Month: March 2019
Aloo paratha / Aloo paratha without onion
Aloo paratha is a whole wheat bread stuffed with boiled and mashed potatoes along with some spices. It goes best with curd and pickle. My mom makes the stuffing in a different way using red chilli powder instead of coriander, curry leaves […]
Vadu mangai/Maavadu/Tender mango pickle
Vadu mangai is an easy pickle recipe using baby mangoes (vadu mangai) that requires no cooking, no cutting, minimal oil that can be stored for more than a year. It is a simple traditional South Indian mango pickle which doesn’t call for […]
Plantain Podimas / Vaazhakkai Podimas
Plantain Podimas /Vaazhakkai Podimas is a simple and healthy recipe that is made with plantain or raw banana. It is an accompaniment for rice, sambar and rasam and are also packed with nutrients. We can make plain curry in so many ways. […]
Panguni uthiram – Significance
Panguni Uthiram is one of the most important festivals for Hindus. We call this as “Meena Uthira Palguni”. The important aspect of this day is that the Pournami and Uthiram star falls on the same day of Panguni month. Panguni is the […]
Holi – A colourful Indian Festival
Holi is the festival of love or colors that signifies the victory of superior over immoral. Holi festival is commemorate on February end or starting March. There was once a demon named Hiranyakashyap who was so egoistic that he commanded everybody in his kingdom […]
Gujiya – Baked & Fried
Gujiya is a sweet dumpling make with all purpose flour or semolina or wheat flour with khova, coconut and mixed nuts stuffing. I learnt this recipe from one of my North Indian friends. It was for one holi she made it and […]
Nellikai Arachukalakki
Arachukalakki is a distinctive dish of Palakkad Iyers. Nellikai Arachukalakki as the name says, it has gooseberry in it. It has the unique taste of gooseberry and rich in vitamin C. You can also have this as a main course. It is […]
Vegetable Biriyani
Vegetable biriyani is a rich, exotic rice that is made with a lot of vegetables and spices. It is completely different from pulav and fried rice. It contains three main ingredients that is not included in pulav […]
Kaaradaiyaan Nonbu
Kaaradaiyaan nonbu or Savithri viratham is a traditional Tamilnadu festival of fasting wherein married woman pray for the wellness and long life of their husband and the unmarried girls pray God to get a good husband. Along with the rice flour, we […]
Paruppu rasam or Dal rasam is a South Indian soup that is made with tur dal, tomato, tamarind and other spices. It goes well with hot rice. Paruppu means dal and rasam means South Indian soup. Its literal meaning is the essence […]
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