Re: [silk] Maacher Jhol

2016-08-05 Thread Simmi Sareen
On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Kiran K Karthikeyan < kiran.karthike...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Glad you cleared that up! I couldn't for the life of me remember Chembh - > mostly because I hate it. > > Kiran > Kiran, as a big chembh/arbi fan, can I recommend you try the arbi tuk chaat at the

Re: [silk] Maacher Jhol

2016-08-05 Thread Dave Long
Oh that thing. Steam it and then fry it up with a salt + chilly powder rub sounds just as nice an idea to me. Something to keep in mind is that many "revolutionary" histories are overblown[0]. The "traditional" cuisine of the area where I now live is potato-heavy, but there's still a

Re: [silk] Mumbai meetup?

2016-08-05 Thread Amit Varma
On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 4:12 PM, Devdas Bhagat wrote: > I'm in town till the 14th (at the Trident in BKC till the 9th for SANOG, > then I > appear to be free). > > Anyone up for a meetup, preferably on the western line? > I'm on. Any day, any time, any place works for

Re: [silk] Maacher Jhol

2016-08-05 Thread Kiran K Karthikeyan
On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 2:01 PM Valsa Williams wrote: > Koorka is not Arbi > Koorka is a tuber consumed I think only in Kerala and Tamil Nadu > Arbi is Chembh in Malayalam. > Hope this is helpful  > Glad you cleared that up! I couldn't for the life of me remember

Re: [silk] Maacher Jhol

2016-08-05 Thread Simmi Sareen
On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 2:01 PM, Valsa Williams wrote: > Koorka is not Arbi > Koorka is a tuber consumed I think only in Kerala and Tamil Nadu > Arbi is Chembh in Malayalam. > Hope this is helpful  > > Koorka is called 'Chinese potato' and is grown in southern India as

Re: [silk] Maacher Jhol

2016-08-05 Thread Valsa Williams
Assamese Masor Tenga is also a very delicious fish preparation. The base curry is made with lots of tomatoes and garlic. Fish is added to this gravy along with green chillies. Fresh lime juice added just before serving . Try it  On 4 Aug 2016 10:28, "Suresh Ramasubramanian"

Re: [silk] Maacher Jhol

2016-08-05 Thread Valsa Williams
Koorka is not Arbi Koorka is a tuber consumed I think only in Kerala and Tamil Nadu Arbi is Chembh in Malayalam. Hope this is helpful  On 5 Aug 2016 13:39, "Rajesh Mehar" wrote: > Koorka is called kurrukkankizhangu in Tamizh. I think this is also what's > called Arbi in

Re: [silk] Maacher Jhol

2016-08-05 Thread Suresh Ramasubramanian
Arvi / Colocasia is called chepankizhangu at least out here in south TN I am not sure if this other tuber / kizhangu is a different one, there are so many of them, and there is no shortage of regional variants in the Tamil word for the exact same vegetable, household item or whatever. On

Re: [silk] Maacher Jhol

2016-08-05 Thread Rajesh Mehar
Koorka is called kurrukkankizhangu in Tamizh. I think this is also what's called Arbi in Hindi. Right? Seems to be a pan-Indian tuber? May have been the precursor to the potato. Would be good to know if someone has already explored this idea... > >