NO Onion-Garlic Meal
White Rice: Ingredients: Raw rice – 1 cup Water – 2 cups Procedure: Wash the rice completely and add 2 cups of water for a cup of rice. Pressure cook it for about 3 whistles or cook it for about 10 mins under low flame. […]
Everything from Scratch
Festive Food
Puratasi Theertham
Ingredients: Plain water – 2 cup Holy basil/thulasi – 3-4 nos Cardamom – 1 no Clove/ lavangam – 2nos Nutmeg/ Jathikai – a generous pinch Edible camphor/ pachai karporam – a generous pinch Saffron – 2-3 strands Procedure: In a pestle mortar, add cardamom, clove, […]
Puratasi Poojai
About Puratasi month and Pooja: A very special month for Hindu-Tamilians and it is auspicious to “Lord Venkatachalapathy/Venkateswara”, it is believed that Lord came to Earth on this auspicious month. Special Pooja performed at “Tirumala-Thirupathi”. Vegetarians strictly follow NO-Onion/Garlic in their diet and NON-Vegetarians avoid […]
Cracked Wheat Payasam
Cracked Wheat/Broken Wheat/godhumai Rava Payasam/ kheer: Ingredients: Cracked Wheat – 1 cup Grated jaggery – ¾ cup Water – 3 cups Whole milk – 1 cup Cardamom powder – a generous pinch Salt – a pinch Cashews/ raisins – 10-15 nos Ghee/ clarified butter – […]
Aval Ladoo
Poha/ aval Ladoo Ingredients: Poha/ aval – 1 cup Water – as req Granulated sugar/ jaggery – 1/3 cup Grated coconut – 1/3 cup Cardamom powder – a generous pinch Procedure: Rinse the poha completely and drain off the excess water using strainer. In a […]
Vella seedai
Ingredients: Raw rice – 1 cup Urad dhal flour – 1 tsp Ghee/ clarified butter – 2 tsp white sesame seeds- 1 tsp cardamom powder – a generous pinch Salt – a pinch Water – as req Oil – to deep fry Procedure: Making urad […]
Uppu Seedai
Ingredients: Raw rice – 1 cup Urad dhal flour – 1 tblsp Butter – 3 tblsp Black sesame seeds- 1 tsp Asafetida – 1/8 tsp Salt – as req Water – as req Oil – to deep fry Procedure: Making urad dhal powder: Dry roast […]
Krishna Jayanthi
Krishna Jayanthi/ Krishna Janmashtami/ Gokulashtami that celebrates the birth of Krishna, the eight avatar of Lord Vishnu. It is believed that the following offerings are some of krishna’s favorite Rasmalai Paal Kozhukattai Uppu Seedai Vella seedai/ karupatti seedai Thenkuzhal Homemade Butter Homemade Curd Aval/ […]
Split channa Sundal
Split channa/ kadalaparuppu Sundal: Ingredients: Split channa/ kadalparuppu – 1 cup Grated coconut – ¼ cup Curry leaves – 1 sprig Coconut oil – 1 tblsp Mustard seeds – ½ tsp Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp Dry red chili – 1 no Asafetida – ½ […]
Navadhanyam/ multigrain Sundal
Ingredients: Navadhayam/ multigrain – 1 cup Grated coconut – ¼ cup Curry leaves – 1 sprig Coconut oil – 1 tblsp Mustard seeds – ½ tsp Cumin seeds – ¼ tsp Dry red chili – 1 no Asafetida – ½ tsp Salt – as req […]
