Paal Poli / Milk Poli
Paal poli is a traditional sweet made using milk and is usually prepared during Diwali. In his, we deep fry maida poori and soak in cooked milk and sugar mixture. Paal pol is usually prepared in Tamilnadu.
Festival Recipes
Ragi / Finger Millet Pidi Kozhukattai
Ragi pidi kozhukkattai is a variation of traditional pidi kozhukkattai which is made using rice flour. Pidi kozhukkattai tastes well and there is no need for any side dish for this. Making pidi kozhukkattai is simple.
Wheat Flour Appam / Sweet Appam
Wheat flour appam is simple and easy to make. It is delicious sweet whcih is prepared during Karthigai Dheepam, Ganesh Chaturthi and Krishna Jayanthi.
Sojji Appam – A Fried South Indian Sweet
Sooji Appam is a special sweet which we can make as neivedhyam for Navaratri. Rava kesari is stuffed inside maida or wheat flour to make sojji appam. Making sojji appam needs patience. You can keep this sojji appam for week.
Salt Kozhukkattai – Ulundu (Urad Dhal) Kozhukkattai
Happy Ganesha Chaturthi to all. We make lots of kozhukkattai varieties as neivethyam for Lord Ganesha. One such kozhukkattai we make at our home is ulundu kozhukkattai which is prepared with ured dhal. Ured dhal is ground along with chillies and salt and then steamed , then crumbled to make this kozhukkattai.
Thenkuzhal Murukku
We make variety of snacks at home. There are different types of murukkus we make at home. Thenkuzhal is a type of murukku which my mother used to make. my mother used to make different savory like murukku, thenkuzhal and omapodi and store for the week. Thenkuzhal is crispy and tasty.
World Pie Day : The Classic Apple Pie
The World Pie Day is around the corner on the 14th of March, a day marked to celebrate the mathematical constant Pi (π) and also to mention, eat a lot and lot of pie. The best part of observance of this day is that this day has nothing to do with food, but despite this … [Read more…]
Moong Dhal (Pasi Paruppu) Halwa
Moong Dhal Halwa is a halwa which can be made very easily. Usually the halwa is made with sugar. But I have used jaggery as it has lots of health benefis. This is a rich desert of North India in which we use split moong dhal, jaggery or sugar, milk and ghee. This halwa is … [Read more…]
Christmas Fruit Cake
On the occasion of Christmas and New Year, Chef Ayesha Nallaseth, Culinary Product Specialist, Tupperware India has given an interesting Christmas Fruit Cake Recipe. I am sharing the same here.
Barnyard Millet Jaggery Kheer / Kuthiraivali Arisi Vella Payasam
As today is Tamil New year, I thought of having a healthy start by making barnyard millet kheer with jaggery. It is one of the fastest growing crops which is gluten free.