Coriander lemon rice recipe | Cilantro lime rice
 Coriander lemon rice is a simple rice recipe with just coriander leaves and lemon juice mixed with cooked rice. This is inspired from the Mexican dish – cilantro lime rice, which I saw in facebook...
View ArticlePalada payasam recipe
This is a rich dessert (payasam) made with readymade rice ada, milk and sugar as main ingredients. I have tasted ada pradhaman only once in a restaurant and really loved it. I had no clue what it was...
View ArticleNellikai oorugai recipe | Gooseberry pickle
Gooseberry is known as poor man’s apple. It is healthy and we consume makingnellikai thayir pachadi, both with fresh and sun dried gooseberry, neer nellikai– my favorite. I have never tasted any other...
View ArticleGokulashtami 2015 Date, Recipes, Guide
Krishna Janmashtami, Janmashtami, Krishna Jayanthi, Krishnashtami, shree krishna Jayanthi, Gokulashtami 2015 is on 5th September, Saturday. This is a festival to celebrate the birthday of Lord Krishna....
View ArticleMalpua recipe with rabri (Malpua with wheat flour)
Malpua is a rich dessert and best goes with rabdi or rabri. There are two versions, one made with maida which was the only one I thought that exists until I asked my friend Sangeeta for her aunt’s...
View ArticleShrikhand recipe | Easy Janmashtami recipes
  Shrikhand is an easy no cook dessert recipe, with just few ingredients and yet rich and delicious sweet. Make it as this Krishna Janmashtami special recipes and offer Lord Krishna and enjoy with...
View ArticleVella aval recipe | Easy Gokulashtami recipes
Gokulashtami is nearing and if you are looking for easy recipe to offer on the day of Gokulashtami, this could be the perfect one. Though this is Gokulashtami special recipe, as a kid, I have eaten...
View ArticleGopalkala recipe (Dahi poha) | Easy Janmashtami recipes
Gopalkala is nothing but dahi poha - aval/ flattened rice/ beaten rice mixed with curd (plain yogurt), cucumber and tempered with ghee. When I was looking for posting easy Janmashtami special recipes,...
View ArticleRava pongal recipe | South Indian breakfast recipes
Rava pongal is made with sooji (Semolina) and moong dal, cooked with pepper, jeera, ginger and green chilli. I had rava pongal in a relative’s house for the first time and loved it a lot. Though she...
View ArticleChole recipe | How to make chole
This chole masala is made by grinding together all onion, tomato, ginger, garlic, mint and coriander leaves along with green chillies. Has distinct flavour as it has mint and coriander leaves in it....
View ArticleKhoya modak recipe | Easy Ganesh chaturthi recipes
Khoya modak is an easy recipe yet rich Ganesh Chaturthi special recipe. With just 3 main ingredients, it turns out delicious and yummy, that all your family members would love. I wanted to post this...
View ArticleVinayaka Chaturthi 2015 Date, recipes, shopping list, guide
How to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi at home:Vinayaka chaturthi or Ganesh Chaturthi this year 2015 falls on 17th September, Thursday. After Gokulashtami celebration, it’s now time for Ganesh Chaturthi...
View ArticleKhajur modak recipe | Khajoor modak
Khajur modak or dates modak is an easy and healthy recipe you can make for this Ganesh chaturthi. I had this in my to do list along with khoya modak and thought will post today. Coincidentally one of a...
View ArticlePanchamirtham recipe | Panjamirtham
This version of Panchamirtham / Panjamirtham is made with banana, dates, raisins, brown sugar, honey as main ingredients and flavoured with little cardamom and edible camphor (Pachai karpooram). I...
View ArticleFried modak recipe (With wheat flour) | Fried Mothagam
Fried modak is made with wheat flour outer covering and coconut, jaggery filling. Deep fried in ghee or oil, it can keep good for few days too. My mom told me this recipe when she was here. I was...
View ArticleKadalai mavu chutney - Side dish for dosa, puri
Kadalai mavu (besan) chutney is a good combination for dosa and poori. This gives a lot of volume and can be made easily in a jiffy. I have heard about this chutney during my childhood through my mom...
View ArticleSambar vadai recipe (With hotel sambar recipe)
Sambar vadai is urad dal vadai, soaked in mild and flavourful sambar. I recently only developed taste for sambar vada, especially the one from Murugan idli shop. After their chutneys, I like their...
View ArticleMakkan Peda recipe (Arcot Makkan peda)
Makkan peda is made using khoya (milk solids), maida (all purpose flour) as main ingredients, stuffed with dry fruits and nuts. It is very famous in Arcot. So it has also the name Arcot makkan peda....
View ArticleSalem thattu vadai set recipe
Thattu vadai set is made by sandwiching thattu vadai with a salad of grated carrot, beetroot, onion along with lemon, chaat masala and chaat chutneys. I saw a video in which they use orange chutney...
View ArticlePatra recipe | Paatra recipe
Paatra (patra) is a snack made with colacasia leaves (arbi / seppankizhangu/ taro leaves) along with spiced besan mixture and tossed to give extra flavour. Sesame seeds, hing and grated coconut add on...
View Article