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…
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…
Saraswathi Pooja is the final day of the nine day Navrathri Celebrations. So in the morning I made phirni and sweet corn saadam. it has been a divine experience so far. On the day of Saraswathi Pooja, all the materials connectied to our profession and books of kids are kept…
For Day 8, I made Arisi Paruppu saadam and urad dhal laddu in the morning and black channa sundal for evening.Arisi paruppu saadam is a famous rice variety of Coimbatore and I first came across this while I was searching for different recipes for Navrathri. Here are the snaps of…
For this month’s Daring Cook’s Challenge, a non blogging member of the daring cooks – Grace, challenged us with a delicious dish from India- Biryani. She had given us 5 variations of biryani among which one was vegetable and all the others with chiciken, lamb and fish. I opted the…
For the final post in Mexican cuisine I selected this simple rice and served it along with salsa fresco. The combination was a great hit. Sruti had it as it is while we paired it up with a rajma gravy I made. It was fabulous. The addition of vegetables and…
As part of Blogging Marathon photo exercise, I made this Paneer Fried rice. Pavani of Cook’s Hide Out, took a snap and posted it in the group page along with the setting of camera she used. The other members were supposed to take a snap with the same settings and…
This month’s Indian Cooking Challenge recipe is from Kashmir. It is a sweet rice which is very rich because of the addition of nuts, milk and saffron. This month’s recipe was suggested by Vaishali. While I was going through Wiki I came to know about the meaning of Zarda. In…
Baby Shower is called as Valaikappu in Tamil tradition and it is performed during the 5th or 7th or 9th month of pregnancy. The mom to be is made to wear colourful glass bangles at that time. These bangles are worn by the mom to be until the day of delivery. Tradition…
How weird is the title? I have a confession to make. This is not my idea. Those who are familiar with the cooking competition in Star Vijay must have heard of this. I haven’t seen the program but while I was talking to my sister last month, she told me…