Saroji Patti's kaivannam- Part 1

This is special write up post for our Grandmother's cooking. Saroji patti is my Dh's grandmother. She is living in thiruvaiyaru. She has a great passion for cooking especially I am a big fan of her chappathis which always stay soft even after hours of cooking. I have personally tried making it following her steps but still cannot reach her perfection of making it that soft. Will soon make a separate post of her doing chappathis.

Today I am sharing two different receipes done by her.


Receipe :1

Narthaillai podi:-


It is made from narthangai tree leaf.

Things needed:

A)Fresh leaves picked from tree, need to be washed and wiped off with clean cloth.Later need to take out thin strip in middle of leaf and tear it into pieces like picture below.

B) Next need to sun dry the below ingredients for a day.

C) Grind all the above slowly in a mixer grinder to get narthangai leaf powder,which tastes yummy with curd rice and also good for digestion.

Final picture

Receipe 2:-

Kandan thippli rasam:-

This is good for relieving body pains. There are two types of thippli arisi thippli and kandan thippli. So we need to buy kandan thippli. 

Things needed:-

To be roasted:

Kandanthippli,dry chilli,coriander seeds, pepper,toor dhal(qty as shown in picture).

Curry leaves and cumin seeds(added with grinding ingredients)

Small ball of tamarind and salt as needed

A) first need to roast flame. 

B) Next grind the ingredients in mixer adding needed water.

C)Now take tamarind water and boil it with medium flame.Next add grinded ingredients and bring to boil and turn off flame.

Final picture of kandanthippli Rasam