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Description: It is very hard to cut and clean Vazhaipoo/ Banana Flower /Banana Blossoms. It’s a difficult and time consuming process but it ultimately pays off. It usually takes about 45 mins to an hour to clean one whole Banana Blossom. Asian grocery stores carry fresh ones once in a while and I make it point to get one inspite…
Traditional South Indian sweet rice porridge prepared during the harvest festival called Pongal / Sankranthi. In villages freshly harvested rice is cooked with jaggery and dal in clay earthenware pots and offered to God along with vegetables, lentils, sugarcane and fruits. This is also prepared as neivedyam or prasadam during other auspicious occasions and festivals.
Ven Pongal is one of the breakfast item from South India, mainly popular in Tamil Nadu, prepared during Pongal Festival and also served as a special dish on auspicious occasions like wedding ceremonies. Fresh curry leaves and Ghee is a must for this dish.
Description: Silver Pomfret / Vavval, is a great fish for frying. Here is a recipe for simple South- Indian style fish fry. Vavval in Tamil, Chanduva In Telugu, Velutha Avoli in Malayalam, Thondrette in Kannada, Surangat in Konkani, Chandi in Bengali. Vavval Meen Varuval / Vavva fry / Varutha Meen / Pomfret Varuval / Masala Meen Varuval Ingredients…
With Christmas just around the corner, baking is in high gear in kitchens everywhere. After all, Christmas isn’t Christmas without cookies! When it comes to baking Christmas cookies, it doesn’t get much simpler than these easy Snowball cookies. This melt in your mouth cookie is a rich buttery ball made with few everyday ingredients and resembles a shortbread style cookie…
A slow cooker, also popularly known as Crock-pot is a counter top electrical cooking appliance, used for cooking food at a low heat set up for a long amount of time. A person using a slow cooker must have some planning as to what goes into it – like some prep work done in the morning before leaving for work,…
Description: Snacking is an effective way to stave off hunger and lose weight. Just have to make sure that we munch on something which is both nourishing and satisfying. Here’s one easy and tasty snack which you can enjoy anytime of the day. This is one Cerealously awesome snack which is pretty addicting, so be careful…. Spicy Chivda / Cereal…
Description: Rava Laddu or Rava Urundai is a quick and delicious sweet made with Semolina, sugar, ghee and roasted nuts. A great make ahead-sweet option with excellent shelf life. Here is a fail-proof method for making these scrumptious laddus. This is one of the easiest sweet which you can make for Deepavali or for any special occasion, its sure…
Description: Parathas are whole-wheat Indian flatbread. It can be made plain or stuffed with many different fillings. Traditional Aloo parathas don’t include any onion, garlic, green chili or spice mixture, but recipe shared here include most of them and can also be altered to suit your preference. Stuffed Indian Flat Bread / Potato Paratha / Stuffed Paratha / Aloo…
If you are looking for a new leafy green to shake up your spinach routine, try Amaranth ( Mulai Keerai / முளைக்கீரை ) greens. It is a terrific source of vitamin A, folate, iron, and calcium, and it tastes pleasantly earthy, available all year long in most Asian markets and Indian grocery stores. There are three common types of Amaranth leaves, one…
