I used to love puttu during my school days. When ever I asked for it, my mom prepared it for me. After marriage, I don’t prepare it often. When hubby went to Dindugal on a trip, there was a hotel famous for nei puttu. They fold it in banana leaves…
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Vazhai Thandu/ Banana Stem
Vazhai thandu/ banana stem has a lot of medicinal value. The juice of the banana stem is used to cure kidney stones and it helps to reduce weight. The stem is used in many tamil dishes like kootu, pachadi and poriyal. It has a lot of fibres and so cutting…
Murungai Keerai Masal Vadai
I love masal vadai from my child hood. I also love murungai keerai/ drumstick leaves. So the combination was worth trying. Drumstick leaves are bitter when tasted separately but when combined in adai or vadai, it enhances the taste. This is not my daughter’s favourite, but it is my favourites…
Pumpkin Puree-1
I normally stock pumpkin in my freezer. There are two to three types of making the pumpkin puree. This is one of the methods. Pumpkin puree can be used to make parathas, pulao, kheer and many more delicious baked dishes. Grated pumpkin can also be frozen in zip lock bags.…
Paasiparuppu Paniyaram
For the past two days it is raining heavily here in Madurai. During rain we always long for some thing hot or warm to eat. After Sruti returned from school, it started raining. She was enjoying the rain. I had the moong dhal batter in fridge which I prepared two…
Vellaripalam
Vellaripalam is the fruit of cucumber. It is not easily available in markets. When we travel to Theni, there are some villages in the route. Ladies sell this fruit in front of their houses. I never miss that opportunity to buy this fruit. The fully ripe vellaripalam should have a…
Patishapta- A Bengali Sweet
For this month’s Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli chose a sweet from West Bengal. This is one of the pithe recipes prepared for Poush Sankranti. A crepe is made with maida and rice flour and is filled with coconut and mawa filling. The sweetener used is palm sugar but if unavailable,…
Coconut Cookies/ Kobbari Biscuttu
For this month’s Blog Hop Wednesday, Radhika paired me with Smitha of kannada cuisine. She has a lot of authentic kannada recipes but I went through her bakes section. I saw these cookies and I knew I had to try them. I prepared these cookies twice. First I prepared it…
Layering Parathas 3
I saw this method of layering parathas in a TV Cookery show. The next day I tried it out and I got nice layers in the paratha. This is also very easy to do. The dough I have used is the chapathi dough(click to view recipe) which I have…
Decorating Cupcakes 3
Today is the final day of blogging marathon#18 week 2. I have been posting under simple cake decoration ides. The design I have done today is probably the easiest but looks very classic on a cupcake. The tip needed is a large star tip for these designs. First cut out…