recipe for black rice /kavuni arisi payasam Ever since I have tasted that chettinad special sweet with black rice(kavuni arisi) that my friend kavitha had brought it for a get together party!the taste really obsessed my mind.It was totally a healthy filling dessert I have ever had and made me feel how we are missing such...
panagam recipe /panakam (Summer drink) This traditionally designed drink panakam/ panagam recipe has become confined only to be done during certain festivities like ramanavami and tamil new year.But its not a simple drink to keep away from!its a superb kind of refreshing cooler to be had althrough these summer months.I simply adore the simplicity of this...
kamban koozh (withkambu/pearlmillet/bajra instant powder) It's a real challenge to cope up with scorching summer heat waves . Usually the severity will begin little later but this time it's too much of heat here that we are experiencing now itself. Any way we have to continue with our chores. We can't just stop everything and sit...
maharashtrian matha recipe /indian summer drink This scorching heat will really melt away our body and even our minds go crazy searching for ways to beat the heat and of-course there are tons of ways to cool our body naturally.One such simple drink to do on the go without any confusion is the famous maharashtrian matha...
recipe of batata wada /Maharashtrian(vada)aloo bonda When it comes to street food then people forget all their social barriers mainly to have piping hot foods served simply with all mesmerizing flavours.I too love street food so much but there is no assurance that the food will always be hygienically served.Not to blame all but few serve...
recipe for nimki /Bengali savoury snack The pleasure of Bengali cuisine is its subtle difference in taste got from dominance of mustard oil and the paanch phoran!these two makes all the trick to make it as a special type of fare to die for and making me always longing to travel more through this cuisine.This time...
kai kuthal arisi pongal /hand pound rice pongal Already done with usual sakkarai pongal for thai pongal at my space and nowadays am trying some ways to have hand pound rice/kaikuthal rice regularly!atleast weekly once but not as such as boiled rice but as snacks and even as desserts.The soaking time and cooking time is little...
pongal kulambu /pongal kuzhambu recipe/sidedish for pongal Many of the South Indian houses women will be really busy cleaning and preparing for the very auspicious four days pongal fair and me too having my cleaning done with few works still pending!The very purpose of cleaning the house before pongal is to clear and get rid of...
ghee appam /nei appam recipe for karthigai deepam "Lighting Deepams" are the soul of this Karthigai deepam festival where the whole house brightens up with agal vizhakku (lamps made with mud)but recently when I read about the pot making business is dying year after year I was little worried about how will potters survive?It seems the...
easy puliyodharai recipe /pulisadam/puliyogare Almost every temple prepares puliyodharai/pulisadam/puliyogare as prasadams to pass around to devotees! I promise you with full assertion that the divine taste is always one of its kind that you will never ever get any-where and its a never ending pleasure that one will experience every time when visiting temples.The pulisadam made...