• SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES

    Panchamirtham

    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…

  • SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES

    Sweet Aval Paniyaram

    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…

  • RECIPES

    Apple and Cucumber Salad

    Today I prepared this colourful and energetic salad for my breakfast. It is a filling and delicious salad with a simple olive oil and curd dressing. I am always afraid of eating lettuce raw. So I added 1/4tsp oil and sauteed it to get rid of the raw smell and…

  • BEVERAGES - RECIPES

    Beetroot Juice

    This is a great filling juice perfect for breakfast. I am trying to shed some calories and so I will be trying out some diet recipes. This is one among them. I used honey for sweetener. If you are not diet conscious, you can add sugar for taste. If you are…

  • RECIPES - SOUPS

    Carrot Soup

    It is raining heavily and the climate is very cold. I was having sore throat and feeling very bad yesterday morning. A warm comforting soup can do magic for my throat. I had carrots, so prepared this very easy soup with herbed croutons. I felt relieved after consuming this hot soup.  …

  • RECIPES

    Fruit Salad

    This is a very simple fruit salad with a sweet lime juice and pomegranate juice dressing. Perfect to enjoy with a scoop of ice cream. I had my niece and nephew at home for their vacation and I served them with this delicious fruit salad. They just enjoyed it.  Ingredients:For…

  • RECIPES

    Yam Ordinary Sandwich

    I had half a cup of Karunai Kilangu Masiyal left after our lunch. I wanted to transform it into another dish for our evening brunch. There were some bread slices. So I thought of preparing a sandwich out of it. The masiyal went very well with the bread slice. It…

  • BAKES

    Palak Oat Bran Cutlets

    For an evening I wanted to prepare a cutlet which was nutritious and tasty. I had a bunch of palak in my fridge. The idea for this combination suddenly crossed my mind. This was very easy to prepare and delicious. We enjoyed it with tomato ketchup. I am sending this…

  • GRAVY

    Saiva Meen Kulambu / Vegetarian Fish Gravy

    When I first saw this recipe in Solai Achi’s blog, I was interested. After my hubby became a vegetarian, he usually asks me to prepare some substitutes for the original non-vegetarian gravy. His favorite was meen kulambu. I usually substitute fish with yam ordinary, adamant creeper or elephant yam but…