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This 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.

Fridays 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

Yesterday 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.

First 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

Hardly takes five minutes to make. Such a comforting drink. The following measurement makes two glasses.

It is one of the most delicious and a popular bengali dessert even in southindia. The preparation might sound difficult however it can be made at home within an hour.

Gulab Jamun_ will always be in our ‘Deepavali’ menu. But this year I thought of preparing a different dessert. Carrot halwa is such a delicious dessert and its Shiva’s favorite too.With generous amount of ghee,sugar (Come On Stop counting Calories!! its ‘Diwali’ 😉 ;)) halwa is much more mouthwateri

Payasam is the most important dish served during traditional lunches.In our custom if the lunch is served in Banana Leaf then payasam should always be served in the bottom right corner.It can be prepared from any of the following items Rice, Wheat, Rava, Semia,Dal etc.The ingredients used are msotly

A feast is incomplete without a Dessert. Indian Dessert recipes mostly contain sweets,cakes and occassionally pies,puddings.My favorite dessert is Gulab Jamun.Whenever there are guests.

Thursdays are always special for me every week. Being a devotee of Shri Shirdi Baba I dedicate atleast an hour for him doing poojas,making prasadham etc. This week Shiva asked me to prepare Sweet Pongal for Nivedhanam. But Jaggery was running out of stock. Hence I made Rava Kesari.