Niranjana's yummy yummy recipes
Panchamruth, also known as Panchamrit, is a revered mixture widely used in Hindu rituals, particularly in pujas (prayers) and abhishekam (ritual bathing of deities). The term “Panchamruth” comes from Sanskrit, where “Pancha” means five, and “Amruth” means nectar. This divine concoction is made from five key ingredients, each symbolizing spiritual nourishment and offering significant health …
Mango Payasam / Mango Kheer, is a luxurious dessert that brings together the sweetness of ripe mangoes with the richness of milk. It is a rich and creamy dessert that celebrates the king of fruits, mangoes. This unique twist on traditional kheer combines the sweetness of ripe mango pulp with sugar and milk, creating a …
Rava Kesari / kesari bath is one of the common sweets made in my home in regular intervals. Mostly my mom makes this on Sunday evenings with hot pakoda and coffee. Also this is made as a neiveydyam when we are bored of making payasam. This is the all time favourite …
Sweet Rice Jaggery Puttu / Arisi Vella Puttu is a traditional naivedhyam dish for Navrathri fridays in my home town. Also for Puberty event, this is one of the important sweet dish we do. Its a little complex recipe, but finally the taste is divine. What if we make it with fingermillet flour. Sweet Ragi …
Modhagam / Poorna Kozhakkattai, also known as Modak, is a traditional South Indian sweet dumpling, especially prepared during festivals like Ganesh Chaturthi. Made from a delicate rice flour covering and filled with a sweet mixture of jaggery, coconut, and cardamom, Modhagam is said to be one of Lord Ganesha’s favorite offerings. This sweet treat holds …
Thengai pooranam is a mixture of coconut with the jaggery syrup. This is the first time I made thengai pooranam. I learnt this from my paati (Dad’s mom). Amma and paati makes pooranam as a stuffing for modhagam. This is one of my favourite sweets(Of course whatever that is made out of jaggery :P). Whenever they make this, I thought it is a very difficult recipe. But to make the thengai pooranam is very easy and you can make it in no minutes.
The idea of making puffed rice chikki came from the aval pori and nel pori that we make for thirukarthigai. We buy muttai pori(puffed rice) regulary at home and kaara pori is the most commonly made snack in the evening. I remember an aunty making muttai pori urundai and she packs …
Aam papad is a Indian fruit leather made with mango pulp. The concentrated mango pulp is sweetened with the sugar solution. I first tasted this when I was very young and once we made at home and it became everyone’s favourite. This time I planned to take the video of aam papad. This recipe is …
Chadhachadhayam or Idichu pizhinja payasam is the most favoured payasam among Keralites. It is also called as thengai paal payasam or Coconut milk kheer. In Malayalam, idichu means pounding and pizhinju means squeezing. In olden days, the scraped coconut was pounded in mortar since there was no blenders or mixers. Hence the payasam was named …
Maavilakku maavu is a recipe made with rice flour and jaggery and is offered to Goddess. The procedure for this poojai differs from family to family. But the procedure for making the recipe is the same. Hope this post will help all the beginners and newly weds. INGREDIENTS Raw rice – 1 cup Jaggery – …
