Nevedhyam

This is my favorite in festival menu. But this is a tricky dish to prepare too. Initially when I got married I struggled a little to prepare this. But then after started making it more often, now I can say I am kind of good at it. Grinding the urad dal is key in making crispy (outer layer) & sof

In a blog updating spree today 😀 Next on list is paruppu vadai. When I prepare paruppu vadai as Neivedhyam I generally don’t add Onions. However if you are going to prepare it for evening snacks then you can definitely add finely chopped onions and saunf. Even chopped mint leaves can be added. The

Krishna Sweets & A2B serves the most delicious polis in Chennai. Perfect evening snack. Very simple recipe but with loads of calories 😉 Ghee and oil should be used generously. The dough is basically same for both coconut & dal poli. Only the stuffing differs. The following measurement serve

It is the most popular payasam/kheer recipe in Kerala. But now a days most of the weddings here in TN as well serves Pradhaman as a main sweet item for lunch. Last Thursday was Shiva’s birthday and made this dish during breakfast 😀 The following measurement yielded around 12-15 cups. I felt it was

This dish is similar to kuzhi paniyaram. The only difference here is you add Channa Dal & Moong Dal while preparing the batter. In my MIL’s place during Karthigai Dheepam she makes Uppapam & SweetAppam for dinner.The batter has to b

Thattai is a crispy snack that is also prepared as one of the neivedhyams during Krishna Jayanthi. If you have rice flour and urad dal flour ready then you can make t

This is such a simple dish that can be made with minimal ingredients. My grandma is pro in making these awesome seedais. When me and my brother used to visit her place for summer.

Urad Dal flour is essential when making snacks like Murukku, Thattai, and for other savoury items as well. You can store the flour in a container and use it later too.

The measurement given below will yield us around 400gms(approx.) of Rice Flour and you can store it container for future use as well.

Fridays are generally refered as auspicious day.During Aadi and Thai(Thamizh Months) various types of poojas are performed at home and temples as well. In our Mother-in-law’s family there is a tradition of offering ‘Maa ViLakku’ as one of the Neivedhyams during these auspicious Fridays. I generally