In the ‘Deepavali Special’ snack series today am sharing recipe for Pottukadalai Murukku (Roasted Gramflour murukku). I have used single star plate (ஸ்டார் போட்ட அச்சு) to prepare these murukkus. This is the first time I am using that plate and hence it took a while for me to shape murukku perfectly
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I have already shared a version of Thattai recipe here. I used homemade rice flour in that recipe. The one which I have below is prepared with store bought Rice Flour, Urad dal flour and roasted gram flour. The following measurement yields a
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Butter Murukku |Deepavali Snacks | Easy Butter Murukku recipe
October 30, 2015Murukku, Thattai are the most common items that are prepared during Diwali and Krishna Jayanthi. The specialty of this butter murukku is its texture. Melt in mouth, crispy and you can finish off a bowl full of Murukku in no time 😉 The ultim
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Savory Maida Biscuit | How to make Maida biscuit for Madras Mixture
October 28, 2015Savory Maida biscuits are also called as ‘Kalakalaa’ in tamil. I don’t know the reason behind this 🙂 I have seen people referring to these spicy biscuits as kalakala(கலகலா) 🙂 In general maida biscuits can be prepared in two ways. Either a sweet one or savory version. I am sharing the savo
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Karaboondhi | How to make karaboondi for Mixture
October 28, 2015‘Karaboondhi’ (காராபூந்தி) is one of my favorite snacks. When I was young Appa (my father) used to work in Villupuram. Its a very small town near Chennai. There was one famous restaurant called _Archana Hotels. _He used to get this snack from that place. That was the best ‘Karaboondhi’ I have ever t
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Omapodi | How to make Omapodi (ஓமப்பொடி) with stepwise pictures
October 28, 2015Deepavali/Diwali is just few days away and am sure you are gearing up for the festival. From today I am planning to share recipes that can be prepared during this season.
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White Pumpkin Halwa / Kasi Halwa
October 23, 2015This 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
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Sweet Corn Sundal
October 23, 2015This is one of the quickest sundal recipes that I prepared during this navarathri season. I used Frozen Sweet corn kernels. If you are using fresh corn then make sure to cook it in boiling water for about 15-20 minutes with a pinch of salt and turmeric.
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White Lobia Sundal(காராமணி சுண்டல்)
October 12, 2015Black Eyed Bean or Karamani(காராமணி சுண்டல்) in Tamil is one of the most popular legumes used for preparing Sundal. I have used white lobia however you could use yellow or red lobia too.Generally this beans needs to be soaked for atleast an hour to ease the cooking process. Hence soak it in advanc
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Moongdal Sundal (பாசிபருப்பு சுண்டல்)
October 12, 2015This year Navarathri/Dusshera starts from tomorrow (13/10/2015) and am planning to share some of easy peasy sundal recipes here today. Sundal (சுண்டல்) in Tamil is nothing but a savory item prepared as an offering to God. Legumes and pulses are mainly used to prepare this item. Since we are of