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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…