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Red Rice Flour Murukku – Red Rice / Sigappu arisi murukku…. just the usual murukku recipe but using red rice flour / puttu podi in the place of white rice flour. I have used store bought red rice puttu podi with besan flour, a little regular white rice flour for added texture some red chili powder. You may play it…
Easy instant Pottukadalai murukku for any occasion is just minutes away… today I’m sharing my MIL’s pondy style pottukadalai murukku which usually made for deepavali pandigai in big big batches for distribution. Though the original recipe calls for homemade milled roasted rice flour… and also include vanaspathi in the place of butter…. that gives you a unique tea kadai style…
Achu Murukku is mostly popular among Keralites usually made during Christmas time. Our neighbors back in India use to send us all those yummy treats like rose appam, kala kalas plum cake and thattai and few other candies during christmas break… which as a kid i use to always look forward. The achu murukku they make is similar but includes…
Mullu murukku is always on top of the list during diwali preparations, we make few varieties of these for distribution to family and friends. It is quite simple & versatile to make with few ingredients and we get to make the combo that we like. Its plain rice flour combined with either bengal gram flour or roasted gram flour or…
Kara Sev is a very popular snack made during Diwali, its quite easy, comes in different varieties and can be made with just few ingredients. It is one addictive snack and we always enjoy our karasev with a hot cup of tea. The best kara sev that i have ever had is from Sri Karpagambal Sweets located in the heart…
Kara Boondi is a kind of savory snack prepared in every South Indian homes during festive days of Deepavali. Back home my amma and my aunts use to make batches and batches of these for distributing to close friends and family. They all gather ingredients, do a little chatting in kitchen thinnai and make these Deepavali snacks in the pozhakadai…
Murukku takes many turns with every region and culture. Here is an Andhra speciality… murukku is called Janthikalu in Telugu and they always make theirs very hot and spicy. This recipe is similar to our thenkuzhal preparation but made with gram flour instead of Urad flour along with some additions.
Murukku / Spicy Janthickalu / Chakli / Deep fried Snacks
Spinach with broken cashews combined with spiced up flour blend to make this crispy snack. Pakoda mostly termed as "Pakora" in North Indian Sweet stalls are very rich with loads of ghee and nuts and usually seen with the combination of any leafy or mixed vegetables. This recipe of mine is for one such variety, petty much similar to regular pakoda with few additions.
Palak Pakoda / Spinach Pakoda / Keerai Pakoda / Cashewnut Pakoda / Pakodi / Ulli Pakodi / Pakora / Pattanam Pakoda / Sweet Stall Pakoda / Mint Street Style / Ghee Pakoda
Omapodi is savoury snack prepared during special or festive occassions, with Ajwain being the key ingredient.
Carom seeds / Bishop's weed ~ English
Omam ~ Tamil
Vaamu ~ Telugu
Ajwain ~ Hindi
Ajwana ~ kannada
