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 the alphabet I, I chose to do a regional recipe. Inji murappa or inji mittai is very famous here in Tamil Nadu. Whenever we travel by bus, it is easy to hear a seller selling these mittais at bus stands. During my child hood days I never had the…
Thiruvadirai is a Hindu festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu and is a festival of Lord Shiva. Read this article to know more about thiruvadhirai. We don’t celebrate thiruvadirai at mom’s home as well as in law’s home. But when I came to Madurai, my neighbour would celebrate this festival and…
Today after so much thought, I am starting Blogging Marathon #32, which is going to run the full month. I think I will never get out of losing my mom if I do not divert myself to some other thoughts. So finally I decided to do this month long marathon.…
Happy Independence Day To All My Readers Let us celebrate this Independence Day with a delicious Hyderabadi Sweet Meethe Ghoday. For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge Srivalli as per Mirelle’s suggestion announced this sweet from Monas’s blog. After the Hyderabadi biryani yesterday, it would be so nice to…
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…
As I mentioned earlier, I have been experimenting with different types of dosas with flours to avoid rice. This is one of the dosa which my family likes very much. Using jowar instead of rice increases the nutrition in dosas. To know more about the nutritional facts of jowar read…
For the final day of first week Blogging Marathon 31, under the theme mini servings, I made these mini ragi uthappam topped with carrot and beetroot for our breakfast today. After visiting Uzhavar Unavagam in Madurai started a few years back by the then Collector Sahayam, I have started making…
For today’s Blogging Marathon post under the Tea Kadai Menu, I selected kamarkat. Kamarkat is a toffee made with jaggery and grated coconut. The important step in making kamarkat is preparing the syrup to the right consistency. I think I removed it from stove a little earlier. I ended up…