Thai Vegetable Stir-fry with Fried Tofu Seasoned with Green Curry Paste and Coconut Flakes

Grilled vegetables cooked for a Thai night. The veggies were grilled in a cast iron skillet.

Grilled tofu. You can find more tofu recipes in these books.

Grilled tofu, rice cooked in a Rice cooker

Food (Dosas)

Captions: (Left to Right) 1. Dosa batter after grinding; 2. My telugu speaking friends who were excellent "dosa flippers"; 3. The creations, crisp masala (stuffed) dosas; 4. Idlis - Dosas - Allotropes? 5. The entire feast spread Top row: Onion-tomato chutney, Tamarind chutney, Idlis, Podis.
Bottom row: Sambar, Cilantro-coconut chutney (green), Dosas, more masala dosas.

Where to get Awesome "South" Indian food.
(Note that south indian food is very different tasting compared to "indian" food in most restaurants named Delhi Palace, India Palace, Taj etc. etc.. in the US. The texture and feel of the food is different, you do not have "breads or naans" on the menu, there is lot of rice or rice based items. They are all spicy. But it is fun! Dosas are 'crepe' like items.

Excellent locations to have dosas (by city)
NYC: Lexington Ave & 3rd St., Saravana Bhavan, Udupi, other places nearby.
Washinton DC.: Amma Vegetarian Kitchen, Georgetown.
San Francisco/San Jose/Bay Area: Komala Vilas, Santa Clara.
Los Angeles:
New Orleans (new!): That Indian Place -a very inexpensive dosa joint (lunch only) in New Orleans, LA.
A short video on dosa making.
Delhi, India: Saravana Bhavan, Connaught Place/Rajiv Chowk area.
Kulithalai, Trichy District, Tamil nadu : Venganna Cafe. (rocks!!!!)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India: Saravana Bhavan, Adyar Woodlands, Pretty much everywhere in TN seriously!

My Mom's Second Visit to US

(Republished on 4/21/08)
Pictures from a pot luck party. Most of this delicious food was made by my mom. I did the prep work (cutting the vegetables, soaking, making dough etc) and immediately took pictures of the colorful veggies! Yum yum.