Simplicity Coimbatore , Rose apples/a A fruit which has been popping up often of late, is the rose apple. Though I had never seen it around here as a child it apparently takes well to the soil here in Coimbatore. It is also possible that the plant nurseries here are stocking more rose apple saplings […]
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Byadagi chillies
Simplicity Coimbatore , Byadagi chillies in a Rogan Josh Dried red chillies in South India At home when it comes to using dried red chillies we favour two varieties;the small round ones and the tapered medium length ones with the thick skin. These are known as the gundu milagai ,popular in Chettinad cooking and […]
Red & purple foods
Simplicity Coimbatore , The red in your diet Strawberry cultivation in India When I mentioned that strawberries were in season,I was corrected by a friend (familiar with Mumbai /Pune) who said that the season for strawberries from Mahabaleshwar was at its end but the strawberries growing in the hills closer to Coimbatore would be […]
Globe amaranth tea
Simplicity Coimbatore , The Vaadaamalli tea Working within a specific budget is when the creative mind has to come up with low cost options which still fit the brief. That’s when we tend to look around us not with just the eyes but also by opening the mind and thinking a little more out […]
Egg fruit
Simplicity Coimbatore , have you tried the nutrient rich egg fruit ? It was about 3 years ago when a fellow food enthusiast and loyal reader (Sanjana) had something very interesting to share with me. Her ancestral farm was getting a bit of a clean up and the family were planning to plant some new […]
Sour dough bread
Simplicity Coimbatore , Ancient art of bread making , sourdough bread What we know of the bread making process today consists of using one important ingredient; baker’s yeast ! And yet that is not how it was made in ancient times. Bread making dates back to a time even before it could be documented […]
Ragi (finger millet)
Simplicity Coimbatore , Special harvest , Ragi The importance of the harvest festival has been ingrained into us as early back as my memory goes. It’s not like the significance was explained to us in words, we understood merely by watching.The rituals exhibit a sense of reverence rather than only a celebratory feeling. It is […]
Adai (South Indian savoury pancake)
Simplicity Coimbatore , Adai for marghazhi The kitchen at my parents’ home was the production centre for a variety of dishes from all kinds of cuisines. Those were the days of Eve’s weekly , round table cookbook , Australian Women’s weekly and so on. Recipes were poured over and ingredients were sourced from anywhere one […]
Adhalakkai
Simplicity Coimbatore , Adhalakkai season is here The winter weather is the right time to cook with ingredients which aren’t suited for any other time of year.Few people realise that even green peas are best consumed only during the winter months. We have become so used to seeing it in dishes throughout the year that […]
Mince Pies
Simplicity Coimbatore , Mince pies are delightful Ever since I was a little girl , old enough to read a story on my own ,I have had a fascination for pies. The pictures showing the golden dome of flaky pastry filled with the promise of delicious ingredients was, for me ,the most extravagant of treats. […]
