This month’s Indian Cooking Challenge recipe is from Kashmir. It is a sweet rice which is very rich because of the addition of nuts, milk and saffron. This month’s recipe was suggested by Vaishali. While I was going through Wiki I came to know about the meaning of Zarda. In…
Baby Shower is called as Valaikappu in Tamil tradition and it is performed during the 5th or 7th or 9th month of pregnancy. The mom to be is made to wear colourful glass bangles at that time. These bangles are worn by the mom to be until the day of delivery. Tradition…
How weird is the title? I have a confession to make. This is not my idea. Those who are familiar with the cooking competition in Star Vijay must have heard of this. I haven’t seen the program but while I was talking to my sister last month, she told me…
For the next three days I will be posting some delicious Goan recipes as I have chosen the theme for Blogging Marathon #26 Week 3. Coconut is an important ingredient in Goan cuisine. When I was searching for some recipes, I saw that so many recipes included coconut. This rice…
For the third week of blogging marathon I wanted to prepare some recipes from the cook books I have. I have been collecting cookbooks and recipes from news paper for so many years and I have a huge collection of recipes. I refer to them some times but usually they…
For the third day of Blogging Marathon I selected a sweet crispy snack from Sikkim. This is a famous recipe of Nepal and as Sikkim is nearby, this recipe is there in Sikkim cuisine also. I saw an youtube video on making the snack. Before seeing the video I thought…
I have been thinking hard about the paneer I had in my fridge. So many ideas flow through my mind but non of them came to reality. And at last yesterday I decided to do this pulao. Adding crumbled paneer to pulao made it very delicious. At first when I…
Wish You All A Very Happy Pongal Pongal is an important festival celebrated in Tamil Nadu. It is the harvest festival and Tamilians prepare pongal on the day and give it as an offering to Sun God. Today is the second day of the festival. This is called as Surya…
Thiruvaadhirai is a festival celebrated in Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Lord Shiva is worshiped on the day. Yesterday was Thiruvaadhira. There are some dishes made particularly for the occasion and given as offerings to God. My mother doesn’t celebrate this festival and so I didn’t know about it until a few years…
Chevu is a besan based savoury snack which is a favourite among our family. DH buys chevu whenever he visits the nearby store. For the last few weeks the store hasn’t got the brand of chevu he likes. So he has been asking me to prepare it at home. I…