August 2014

I can’t believe a year passed by so soon. Last year duing Vinayaka Chadhurthi we were in Trichy, celebrating with my mom and dad. Now in London, all alone and missing them very much 🙁 Yesterday I was going through my photos backup and found out the pics taken last year. My mom prepared few Naivedhyams for Ganesha Chadhurthi. So thought of sharing those recipes as well.

Sundal is also one of the most important Naivedhyams prepared in Tamil Nadu. During Navarathri festival and during all other main poojas sundal will be offered to God. It is also a healthy snack. The procedure for preparing the sundal is same and only the pulses differ. You need to alter soaking tim

The dough is the same as you prepare for modhakam. Filling is different here.

This is one of the most important offerings to Lord Ganesha. It is also referred to as _மோதகம் _ in Tamil. There are two ways to prepare the basic Rice dough. We generally prepare a batter from rice and then use it to prepare the white rice dough. However I have seen many people preparing the

Seppan Kizhangu_ in Tamil is nothing but Taro root. Similar to potatoes these are also Root vegetables rich in Starch. Very easy to prepare and this time I didn’t use rice flour or corn flour to get a crispy outer layer. However you can add 1 tbsp of any of this flour to achieve a crispy skin.

We had a sudden craving for Nachos and wanted to try it in an authentic Mexican restaurant. Then found this ElMexicana in Exchange Mall, High Street. Just loved their Guacamole.

This year didn’t prepare any bakshanam for Kicha on Krishna Jayanthi. Due to all this shifting and moving to new house I was completely unwell on Sunday. But managed to make kheer as neivedhyam for Lord Krishna and along with some Low-Fat Yogurt 😛 & butter. This isn’t a traditional way of prepa

Being a vegetarian we were choosy about trying out at restaurants. I will share few of my eating out experiences here and would like to update it very often 😉 😉

Life is always full of surprises, twists & turns. We have left singara Chennai and moved to UK temporarily.