Easy to prepare Okra fry that can be served as a side dish for Rice or you can even make it for kids as snack in the evenings. If you want it to be healthier try baking or shallow frying instead of deep frying Bhindi. I personally haven’t tried these two methods and hence am not sure how the output
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Sweet Kozhakkattai/Modhagam/Sweet dumplings
August 28, 2014This 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
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Seppan Kizhangu Roast / Arbi Roast
August 26, 2014Seppan 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.
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கல்கண்டு சாதம்
January 17, 2014Today being the first Friday of Thai, I prepared Kalkandu Sadham as Nevedhyam. தை வெள்ளி (Friday in tamil month ‘தை’) is considered to be very auspicious and there will be celebrations & special poojas in most of the amman temples all around Tamil Nadu. My mom generally recites [Lalitha Sahasran
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Peas Pulao
December 24, 2013It took fifteen minutes to prepare the whole dish. Since I used only onions and peas there wasn’t much chopping (of vegetables) work :-D.
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Palada Pradhaman
December 23, 2013It 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
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Saffron Rice
December 10, 2013Usually I get a small box of Saffron (குங்குமபூ) for preparing Neivedhyams during Navarathri. Then didn’t get a chance to use it. Last Sunday thought of making ghee rice with saffron infused in it. Prepare the dish for the first time but turned out great. Saffron gave a vibrant colour and aroma to t
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Rava Dosai/Rava Roast
October 22, 2013Another popular breakfast in TN. You have to get the proportions of flour & rava correctly or else dosai will not have the crisp texture.The batter has to rest for about an 1 hr atleast. It goes well with chutney/sambar/molagapodi. With the following measurement you can prepare around 10-12 dosa
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Thattai
September 13, 2013Thattai 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
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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.