For this month, Jenni of The Gingered Whisk challenged the daring bakers to prepare Povitica. This is a sweet bread with a walnut filling. Pronounced as po-va-teet-sa, this is a dessert bread of Eastern Europe, served during the holiday season. It is also known as Nutroll, Potica, Kalachi and Strudia.…
Vengaya Kosu
Today is the sixth day of Blogging Marathon#9 and I prepared this tasty gravy for the breakfast to go with dosas. This is a popular chettinad breakfast item. The main ingredient is onion and the gravy is coconut based. The gravy is very simple but tasty. We had a delicious…
Eggless Banana Tart
I saw this recipe in Fox History featuring Mauritian Cuisine. I decided to do it as soon as possible. The crust was so crisp and the banana filling was so nice. My daughter loved it. Every time when I prepare a new dish, I am always worried whether my daughter…
Kathrikkai Kulambu
Today is the fifth day of Blogging Marathon#9. This is a delicious tangy gravy which uses small whole brinjals. I usually prepare a gravy with coconut. But this doesn’t have coconut yet it tastes great. The recipe also mentioned the addition of fennel seeds. The flavour was fantastic. This is…
Karunai Kilangu Masiyal
For the third day of Blogging Marathon#9, I prepared karunai kilangu masiyal. Karunai kilangu is called as Yam Ordinary in English. While searching for the English name for the vegetable, I got so many confusing answers. Many of them have named it as elephant yam. But it is wrong. Elephant yam is the…
Paal Paniyaram
Today is the second day of Blogging Marathon#9 under the theme regional specials. As you all know, I chose the chettinad cuisine for my theme. Yesterday I prepared these sweet, delicious and juicy paniyarams for evening tiffin. My hubby liked it a lot. The actual recipe uses deep fried paniyarams…
Milagai Mandi
Today is the first day in the second week of Blogging Marathon#9. For this week I have chosen Regional Specials. I chose Chettinad cuisine for this theme. Chettinad cuisine is very famous and it has so many mouthwatering dishes. I am trying to capture some dishes from the lots and…
Lavanga Latha
Today is the last day Blogging Marathon#9. This recipe for this sweet is in my most favourite recipe book. Whenever I go through the recipe, I have always wanted to try it. But because of my laziness I have postponed it so far. When I set to prepare it, then…
Rava Laddu 2
When I started blogging, I posted a rava laddu recipe. The recipe I am posting today is totally different from the previous one. There are two more types of rava laddus, which I will be posting in the future. Today is the 6th day of Blogging Marathon#9. Yesterday, my daughter…
Cashew Peda
Today is the fifth day of week long Blogging Marathon#9. Today I was in no mood to do any elaborate preparation. So I just opted for this simple peda. As I had mawa ready at home, The preparation was quite easy. I really couldn’t keep my hands off this peda.…