During the month of Kaarthigai comes Kaarthigai Deepam. On that day we light earthern lamps all over the house and do special poojas. Mom used to make a great feast with sambar, rasam, 21 varieties of side dishes, payasam and offered them along with fruits for Lord Murugan. I have…
Vinayagar Chaturthi is celebrated all over India every year in a grand manner. Idols of Lord Ganesha floods the streets. After pooja, the idol is immersed in river, pond or sea. Usually mom made kozhukattai and sundal for neivedhyam along with some rice flakes and jaggery. And we never bought ganesha…
Today is the day I love the most. Everyone is busy celebrating Varalakshmi Pooja. But unfortunately, I couldn’t do it as it has not been a year since my mom expired. But I couldn’t miss narrating the pooja to you. Every year I will be very busy for the three…
Today is the 18th day of Tamil month Aadi and it is celebrated as aadi perukku. This day is celebraated to welcome the river Cauvery in Tamil Nadu. Usually rice varieties such as lemon rice, puliodharai, coconut rice, pongal and thayir saadam are made with vadai and payasam. Rituals are performed…
Mathri is a Rajasthani snack made out of flour and spices and is deep fried in oil. There are two varieties of mathris. One is the flat one which is crispy and the other is made thick which is flaky and crumbly. These are perfect tea time snacks. As mathris…
This month’s Walk Through Memory Lane is being hosted by Rafeeda of The Big Sweet Tooth. This event is close to my heart as this is about mom’s cooking. Whatever childhood favourite food you have, try recreating it now, post it in your blog and link it to the event.…
For this month’s South Vs North challenge, started by Divya, the challenge posed by the Northern team host Santosh Bangar was Mawa Gujiya. March is the month of Holi – The festival of colours and in every UP household gujiya and gajar ki knji are prepared. Santoshji chose the recipe…
Diwali is round the corner and you might be thinking of making various sweets and savouries for celebrating the festival of lights. I remember when I was young, my mom started planning before a month and started with the preparations. And every day, we used to have fun. Gone are…
Today is the seventh day of Navrathri and the menu is quite simple. For the morning neivedhyam, I made Sambar Saadam and Oats Paayasam and for the evening it is sweet corn sundal. Sambar saadam is a quick one pot meal which can be made in a jiffy and oats…
Though it is Navrathri’s 8th day, I am posting the 6th day recipes. Morning I made Malai Laddu and Ven pongal and for evening, I made sundal with peanuts. Malai laddu is one of the sweets which gets so much praise in my home. Whoever I have served it with…