This is the first time I have prepared Avial. I have tasted avial when my mom prepared it. But never got to try it myself. After seeing many bloggers posting avial, I was tempted to try it. This is my version of avial. It was delicious and we liked it very much.…
7 Cup Burfi
I didn’t know about this sweet till marriage. My hubby’s sister taught me this. The sweet uses 7 cups of ingredients(The totla number of ingredients sum up to 7. You can see it in the ingredient list). It slightly resembles the mysorepak. Yesterday I prepared this for neivedhyam. These are…
Thengai / Coconut Burfi
Coconut burfi is a delicious sweet. My mom used to prepare it often. Every time I prepare these burfis, I am always confused about the stage at which I have to switch off stove to get perfect burfis. But every time I get it correct. Even then I don’t have…
Plantain/ Vazhaikkai Puttukkai
Hi! Nice to blog after two days. I am very tired but couldn’t resist blogging. Kaarthigai Deepam was wonderful and the girivalam was nice. The only problem was my daughter who didn’t walk. We had to carry her for the whole 14 kilometres. That was very tiring. But when I…
Chammanthi Podi Saadam
This is a very easy rice which can be prepared in minutes. Yesterday I was feeling lazy and wanted to make something simple. I saw the recipe in The Hindu and remembered it. I had chammanthi podi prepared earlier , so just used it. It was nice. A perfect saadam…
Thengai Laddu (Coconut Laddus)
This is a sweet which my hubby likes very much. I just gave a little twist to the normal coconut laddus by adding condensed milk and the result was great. I prepared this during a day of navarathri for prasadam. I took the snaps but couldn’t post it. Now I…
Coconut Cookies
This is the first time I am trying this recipe. It turned out well. In course of preparation I did a mistake. The recipe requires baking the cookies for 15minutes. When I finished the first batch, I knew something was wrong, but couldn’t source the problem. I placed the second…
Coconut Chutney
Chutney goes well with all South Indian dishes like dosa, idli, paniyaram, aappam, idiyappam and many more. I would like to share different varieties of chutneys in this label. The Recipe: Ingredients: For the chutney: Coconut grated-2cups Fried gram- 1/8 cup Green chilly-3 Garlic-1pod Ginger-1 small piece Salt-to taste For…
Muttakos/ Cabbage Poriyal
This is a delicious side dish made with cabbage and moong dhal. The secret of getting the poriyal wit separate grains of dhal lies in boiling. Never pressure cook the dhal because it turn mushy. Bring water and dhal to boil. Allow it to boil for 1/2 minute and add…