Tag: Curry
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Satanai keerai kuzhambu
Satanai keerai is a wild spinach that has been a part of Tamil Nadu’s culinary heritage for centuries. However, most people don’t know what it is anymore. But, the elderly women grazing goats and working in farmlands still cherish and preserve this leafy green as an intrinsic part of their culture. This dish is easy…
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Papaya black dal curry
Papaya black dal curry is a fantastic nutritious and fibre-rich mouth-watering curry. For this, boil the black dal (cowpea) and keep it aside. Heat oil and add mustard seeds, cinnamon sticks, cloves, star anise, and bay leaves. Add onion, tomato, green chilies, and ginger garlic paste, saute it for a while, and add the raw…
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Plantain Cowpea dry curry
Vazhakkai Karamani Poriyal I often get asked at the Cafe how one can cook with Plantain, and this is an understandable question coming from anybody who isn’t very familiar with this vegetable yet. Apart from the usual Bajji, another interesting way to cook this beautiful vegetable is to make Plantain Karamani poriyal. The preparation: ❖…
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Vegan Pineapple Ice Cream
Pineapples grow with ease in our climate here in Auroville. And they are also quite low maintenance in that they can tolerate a certain level of dryness, nor is their growth impeded by the shade of other trees in the garden. At the same time as being delectable, they offer a range of micronutrients, particularly…
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Creamy Green Papaya Soup
There are times when we have so many Papayas on our trees waiting to ripen, that it can be overwhelming, so we take down some green ones and use them in various ways at the Cafe. This Green Papaya soup is one such creation that our guests adore, as we do too! Try it out…
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Snake gourd kootu
Snake gourd lentil curry, or Podalanga kootu, is one of the most traditional dishes of Tamil cuisine. Every Tamil household has their version of it. Through generations of family recipes passed down, we hold a part of our cultural identity. Our food, even with its variations, brings us together. To make it: Boil your moong…
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Neem stick toothbrush
There was an era before petroleum came on the scene, and plastics, and lorries, and tele-advertising, and mechanized dental chairs even! And there were people in this era who brushed their teeth too! And one of the ways some of them did that, was by going up to a Neem tree, breaking of a twig,…
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Drumstick Leaf Stir Fry
Murungai Keerai Poriyal In the form of a Poriyal, or stir fry, this is perhaps one of the best ways to consume the superfood that is Moringa leaves. This is a very easy recipe to reproduce – the most effort needed is perhaps in just separating the leaflets from the stalks. It is culturally considered…
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Indian Almond
Terminalia catappa ‘Nattuvadumai’ The Badam or the Indian Almond, is a fast growing tree with huge leaves that turn red in the summer and fall to the ground. It is grown extensively in the tropics as an ornamental tree, particularly because of the vibrant, striking shades of its leaves, and the aesthetically pleasing, symmetric form…
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Black Velvet Bean
Mucuna pruriens The Sanskrit name for this plant is “Kapikacchu”, because contact with the fine hairs on young foliage and on the shells of the seed pods can make one itch like a monkey! It is also known as “Secret Self” due to its high levels of Dopamine – it contains 4-7% by weight of…