetable hakka chow mien popularly known dish in indo-Chinese cuisine. This hakka noodles or chow Mein noodles is all time everyone’s favourite , kids love it and is very easy to make in no time, only in vegetables cutting time is needed, otherwise its easy. Now days, chopped vegetables also you get for Chinese cooking. Its very nutrious also as lots of vegetables go in it. The main vegetables which we see often is carrot, beans, cabbage, capsicum and beansprouts. You can add any vegetables as many, as  per your child’s taste, in the noodles.


Cauliflower pepper fry masala


Cauliflower pepper fry masala (cauliflower milagu masala), is a semi dry dish with little masala, not a curry type. Cauliflower pepper fry masala goes well with chapathi, poratta, dosa, plain rice with dal (any lentil dal) and rasam (tamarind based Chennai soup). The pepper and fennel spice goes well with the cauliflower, which makes the dish tastier and flavoured one.


Chicken and vegetable hakka noodles


Chicken Hakka noodles or chicken Hakka chow mien popularly known dish in indo-Chinese cuisine. This chicken Hakka noodles or chicken chow Mein noodles is very easy to make, only in vegetables cutting time is needed, otherwise it’s easy. Though it is chicken Hakka noodles I have added more of vegetables, as I love to have both chicken and vegetables, but you can add more chicken as per your taste.


Brinjal pachadi/Kathirikai pachadi (Biryani side dish)


Kathirikai pachadi is the famous side dish which is served with biryani in Chennai. In Chennai we get biryani every where but there are some places where biryani is famous for its taste, quality and quantity. In Chennai there are some take away shops, where biryani is sold but not all the shops biryani will be good, as some places where the Muslim community is there you will get a very good biryani, made by the Muslim experienced chef known as daekchi biryani (biryani in a very big vessel) in each street at known places which are very famous for take away only.