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...
sweet boondi ladoo recipe /boondi laddu Full worth of Diwali is recognized only with the presence of sweets and without relishing a mouth full of sweets diwali would become incomplete!sharing gifts and sweets brings prosperity and happiness and all through these festive days we are excited and over enthusiastic.Many forms of sweet gifts are in trend...
fast and easy food recipes to make for navratri Divinity takes its peak significance with all its power during these angelic nine days called by the name Navratri! a most widely accepted practice in India.Goddesses Durga,Lakshmi and Sarasvathi are worshiped in a particular order and mainly without keeping kolu(golu) this festival becomes incomplete in the southern...
rawa laddu recipe /rava ladoo "Sweets are the real ones sent by god with his direct blessings(boon)"!it may be simple or a tricky one to make. For me as you may all know right from my childhood days till now I can say for sure that I can't live without sweets!and definitely feeling amazed when I...
poha healthy pidi kozhukattai with red/brown aval Without modaks the whole grand ganesh chathurthi celebration becomes meaningless and moreover real satisfaction comes when we pray and do pooja pure-heartedly.I love BalaGanesha/vinayagar(baby)for his ever charming innocence and mischievous calm look(beauty)and in general there are various forms of ganesha/vinayagar that attracts countless devotees towards him around the world. Unlike...
roasted sesame seeds laddu(til/ellu ladoo) My mind was thoroughly scrutinizing for some easy sweet to make for guests who were about to visit my home at a short notice to invite our family for a function and they informed me that they will be coming in the evening . As I was running out of time...
sweet cheedai recipe (vella seedai) Making my little one to dress up like Krishna and dipping those cute little legs into rice flour water mixture,making printable paadams (footprints are put from the entrance till the pooja room) on the floor are the most valuable memories of my life and I will have an evergreen call in...
how to make biscuit recipe /kalakala/Bombay lakdi My time and life becomes more interesting and joyous when Iam all involved in discovering various cultural cuisines and what I mean is that if it is all related to food I become more inclined to it!all because of severe passion I have for food.In most of my post...
recipe for sweets indian / festive sweets Festivals are unforgettable occasions practiced from our ancient times representing happy mood and in that mood we never miss to celebrate it with sweets.Festivals may be religious,cultural or may be community oriented but it has a deeper significance that is passed from previous to present generations which makes our...
beetroot halwa with milk /beetroot halwa North India the birth place for carrot halwa and it is the "eldest" (sweet)halwa followed by the most gorgeously bloody beetroot halwa!!The extreme dark deep color of the beetroot are so inviting and it becomes "integrated" any time festive dessert.Similarity that both have is that they are not only root...