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Sweet Pottukadalai Somas – Sweet Somas – Karanji
Sweet Pottukadalai Somas is a light crescent shaped traditional sweet that is prepared during Diwali festival. One major advantage of this sweet is it has good shelf life and can be stored for weeks. At home Amma and MIL will usually start a week before deepavali and make these in batches along with other sweet…
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Godhumai Halwa – Wheat Halwa – Tirunelveli Halwa
Gadhumai Halwa– The festive season has begun… laddu, halwa, murukku, burfi… there’s going to be sweets & savouries where ever you turn. Most of us do prep work… 🙄 practice for the big day, this was one such attempt of me trying to master that so called Iruttu kadai halwa aka Tirunelveli halwa…. also craving…
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Vazhaipoo Kurma – Banana Flower Kuzhambu
Coconut based south Indian style gravy made with Banana flowers!
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Kolam – Confluence of Art, Culture, Mathematics & Humanity!
Festive effects… trying kolam ❇️from @learnkolam a forgotten hobby, given life! Gone are the days when leisure strikes in… we sit with a diary & pencil to sketch dreaded pulli kolams, free hand designs rangolis… 🙄 Kolams, i would say, is a confluence of our art, tradition, mathematics and hidden humanity. Its not just a mere…
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Tea Kadai Thengai Biscuit – தேங்காய் பிஸ்கட்
Tea Kadai Thengai Biscuit anyone??? nostalgic snacks haunts me now andthen and this one was on my list for a very long time… coconut macaroon may be a fancy term for these cookies but “thenga biscuitu” is what we use to call it back during my childhood days.. This is slowly disappearing from tea kadai’s,…
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Capsicum Shrimp Varuval – Capsicum Prawn Masala
Capsicum Shrimp Varuval – a simple south indian style dry fry masala made with shrimp/prawn & capsicum. Its our way at home to combine a veggie in any meat or seafood preparation. Often these kind of dihes do a double duty… you get in your share of veggies along with your favorite non veg dish.…
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How i got my first 10000 Instagram followers?
How i got my first 10000 Instagram followers? Well, there was a time when I didn’t know anything about Instagram and now I’m been followed by real 10000+ users! 😛 Can you believe it? It all started 18 months back with much contemplation i ventured into #instagram. It was all greek & latin to me… quite intimidating,…
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Chana Butter Masala – How to make Chana Masala
Chana Butter Masala is just another homestyle makhani gravy which pairs well with chapati, roti or paratha… usually i add paneer today that butter masala had chana in it for a change. I’ve used a simple low fat version of butter masala using less butter, no cream and few nuts… 😆 Some veg style gravy…
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Thalappakatti Mutton Biryani – Dindigul Biriyani Recipe
Dindugal Thalapakatti Mutton biryani (thalapakatti biriyani) was on my list for a long time. I have devoured a few times during my last India visit… they seems to have chain all over and moment you think of biryani… your mind locks this place. Well this biryani,though a dum style…is not your typical bhai biryani but more…
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Idli Podi Recipe – How to make Idli Milagai Podi
Idli Podi – Idli Milagai Podi Recipe – How to make Idli Milagai Podi – இட்லிப் பொடி – South Indian Idli Powder – Tamil Nadu Style Idli Podi – Tamil Nadu Chutney Powder – Idli Powder – How to make Idli Podi #idlimilagaipodi #idlipodirecipe #இட்லிப் பொடி Idli Podi / இட்லிப் பொடி, a coarse dry spice…