For the second day of veggies sneaked in for kids, I have one more vada recipe. Today’s vada is made with aval / poha / flattened rice. And the veggie I sneaked in for my daughter and her friend is radish. My daughter loves radish in sambar, but she doesn’t like it in other recipes […]
Today after so much thought, I am starting Blogging Marathon #32, which is going to run the full month. I think I will never get out of losing my mom if I do not divert myself to some other thoughts. So finally I decided to do this month long marathon. I have been preparing the […]
Mom used to make mixture during Deepavali. It is a combination of 4-5 individual snacks merged into one. The ingredients of mixture is as per our choice. The most commonly used are kaara boondhi, aval/ poha/ flattened rice, murukku, diamond biscuits, chevu, oma podi, cheeval (click on the names for the recipes) and so on. Mom […]
I got this recipe from my neighbour. When I was talking with her, she showed me a recipe book given by her chettinad friend. It contained many hand written recipes. I was surprised by her patience. Gifting such a wonderful recipe book to a neighbour is wonderful. This recipe doesn’t need fermenting like the usual […]
I have already given the recipe for mattai aval vadagam. Mattai aval is very firm and so you have to grind it to prepare the dough. White aval is soft compared to brown aval. You don’t have to grind it. I am giving the recipe for white aval vadagam here. This is also a very […]
Before marriage, when my mom prepares this, I used to relish it but never bothered to know the recipe. After marriage I completely forgot about this dish. But when twist the tradition was announced, I remembered this puliodharai. So I called my mom and asked for the recipe. It turned out the perfect. The flavour […]
I usually get this from my mom each year. So I have never tried it. When Kurinji announced the event for rice flakes recipes, I wanted to try it. I prepared the vadagam in two methods. One is the traditional method in which the vadagams are dried in sun. The next method is to dry […]
This is a very simple recipe which can be prepared in minutes and uses very less ingredients. You don’t have to cook it. My mom used to prepare this when we were kids. We use to love it so much. I am sending this to ANY ONE CAN COOK event by Umm Mymoonah of Taste […]