For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli chose a special halwa from Kerala. Jayashree shared her mom’s authentic recipe with us. Usually this halwa is made with nendrampazham but as I didn’t get it, I used the variety easily available here. The halwa turned out soft and delicious but after…
When doing salad theme, I wanted to include a fruit salad. Today is the third day of Blogging Marathon-third week. This fruit salad tastes great when chilled. I added some corn flakes on top for a nice crunch. You can also serve it with a scoop of mango ice cream.…
For this month’s Baking Eggless Group Challenge, I selected Banana muffins from Allrecipes. This is a very easy recipe and the substitution is also very easy. As this is vacation time, I didn’t want to burden us with a very challenging recipe. Usually banana muffins I prepare puff up nicely during baking…
Last week, Sruti wanted cupcakes for her school’s sharing activity. The students are divided into 4 groups and each group is asked to bring a snack. Sruti’s group got cupcakes. I searched for an easy recipe in my recipe collection and came across this muffins recipe. I converted the recipe…
For this month’s Sweet Punch, the team selected Banoffee Pie from Swapna’s Cuisine. As it was new to me I did a search and found out some interesting posts. Banoffee pie is a British Pastry based on bananas, cream and toffee, which needs no baking ( But I baked the…
Panchamirtham is a prasadam offered in temples all over Tamil Nadu. Palani panchamirtham is very famous. Last week for a pooja I had to prepare panchamirtham to distribute amog 5 children. But I have never tried it at home. Whoever I asked told me to add 5 types of fruits…
I saw this recipe in Fox History featuring Mauritian Cuisine. I decided to do it as soon as possible. The crust was so crisp and the banana filling was so nice. My daughter loved it. Every time when I prepare a new dish, I am always worried whether my daughter…
These cookies were extremely soft and sweet. The flavour of banana was amazing. I used flax meal as the substitute for the egg. The cookie has a lot of cashew nut and so it tasted nutty. I packed all the cookies to my hubby’s office. My hubby’s colleagues like my preparations.…
For many day I have been planning to prepare banana muffins. During my last visit to Coimbatore, I bought flax seed and flax meal( I don’t get any of these at Madurai). My mom bought a muffin tray for me. As I had all the ingredients, I prepared the muffins…
I prepared this for my daughter when she returned from school. This is a filling milk shake. I added boost for extra flavour. As boost is the secret of my daughter’s energy, she just loved it. Sending this to Veggie/Fruit of the month- Banana by Aipi and started by Priya…