tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post4517919635994773509..comments2024-03-29T06:13:51.406-04:00Comments on Ahaar: Sappak Pitla: Inaugurating a series on thanjavur marathi cuisineMandirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00626963378027285069noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-58772990865248518042020-02-10T10:35:42.415-05:002020-02-10T10:35:42.415-05:00Anil, Thanks for your comment. I am posting the re...Anil, Thanks for your comment. I am posting the recipe as prepared by our family. If you have a different recipe, please feel free to share. Mandirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00626963378027285069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-28631466515503334352020-01-25T01:56:25.698-05:002020-01-25T01:56:25.698-05:00Never heard of anyone adding red chillis to sappak...Never heard of anyone adding red chillis to sappak pitla - you need to get your recipes right! No TM will ever add red chillis to it - nor does it have ginger !!! Anil Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05175178097150806224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-54183169660094907352019-04-28T10:49:06.895-04:002019-04-28T10:49:06.895-04:00Hi Aswin. As Saras has tightly said, we seem to be...Hi Aswin. As Saras has tightly said, we seem to belong neither here nor there and we don't get to meet fellow TMs outside of our families. It's great to have come across ur site by accident. We prepare sapak pitla in a very simple way - we add boiled dodka or doodhi to boiled mix of tur daal and moong dal. Then we coarsely powder peppercorns and jeera and add it to the above mix. Lastly give phodni of coconut oil with mustard seeds, jeera and Curry leaves.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10883712861090149079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-83389603311310499522015-12-22T01:37:25.728-05:002015-12-22T01:37:25.728-05:00Am planning a Thanjai-Maratha food festival ... An...Am planning a Thanjai-Maratha food festival ... Any reference points pleaseAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05753980910312515802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-21157579059740976982012-09-25T13:45:26.635-04:002012-09-25T13:45:26.635-04:00Hello, please write to us on ahaarmail@gmail.com. ...Hello, please write to us on ahaarmail@gmail.com. Looking forward. Thanks!Mandirahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00626963378027285069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-31079630260116757532012-09-25T02:31:20.849-04:002012-09-25T02:31:20.849-04:00Hi Ashwin I being a tanjore maharastrian would lik...Hi Ashwin I being a tanjore maharastrian would like to give you guest posts on some of the cuisines, can i get your contact email.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-61762234402586357442011-01-22T23:11:34.387-05:002011-01-22T23:11:34.387-05:00Happy to read this post, being a TM myself. Just a...Happy to read this post, being a TM myself. Just a small comment; "Sappak" refers to the absence of "Ambat" or sour (usually of tamarind) and not to "not spicy" . In fact, it can be made quite spicy if more pepper is added. Normally, we do not add jeera and ginger, but I would sure like to try out this recipe.<br /><br />Anyway, my daughter and I simply love this curry. Apart from ridge-gourd which has been mentioned in the recipe, we can also use cubed bottle-gourd (dudhi/lauki), or finely chopped broad beans (paapdi, Tamil: Avarekkai) or finely chopped Spinach (palak).Prema Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-82540953658528689822010-09-26T07:45:20.983-04:002010-09-26T07:45:20.983-04:00Good post my dear friend ..i am so proud to be a T...Good post my dear friend ..i am so proud to be a Thanjavur maratian !!!..and i love sappak pitla ..!!Balaji.Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17483834954845533647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-26821232060241740582010-09-20T13:50:22.577-04:002010-09-20T13:50:22.577-04:00Wow, Great blog.. SOmething I've been searchin...Wow, Great blog.. SOmething I've been searching for answers for some time now..<br /> I have a question & was wondering if you could offer your thoughts.<br />Would you refer to Tanjavur cuisine as Maharashtrian with a south Indian influence or South Indian with a maratha influence?