Today is the second day of Blogging Marathon #21 and I am posting under Diabetic Sweets. Apart form the sugar free substitute I used yesterday, another natural sweetener good for diabetics is palm sugar. Palm sugar has a low glycemic index which is very good for diabetics compared to the…
Today is the first day of Blogging Marathon #21. I will be posting under Sweets for diabetics for the three days. Rava kesari is the traditional south Indian sweet which is prepared for every festival and it has a place in the marriage parties. It is very much part of…
When Archana of The Mad Scientist’s Kitchen asked me to write a guest post in her space for her Mere Athithi Series, I was very happy. I had so many ideas in my head and at last this traditional sweet won. This simple sweet is made of roasted gram and…
I have heard of chettinad’s kavuni arisi but never had an opportunity to try it until last month. Our neighbour during Grihapravesham (House Warming Ceremony) arranged for cooks from Karaikudi who are specialists in chettinad cuisine. For breakfast they served kavuni arisi and paasiparuppu puttu along with idli, pongal and…
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…
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…
For the final day of Blogging Marathon Week 2, I wanted to make something sweet. Jams are great to slather on bread slices. When thinking of what jam to make, I saw the sweet and cute apples sitting in my fruit basket. So I decided upon apple jam. Jam making…
Mawa Gulab Jamun Recipe is a rich dense Indian milk sweet made from milk solid, deep fried and soaked in sugar syrup and served as dessert.
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…
Happy Independence Day to all my readers For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli chose Ulundangali ( Urad dhal halwa which uses sesame oil. She gave us two recipes to try. I opted this recipe which uses equal quantities of rice and urad dhal. This kali is given to girls…