After a month long gap I am back in the Blogging Marathon. This is the Blogging Marathon #34 and I will be doing all the four weeks. For the first week, it is cooking with fruits. I chose Pear as the fruit and I am posting the very first recipe…
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Raj Kachori
It has been nearly a week since I last posted here. My daughter was on her vacation and I was feeling so lazy to do any cooking, clicking or posting. For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, which was supposed to be posted on 15th, I am posting it a week…
Diwali Special Sweets and Snacks
Diwali is round the corner and you might be thinking of making various sweets and savouries for celebrating the festival of lights. I remember when I was young, my mom started planning before a month and started with the preparations. And every day, we used to have fun. Gone are…
Navarathri – Day 7 – Sweet Corn Sundal
Today is the seventh day of Navrathri and the menu is quite simple. For the morning neivedhyam, I made Sambar Saadam and Oats Paayasam and for the evening it is sweet corn sundal. Sambar saadam is a quick one pot meal which can be made in a jiffy and oats…
Navarathri – Day 6 – Nilakadalai Paruppu/ Peanuts Sundal
Though it is Navrathri’s 8th day, I am posting the 6th day recipes. Morning I made Malai Laddu and Ven pongal and for evening, I made sundal with peanuts. Malai laddu is one of the sweets which gets so much praise in my home. Whoever I have served it with…
Navarathri – Day 5 – Beetroot Halwa
The fifth day has arrived and only 4 more days to go. For the fifth day of Navrathri I made beetroot halwa, Lemon rice for morning neivedhyam and White channa sundal with sesame spice paste for the evening. Yesterday as I visited my sister, I came home very tired and…
Navarathri – Day 3 – Semiya Payasam
It is the third day of Navrathri festival and Sakti is worshipped on this day. Tomorrow it will be Goddess Lakshmi. For the final day of Sakti worship I made 4 dishes, two in the morning and two in the evening. For the sweet I made Semiya Payasam and for…
Navarathri – Day 2 With Sojjappam
For the second day of Navrathri, I prepared 4 dishes, 2 for the morning neivedhyam and 2 for the evening. For the morning offering, I made coconut rice and Sojjapppam and for the evening I made green gram sundal and Puttu cups. My days are growing hectic with Sruti on…
Navarathri – Day 1 – White Channa Sundal and Puttu
Happy Navarathri To All My Readers Yesterday was the start of the famous Indian festival navrathri. Navrathri means 9 nights and the festival is completed on the 10th day with Vijayadashami. I am not very good at telling stories but my mom used to tell us nice stories about…
Puttarisi Puttu Maavu/ Flour
Puttarisi is a brown rice used for making puttu which is nutritious than the usual white rice. Here is a post on preparing the puttu flour at home. You can make this ahead and store it in air tight jar for future use. Make sure that the flour doesn’t have…