For this month’s Baking Partner’s challenge, Swathi had selected New York style Pizza With New York Style Pizza Sauce. Three members had suggested recipes and I chose the one suggested by Pam of Living Rancho Deluxe. As soon as I saw the recipe I made the sauce. Recently I bought a food processor…
For Indian Cooking Challenge this month, Srivalli chose a MAngalore/ Goa special- Sanna from Ruchik Randhap. Sanna is a sweet and quick version of south Indian idli. Yeast is used to ferment the batter and so the batter is ready within 2 hours after grinding. I was going through the…
Yesterday I completed Sai Pooja which was going on for a week and for the prasad I made this rich and creamy halwa. I wanted to make it in peda shape so had to refrigerate before separating the slices. But you can also scoop and serve it in a bowl…
Divya Pramil of You too can cook started an event South Vs North Challenge which is becoming very very interesting every month. There are two teams in this group. A member from Northern team provides an authentic north Indian recipe and challenges the Southern team to try. Likewise a member…
This month’s Baking Eggless challenge was quite challenging. Sowmya of Nivedhanam suggested we try Tiramisu – The famous Italian dessert for this month. Tiramisu means Pick me up. As a resident of Madurai, I can never get mascarpone cheese here. Once when I visited Nilgiris in Coimbatore, I saw a…
Savarin is an yeasted cake which uses a very rich dough which constitutes of eggs and butter. This month’s Daring Bakers challenge was hosted by Natalia of Gatti Fili e Farina and she challenged the daring bakers to bake Savarin. The dough is the same used for Rum Baba which is…
When I was searching for nendram pazham to make the banana halwa for ICC, I couldn’t get it. But I got it now and couldn’t resist buying them. After buying, I wanted to try out some authentic recipe from Kerala and I was browsing the web. The top most recipe…
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…
Sundal is a type of salad very famous in Tamil Nadu. Particularly this sundal is a famous street food. You can see vendors selling this piping hot in small carts in bus stands and railway stations. Those who are blessed with a beach in Tamil Nadu will know about this…
When I hear the word Avakkai, my mind races back to child hood. Mom is a specialist in making this pickle and she even has so many fans. Whenever someone makes pickle at home, the first comment would be that it is not so good as mom’s. Avakkai is made…