In our house Appams are prepared mainly during this 3 festivals – Krishna Jayanthi, Avani Avittam, Vinayaka Chadurthi. My mom only uses wheat flour. I have heard people preparing it with Rice flour/All purpose flour. It depends on your choice & taste bud. You can also deep fry appams in Oil. Thi
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Vella Seedai (Sweet made using Rice Flour & Jaggery)
August 30, 2013This 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.
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Rava/Semolina Pongal
August 26, 2013Today morning prepared rava pongal for breakfast. Easy to make,require only few ingredients and a best alternate to our normal ‘Venn Pongal’ that is made using rice. The following measurement serves 2. Since it was a busy morning
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Maa ViLakku
February 1, 2013Fridays 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
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American Corn Cheese Balls
January 9, 2013‘Cream Centre’ – one of the best vegetarian restaurants in Chennai.The dishes are minimal,slightly overpriced,excellent ambiance and great food 🙂 Our fav dishes in CC are Corn Cheese Balls and Mexican Sizzler.
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Paneer Butter Masala
January 9, 2013The first and foremost thing required for this dish is fresh Paneer. If you have time you can prepare it at home. However if you are using store brought, kindly check the expiry date.I always use Hatsun’s Paneer.Their quality and taste is good.The following measurement serves four.
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Thiruvathirai Kali/திருவாதிரை களி
December 29, 2012Yesterday was ‘Thiruvadhirai’.It is an auspicious day for Lord Shiva and special prayers are held mostly at all Shiva Temples.The festival is popularly known as ‘Aarudhra Dharshanam’.There are lots of interesting mythological facts and stories on the reason for this particular festival.
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Rava/Semolina Laddu
November 12, 2012First thing comes to mind regarding Diwali celebration is eating sweets 🙂 .In our house, celebrations preparation kickedoff yesterday .With my mom’s assistance prepared Rava laddus at home and it came out very well.The ingredients used are mostly readily available.I have not added milk,shredded coc
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Penne Rigate with White Sauce
July 24, 2012Never been a fan of ‘Pastas’ until I got married. After tasting so many varities in different Restaurents, I started craving for it….This is the first time I prepared pasta from scratch. Definitely easy to make but have to be little careful with the amount of butter,cheese we use. The following me
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Coconut Rice
June 15, 2012Easy to prepare lunch box meal. Or when you are going on a long drive during weekends you could pack this with pickle and potato chips.The following measurement serves two.