For the final day of week long Blogging Marathon#10, I decided to convert a deep fried recipe to a baked one using very little oil to make it a guilt free snack. I have already posted the recipe for Nei kadalai. This recipe is the baked version of the original…
Black Sesame Balls
I tried it out for the sixth day of Blogging Marathon. It is very easy to prepare and satisfies my craving for sweets. As jaggery is used as the sweetener it is good for health too. Ingredients:Black Sesame Seeds-1/2cupJaggery / Karuppatty Grated-1/4cupHoney-1tbsProcedure:1. Roast sesame until it starts spluttering.2. Grind it…
How To Sprout Grains With Sprouter
When I bought a sprouter , I was totally confused about using it. The specifications accompanying sprouter was incomplete and unclear. I searched the web and got different methods of using it. Again it left me confused. So I did a little experimenting and with many trial and errors, I…
Sprouts Stuffed Braided Bread
I had a cup of cow pea sprouts and I wanted to use it up. When I thought of preparing a braided bread, using sprouts for the filling came to my mind. I just wanted to pair it up with another ingredient and it happened to be frozen green peas.…
Multi Grain Puttu Urundai
Today is the fourth day of Blogging Marathon and I prepared this multigrain puttu urundai. This is a chettinad snack which my mom used to prepare when I was a kid. She saw the recipe in a TV show and tried it out immediately. Every one liked it and so…
Musk Melon Crackers
Today is the third day of BM#10. I prepared musk melon juice yesterday. After filtering, I was left with the pulp. I didn’t want to waste it. So I kept it in the fridge until the idea for crackers struck me. Today I prepared these crunchy yeasted crackers for evening…
Moong Sprouts Salad
This is a nutritious and filling salad. It is also very easy to prepare. I used cucumber, pomegranate seeds and onion along with moong sprouts. The dressing is a very simple sweet olive oil dressing. Hubby liked it very much. I am sending this to CWS-Moong Beans by Priya Suresh.…
Pulao Stuffed Capsicum
I got this idea from Fox History channel The chef prepared a kind of pulao and stuffed vegetables with the pulao and cooked them. I don’t remember the country but it came on Food Safari series. It looked so inviting and I couldn’t postpone preparing it. I prepared a veg…
Potato Sticks
Today is the second day of BM#10. I am posting under guilt free snacks. I saw the original recipe in a book which accompanied my oven. It had loads and loads of butter and maida. I adapted the recipe to prepare these tasty and crunchy sticks. I used olive oil…
Sprouts Cutlet
I am participating in another Blogging Marathon for the next 14days. Srivalli’s Blogging Marathon has reached its tenth edition this month. For the first week I have chosen Guilt Free Snacks as the theme. For the first day I prepared these power packed cutlets and served it with green chutney.…