After baking with two ingredients, I am making a traditional recipe for the third day. For this week of BM, the theme is quite interesting. Two bloggers exchange ingredients through mail and we are supposed to cook with the ingredients which we received. I was paired with PJ and the…
Today another week in the weekly blogging marathon starts and I have selected a very interesting theme. Cook for one is the theme and to be frank, I have never attempted cooking for one. My hubby teases me that I have a large hand I always end up cooking for…
Rava idli / Ravai idli is my choice for the alphabet R in the A-Z Tamil cuisine recipe marathon I am doing this month. This is a really simple dish to make and makes a filling breakfast. I have done Barnyard Millet Rava Idli two months back but never tried…
For the alphabet F, I had a really tough time. I never found a recipe in Tamil starting with F, as there is no letter which pronounces as F in Tamil. So I had to go for an English name for this. Fried idli/ Idli fry is one recipe my…
After a long gap, I am back in the group Bread Bakers.This month’s challenge was quite interesting. Have you heard of ancient grains. The challenge is to make a bread with ancient grains. When I checked for ancient grains, I understood that it was all gluten free grains like Quinoa,…
For Indian Cooking Challenge this month, Srivalli chose a MAngalore/ Goa special- Sanna from Ruchik Randhap. Sanna is a sweet and quick version of south Indian idli. Yeast is used to ferment the batter and so the batter is ready within 2 hours after grinding. I was going through the…
Idli upma is one of the great ways to use the leftover idlis. Mom used to prepare this often and it was my favourite during school days. After marriage I completely forgot about it. This makes a great filling dish when your kid comes home after school. When I asked…
Idli is the most famous south Indian breakfast. Soft and fluffy idlis served with sambar chutney and vadai makes a delicious breakfast. In the last post I explained about getting the perfect batter for idlis. the next step is to steam the idlis. For making idlis we need idli mould…
When Satya announced her event, I wanted to try this technique. I have seen this in cakes, but for idlis, I was not sure of the outcome. I didn’t want to use only food colours. So I decided upon beetroot and carrot along with a few drops of food colour.…