Sev is a popular Indian Snack. Today's my post is Simple home made Sev or Kara pusa or Omapodi for Deepavali. Ingredients: Bengal gram flour 2 cups Rice flour 1/2 cup Salt
Looking for quick dinner fix or snacks for kids, then try out this simple quick kozhukattai which you will love. This is so easy to make but just turns out so soft and fluffy which i adore. I added some carrots in this, you could add any vegetables in thi
This is my hubby's all time favorite. This is such a wonderful recipe with a thick tangy masala coated all over the fish. You can make this in bulk and keep it in fridge and enjoy for a whole week. The orginal recipe says that we can store this in room te
Chilli Mushroom..It was yummy, thats what i can say. I love all indo chinese foods, they are lip smackingly good..I have already made chilli paneer , chilli gobi and for non vegetarians i have chilli chicken dry and chilli chicken gravy .
Vallarai Keerai / Brahmi Leaves are one of the healthiest spinach. This spinach has properties to increase memory power. Normally they make thogayal with it. But i wanted to try sambar with it. So i made it and the result was mouthwatering. This keerai is
Kalkandu Vadai is a very famous Chettinadu vadai. This is a sweet vadai instead of the usual salt vadai. Tastes Great. In my native place whenever we want to do some group pooja or if it is an auspicious day like diwali, thiru karthikai like that then
Seepu Seedai Ingredients Raw Rice Flour - 4 cup Urad dal Flour - 3/4 cup Roasted Gram Flour - 3/4 cup Diluted Coconut Milk - 2 1/2 cup Ghee - 4 tsp Salt to taste Method Basic Raw Rice Flour Soak raw rice in water for about 2 to 3 hour
Pillayar Nonbu this year was celebrated on 29th January. Here in Vadodara we are about 5 to 6 nagarathar families. For us it is a time for a get-together. This year again Pillayar nonbu was celebrated with great pomp. So now I am back again with the recip
WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR 2013. Thought of starting this year with a very traditional Chettinad dish, for which I had lot of requests. It is the very famous Vellai Paniyaram, without which a function is never complete
Wheat Halwa / Godhumai Halwa is very famous throughout India. People of different parts of India have their own version of Wheat Halwa. But in Tamil Nadu preparation of Godhumai Halwa means, making the Halwa using the milk extracted from the wheat berries
Ketti Kuzhambus are famous through out Chettinad and are of many varieties. Very often you will this featuring in the menus of everyday cooking in a Chettinad House. It is one of the very must items in a menu prepared for a function. What do you mean b
Kavuni Arisi is a very special dish in chettinad. I has its origin from the Burmese influence of Chettinad. No Chettinad function is complete without Kavuni Arisi in its menu. Kavuni Arisi is made from a dark violet glutinous rice, which is a very rich
Kavuni Arisi from Chettinad is also known as "Karuppu Arisi". For more info on Kavuni Arisi and how it looks, please click the link here . Already I have a post on Kavuni Arisi Payasam, here I am putting down another method to make it. Both the method
Piyush is a rich creamy drink. It brings back lot of my childhood memories. It also reminds me of a small restaurant called 'Prakash' at Charni Road, which serves the most delicious and best Piyush in the city. Seeing my craze for the drink and to discour
Mattha (spiced butter milk) is a traditional Maharashtrian drink traditionaly served with Jalebis. It can also be served as an appetizer as it is good for digestion. Yield: Approx. 6 small glasses Preparation Time: Approx. 10 minutes
When it rains, the first snack that comes to every Mumbaikar's mind is Onion Fritters or Kanda Bhaji. During my childhood days, we used to prepare Kanda Bhaji on the day of 'Kande Navami' (also known as 'Gatari Amavasya' nowadays), a day prior to the begi
Gujarati Cuisine is very near to my heart. I love those Khatta-Meetha Gujju flavours and my everyday cooking is also higly influenced by these Gujju flavours. Coming to Nylon Khaman, it is again a Gujarati delicacy which is popular not only in Gujarat, bu
Being away from blogging for a long time, I once again decided to cook and post something on the eve of Navratri. And while writing this post suddently I realised that this is my 200th post. OMG.. is it true or a dream? I started this blog just for fun, b
Kathiyawadi ('Kathiyawad' is a region in the state of Gujarat) cuisine is best known for its hot and spicy recipes unlike Gujarati cuisine which is popular for its sweet and tangy taste. This is a twisted version by adding Bottle-gourd to the Dhokli (stea
Purple Yam also known as Kanda / Konfal / Kan is usually available during Winters in India. Normally, it is used in Savoury dishes and very rarely in Sweets. But my mom told me that during her childhood, Kandachi Kheer was made during fasts. I learnt this
One fine day my hubby got Mackerel's from market. I re-tried the stuffed Mackerel recipe. This time I modified it slightly and my hubby really loved it. This is my signature recipe. It was a real hit in Raksha's Kitchen. It turned much more better then th
I n Goa we have fish curry every other day except on Monday, Thursday and on other auspicious days. Fish curry and rice along with fried fish is what 90% of the Goans love, remaining 10% will be the vegetarians. Out of all the different types of fish, I l
M y hubby ensures that we eat one particular type of vegetable everyday. So on the normal weekdays, I have to compulsorily prepare one type of a subzi. In the weekend's itself myself hubby gets loads of vegetables at home. My fridge gets loaded and normal
Classic Mangalorean dish.......Okay confession.......not my favorite, I always pick out the jackfruit and eat the chickpeas.....I sometimes forget that this is my moms blog too........presenting Gujje Kadle aajadina - Courtesy: MOM Ingredients Prin