Braised Kadala (brown chickpeas) was quintessential prayer food, growing up in South Africa. Amma made it for the fasting prayer, Lakshmi Day or as a snack. Much like Amma’s samp and beans, it is tempered in whole spices. It gets its flavour and aroma from the combination of fried onion, […]
Purtassi
Mixed vegetable curry recipe
Mixed vegetable curry, as I know it growing up in South Africa, was synonymous with Porridge prayers (mariamman prayer). It is a medley of mixed vegetables with a characteristically sour taste from the combination of brinjal and tomatoes. It formed part of the trio of vegetable curries for the morning […]
Sweet Rice Recipe
Sweet Rice, that delicious Indian Rice pudding synonymous with prayers. I recall Amma making it for Porridge Prayers, Fasting Prayers, Lakshmi Prayers and ‘Dead Peoples Prayers’. Amma’s Sweet Rice Recipe often contained sultanas and chopped bananas. I am not a fan of banana so I have omitted this from the […]