It is Pongal today, the Tamil harvest and thanksgiving festival. This festival honours the Sun, Mother Nature, and farm animals for their crucial contributions to a bountiful harvest.

Happy Pongal!

Pongal is also a rice and lentil dish, cooked especially on this day. There are many variations. It is similar to Khichdi/Kitchari but in South India is its cooked until like a thick porridge. I might make this one that came into my feed this morning - lots of fresh coriander.

https://traditionallymodernfood.com/malli-pongal-coriander-pongal/

#FromTheKitchen #Pongal #IndianFood #Vegetarian #food #WhatIAmCooking

It is Pongal today, the Tamil harvest and thanksgiving festival. This festival honours the Sun, Mother Nature, and farm animals for their crucial contributions to a bountiful harvest.

Happy Pongal!

Pongal is also a rice and lentil dish, cooked especially on this day. There are many variations. It is similar to Khichdi/Kitchari but in South India is its cooked until like a thick porridge. I might make this one that came into my feed this morning - lots of fresh coriander.

https://traditionallymodernfood.com/malli-pongal-coriander-pongal/

#FromTheKitchen #Pongal #IndianFood #Vegetarian #food #WhatIAmCooking

Biryani is one of my all time fave foods. I tend to prefer the southern styles which isn’t easily available outside of south India.

Which is why Kolapasi’s Vijayawada style biryani really hits the spot for me.

Other faves in the Bay Area: Dindigul Thalappakatti (Milpitas), Appakadai (Sunnyvale and Dublin)

#Food #IndianFood #BayArea

Can't or don't eat onions or garlic? Do you like Indian food?

No onion, no garlic recipes are well known in Indian food, eg Jains essentially do not use them, often foods associated with festivals and observances are onions and garlic free, ditto sattvic recipes (#ayurveda).

Searching on Jain recipes or sattvic recipes will show sites and video channels. But better still, just search on "Indian no garlic no onion recipes" and it will give you good results.

Like this https://www.cookingcurries.com/50-no-onion-no-garlic-indian-recipes/

EDIT: OR, search for Hare Krsna or Hare Krishna or ISCON recipes - these are also onion and garlic free. There is a whole website of hundreds of dishes that are always good, and mostly easy dishes.

#NoGarlicNoOnions #IndianFood #NoOnionsNoGarlic #recipes #links #food

(Part of multi branched 🧵 on onion and garlic free cooking)

About a week ago I made some suggestions in response to a question, for replacing onions/garlic in recipes:

"You can sub in ginger or galangal for garlic, a bit of black pepper for chilli and something with a bite - capers fore example, or something pickled, for onions. It won't be the same but will add interest and flavour.

Or if you want that mellowed, cooked-down slightly sweet onion flavour then a mirepoix would do, or just carrots and capsicum."

This morning I was reading in #PlantBasedIndia by #DrSheilShukla that he suggests fennel or cabbage (both good choices imo), but he says that time is the key when sauteeing the veg to get the rich and complex flavours that you want. (Yes, agree.)

#NoGarlicNoOnions #IndianFood #NoOnionsNoGarlic #food #CookbookBrowsing #Cookbooks

If your #asafoetida ain't ponging, it is no longer fresh, or it has been cut with a lot of other ingredients. Replace it.

#IndianFood #Spices

Can't or don't eat onions or garlic? Do you like Indian food?

No onion, no garlic recipes are well known in Indian food, eg Jains essentially do not use them, often foods associated with festivals and observances are onions and garlic free, ditto sattvic recipes (#ayurveda).

Searching on Jain recipes or sattvic recipes will show sites and video channels. But better still, just search on "Indian no garlic no onion recipes" and it will give you good results.

Like this https://www.cookingcurries.com/50-no-onion-no-garlic-indian-recipes/

EDIT: OR, search for Hare Krsna or Hare Krishna or ISCON recipes - these are also onion and garlic free. There is a whole website of hundreds of dishes that are always good, and mostly easy dishes.

#NoGarlicNoOnions #IndianFood #NoOnionsNoGarlic #recipes #links #food