Misal - spicy gravy

Misal is a gravy made with white peas and is a very popular in the street food called Misal Pav. We were given this Misal Pav as a part of the Southern team for the North vs South Challenge. You can use regular pav buns available, but I used homemade buns (recipe to follow soon)

 

Thiruvathirai Kootu

Thiruvathirai kootu is a festival food done on Thiruvathirai. It is accompanied with the Thiruvathirai kali done on Thiruvathirai. It is done with a lot of vegetables (seven), tamarind and a grinded mixture. It is very aromatic from freshly ground spices and tastes very delicious.

Thiruvathirai Kali

Thiruvathirai is a festival celebrated in the Margazhi Maasam on the Thiruvathirai Star.. Thiruvathirai kali recipe is a festival food made on thiruvathirai. It is a very delicious recipe that is served with 7 vegetable kootu (recipe will come soon).

Mahabaleshwar Channa (Spicy Roasted Chickpeas)

Mahabaleshwar Channa is a simple, nutrituous and tasty snack. This is so simple to do with canned beans, else you need to soak, pressure cook the beans and then have them ready. I got this recipe from here and it is surely a keeper.

Ginger Candy / Crystallized Ginger

Ginger candy is a very interesting tasting sweet which has a lot of flavor and is pretty easy to make. It is a sweet-hot treat. It can also be used in many Chinese or Thai dishes that call for sweet ginger. Ginger candy and ginger drink are made together. This candy is very helpful and a tasty medicine to cure nausea, vomiting and morning sickness. We used this couple of times when we were on the cruise with rough sea and was relieved of the sea sickness in a few minutes. Ginger Candy can be stored in an airtight container for at least a month..