indian sweet kaju katli /cashewnut katli Most admired sweet I should say and we Indians can't even think a festivity without this stupendous sweet "Kaju katli". Its birth place is from North-India virulently spread in all directions and of-course no-body will have any chance to say that they are totally ignorant about it. There is something...
salad with chickpeas (chana)andfruits(chaat/sundal) If it's for Navrathri kolu then serving a type of sundal is a must and for this occasion if a different kind of sundal if served will be more interesting than the regular one. More than a salad or a chaat this chana fruit snack can be called as a sundal(a type...
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...
recipe from sweet corn /sweet corn sundal(stir fry) Hardly few days more for navarathri and most of the homes who have a custom(practice) to keep kolu(steps arranged in odd numbers to display various toys mainly god and goddesses)have to plan well in advance and naturally they are trained to do it perfectly with so much of...
recipe of semolina cake / basbousa Long pending dessert that I was yearning to make and finally I made it with a bang!though it is simple to make the way you do is all that matters and by good luck,it came out as perfect as it should be!moreover it was my first trail.Some times back I...
how to make easy snack /Nei kadalai(chatpata chana dal) Though simple it is a very dominant snack!it has a combination of tangy,spicy and crispy avatars imbibed within itself giving a real satiety of having a snack food!its named chatpata chana dal in Northern India and down South it's called Nei kadalai.Adding fried curry leaves becomes so...
paneer ke kabab (tikka style) I had some long-term doubt if the different names kabab,kebab and kabob are dissimilar but recently my doubt was cleared that all are the same! of course googling about this cleared my hesitancy.Next to chaat, kababs too take an integral part in street foods history.The very same paneer ke kabab which...
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...
how to make garlic sev /karasev recipe At one time when I was googling I happen to come across an interesting article about Sattur sevu by "Hindu magazine" on their website Hindu.com and as usual I was obsessed to try out.The real specialty of this kara sev according to the information from the authorized famous Shanmuga...