gujarati sweet sukhadi /Gud(gur)papdi This gujarati sweet sukhadi is an honest straight forward dish with no complicated procedures and proves to be a best authentic sweet with no compromise.As in most of the gujarati sweets jaggery is given more importance because jaggery has a special character to balance the heat of the body keeping it warm.The...
thippili rasam recipe (long pepper/arisithippili) Do you have ever heard about "thirikadugam" its a combination of sukku (dryginger), milagu (pepper) and thippili(long pepper)!its a handy medicine that will always lie readily powdered at my patti's kitchen pantry shelf.As its a great treatment for sore throat and cold with grandchildren's always around her all the time. she...
sago upma indian recipe /javvarisi/sabudana khichdi Little planning will make it a promising snack or a breakfast!but mostly I end up in making sago upma indian recipe /javvarisi/sabudana khichdi for dinner.Only few times I have made it as upma but mostly I love-making payasam with it.The bigger variety only will be suitable for this upma mostly...
zucchini muffins recipe /with walnuts I got to see this new shop of farm fresh ooty vegetables here in our farmers market opened newly because for years only country vegetables were available in our farmers market.I was excited to see refreshing bunches of carrot,beetroot,celery,leeks and zucchini.I got yellow and green zucchin's along with other veggies and...
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...
recipe for aam ka panna /mango panna (raw) Excellent dosage of this aam panna(raw mango)drink brings us back from exhaustion and thirst that is a common thing to happen due to heatwaves.This time kallamani variety(a variety of mango)I got from the market was very perfect with light sourness and with a sweetish tinge(the way I like)....
watermelon lettuce salad /marudhuskitchen One of the satisfying and refreshing meal Iam keen on nowadays especially during this summer days are salads! that too my liking to fruit dominant salads is at its peak.Eating salads has many advantages!you are getting a bag full of essential nutrition with less calorie intake and more fibre.More fibre is very...
homemade iced tea recipe lemon (with)/and mint We can't put sun in the hiding place so that we can escape this intolerable summer months! it's totally impossible.My throat dries up every second with this throbbing heat that too this year it has started at its peak from march itself.I don't even understand how we are going...
lebanese tabbouleh salad /marudhuskitchen Soaring summer heat calls for some eye filling colorful veggies and fruits combined together in salad form but this applies only to persons who really know the intended meaning of the very salads.I mean by saying that only few people love salads and take it seriously understanding its nutritional benefits.The right combination...
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...