This is a simple milk shake. I had so many mangoes and wanted to use it up. My daughter likes milk shakes. SO I prepared this. This can be prepared in two minutes if you have everything chill. She liked it a lot. Ingredients: Thick Milk-1cup Mango Pieces-1/4cup Sugar-2tsp Cardamom…
RECIPES
Potato Salad
This month’s challenge at The Daring Cook’s is Potato Salad from around the world. Jami Sorrento a non blogging member of Daring Kitchen challenged us this month. She gave recipes of four salads and asked us to prepare a version of our own. I have never prepared potato salad before.…
Sweet Mango Pickle / Maangai Pachadi
My mom used to prepare this pickle. I used to eat it as it is as if it is Mango Halwa. It is very delicious. It has a combination of tastes. You can relish the sweetness of brown sugar, tanginess of the mango and hotness of red chilly powder. The…
Gobi Manchurian
Gobi Manchurian is a hot favourite among our family members. This was lying in my draft folder for so long. Now I have taken up the task of clearing my drafts. My hubby loves the manchurian I prepare. This is very simple to prepare and tastes great. I will never…
Sundaikkai / Turkey Berry Kulambu
Sundaikkai or Turkey Berries are usually relished as vatrals. The fresh berries are usually used in gravies. It has a bitter taste, so it is usually paired with lots of onion and sesame oil. Sesame oil helps to reduce bitterness of vegetables in gravies. Tamarind is also used to reduce…
Godhumai Semiya / Wheat Vermicelli Upma
I had some broccoli florets and a Delhi carrot in my fridge. I just wanted to use it up. Yesterday, I thought of preparing wheat vermicelli upma. I just added those veggies to the upma and the flavour was quite different, but nice. We enjoyed it with coconut chutney. You…
Seeni Avaraikkai / Cluster Beans Vatral
Today is the second day of the week long Blogging Marathon#4 by Srivalli. I am posting on 7 days of preserves. Today I will be giving a very simple recipe which tastes very great. This vatral when bought in stores, tastes very salty. But when you prepare this at home, it…
Killu Vadagam
Today is the first day of Blogging Marathon #4. I will be posting seven days of preserves. Pickles, Vadagam, Spice Powders which have longer shelf life come under this category. Today I will give the recipe of a delicious vadagam. I learnt this recipe from my mom. When summer begins,…
Oats and Sweet Corn Roti
I had some pumpkin puree in my fridge for a long time. Just wanted to use it. When I was preparing breakfast yesterday, I thought of using this puree along with oats and some sweet corn kernels. The roti was so colourful because of the puree and corn. It was…
Ulunda Vadai / Urad Dhal Vadai
My mom used to prepare these yummy vadai along with ven pongal. The combination was so delicious. After marriage, I wanted to prepare it like my mom but never got it correct. Then I asked her about the exact method and tried it. It came out nice with crispy outer…