• SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES - SWEETS

    Oat Bran Kesari

    Oat Bran resembles rava/semolina. So I substituted rava with oat bran and prepared this delicious kesari. The texture remained the same. I had to use less water for this kesari. I prepared this as neivedhyam yesterday. Ingredients:Oat Bran-1cupSugar-1cupWater-2cupsCardamom Powder-1/2tspLemon Yellow Food Colour-3-4dropsBroken Cashew-5tbsGhee/ Clarified Butter-1/4cupProcedure:1. Dry roast oat bran until…

  • COOKIES - DIWALI SNACKS - SAVORY

    Savory Shortbread Cookies / Iyengar Bakery Khara Biscuits

    For this month’s ICC Challenge Srivalli chose these savory biscuits from Champa’s Versatile Vegetarian Kitchen . These cookies were so nice. We had some and I packed the remaining to my hubby’s office. They were all gone in no time. Thank you Champa for the wonderful recipe. Ingredients:Maida/ Flour-2cupsButter-1/3cupSugar-4tspSalt-1tspRed Chilly Flakes-1tbsDill-1tbsYogurt…

  • RECIPES

    Potato Salad

    This month’s challenge at The Daring Cook’s is Potato Salad from around the world. Jami Sorrento a non blogging member of Daring Kitchen challenged us this month. She gave recipes of four salads and asked us to prepare a version of our own. I have never prepared potato salad before.…

  • BAKES - COOKIES - EGGLESS

    Eggless Banana Drop Cookies

    These cookies were extremely soft and sweet. The flavour of banana was amazing. I used flax meal as the substitute for the egg. The cookie has a lot of cashew nut and so it tasted nutty. I packed all the cookies to my hubby’s office. My hubby’s colleagues like my preparations.…

  • DIWALI SNACKS - SNACKS

    Pumpkin Seeds Mixture

    Mixture is a snack which consists of a mixture of two or more crispy ingredients. Usually mixture has deep fried ingredients. I tried to cut down oil and make it nutritious. I prepared this delicious mixture today. All the ingredients are roasted with a little oil(except the corn flakes). As…