🥥Easy coconut payasam/Nariyal ki kheer
आप इस रेसिपी को नीचे हिंदी में भी पढ़ सकते हैं There are so many festivals and vrats throughout the year, that it pays to have a host of naivedyams and fasting foods handy, so that we don’t end up …
Puliyodarai/spicy tamarind rice
If you have eaten south Indian food, you’d be familiar with the mixed rice varieties that we make – gazillions of them! You have heard of the popular ones – lemon rice, tamarind rice and curd rice among others, but …
Ganesh Chaturthi special: Sweet Kozhukkattai (Modak)
आप इस रेसिपी को नीचे हिंदी में भी पढ़ सकते हैं Ganesh Chaturthi instantly brings to mind the large murtis of Lord Ganesh in our neighborhoods and delicious modaks. The Lord is believed to be partial to this particular naivedyam …
Kootu – Dal and Vegetables in Coconut Gravy
Kootu is a simple 2-in-one non-sour dish that can substitute for both dal and subzi. Being a cooker dish, it is also very quick and easy. You just bung everything in the cooker and hey presto! A tasty dish is …
Kairi-kanda chutney/Raw Mango-Onion relish
There are so many recipes that use raw mangoes that one can make a whole mango series for the summer! I particularly like this relish which is quick, easy and finger-licking tasty. The mix of tastes is just out of …
Panagam – the cooling summer drink
Indian summers can get uncomfortably hot. In fact, they can become fatal if exposed to the direct sun when the temperatures hover around 450 C or more. Extreme heat can cause heat strokes, stomach upsets, stoppage of urine, boils and …
Mango-Neem flower pachadi – a bittersweet summer chutney
In India, New Year comes many times during the year – depending upon the region one lives in. And just as the number of celebrations, the customs and food are varied and exciting too. The unique thing about naivedya made …
Savoury Pongal/Ven Pongal with Tomato-til chutney
The term pongal, means the savoury version of the dish, and is also called Ven Pongal, which means white pongal as compared to the sweet version which is brownish. (I have already posted the recipe for Sweet/Chakkara pongal). It can …
Sweet pongal and 7-veg-gravy for Pongal/Sankranti
आप इस रेसिपी को नीचे हिंदी में भी पढ़ सकते हैं Pongal is the Tamil festival that celebrates the beginning of the northward journey of Surya. It is also a harvest festival that is a thanksgiving to God and Nature …
Puffed rice/Puffed poha laddoo- a guilt-free snack
Festivals mean special naivedyam for the deities we celebrate on those days. And what can be lighter than puffed rice (kheel) laddoos, pray? For that is the main naivedyam to Lord Subrahmanya on Karthigai, along with some sweet appam, puffed …