I didn’t know about this sweet till marriage. My hubby’s sister taught me this. The sweet uses 7 cups of ingredients(The totla number of ingredients sum up to 7. You can see it in the ingredient list). It slightly resembles the mysorepak. Yesterday I prepared this for neivedhyam. These are…
This is a very simple laddu. Ghee is used as the binding ingredient in this laddu. Actually the mixture of fried gram powder and sugar powder added with ghee must be crumbly and when you shape them into laddu you need to give lot of pressure. When cool the laddu…
Today is the third day of the Blogging Marathon. Yesterday I returned from Coimbatore to Madurai. My camera has let me down. So today I am posting with the help of a dish I prepared so long ago and the pictures of which were lying in my draft folder. I…
Sundaikkai or Turkey Berries are usually relished as vatrals. The fresh berries are usually used in gravies. It has a bitter taste, so it is usually paired with lots of onion and sesame oil. Sesame oil helps to reduce bitterness of vegetables in gravies. Tamarind is also used to reduce…
If you have read yesterday’s post, you know that I promised to post another recipe with palapodi(grated baby jack fruit). It is this delicious kola urundai. You can refer yesterday’s post for preparing jack fruit for cooking. These kola urundais are deep fried balls made with grated jack fruit. These…
When I went to the store near our home, I saw a baby jack fruit there. Though I don’t know how to prepare it, I just bought it. I can surely learn from mom. The next day I asked mom on how to clean, cut and prepare baby jack fruit.…
This is another tasty gravy using baby bitter gourds / kurivi thalai pavakkai. This tamarind based gravy goes well with rice and appalam. It tastes divine and you will never ever feel the bitter taste of bitter gourd in this dish. Ingredients:Kurivi Thalai Pavakkai / Baby Bitter Gourd-200gmPearl Onion-15+10Tomato-1Tamarind-size of…
Coconut burfi is a delicious sweet. My mom used to prepare it often. Every time I prepare these burfis, I am always confused about the stage at which I have to switch off stove to get perfect burfis. But every time I get it correct. Even then I don’t have…
Today is the final day of week long Blogging Marathon#4 organised by Srivalli. I opted to blog on preserves for all the seven days. Today I am posting one more pickle which is so yummy. I have never tried it by myself. Usually mom prepares it and I know how…
There are two types of lemon pickle which I learned from mom. One is preparing pickle with fresh lime and the other uses preserved lime. Here I am giving the recipe for preserved lime pickle. Preserving lemons is a very easy job. Just cut the lemons and mix them with…