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31st May 2005, 12:29 PM
#1
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Favourite food
Guys ! tired of serious discussions and "locked up" and "to be deleted " threads.
Lets discuss the quintissential "Soathu prachinai" (eng :translation; food problem).
When I was a kid (trus me I was , once upon a time), I had a big crush on the following dishes which my granny used to make.
1. Milagu Rasam.(APJ Abdul Kamal's fave)
2. Sundakkai Vathhakozhambu (I donno english translation)
3. Thakkali Sambar (tomato sambar)
4. Araikeerai and Molai Keerai (some variety of spinaches)
5. Manjal Karisilanganni keerai (another spinach variety good for Jaundice patients, I took it when I had jaundice when I was a kid) Where is this plant nowadays?
6. MoarKuzhambu (curd sambaar?)
7. Arisi Appalam
8. Urula kizhangu kari (potato fry)
9. Kathirikkai Kari (brinjal kari- very spicy)
10. moar milagai
The greatest fun of all is to sit in a circle around my granny along with my cousins and brother, listening to Ramayan and Mahabaratham(edited, distilled and censored version). The food tasted million times better this way(why?).
I am looking forward to hearing hubbers' experience on their favourite food and how best they enjoyed it with their family and friends.
Though this thread seems to be too south indian, hubbers from all around the world are welcome to pitch in with their experiences.
walrus and aakash - idhu eppadi irukku?
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
- Gore Vidal
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31st May 2005 12:29 PM
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31st May 2005, 12:33 PM
#2
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JG,
What is the criterion to participate in this thread?? Should we be jobless, senseless and utterly useless to discuss about thayir saadam too???
Your attitude determines your altitude!
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31st May 2005, 12:38 PM
#3
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akka!
criterion is you must be having a mouth to eat and food that you had eaten or have that you eat everyday. Plus memories of your fave food. Ideal lunchtime topic this... So u like lemon pickle along with curd rice. It is a side dish to so many delicacies ...
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
- Gore Vidal
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31st May 2005, 12:41 PM
#4
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Innoru useful thread-a??
Nalla irukku thambingelode!
Anyway, what is Maavadu? U've listed all veg stuff..are you vegetarian?
OK, my list is
i) Nasi lemak (coconut rice) with prawn gravy or nethili gravy
Best eaten hot and wrapped in banana leaf! Yummy. All the
koluppu is showing in my waistline now!
ii) Noodle soup; curry mee (noodle)
iii) Fried bee hoon (best fried with prawns!)
iv) Uppuma..
v) Milagu resam with sardine sambal (gravy)
vi) Anything with urulai kilanggu!!
vii) thirukke meen curry
viii) meen (fish) curry with the small 'pulichakkaai'!!
and last but not least, nasi goreng with prawns (fried rice)...
Hmm....vaay uruthu ithellam sollembOthu!!
More to come...!
When we watch TV, we will eat 'keropok" which is actually prawn or fish crackers!!
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31st May 2005, 12:42 PM
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And of course all the indian variation...thosai with thaengaai chutney, idli, paratha (roti chanai) with chicken curry!!
Deepavali - will be with aattu (mutton) curry, kurma, with idiappam..!
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31st May 2005, 12:59 PM
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31st May 2005, 01:02 PM
#7
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or or with sotong sambal, nasi kandar, or......nevermind
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31st May 2005, 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by
a.ratchasi
NM, at least you are being thoughtful of non-vegetarians.
We are always sidelined by the masses everywhere.
Such inequality should be stopped by all means.
We too have feelings, you know.
By the way, you forgot nasi lemak with rendang ayam.
Oooh! How could I miss rendang?????? Hmm yummy!!
I know...i feel guilty listing out non-veg stuff..but, what to do....I am a meat-eater!!
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31st May 2005, 01:38 PM
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Non Veg or Ve, that doesn't matter. All that matters is the experience of eating. Who is serving and how they make it. Many times, my mother will make only a rasam and appalam. However hungry you are, if she serves with Love, even humble rasam will taste like divine ambrosia or amudham. That is why some people call "Rasam" as "Saathamudhu", meaning divine nectar of food.
It it is also true that Rasam is the best appetizer in the food world IMHO.
My Bihari friend always craves for Fish. Fortunately for him when we were in Orlando, there were so many carribean fish outlets, that he ate some 20 varieties of fish in the nine months we were there.
coming back to leaf eaters, I used to enjoy the karisilanganni keerai, which I have heard people saying as very good for the liver. My mother used to prepare it along with dal (urad dal i think) and ghee. It was so delicious. another favourite that my granny used to cook was Paagakkai Pitle(not to be confused with mandakkai, it is Bittergourd). It was another dish from heaven which tasted thousand times more when my granny served it in her own hands.
Apparently, a democracy is a place where numerous elections are held at great cost without issues and with interchangeable candidates.
- Gore Vidal
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31st May 2005, 01:41 PM
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Vatha kozhambu is best...but don't know how to cook
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