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Vegetable Paniyaram – How to make Quick Vegetable Kuzhi Paniyaram – is an easy south indian breakfast dish made with idli dosa batter and mixed veggies, shallow fried into little dumplings. Traditionally its made from scratch… using equal parts of raw rice and boiled rice soaked with urad for few hours… then that ground batter (with no fermentation) is used…
Vazhakkai Bajji – is a very popular tea time snack in southern India… the moment is rains, you think of that “bajji” with a cup of coffee, sitting around with family and talk about sweet silly nothings! As a chennaite…my favorite place to hog on these is none other than Marina Beach, calls for soooooo many nostalgic moments with family…
Easy Kara Pidi Kozhukattai using store bought idiyappam flour. Kozhukattai can be made sweet or spicy using homemade rice flour or store bought or using broken rice…the easiest of all is to use store bought idiyappam flour which works best and this snack can be made in a jiffy. This is usually made during Vinayagar Chaturthi festival…. but can also…
Karamani Vadai / Cow peas vadai or fritter is a perfect tea time snack and taste similar to masala vadai. Some people make these during Ganesh chaturthi but we at home usually make it on a veg-day as a side for kara kuzhambu or just as a quick evening snack. They are quite easy as such, with less soaking time…
Kala Chana Sundal – is a simple to prepare and can make nice healthy evening snack. I usually prepare sundal once a week.. swap between chana, lentil, peanut or fresh corn. Navarathri is coming soon thought it would nice to share this recipe of simple Black Channa / chickpeas sundal which you can make during ayutha pooja. Typically its seasoned…
Khasta (in Hindi) means crisp, flaky or brittle. Kachori is a puffed-up fried snack – the dough usually made with either all-purpose or wheat flour, is rolled out like little pooris, filled with spicy filling and deep fried till golden. Kachoris take different forms depending on the region of origin… some are flat, some are puffed… some are soft, some…
Sweet Corn Sundal – Sundal plays a very important role during Navaratri festival which is celebrated for nine days with a different sundal being made each day. Its traditionally made as prasadam/ offering to Gods but can also be prepared on any day as its a very healthy snack.It is normally made with lentils and legumes like chickpeas (garbanzo beans), black…
Finger millet, also known as Kezhvaragu/Keppai – Tamil, Ragi-Kannada, Ragulu – Telugu, Koovaragu – Malayalam is a highly nutritious millet. There are many ways of using this millet in our very day dishes…here is the recipe for a savory snack “Ragi Murukku” which can be had with your evening cup of tea or coffee. Ragi Murukku has a decent taste,…
Crispy tea-time savoury snack made with rice and gram flour flavored with garlic and fennel. We call it Ola Pakoda also known as O’ttu Pakoda or Nada Thenkuzhal. This is one easy snack to try for this Deepavali! Ola Pakoda / Nada Thenkuzhal / O’ttu Pakoda / Ribbon Murukku / Nada Pakoda / Oatu Pakoda / Thenkulal / Ribbon Pakoda…
Whew, Its Monday already??? I know how the weekend flies by and we all carry this pathetic face on those monday mornings, struggling to fix multiple things. This simple healthy make-ahead lunch-wraps are perfect for those kind of days!! These are perfect to go wraps for work or school lunches, as they stay good for long time, suitable for both…
