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Gulab Jamun and 7cup Burfi are the two most commonly made sweets in TN especially during Deepavali. Jamun mix is readily available in all stores and for 7cups Burfi you…

I try to make home made snacks for the little one whenever possible. I would be lying if I say everything she eats is healthy. We do indulge her with…

Have always been in awe of people who can bake and decorate cakes with such finesse. You need extreme level of patience to do that..When we see all those fancy…

I have been trying to overcome my fear of baking with yeast 🤷😁 Baking in general is not my forte and I still stick my comfort zone (basic cupcakes &…

As most of us say baking is therapeutic & all that jazz but at the same time it is stressful too atleast for me 😉 Each & every step is crucial from ingredient measurement to oven temperature etc.So many factors has to be right to get that perfect output. Be it baking a cake or any other savory bakes you need patience. I obviously lack it & its funny how much ever I try to control myself , I tend to open the oven door a million times to check if everything is baking fine Few months back I…

Coconut Oil is a must have ingredient in a South Indian kitchen. We use it widely in our day to day cooking. Also it acts a great moisturizer to your skin and has a lot of healing capabilities. Coconut Oil & Shredded Coconut has become a new fad in recent days and it is used from breakfast smoothies to breads and various other recipes. Glad people all over the world are realizing the nutritional values of this oil. When I saw the #SwearbyIt challenge by Vita Coco hosted at Foodies 100 website, the first thing that came to mind was…

This was on my to-do list for so long. Then I came across Venkatesh Bhat (Vijay TV’s cookery show host) recipe on Youtube. I followed his recipe to the tee and the output was awesome.The texture was perfect and it did not become mushy. I could bite off pumpkin that was cooked well through.I prepared

This is my grandma’s recipe. She refers to this sweet as ‘Aval Kesari’ while few calls it as Aval Puttu 🙂 Whats in a name no? If it tastes good then let’s not bother about the names 😉 This is an instant recipe and if you have any uexpected guests you can make this real quick. I have used white fl

Being ‘Navarathri’ season I prepared this easiest ladoo as Neivedhyam (offering to God). All you need is fifteen minutes of your time to prepare these ladoos. I used fine desiccated coconut. In case if you don’t have desiccated coconut, you can bake the normal grated coconut in a baking tray for ab

To get rid off midweek blues thought of baking a cake yesterday evening. I wanted to bake something eggless and since we don’t have much of a sweet tooth settled for a simple sponge cake. You won’t believe it exactly took 10 minutes to prep the batter for the cake. 20 minutes for baking and hence I