<br />Some of the classic dishes it seems to me sound so maharashtrian even in name..<br />Usal (referred to as Usli in tamil), Pitlai (perhaps a corruption of patal bhaji) or my fave punching bag.. 'Kathrikkai Rasavangi' (Vangi by definition is eggplant in marathi, why repeat, its like saying Chai tea!!)niv manihttp://iyer-n-chef.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-713938487657778462010-07-01T16:24:53.280-04:002010-07-01T16:24:53.280-04:00surprised to google sappak pitla and find a +ve re...surprised to google sappak pitla and find a +ve result! keep it going people:)<br />Warm regards<br />LakshmiLakshmi Raohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11043090216305317772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-63427803116606427152010-01-12T20:15:39.888-05:002010-01-12T20:15:39.888-05:00hello Ashwin et al
Thrilled to stumble across the ...hello Ashwin et al<br />Thrilled to stumble across the tm connection. One hardly gets to meet other tms outside the family circle.,so its nice to know ther are more of my kind!. Always felt a bit alien ,even among other Indians-"becauseI dont know where I really come from"(I now live in London)By the way the sapag pitlay was a big hit. Hope we keep this going<br />Sarassarashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07817359717723306808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-34550659512419164372009-06-23T12:36:38.526-04:002009-06-23T12:36:38.526-04:00Hi all of you,
Sappaka pitle and goddu pitle are r...Hi all of you,<br />Sappaka pitle and goddu pitle are really great! We have been making these in our house regularly. How about methiche maatoda or kelich phoolach maatoda? Ashwin, why not upload these too. Also, it is more appropriate if our dialect is called Dakshini Marathi rather than Tanjavur Marathi. For details look up Dakshini Marathi in google search.Ananda Rao Vasishtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04135598629057900242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-78571561653413341042009-06-15T10:55:16.465-04:002009-06-15T10:55:16.465-04:00Hi,
Nice to meet a tanjore maharastrian :)
I was...Hi,<br /><br />Nice to meet a tanjore maharastrian :)<br /><br />I was searching for goddu pitla... i thought no one would ever post abt this (lol) and i was surprised to see our own recipe being displayed here!!!! It was interesting read to the post :) Unfortunately this series had started looong back... and am a very new blogger :) Nice blog and wonderful recipes here. Gr8 work.<br /><br />Do visit my blog <a href="http://www.myscrawls.com/" rel="nofollow">My Scrawls</a>, in ur free time. Would be happy to receive ur comments :)Anuhttp://www.myscrawls.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-68061817437961284512009-05-22T00:05:23.927-04:002009-05-22T00:05:23.927-04:00I was in Chennai for about 4 yrs and left chennai ...I was in Chennai for about 4 yrs and left chennai last year. During those last few drives on the ECR I came across a restaurant that serves thanjavur vegetarian food. Something pulled me to that restaurant and just loved the food there. Also, there was my A/C mechanic who understood every word of what I spoke to my son (Marathi) and he was the one who introduced me to TM's. I coaxed him to speak his Marathi and he told me, I won't understand. Also, he added to my knowledge the history of how Marathi ppl reached Tanjavur. Tanjavur, That name has something in it that strikes a chord in your heart. Do I belong there too??? My Grandfather always said, we hail from southern part of India. The Sappak pitla looks great, and am going to try it. Keep the other such recipes rolling.. Cheers!Spice it uphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17096985026863211528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-17053903201112279982009-05-05T03:49:00.000-04:002009-05-05T03:49:00.000-04:00Nice to see so many Tanjore maharastrians here. I ...Nice to see so many Tanjore maharastrians here. I have visited this blog for the first time. It is quite interesting. Can you post sambar and sar aa cha pudee also.