Kanu Pandigai is celebrated the next day after Pongal. On this special occasion sisters pray for their brothers in their family. We usually get Pongal Seeru (money or gifts) from our brothers. :-D.

This is my favorite in festival menu. But this is a tricky dish to prepare too. Initially when I got married I struggled a little to prepare this. But then after started making it more often, now I can say I am kind of good at it. Grinding the urad dal is key in making crispy (outer layer) & sof

My grand mom used to make this chakkarai pongal in an open bronze pot (வெண்கல பானை) on Pongal festival. I bet you can’t match that flavor, outcome and that awesome taste when you pressure cook 🙂 Even today in most of the households in rural areas pongal is prepared in an open pot. The following re

In a blog updating spree today 😀 Next on list is paruppu vadai. When I prepare paruppu vadai as Neivedhyam I generally don’t add Onions. However if you are going to prepare it for evening snacks then you can definitely add finely chopped onions and saunf. Even chopped mint leaves can be added. The

Krishna Sweets & A2B serves the most delicious polis in Chennai. Perfect evening snack. Very simple recipe but with loads of calories 😉 Ghee and oil should be used generously. The dough is basically same for both coconut & dal poli. Only the stuffing differs. The following measurement serve

My favorite sweet. Tried this for the first time during Diwali. Turned out good. With the following measurement you can prepare around 10-12 medium sized badhushas. Adjust your measurements according to your need.

Wishing each and every guest(Readers) of my blog a very _Happy & Prosperous New Year 2014.

This is what I prepared as dinner for S birthday. We generally go out for dinner on our birthdays. He couldn’t take the day off and hence I thought of preparing a feast at home itself. I was happy and at the same time slightly nervous too. Didn’t want to cook something disastrous that too on his spe

It is popular gravy of North India. Malai Kofta is a sweeter version of this. You are basically making a vegetable balls, deep fry them and add them to a gravy. I used all the available vegetables at my house. You can add veggies of your choice. Potatoes can be replaces by sweet potatoes or yam too.

It took fifteen minutes to prepare the whole dish. Since I used only onions and peas there wasn’t much chopping (of vegetables) work :-D.