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Navarathri starts tomorrow. It is always good to give different prasadhams/nevedhyams rather than the usual Sundal (ofcourse sundal is the best. But for a change). I have used around 250 gms of semolina. In case if you wish to serve more people adjust measurements accordingly.

Easy and tangy dip. All you need is a fresh ripe avocado and lemon juice.

I have done kadai paneer few times before but the consistency wasn’t that great. Usually I don’t have patience until tomato and onion reduces. But last week I tried the below version and it turned out great. Consistency was perfect and it tasted heavenly. I prepared the whole dish in my Wok.

One of our most favorite restaurants in Chennai is Eden. Each and every item on their menu is mouth watering, delicious and you can add all adjectives to that Food.

Potato wedges are one of the favorite snack for most of us. Crispy outer skin and soft potatoes inside will make us drool :-D.

Sundal is also one of the most important Naivedhyams prepared in Tamil Nadu. During Navarathri festival and during all other main poojas sundal will be offered to God. It is also a healthy snack. The procedure for preparing the sundal is same and only the pulses differ. You need to alter soaking tim

The dough is the same as you prepare for modhakam. Filling is different here.

This 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

Seppan 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.

This year didn’t prepare any bakshanam for Kicha on Krishna Jayanthi. Due to all this shifting and moving to new house I was completely unwell on Sunday. But managed to make kheer as neivedhyam for Lord Krishna and along with some Low-Fat Yogurt 😛 & butter. This isn’t a traditional way of prepa