Tanjavur brahmin recipes

**Surya** · 27th May 2006, 11:53 PM

Lemme ask u guys something....

Don't you find HOME-MADE Sambar and Rasam Powders a lot more tasty than these Readymade ones?

I remember my mom using Shakti Masala once for sambar and rasam.

Told her I wouldn't eat her food if she uses them again....not that they taste bad, but homemade stuff just tastes a million times better...anyone agree?

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**dev** · 29th May 2006, 12:23 PM

Originally Posted by Surya

Lemme ask u guys something....

Don't you find HOME-MADE Sambar and Rasam Powders a lot more tasty than these Readymade ones?

I remember my mom using Shakti Masala once for sambar and rasam.

Told her I wouldn't eat her food if she uses them again....not that they taste bad, but homemade stuff just tastes a million times better...anyone agree?

Yeah...homemade powders taste much better... Esp Mrs.Mano's sambar powder gives very good results... Also, I don't like homecooked food to taste like hotel ones... But my husb uses Annapoorna sambar powder(esp for idlis) so that he gets the exact taste as the sambar we get in annapoorna hotels...Annapoorna is a chain restau in coimbatore, known for its idli-vada-sambar... & coimbatoreans are known for drinking annapoorna sambar as if they were drinking water...

**ayeshasadique** · 29th May 2006, 12:43 PM

my hubby can have a bucket of sambar for 2 idlis ... and still say not enough!!

**ayeshasadique** · 29th May 2006, 12:46 PM

i make sambar using the home made podi my mom in law usually packs for me... and i have a lot of fans for her sambar powder here in UAE, i actually bring pks for a lot of friends

**dev** · 29th May 2006, 12:48 PM

ayesha,

Do you have the recipe for teh sambar powder?...

**ayeshasadique** · 29th May 2006, 12:49 PM

she is even particular that I use only home ground spice (turmeric, chilli, coriander etc) powders.... she packs everything for me .....I dont need to buy anything here at all...

oh, and I also get these pks from my mom..."anbu thollai"

**ayeshasadique** · 29th May 2006, 12:54 PM

no one believes,...but 1/2 my luggage is podis, masalas, vatrals, fresh greens (that I dont get here), seasonal veggies, dried meat cubes, etc etc
my hubby says, " amma, its not a desert"..she says, yes it is!! very funny scenes and dialogues take place in our house during pking with my hubby throwing back some of these from the luggage, and she secretly putting them back

**dev** · 29th May 2006, 01:05 PM

... such things happen in almost all homes...

Homemade podis are good... U can atleast be sure there is not much adultration in what we consume... I sometimes feel there is a sort of chemical smell from the preservatives in some of the storebought podis...

& I wonder Y most podis become like 'mannu' after the expiry date while homemade podis can stay good for even a year... maybe the quality of the ingredient & processing matters...

**ayeshasadique** · 29th May 2006, 01:48 PM

exactly....i had only once made the mistake of buying commercial dhania powder, when my home brought one was over, it was literally like sand, both in texture n taste (well,

i havent tasted sand)

**bingleguy** · 29th May 2006, 01:50 PM

True Dev ! home made podis are the Best ! the ones that are made from the stores normally use machines and n large quantities and also they dont put the needed ingredient's quantity !