I had all the chutneys and sev ready but couldn’t find time to prepare a main ingredient for a chat. I had some Wheat and oats bread left. So I decided to prepare bread chat. Once you have all the ingredients handy, it is very easy to prepare chat. I…
Sev or Omapodi
This is an yummy snack. My daughter loves it. The preparation is also very easy. This is also used in chats. While adding water while preparing the dough, be careful. Besan absorbs very little water. If it is hard to press, then add a little water to make a softer…
Green Chutney
This is a simple chutney very essential in the preparation of chats. I wrote down this recipe years ago, after watching a cookery show by the famous cook Chellam. This recipe has never failed. If you want it hot add 2 or 3 green chillies extra. Ingredients: Mint leaves-1/4cup Coriander…
Sweet Chutney
This is an important chutney while preparing chat. The taste of this chutney is a mixture of sweet, hot, sour and salty. This is very easy to prepare. I wrote down this recipe years back after watching a tv cookery show by the famous cook Chellam. This recipe never fails.…
Plantain/ Vazhaikkai Puttukkai
Hi! Nice to blog after two days. I am very tired but couldn’t resist blogging. Kaarthigai Deepam was wonderful and the girivalam was nice. The only problem was my daughter who didn’t walk. We had to carry her for the whole 14 kilometres. That was very tiring. But when I…
Chammanthi Podi Saadam
This is a very easy rice which can be prepared in minutes. Yesterday I was feeling lazy and wanted to make something simple. I saw the recipe in The Hindu and remembered it. I had chammanthi podi prepared earlier , so just used it. It was nice. A perfect saadam…
Punjabi Kulcha
This was a wonderful flat bread and it puffed out great. I loved it. It stayed soft even after it cooled down. If you like onions you could try the onion kulcha. I am sending this to FLAVOURS OF PUNJAB event hosted by Pari of Foodelicious and started by Nayna…
Croissant
From the day I saw an You tube video on making croissants, I really wanted to do it. I haven’t tasted croissant because we don’t get it in our place. It was a dream come true when I first tasted croissant made at home. After the work I did for…
Maangai / Mango Saadam
This is a one pot meal which can be taken with a papad or vadagam. I wanted to prepare this saadam for a long time but couldn’t get raw mango in store. Now as mangoes are sold in the nearby store I just grabbed it for this easy dish. Every…
Chammanthi Podi
Yesterday I tried this recipe from The Hindu and I am sending this to Tried and Tasted event by Aipi and Priya. I haven’t tried to prepare podi with coconut. This is the first time and it tasted good. I prepared 1/4 th of the given measurements and got nearly…