Mor Kulambu is one of my favourite kulambu variety. But as hubby is not so keen in eating it, I usually don’t prepare it at home. Last month when my hubby’s sister visited us, I asked her whether she likes mor kulambu. She readily agreed and I prepared it for…
Savoury Pumpkin Spread
I usually use butter or jam as the spread for my toasts. When I selected the theme Spreads for the Blogging Marathon Week 2, I went through so many recipes in the blogosphere. Only then I got an idea of how inventive we can become in preparing a spread. For…
Poosanikkai Kootu
Normally I don’t buy white pumpkin. But after Kalyani announced the magic ingredients for Magic Mingle#9, I had to buy it. White pumpkin is used in sambar, mor kulambu and also in a north Indian sweet called petha. As I had to pair it with green chilly, I prepared kootu…
Instant Pumpkin and Green Chilly Pickle
For this month’s Magic Mingle, Kalyani chose Pumpkin and Fresh Chillies as the two magic ingredients to be used up in the dish. I have been thinking a lot to make both star ingredients of the dish. As I am a great fan of Master Chef Australia, I wanted to…
Pumpkin Puree-1
I normally stock pumpkin in my freezer. There are two to three types of making the pumpkin puree. This is one of the methods. Pumpkin puree can be used to make parathas, pulao, kheer and many more delicious baked dishes. Grated pumpkin can also be frozen in zip lock bags.…
Decorating Cupcakes-1
Today is the first day of second week in Blogging Marathon and I will be posting under simple cake decorating ideas. For three days I will show you some simple decorations for cupcakes. We usually don’t get decorated cupcakes here in Madurai. When I started browsing the net for cup…
Poosani Paayasam/ Pumpkin Kheer
Yesterday, I prepared this delicious kheer. My daughter usually refuses to drink kheer/ paayasam. So I didn’t offer her.Hubby liked it very much. During night, I gave him the remaining half a cup of kheer to drink. At thit time my daughter was around and she tasted the kheer from…
Pumpkin Scones
I prepared pumpkin puree last week. So I just wanted to bake something using it. I always love the colour of bakes using pumpkin. I saw this recipe at joy of baking. I was immediately drawn towards the colour and texture of the scone. It was eggless too. The scone…
Pumpkin Pretzels
I like the shape of pretzels. They attract me a lot. So I decided to try it out. I had some pumpkin puree in my freezer. So I chose this recipe. The preparation is quite easy and very interesting. The pretzels needed a little bit of salt. Otherwise it was…
Poosanikkai Inippu Somas / Sweet Samosa with Pumpkin Filling
I love to experiment with sweets. If you read my blog, you will know that I have a huge collection of sweets compared to other dishes. Sweet samosa has been in my to do list for long. Had lot of pumpkin sitting in my fridge. So I thought of combining…