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LETZ COOK: Cabbage kootu

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Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Kootu is a very easy and healthy dish. A lot of vegetables can be prepared this way and it goes well with both chapathi and rice. I usually make kootu with chayote squash. Cabbage, snake gourd, yellow squash and spinach. Cabbage (chopped) - 2 cups. Tomato (chopped) - 1/2. Moong dal - 2 tbsp. Green chilly - 2. Coconut (shredded) - 2 tbsp. Cumin seeds (jeera) - 1 tsp. Salt - as needed. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp. Split urad dal - 1 tsp. Asafoetida - a pinch. Oil - 1 tsp. Video content w...

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LETZ COOK: Tomato Rasam

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Wednesday, April 25, 2007. Thin tamarind water - 2 cups. Pepper - 2 tsp (can be increased if needed). Jeera (cumin seeds) - 1 tbsp. Garlic - 3 cloves. Green chillies - 2. Turmeric powder - 1 tsp. Rasam powder - 1 tsp (optional). Tomatoes - 2 (ripe and juicy ones). Coriander leaves (chopped) - 2 tbsp. Mustard seeds- 1 tsp. Jeera (cumin seeds) - 1 tsp. Red chillies - 2. Asafoetida - 1/2 tsp. Methi (fenugreek seeds) - 1/2 tsp. Oil - 1 tbsp. Fresh rasam always tastes better than refrigerated ones.

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LETZ COOK: Appam and vegetable kurma

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Tuesday, August 15, 2006. Appam and vegetable kurma. Last weekend I wanted to make something special for breakfast. Also I had lots of beans and carrots fresh from my garden. So after much thinking, decided to make appam and vegetable kurma. This will be my entry for saffron trails weekend breakfast blog event. Rice (preferably raw rice) – 2 cups. Cooked white rice – ½ cup. Coconut milk – ½ cup. Shredded coconut – 2 tbsp. Baking soda – ½ tsp. Salt – as needed. Oil – as needed. Peas – ¼ cup. Appam and veg...

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LETZ COOK: November 2007

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Sunday, November 11, 2007. Paasi Paruppu Payasam (Moong Dal Kheer). I made this traditional dessert for dinner on diwali and everyone loved it. It was a very simple and easy recipe and tasted divine. I took this recipe from Mrs. S. Mallika Badrinath's TRADITIONAL SWEETS recipe book. This will be my entry to the JFI-Special Edition Diwali event. Hosted by Vee of Past, Present and Me. Green gram dal(Split moong dal) - 1 cup. Jaggery (grated) - 1 cup (can be increased or decreased as per taste). Mamra (puff...

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LETZ COOK: December 2007

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Thursday, December 27, 2007. My Christmas goodies and Seven Cup sweet. This year Christmas was extra special for more than one reason. It's the first one after our marriage and my brother was with me for Christmas after 6 yrs. I made all the goodies during the week after I got back from work. Some of the recipes are from other fellow bloggers. Sharing with you all a few pictures and a recipe. Coconut (shredded) - 1 cup. Besan - 1 cup. Ghee - 1 cup. Sugar - 3 cups. Milk - 1 cup. Tuesday, December 25, 2007.

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LETZ COOK: September 2007

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Sunday, September 30, 2007. Final reminder for Green Blog Project - Summer 2007. This is a reminder for all you fellow bloggers to send in your entries for the Green Blog Project by Oct 1, 2007 to letzcook@gmail.com. You can find more details about this event here. I have sent an acknowledgment to bloggers, if I have already received their entries. So please let me know if you have not received my acknowledgement. Friday, September 28, 2007. Black channa dal – 1 cup. Onion (chopped) – ½ cup. Like the ide...

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LETZ COOK: Happy Tamil New Year

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Sunday, April 13, 2008. Happy Tamil New Year. Ive been busy at work lately and add to that severe neck pain. Hence I've been MIA (Missin In Action). I promise not to disappear again and to post more often. I also have a ton of bloghoppin to do and get updated with whats happening in the blog world. I hope I dint miss anything big and also hope that all is fine with everyone. So here are some pictures from my tamil new year's celebration. Clockwise from top: Vatral Kuzhambu. Raddish Sambar, Tomato Rasam.

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LETZ COOK: JFI - January

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Friday, December 07, 2007. Its my turn to host this month's JFI(Jihva For Ingredients). This event was started by Indira of Mahanandi and you can read all about it here. Yes this month's special ingredient is CHOCOLATE. For the last few months, every time a JFI ingredient was announced, I would hope that it isnt chocolate. I am glad that I got to choose this as my ingredient. You can say that I am obsessed with it. I love chocolate in any form or shape. 3 Send in your entries to letzcook@gmail.com. I'll ...

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LETZ COOK: Celebrating Tamil New Years with a traditional dessert - Semiya Payasam

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Saturday, April 14, 2007. Celebrating Tamil New Years with a traditional dessert - Semiya Payasam. Even though I live miles away from home, I still try and celebrate most festivals, just to stay in touch with the tradition. So this time when I found banana leaves (vazhai elai) in a Korean store, I was excited like a kid in a candy store. I was so happy that I can serve my complete tamil meal on a banana leaf for the first time. Iniya Tamizh Puthandu NalVazhthukal. Drumstick), tomato rasam. Chayote squash...