How many of you have come across this fruit. It is called as kodikkai / kodikka pazham and is usually available during summer. We get it in my home town Then and at Madurai. I think it is famous in South Tamil Nadu. Apart from these areas it is hard…
Creamy Mango And Mini Rasgollas
After preparing the eggless No bake Mango cheesecake I was left with the creamy mango filling. I also has some mini rasgollas at hand and I tried making a dessert out of this. I was thinking hard on naming this dish but couldn’t come up with a better title. If…
Zarda – Kashmiri Sweet Saffron Rice
This month’s Indian Cooking Challenge recipe is from Kashmir. It is a sweet rice which is very rich because of the addition of nuts, milk and saffron. This month’s recipe was suggested by Vaishali. While I was going through Wiki I came to know about the meaning of Zarda. In…
Khirkadam / Kheer Kadam / Raskadam
Happy Ugadi To All My Readers Today is Ugadi and it is the New Year for people residing in the Deccan region. For Tamilians the new year falls on April 14th. To celebrate the start of the new year,I made the Bengali sweet kir kadam also known as ras kadam.…
Kalkandu Saadam for Valaikappu
Baby Shower is called as Valaikappu in Tamil tradition and it is performed during the 5th or 7th or 9th month of pregnancy. The mom to be is made to wear colourful glass bangles at that time. These bangles are worn by the mom to be until the day of delivery. Tradition…
Watermelon Pulao
How weird is the title? I have a confession to make. This is not my idea. Those who are familiar with the cooking competition in Star Vijay must have heard of this. I haven’t seen the program but while I was talking to my sister last month, she told me…
Eggless Krispy Kreme Donuts
I was watching TLC last week in which there was a program on Krispy Kreme Donuts. I was fascinated by the process of making the donuts. Yesterday when I was browsing the net for some recipes I saw the recipe for Krispy Kreme donuts. The glaze for the donuts was…
Mullingatawny Soup/ Milagu Thanni
For the second day of Blogging Marathon, I prepared this delicious hot peppery soup. Mullingatawny soup has its origin from Tamil. Milagu Thanni which means pepper water has become mullingatawny soup and it is made by Anglo Indians as a result of British Raj in India. I saw so many…
Malai Laddu
Any regular reader of my blog will know that I participate in Blogging Marathon every month. It first started as non stop blogging and then to make it stress free, Srivalli made it into a 3 day per week Marathon. After a long gap the non stop blogging is on…
Eggless Bunny Dinner Rolls
For this month’s Baking Eggless Challenge Priya of Enveetu Kitchen suggested Amazing Dinner Rolls from cooking classy. Even for the Baking Partners challenge we baked bread this month. So this month my house is full of freshly baked bread’s aroma and it is wonderful. I have made some dinner rolls…