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  • SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES - SWEETS

    Ragi Puttu

    This is also an easy to prepare dish and a healthy one too.  The Recipe: Ingredients: Ragi flour-1cup Sugar-according to personal taste Cardamom powder-1/4tsp Grated coconut-1/2cup Procedure: 1. Sprinkle water on flour and mix it so that the flour becomes uniformly wet. 2. Sift it in a fine hole sieve.…

  • SNACKS - SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES

    KadalaiparuppuSundal

    Sundal is a very healthy dish suitable for an evening snacks. It uses less oil and makes your stomach full. The Recipe: Ingredients: Channa dhal-1cup Mustard and urad dhal-1tsp Curry leaves-4 Grated coconut-2tbs Salt-to taste Hing-1/8tsp Procedure: 1. Soak dhal for 1 hour. Boil water and add dhal and cook…

  • GRAVY - RECIPES - SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES

    Vendaya Kulambu

    This is a lip smacking gravy which goes well with rice and appalam. Prepared in till seed oil, it is very tasty.   The Recipe: Ingredients:   Small onion-20 Single garlic (Oru Poondu)-20 Tamarind- a small lemon sized ball Sambar powder-1 1/2tsp Turmeric powder-1/2 tsp Salt-to taste Till oil-3tbs Methi…

  • FLAT BREADS

    Wheat Parotta

    I saw this recipe in a cookery show. The chef made pudina parathas which needs pudina powder. I didn’t have stock of pudina powder. So I prepared it as wheat parotta. It is very easy to prepare and it is yummy too. You could add the pudina powder if you…

  • GRAVY

    Vegetable Kuruma

    This is a versatile gravy. You can add any vegetable you want. Else you can add paneer cubes to make paneer kuruma. This goes well with poori, chapathi, parotta, rotis and dosa. It is very easy to prepare and it is tasty too. The Recipe: Ingredients: Vegetables-1cup(carrot, beetroot, turnip, cauliflower,…

  • GRAVY - SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES

    Sambhar

    Sambhar is the most famous south Indian gravy without which the south Indian recipe book is not complete.  It is a must in the menu of all marriages. There are different varieties of Sambhar. Even in Tamil Nadu each region has a different kind of sambhar. Hotel Sambhar tastes different…

  • SWEETS

    Oats Laddu

    I wanted to prepare something which is low in calorie and good to taste. I had oats and the only thing I knew to prepare is Porridge. But I hate that and so I had unused oats remaining in the jar. When I thought of low calorie I remembered oats.…

  • BAKES

    Home made Puff Pastry Dough

     See the wonderful layers in the puffs. Can you believe that this is home made????  You have to believe it because I prepared it. This is the second time I am trying this recipe. I am usually tensed when preparing the  puff pastry sheets. I am not a specialist so…