India,  Karnataka

Traditional Coorg Lunch

And so, this is Me, continuing my post about the lunch at Kaveri Ponnapaโ€™s residence.
Being at the kitchen with Kaveri and watching her cook, talking about food, smelling all that food being cooked right under my nose, truly whetted a great appetite.
The lunch was outstanding, so satisfying and I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Thank you @kaverikamb I am looking forward to hosting you to a home-cooked Singapore Indian meal when you are in Singapore.

๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜๐˜‚ (soft, steamed rice balls)

๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ถ ๐—ž๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น (basmati rice cooked with ghee, raisins, and cashew nuts)

๐—”๐—ธ๐—ธ๐—ถ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ (flat bread made of rice, herbs and spices)

๐—ž๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† (chicken curry with coconut milk)

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† (uniquely Coorg, pork curry with special souring agent Kachampuli)

๐—ž๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜‚ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† (rustic mixed beans curry)

๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ (stir fried night shade leaves also known as โ€œmanathakali keeraiโ€ in Tamil)

๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฑ (perfectly stir fried and tempered bamboo shoot curry)

๐—ž๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—–๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐˜† (hot, tangy, and sweet Coorg wild mangoes curry โ€“ ๐—œ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ-๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ โ€“ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜†๐˜‚๐—บ๐—บ๐˜†!)

She had also made raita and served us a very delicious ๐—ฃ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ .