• SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES

    Maa Inji Pickle

    Maa inji roughly translated as Ginger Mango, resembles ginger but has the taste of raw mango. This is a root vegetable and is perfect for making pickles. The preparation takes time but it worth the effort. The pickle tastes so yumm. As the maa inji doesn’t have any sourness in…

  • SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES - SWEETS

    Ravai Payasam

    This is a simple type of payasam which uses jaggery. I am sending this to Celebrate Sweets – Kheer event hosted by ayeesha of Taste of Pearl City and started by Niveditha The Recipe: Ingredients: Ravai(Sooji)-1cup Water-4cups Milk-2cups Ghee-1tbs Cashew-10 Jaggery-1cup Cardamom powder-1/4tsp Procedure: 1. Roast sooji in 1 tsp…

  • SNACKS - SWEETS

    Brazilian Coconut Kiss

    I prepared Brazilian Coconut Kiss for Navarathri. It came out nice. I would like to thank Priya of  Priya’s Easy n Tasty Recipes for this wonderful recipe. I am sending this to Book marked recipes event by US Masala The Recipe: Ingredients: Condensed Milk-1cup Butter-1tbs Grated Coconut-1/4cup Cloves-1 for each…

  • DIWALI SWEETS - SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES - SWEETS

    Ellu Laddu

    This is a simple sweet prepared from black till seeds. I used both jaggery  and sugar. You can also prepare it with either jaggery or sugar. I am sending this to “Only Festive” hosted by Khaugiri And started by Pari The Recipe: Ingredients: Black till seeds-1cup Jaggery-1/4cup Sugar-1/4cup Water-1/4cup Procedure:…

  • SNACKS - SWEETS

    Oats Sweet Mixture

    This is an yummy mixture. Those who are worried about calories should never eat this because it contains nice amount of ghee and cashew. This can be prepared as a festive sweet.  The Recipe: Ingredients: Oats-1cup Sugar-1/2cup Ghee-1/4cup Cashew-20 Procedure: 1. Roast oats in 1tsp ghee till golden brown. Keep…

  • SNACKS

    Bread Cutlet

    My mom used to prepare this for us. We all loved this. It is a simple dish and tastes great. You can have it with tomato ketchup or green chutney. This will sure be a hit. I have given potato masala for stuffing but you could be creative. Prepare stuffing…

  • RICE VARIETIES - SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES

    Ellu Saadam

    This is a simple variety rice which uses less ingredients yet yummy. You can have this with vadagam or appalam. This gets ready in less than 15 minutes.  The Recipe: Ingredients: White Ellu (till seeds)-2tbs Urad dhal-1tbs Red chilly-2 Curry Leaves-5 Hing- a pinch Cooked Rice-1cup Cashew- 10 Ghee-2tsp Procedure:…

  • SOUTH INDIAN DELICACIES - SWEETS

    Puttu

    The Recipe: Ingredients: Raw rice-1cup Grated coconut-4tbs Sugar-according to taste Cardamom powder-1/2tsp Ghee-2tbs Procedure: 1. Soak rice for 2 hours. 2. Filter water and grind it in mixer grinder to a fine powder. 3. Sift it in a sieve. 4. Dry roast this flour in a pan until the flour…