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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

I have never been a fan of Soya in general. Now a days I have started to include it in our meal often due to the rich nutritional value(high protein).Normally i prepare gravy or use it while making Vegetable Briyani.This manchurian can be used as a Starter dish or you can even eat it with Chappathi.

‘Cream Centre’ – one of the best vegetarian restaurants in Chennai.The dishes are minimal,slightly overpriced,excellent ambiance and great food 🙂 Our fav dishes in CC are Corn Cheese Balls and Mexican Sizzler.

The first and foremost thing required for this dish is fresh Paneer. If you have time you can prepare it at home. However if you are using store brought, kindly check the expiry date.I always use Hatsun’s Paneer.Their quality and taste is good.The following measurement serves four.

This is popular Indo-Chinese dish and you can always prepare it in your own way. You don’t have to stick to a recipe for making this dish.I have vegetables of my.

‘Spinach/Palak’ – in tamil it is பசலக்கீரை. I prepared a simple kootu(gravy) as a sidedish for lunch. We can try the same recipe for other Keerai varieties too.

I usually enjoy eating this tangy,spicy Vengaya vathakuzhambu along with sutta appalam.Today being a saturday,decided to make a simple yet tasty lunch.So opted for this curry and Palak Keerai kootu.

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.

As every other girl my childhood memories of this popular month reminds me of amma’s kolam(rangoli),lots of music,bhajans,nagara sangeerthanam,Thiruppavai,early morning temple visit and ofcourse the Prasadhams.Being a Tambrahm if I dont write about the popular Naivedhyams of ‘Marghazhi'(16th Dec – 1

Carrot Thogayal Recipe by Rekha Shivakumar