Tag Archives | South Indian food

RHR restaurant at Peelamedu

RHR restaurant at Peelamedu

Simplicity Coimbatore ,Weekend specials at RHR To delve into the history of the RHR hotel would require a whole other write up altogether. That’s what I told Ms.Hema Lakshmi ,daughter-in-law of Mr.G. Ratnavel (the head of the Royal Hindu Restaurant) who helps manage the operations at the restaurant at Peelamedu alongside her husband Mr.R.Gurumoorthy and […]

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Kollu paruppu for the monsoons

Kollu paruppu for the monsoons

Simplicity Coimbatore , Kollu paruppu for monsoons   The south west monsoon is here and this cloudy weather is urging my craving for some good old fashioned ‘kadanja kollu paruppu’. The kollu has been lying unused in it’s tall glass jars in my store room and I couldn’t wait to bring them out. Horse gram […]

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Sandhaghai dinners (idiappam variations)

Sandhaghai dinners (idiappam variations)

The Hindu Metroplus , All steamed up   One of our all time favourite dinners growing up was undoubtedly the sandhagai. I’m not sure if my mother was aware of this but this simple dinner never ceased to fascinate me no matter how many times it was served during the course of my childhood.The reason […]

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