Top 10 Recipes of 2011

Zoom Zoom and it's yet another year to wrap up! Year 2011 had been quite eventful with active blogging; varied recipes, a balanced attempt of traditional dishes and bakes, owning a new dslr and a bunch of new friends! To my surprise, the year toppers  are puddings and cakes on the contrary to the usual traditional recipes in Spicy Chilly. Again, the top five are sweet dishes!! High time I...

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Rice Wine ~ for Christmas!

I just got back after a short break in Pondy and Chennai. So what did I make special this Christmas? Yup! home brewed wine! When I went through my friend Swapna's post a month ago, I believe I started to prepare this one the next minute I finished reading the post! The simplicity, the availability of the ingredients and the classic end product was more than tempting. I quartered the original...

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Thakkali Kuzhambu / Tomato Coconut Curry

                                                               Tastespotted,  Foodgawked I have brewed my Christmas wine, baked the cookies today and will be ready with the cakes next week!       Hope you too are...

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My son's favourite Pizza

My son's pizza is all about a 'fusion'. A medley of olive oil, pizza sauce with an 'Indianish' touch, a mix of mozzarella and cheddar, fresh coriander leaves to flavour and chilly flakes to top for that 'Indianish heat'. I had planned to bake and post this pizza when sweet punch announced the recipe for the same, from scratch, if I am not wrong, for the month of April adapted from the celebrity...

Sothi - A mildly spiced yellow curry with sliced onions cooked soft in coconut milk

                                                                    Tastespotted ,  Foodgawked The weekend kept my hands full, son's visit, cooking up family favourites, doctor consultations, a weekend break...

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Picture of the week ~ Body wash. And a Saturday Rant!

  The beauty of these simple bottles tempted me to click.         Yet to use this product that arrived from London. Now,  those who can really put up with my rants / non foodie posts can continue.. .......... Disappointments of the day! ~ Cooked and mashed palak remains 'inedible' and aloo becomes reluctant to get into the slimy base.(Even a kitchen can be the...

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Tribute to Jayasree - Maa Vilakku

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' Bhagyam' makes Thuar Adai ~ a continuation of the previous post!

It is almost a couple of hours' drive to our ancestral village. The roads are extremely bumpy and I dislike the roller coaster ride to and fro mostly done on the same day. To shake off the terrible backache and the tiredness on the following day back home is a nightmare for me lately! Still, the warmth of my inlaws, the charm of the village and the mansion becomes irresistible, each time V invites...

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