<br />Btw,I would like to know if anyone would be aware of contribution done by our ancestors in marathi music. My grandfather late Venkoba Naig was a great singer from Tanjore. Unfortunately i do not have any recorded music of his or of his time from tanjore. My mother sings those songs these days.Indiranoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-57664702901581602942009-03-07T00:22:00.000-05:002009-03-07T00:22:00.000-05:00oh and my Tanjore Marathi cousin who's from Bangal...oh and my Tanjore Marathi cousin who's from Bangalore insisted on having his marriage in Tanjore at our old private temple..and yes, Tanjore has lots of private temples which date back probably a couple of hundred years (at least ours did- our ancestor Venkat Rao, supposedly built it nearly 250 years ago)..so, I too was able to visit Tanjore, and almost all of our relatives also attended. it felt incredible to be back there, although there seemed to be no Tanjore marathi speaking people..seems like most have moved out of there.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-33551732982092776842009-03-07T00:17:00.000-05:002009-03-07T00:17:00.000-05:00Hi ! I'm feeling so excited to see other Tanjor Ma...Hi ! I'm feeling so excited to see other Tanjor Marathis here ! growing up, it seemed like the only TM's I knew were my relatives or from the extended family. I was hoping that someone would have written more on Wikipedia about TMs..mala kalat naota ki yevda TM's aahet ! reading about Sappak Pitla reminds me soo much of my ajji, mala radu yet aahe..thanks so much for this post !Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-77666034655975982592009-02-14T17:09:00.000-05:002009-02-14T17:09:00.000-05:00Bhook laaglaaye attha, Sappak pitla karoon khaanaa...Bhook laaglaaye attha, Sappak pitla karoon khaanaar ahe me :):)<BR/><BR/>Nice read !!!Pramodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10722338716405683461noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-31973317171367617922009-02-11T13:56:00.000-05:002009-02-11T13:56:00.000-05:00Hi Aruna,Thanks! And I'm looking fwd to your recip...Hi Aruna,<BR/><BR/>Thanks! And I'm looking fwd to your recipes.Aswinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04247590438019264621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-60310928071367718292009-02-10T17:24:00.000-05:002009-02-10T17:24:00.000-05:00Hi Ashwin, First, it is great to see how many of T...Hi Ashwin, <BR/><BR/>First, it is great to see how many of Tanjavur Maharashtrians are around. Loved the recipe. I came across your post, while I was looking online if I was spelling pitla correctly, while I was postind a recipe of mine :-) Hope you will take a look.<BR/><BR/>Thanks again.<BR/>ArunaDNAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02981007070692191096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-89633159209098893862008-08-29T12:45:00.000-04:002008-08-29T12:45:00.000-04:00Tried this recipe yesterday, and it was absolutely...Tried this recipe yesterday, and it was absolutely delicious. Thanks:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-71523780184809305352008-08-15T12:21:00.000-04:002008-08-15T12:21:00.000-04:00Its sappak because it isnt ambat (no chinch), thik...Its sappak because it isnt ambat (no chinch), thikkat (no red chilli) or gulchit :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-23916016189507980502008-08-15T08:32:00.000-04:002008-08-15T08:32:00.000-04:00Thanks, Jaya!Suganya - I've heard that story too! ...Thanks, Jaya!<BR/><BR/>Suganya - I've heard that story too! And I think that's what makes this interesting - not so much which story is the right one, but how many interesting stories there are!Aswinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04247590438019264621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-73818603258183524022008-08-14T18:55:00.000-04:002008-08-14T18:55:00.000-04:00I once read that sambar got its name because Shiva...I once read that sambar got its name because Shivaji served it to Sambaji while he visited. I hail from Thanjavur too and am looking forward to this series.Suganyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12821337638419512585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29011644.post-21719101770517790622008-08-14T00:25:00.000-04:002008-08-14T00:25:00.000-04:00Hi,great post and Its really very puzzling to me a...Hi,<BR/>great post and Its really very puzzling to me also when I am asked where are you from ..... anyways I am looking forward to this series , will be great to know new recipes and some great facts ..<BR/>hugs and smiles<BR/>jayaJaya Mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15474786799687276472noreply@blogger.com