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Today is the third day of Navrathri. Divine Mother is worshipped in the form of Chandraghanta on the third day of Navrathri. Chandra means moon and Ghanta means bell. Divine mother is depicted as wearing a bell-like ornament in the shape of the moon. Moon is connected with the mind. Just as the moon waxesRead more about Thenga Payasam[…]
Today is the first day of Navrathri. Navrathri means nine nights. The nine nights of Navrathri celebrate the nine different aspects of Goddess Durga known as Nava Durga. Shailaputri is the first among the Navadurgas. Shaila means stone, and putri means daughter. Praying and meditating to the Goddess on this brings strength (like a stone)Read more about Akkaravadisal[…]
Suryakala is one of my most favourite sweet. I remember my dad buying this sweet specially for me during my childhood days. Today is a special day for me. I started blogging last dec 13th. I have been posting a recipe everyday since then. Today, I am posting my 300th recipe. I made my favouriteRead more about Suryakala[…]
Kozhakatai ( known also as modak) is a very traditional sweet of Tamil Nadu which is made for Vinayaka Chaturthi ( Ganesh Festival). It’s also made on Varalakshmi Pooja as a Prasadam. It’s a actually steamed rice flour dumpling with sweet stuffing. The stuffing is made of coconut and jaggery. It’s my dad who taughtRead more about Kozhakattai[…]
Milk is known as Paal in Tamil and Kozhukattai means rice flour dumplings. Paal Kozhukattai is a delicacy from Chetinadu Cuisine. Soft rice balls are cooked in thin coconut milk which is sweetened with sugar or jaggery and finally thickened with thick coconut milk. It has been in my ‘to do’ list for quite sometime.Read more about Paal Khozhukattai[…]
This is a simple, easy to make, healthy and and a delicious dessert. I have followed Tarla Dalal recipe. Chenna, made at home by curdling full-fat milk, is thickened and sweetened to make a delicious Chenna Rabdi. I have added some mangoes to make it more interesting and healthy. I made this for the firstRead more about Chenna Mango Rabdi[…]
I had sudden guests today and had to make something quick as they had come for a very short visit. I wanted to make something interesting, sweet and that which will not take much time. My first thought was mango milk shake as I had mangoes in the fridge. Then I got this sudden ideaRead more about Almond Coconut Mango Kheer[…]
I learnt to make this long back in Muscat from a good friend, Lakshmi. I was very very new to cooking that time. I followed her recipe blindly and am so glad that I did that. Till date I follow her recipe whenever I make Nei Appam. I have shared this recipe with almost allRead more about Nei Appam[…]
Ukkarai is a very traditional sweet which is made during Diwali, specially in Tamil Brahmin community. This is one of the healthy sweet variety as it is made of lentils and jaggery and less amount of ghee is used. It’s one of most favourite traditional sweet dish. My mom is an expert in making thisRead more about Ukkarai[…]
Cashew nuts are known as kaju in Hindi and mundhri paruppu in Tamil. Kaju Katli is one of the very famous traditional Indian sweet. You can hardly find anyone who is not fond of this sweet. I made this after many years. It came out really very well, almost like the mithai shop’s Katli. TheRead more about Kaju Katli[…]
