Discovery

After years of eating the same old unimaginative food(that's what happens when one has to plan a menu keeping in mind the skills of the cook)it was a delight when my mother came to stay with us.She unfortunately was also a victim of unimaginative food(having to get outside catering as she wasn't up to cooking )and has long forgotten the taste and aromas that can ignite appetites.
Well we decided that perhaps the time had come to revive some long forgotten recipes.
Today our curries have extended from the tried and tested,sambar and dhal to some dhal with veggies,theial with ladies finger(okra),kalan and olan and kachya moor.All varieties to be eaten with rice at lunch or dinner.Breakfast does come with appam and chicken stew and that sees us eating well into lunch.The rich creamy stew thickened with coconut milk is so good that long after the stomach groans we continue eating.Puttu and kadala curry(chickpeas) is another new breakfast food at our place.
We are still trying out old recipes,dictated by the seasons and the veggies available.Yams,stems,leaves whatever there is in the market and we haven't got bored as yet.