Drumstick comes under spinach variety and it has lots of health benefits. In Tamilnadu most of the individual houses will have this tree and from top to bottom of the tree it has various uses. The root,stem,flowers and leaves are raw materials for many medicines.
TamilBrahminRecipes
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How to prep for a complete South Indian feast?
April 22, 2015Last weekend I had invited my friends for lunch. I wasn’t sure about what menu I should prepare for them. After giving few thoughts decided to go with the classic Tamil Brahmin virundhu sapadu. They got married recently and hence thought this will be the best way to treat them 🙂
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Sevai (Rice Noodles)
June 27, 2014‘சேவை’ in Tamil is nothing but rice noodles.In tambrahm weddings this will be served along with Aloo bonda as evening snacks. That is one combination to die for 😉
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Kovakkai Paruppu Usili
March 17, 2014Paruppu Usili is a trademark brahmin recipe and mostly it is prepared with french beans,cluster beans or vazhaipoo. This kovakkai paruppu usili is inspired from Saffron Trail’s blog. Yesterday tried this recipe and it came out really well. Even if you are not
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Kanu & Aadi 18 Recipes
January 17, 2014Kanu Pandigai is celebrated the next day after Pongal. On this special occasion sisters pray for their brothers in their family. We usually get Pongal Seeru (money or gifts) from our brothers. :-D.
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Chakkarai Pongal/சர்க்கரைப் பொங்கல்
January 13, 2014My grand mom used to make this chakkarai pongal in an open bronze pot (வெண்கல பானை) on Pongal festival. I bet you can’t match that flavor, outcome and that awesome taste when you pressure cook 🙂 Even today in most of the households in rural areas pongal is prepared in an open pot. The following re
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Coconut Poli & Dal Poli
January 13, 2014Krishna Sweets & A2B serves the most delicious polis in Chennai. Perfect evening snack. Very simple recipe but with loads of calories 😉 Ghee and oil should be used generously. The dough is basically same for both coconut & dal poli. Only the stuffing differs. The following measurement serve
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Thattai
September 13, 2013Thattai is a crispy snack that is also prepared as one of the neivedhyams during Krishna Jayanthi. If you have rice flour and urad dal flour ready then you can make t
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Urad Dal Flour
August 30, 2013Urad Dal flour is essential when making snacks like Murukku, Thattai, and for other savoury items as well. You can store the flour in a container and use it later too.
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Rice Flour (Home Made)
August 30, 2013The measurement given below will yield us around 400gms(approx.) of Rice Flour and you can store it container for future use as well.