Happy Vinayaga Chaturti For All My Readers Paal kozhukkattai is a dessert which resembles payasam. Usually coconut milk and jaggery are used in its preparation. But I twisted it a little and added sugar and milk instead. Both the versions taste equally good. My husband liked this very much. I…
The next kozhukkattai for this Blogging Marathon is a savoury kozhukkattai. When ever mom prepares poornam kozhukkattai, she prepares this with the excess dough. It is my most favourite snack during Ganesh Chaturti. The dough is divides and rolled into tiny balls and steam cooked. Then it is tempered with…
Today is the third week of Blogging Marathon#20 and I am posting under Vinayagar Chaturti Specials. When you think of Lord Ganesha, the first offering that comes to mind is kozhukkattai. So I decided to prepare three types of kozhukkattai for this BM. The first kozhukkattai I decided to do…
Normally I don’t buy white pumpkin. But after Kalyani announced the magic ingredients for Magic Mingle#9, I had to buy it. White pumpkin is used in sambar, mor kulambu and also in a north Indian sweet called petha. As I had to pair it with green chilly, I prepared kootu…
This is the gravy which helps you when you don’t have any vegetables in your pantry. As Sruti is ill, it has been long since I visited the market. So I was out of vegetables except for some onions and two small coconuts given by a friend during one of…
Today is the second day of blogging marathon#20 and I am posting under cooking with onions. I have already posted a recipe for onion chutney but it also has tomatoes in it. The recipe was made according to PK’s instructions. But today’s chutney doesn’t have tomatoes and it is my…
Today is the first day of Blogging Marathon#20. I am posting recipes with theme cooking with onions. The first recipe which came to my mind was vengaya thool pakoda. Thool pakoda doesn’t have any shape. The onions are nicely caramelized and it gives a sweet flavour to the pakoda. This…
Today is the second day of Blogging Marathon#19 and I am posting under cooking with greens. For today’s post I selected a south Indian flat bread. Keppai roti or ragi roti is a delicious flat bread prepared in many south Indian kitchens. With the same flour mom used to prepare…
After finishing Varalakshmi Vrath, the coconut placed in the kumbum has to be used to prepare a sweet. I had paneer, mawa and dates at hand and so I prepared these delicious balls including all the ingredients. The usual thengai urundai doesn’t contain paneer or dates in it. But after…
Puttu is a south Indian special snacks made out of rice flour. It is very soft and it is mainly because of the flour we use to prepare it. Raw rice is used for this flour. The rice can either be ground at home or can be ground at a…