During the month of Kaarthigai comes Kaarthigai Deepam. On that day we light earthern lamps all over the house and do special poojas. Mom used to make a great feast with sambar, rasam, 21 varieties of side dishes, payasam and offered them along with fruits for Lord Murugan. I have…
Have you heard of double decker burfi. Here whichever sweet stall we visit, they have varieties of double decker burfis which are so colourful. And when I was a kid I used to love it a lot. Whenever some one presents sweet boxes, there will be at least 3-4 varieties…
I have reduced consumption of rice in our house. When ever I make dosas, idlis or appam, I try to incorporate millets in it. Jowar dosai has become our daily breakfast. If at all I make dosa with rice, my daughter begs me to make it with jowar / cholam.…
Naarthangai aka Citron is a citrus fruit used in cooking. In Tamilnadu we use it for pickles, preserves and pachadis whereas it is used in making jam, desserts and candied peels in some countries. I have never used naarthangai in cooking till now and have never seen mom making pickles…
Vinayagar Chaturthi is celebrated all over India every year in a grand manner. Idols of Lord Ganesha floods the streets. After pooja, the idol is immersed in river, pond or sea. Usually mom made kozhukattai and sundal for neivedhyam along with some rice flakes and jaggery. And we never bought ganesha…
Today is the day I love the most. Everyone is busy celebrating Varalakshmi Pooja. But unfortunately, I couldn’t do it as it has not been a year since my mom expired. But I couldn’t miss narrating the pooja to you. Every year I will be very busy for the three…
Today is the 18th day of Tamil month Aadi and it is celebrated as aadi perukku. This day is celebraated to welcome the river Cauvery in Tamil Nadu. Usually rice varieties such as lemon rice, puliodharai, coconut rice, pongal and thayir saadam are made with vadai and payasam. Rituals are performed…
Ever since I made Kavuni Arisi / Black Sticky Rice Pudding, making this white sticky rice pudding has been in my list of to do dishes. Pavithra in her comment has mentioned about this dish and only then I knew that there was white sticky rice available in Madurai. Every…
Manapparai is a small town in Tamil Nadu and whoever you ask about Manapparai in TN they will remember the murukku. Manapparai murukku is so famous and when the bus crosses manapparai, we are sure to buy packs and packs of these famous murukku from the vendors. I do…
If you have travelled by bus through Tamilnadu, you surely would have come across crispy crunchy chips made with tapiaco roots also known as kappa kilangu or maravalli kilangu. Bus stands have petty shops and they surely stock packs and packs of these delicious chips. We buy potato chips for…