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Have been wanting to try a simple low calorie recipe for Deepavali. I prepared this delicious Apple Burfi yesterday with Jaggery and it tasted so good. In this festive season if…

Salna (சால்னா) is a runny gravy that is usually served with Briyani, Tamilnadu style Parotta (or Brotta 😬) and sometimes with other dishes too. Adding this runny gravy to flaky…

Butternut Squash is a variety of Pumpkin that I usually get here. I love making Arachuvitta Sambar with this Squash.You can check the Sambar recipe here. You can prepare different…

Sesame Seeds has numerous health benefits. We now see them in granola bars, smoothies, as Tahini paste in Hummus and in all other fancy ways. Growing up my three favorite ways to eat the Sesame seeds in kalandha sadham (recipe mentioned below), as a filling in…

Koottu and Poriyal are the veggie based accompaniments that is served with traditional TamilNadu style Lunch menu. If you are new to cooking Tamil cuisine I hope this helps 🙂…

After a 2 month vacation to India am finally back to Ireland and to be honest it feels like am living in some kind of parallel world..Thoughts are still revolving…

This is very similar to the usual Moongdal Payasam but more creamier and richer. The addition of coconut makes all the difference. My Amma calls it as ‘Malayala payasam’ could…

Its Day-30 of my blogging challenge and truly unbelievable that I did this continuously without giving up half way. Also so happy to end this challenge with an all time…

Kozhukattai/Kozhakkatai is nothing but Rice Flour Dumplings that is one of the most common Prashad offered to Lord Ganesha. Be it the yearly Pillaiyar Chadurthi feetival or be it monthy SankataHara Chadhurthi my…

Another staple SouthIndian breakfast that is widely popular in Kerala as well as in Tamilnadu too. A good Aappam should be soft, light with crispier edge and slightly thicker in the centre. It…