Pitla is definitely a Maharastrian comfort food. Pitla is famous in Tamilnadu as “Pavakkai pitlai”. Apart from pavakkai (bitter gourd) we can prepare pitla with other vegetables too. Thanjavore Maharastrians enjoy relishing different varieties of pitla. Pitla – Ambat pitla to be precise. Made with toor dal, masala and tamarind extract Sappaka pitla – Recipe […]
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Ponni sambar is one of the famous Thanjavur Marathi comfort food. Ponni means “seasoning”. The ingredients used for seasoning gives the flavour and wonderful aroma to this recipe. Though it has the name “sambar”, we do not add sambar powder/ground masala in this recipe. Some call this as podni sambar, but ponni sambar is the […]
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Ambat bhaji is yet another Tanjore Maharastrian dish! Ambat means tangy and bhaji is vegetable. We can use any greens in this recipe. I have used Palak/Spinach to prepare Ambat bhaji. Kannadigas enjoy this recipe as soppu (greens) huli palya. This recipe is different from soppu sambar or keerai sambar which requires sambar podi (powder). […]
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