OK! I like watching Chef Damodaran's 'Samayal Darbar' cooking programs on TV(I mean youtube). Most of the recipes are easy to follow and besides bookmarking all of them to try out it is pretty good entertainment. I was watching one of his programs where he was making Chicken Biryani and this lip smacking potato varuval to go along with it. Potato recipes are really hard for me to resist and this one was no different.
It goes very nicely with any kind of flavored rice - tamarind rice or lemon rice in particular. We had them with some quinoa puliodharai.
Masala Potato Varuval -
Preparation Time:5 minutes + 20 minutes (for soaking)
Cooking Time:15 minutes
Ingredients
Method
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Perfect side dish for any rice dish.
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Suvayo Suvai - Simple Indian/South Indian Vegetarian Recipes, Easy to prepare and healthy to eat. Suvaiyo Suvai.
I gave it a try and it was well worth it. The only problem is, shallow frying would have been better but I did a roast which made the masala and potatoes separate from each other.Mix the chili paste with the ginger garlic paste. | |
Add in the tamarind pulp and curry leaves. | |
Add in the barely cooked potatoes followed by the rice flour and mix it in as well. | |
Once the rice flour is mixed in. Heat oil in a pan and cook the potatoes. |
It goes very nicely with any kind of flavored rice - tamarind rice or lemon rice in particular. We had them with some quinoa puliodharai.
Masala Potato Varuval -
Preparation Time:5 minutes + 20 minutes (for soaking)
Cooking Time:15 minutes
Ingredients
- 4 Medium Size Potatoes (boiled so it just barely cooked and diced into cubes)
- 4 red chilies soaked in about 1/4 cup of water and blended to a paste
- 3 garlic and 2 inch piece of ginger - made into paste
- 2 tsp turmeric powder
- 1/2 tbsp coriander powder
- 1/2 tsp of pepper powder
- 1 tbsp tamarind pulp from a 2 inch piece of tamarind
- a handful of curry leaves
- salt to taste
- 2 tbsp of rice flour
- 1/2 tbsp of oil Or 1/4 cup of oil if shallow frying
Method
- In a mixing bowl take the blended chili paste, ginger garlic paste, turmeric powder, coriander powder, pepper powder, salt, curry leaves and the tamarind pulp. Mix them together. Add in the potatoes and mix them together.
- Add in the rice flour and mix it in gently so that the potatoes are well coated.
- Heat oil a wide mouthed pan and add in the potatoes and toss them around till the potatoes are well roasted. If shallow frying, cook the potatoes in two batches.
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The Best Poetry Websites – Love Poems For Everyone
On behalf of the Poetry Foundation. It shows that more than a third of men and nearly two-thirds of women who read for pleasure are users of poetry. The rather clumsy term “poetry users” is the way the survey describes those who listen or read poetry, or both.
Sites for poets and lovers of poetry
These figures seem quite impressive, but keep in mind that the survey only concerned those who were already reading for fun – and we, readers, are already, unfortunately, already in the subpopulation. According to a 2002 survey of public participation in the arts, only three out of twenty adults read or listen to poetry.
These figures seem quite impressive, but keep in mind that the survey only concerned those who were already reading for fun – and we, readers, are already, unfortunately, already in the subpopulation. According to a 2002 survey of public participation in the arts, only three out of twenty adults read or listen to poetry.
Before the poets among us retire to write a depressing haiku about the state of poetry, you may be impressed by the fact that 99% of the “non-poetry users” of the NORC survey said they encountered poetry in their daily public transport, at ceremonies, in newspapers, etc. – and about two thirds read/listened to these poems and loved them. In short, when poetry seeps into books, they appreciate it!
Personally, I like the chance to meet poetry, but I rarely look for it, and if I do, it’s mostly to revisit my old favorites. As for poetry critics, frankly, most of the time they leave me cold, while my attitude towards form is succinctly summed up by this well-known quote from Joan Didion: “Grammar is a piano that I play by ear. its power. It is as if the poetry critics belonged to a private club of which I am not aware; keep me at a distance to talk about technical terms that I don’t understand and, frankly, that I don’t particularly want.
That being said, I had serious doubts about writing a blog on poetry websites, when there are as many people more qualified than me; but then I thought maybe I had a perspective to offer precisely because I’m not an insider of poetry. So here, with the invaluable contribution of some Of BookBrowse’s critics who are aficionados of poetry, are a dozen websites on poetry that have something to offer, even the least poetic among us.