For the second day of Mega Blogging Marathon – International, we travel to Bolivia which is one of the Latin American countries. Latin America is the sub region of America which has 22 countries where Spanish and Potuguese are spoken. Bolivia is a land locked country and shares its boundaries…
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…
After I migrated to my domain, I wanted to interact with readers more. And for that I have added a new feature in my blog. Recipe Request is part of my primary menu which is above the header. If any of you are searching for a recipe or want an eggless…
For this month’s Daring Baker’s Challenge, Ruth of The Crafts of Mommyhood challenged the members with Surprise! cakes. Just look at the cake below. It looks like an ordinary loaf cake with glazing. And where is the surprise element? That is the surprise. You need to read this with patience to…
For this week’s Fondbites Bake Along, Subhashini’s choice was these easy to make orange cookies with orange butter cream filling. The original recipe had egg in it and I tried to make an eggless version. Cream cookies are usually a kid’s favourite. When Shubhashini explained her childhood memories associated with…
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…
For this month’s Baking Partner’s Challenge, Reeni of Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice selected a dessert with berries. The shorcake unlike the butter loaded ones is made with heavy cream. It was quite easy to make. The secret of getting a flaky short cake is the dough needs to be crumbly…
One of my aunts, Shanthi, reads my blog whenever she gets a chance and she encourages me so much. When she speaks to me over phone, she always tells me that I only show her pictures of what I do and I never give her anything to taste. So I…