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Keep Calm and eat Puliodharai

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Keep calm and eat Kovil Puliodharai is the common refrain in the lanes and bylanes of Triplicane.

On a rainy Wednesday Morning we get on the Puliodharai trail and meet this charming man at the Parthasarathi temple Madapalli.

Parthasarathy photo

“We only use pepper and Gingelly oil for the Puliodharai.  No red chilies or groundnut oil. We don’t want to agonize Lord Parthasarathi coz he has already taken a lot of arrows on the battlefield.

For everything else we use ghee.

Even if you try out the recipe at home you wouldn’t get this taste” He continued

“Why?”

“Coz, the Kovil Puliodharai contains one additional ingredient, the blessings of Lord Parthasarathi”

Puliodharai

FYI, the Puliodharai sold at the temple Prasadam stall is not from the Madapalli.

Yeah, all Puliodharai is not Kovil Puliodharai.

We rush as its getting late to office when this man tells us that it’s Prasadam time.

“Thanks sir but then we gotta rush”we tell the gentleman.

“That’s okay. Keep calm and have Puliodharai. All other things can wait” he tells us

And, things wait and wait as we help ourselves with a third serving 🙂

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My mom isn’t the best cook in the world..

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Back then when mom used to work, cooking happened between waking us up, homework, making us eat breakfast, packing our bags, and a million other things.

Umpteen times the potato curry tasted burnt, the sambar lacked salt and the rasam too sour.

Was too embarrassed to share my food with others at school, I confess.

Years passed, I moved. The potato became mashed, changed into wedges or sometimes into fries, Kara curry or Podimass.

The other day I walked into this Mess with my friends and they served Sambar rice with potato curry. Others found the potato to be burnt. But then, I found mom.

Umm, I like it. Let me eat some more of it.

BTW, why do I get reminded of my 9th standard summer holidays spent playing ‘bet matches’ when I eat a particular variety of Manga?

My friends feel it’s too sour. They tell me, after all a Manga is a Manga is a Manga. (Apologies Shakespeare)

I doubt.

Is food about taste or emotions? I wonder

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Eat Healthy, Eat Authentic @ MoreMilaga

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You often read stories of entrepreneurs who came up with their killer idea in the hope of changing the world.

Well not us…

We like vegetarian home food. We like Technology. So we tried making technology get us great home food.

Why eat outside when Home cooked food is just 3 clicks away?

Eat Healthy! Eat Authentic!

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Yumm, yes! Straight from the homes of Triplicane, Mylapore, and Tiruvanmyur.

Dear Working couples, senior citizens, Bachelors:

It need not always be a meal. It can even be piece meal. You can just order curry, sambar or curry & sambar combo. Simple! Make yours (rice), mix ours.

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