For the second day of Navrathri, I prepared 4 dishes, 2 for the morning neivedhyam and 2 for the evening. For the morning offering, I made coconut rice and Sojjapppam and for the evening I made green gram sundal and Puttu cups. My days are growing hectic with Sruti on…
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…
Today I am so happy as I received a mail from Naari Sakhi regarding my interview. Yes, It got published. If you want to know more about me, please click on the picture below to read my interview. And to celebrate this happy moment I am sharing with…
For this month’s ICC, Srivalli selected an Assamese recipe – Kordois. These are prepared for Magh Bihu festival. Even before knowing the name, I have prepared this several times before marriage, after watching a TV show. We used to make both sweet and savoury versions at home. And we used…
This post was supposed to be for Rakshabandhan. I almost sat before my PC when I got the phone that mom was hospitalized. So I shut down my PC and started to my mom’s place. I even forgot to take the rakhi for my brother. And the following days were…
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…
Pronounced as Chow Chaw, this is a Burmese dessert with agar agar/ china grass and coconut milk. I know Chumkie from the Quilters group- Desi Quilters. She is a wonderful quilter and when browsing through her collection of quilts, I was awestruck. And last week I came across her kitchen blog…
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…
Eid Mubarak To All My Readers Shahi Tukda is a rich dessert in Hyderabadi Cuisine. It is quite easy to prepare and is apt for festivals or parties. Bread is sliced into triangles and deep fried in ghee. This crispy bread slices are soaked in sugar syrup and served chilled…