Thiruvaadhirai is a festival celebrated in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Lord Shiva is worshiped on the day. Yesterday was Thiruvaadhira. There are some dishes made particularly for the occasion and given as offerings to God. My mother doesn’t celebrate this festival and so I didn’t know about it until a few years…
Panettone is a sweet bread with lots of raisins and candies peels and is made during Christmas. This is a traditional Italian bread. This is a rich bread with loads of butter, eggs and sugar. But I tried making this eggless and got great result. The procedure of making this…
Apple purée can be used as an egg substitute in cakes. I made a plum cake yesterday using this purée and got very nice result. I made purée with 2 apples and got 1 1/2 cups of the purée. The process is simple and can be done in less than…
As we don’t get coconut flakes in Madurai, I had to make it at home for the Lemon bread I made earlier. For this kopra can be used. But as I don’t get it either, I made kopra at home and then flaked it. To make kopra at home you…
Last week I visited my mom and stayed there for 4 days. An aunt who lives there in Coimbatore came to meet my mom. When she came she brought with her a lot of arinellikkai / gooseberry taken from the tree which she grows. This kind of gooseberry is hard to see…
This is the second type of Kodbale I tried for Indian Cooking Challenge. This version is different from the first type which I posted earlier. While the previous kodubale uses kopra, this kodbale uses peanuts for flavour. The maida is also steam cooked instead of roasting. The shape is spiral…
The first time I came across this neapolitan cake in Master chef Australia All Stars. But the cake was different from what I have prepared. It had the layers in the same cake and the icing was just sugar and lemon juice. When Swathi announced the Baking Partners challenge for…
For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli selected a nice crunchy savoury snack from Karnataka. Kodbale is a very famous snack in Karnataka and I have enjoyed it during my stay in Mysore. When I was in college, I once attempted to make Kodbale myself with out mom’s help at…
Last time when I posted about adhalaikkai, I promised to give a recipe for preparation. This is same as the bitter gourd stir fry. The recipe is very simple and mom used to prepare this on Kaarthigai. The crunch from the seeds gives it a nice taste. Prepare it the…
If you watched Master Chef Australia 2012, you might be knowing Julie’s famous melting moments. The judges were are praising that particular cookie so much that I searched for the recipe at the master chef web site. And I got it finally. And I adapted that recipe according to my…