Cream cheese forms the base for many desserts such as cheese cakes and cake frostings. But I couldn’t get it here in Madurai. Once I saw the box of cream cheese at Nilgiris in Coimbatore, I was shocked at the price. So I was going through the web for a…
Vengaya Thool Pakoda
Today is the first day of Blogging Marathon#20. I am posting recipes with theme cooking with onions. The first recipe which came to my mind was vengaya thool pakoda. Thool pakoda doesn’t have any shape. The onions are nicely caramelized and it gives a sweet flavour to the pakoda. This…
Mawa Gulab Jamun Recipe
Mawa Gulab Jamun Recipe is a rich dense Indian milk sweet made from milk solid, deep fried and soaked in sugar syrup and served as dessert.
Cooking Rice in Mud Pot
Rice is the staple food of south India. With out rice the meal is incomplete for us. So every south Indian household cooks rice on daily basis. Granny used to cook rice in mud pots and that rice is very good for health. Even now a doctor in Chennai asks…
Eggless Chcolate Cookies
I have used cocoa powder to make cookies but this is the first time I am using melted chocolate in my cookie recipe. Though the colour is a bit light, the cookie was very nice with chocolate flavour. It also has chocolate chips in them. I saw this recipe in…
Eggless Lemon Coconut Bread
For this month’s Baking Eggless group challenge, I selected a simple but delicious quick bread from Orange Blossom Water blog by Dimah. Lemon in baking gives a great flavour to the dish. If coconut is added the bread must be super delicious. I tried it with milk and apple cider…
Dates Cookies
I bought a new book about cookies. It is a tamil book and there were lots and lots of recipes for cookies. I had a box of dates to be used and so I tried out this recipe which uses dates. The cookies were crispy and crunchy and delicious with…
Vendhaya Keerai Cauli flower Kulambu / Methi Gobi Gravy
Today is the final day of week three in Blogging Marathon #19. I am posting under cooking with greens and today I prepared this gravy for our lunch. I had a bunch of methi leaves bought from ulavar sandai last week. There was also a cauliflower and so I decided…
Methi Ragi Roti
Today is the second day of Blogging Marathon#19 and I am posting under cooking with greens. For today’s post I selected a south Indian flat bread. Keppai roti or ragi roti is a delicious flat bread prepared in many south Indian kitchens. With the same flour mom used to prepare…
Palak Okra Rice
Today is the third week of Blogging Marathon #19. I am posting under the theme Cooking with greens. The first recipe is for a coloured rice perfect for kid’s lunch box. If you love okra, then this is for you. The palak flavour along with okra was very nice. As…