Sabudana Ladoo - an easy to make delightful sweet made with Tapioca Pearls! Navratri | Fast Special

This year one of the nine dyas of Navratri, the naivedhyam during the evening puja was Sabudana Ladoo. This has been in Amma's To Do L...

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Aval Ladoo | Poha Ladoo - an easy to make sweet with flattened rice flakes! Gokulashtami | Janmashtami Special!

This Gokulashtami | Krishna Jayanthi Amma decided to add one more element to the naivedhyam - Aval | Poha Ladoo. Poha - flattened rice fl...

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Motichoor Ladoo - A juicy delight! Ganesh Chaturthi Special | Diwali Special!

Motichoor Ladoo is my nephew's favourite. Its thanks to him that Amma learnt how to make these. On a family occasion when the caterers...

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Channa Dal Kozhukattai - steamed dumplings with perfectly spiced Bengal Gram mixture! A Ganesh Chaturthi | Varalakshmi Puja Special!

The steamed Kozhukattais's are so versatile that with varied stuffing, they taste amazingly delicious and best part very easy to creat...

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Medu Vada - a delicious snack made with Urad Dal!

The most favourite SouthIndian Snack pan India is the delicious, crisp to bite but soft to chew Medu Vada. These delicious deep fried snac...

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Ulundu Kozhukattai - A mildly spiced urad dal filling steamed rice balls!

Of the many steamed variants that SouthIndian cuisine has to offer, Ulundu Kozhukattai is one of the many options. This is very nutritious...

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Ammini Kozhukattai - Mini steamed rice balls with Indian tempering!

Ammini Kozhukattai alos known as Mani Kozhukattai derives its name from the fact that these are small tiny balls made with rice. Normally ...

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Poorna Kozhukattai - a sweet filling rice steamed delectable!

Poorna Kozhukattai is my favourite. These small steamed balls filled with divinely sweet coconut-jaggery poornam | filling, are so delecta...

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Kabuli Channa Sundal - an easy to make Naivedhyam (Prasadam) | Snack with Chick Peas

Whenever Amma soaks Kabuli Channa, she is sure to keep some aside for making this easy to make, delicious Sundal. Appa loves it as a Snack...

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Ellu Sadam | Black Sesame Rice - A healthy way to introduce Black Sesame in our diet!

Black Til | Black Sesame or as known in Tamil - Karappu Ellu, has many haealth benefits. It is considered to have  anti - aging properties...

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Sweet Aval | Flattened Rice sweetened with Jaggery

Sweet Aval is an all time favourite. A classic SouthIndian sweet which is made as naivedhyam for many festivals such as Ganesh Chathurthi,...

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Pal Payasam | Rice Kheer

The delectable SouthIndian Pal Payasam a common sweet served during weddings is quite famous and has a large fan following! This is one ea...

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Pottukadalai Urrundai | Maa Ladoo

Maa Ladoo is my favourite Sweet! It is such an easy to make sweet and can be made by anyone, who just follows the method as enumerated bel...

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Thirumadhuram - A No Cook Traditional Sweet

Recently with many guests visiting us, we were in a dilemma as to what is to be done with dozens of bananas!!! Amma used them as Prasadam ...

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Nai Payasam

Nai Payasam....simply a divine concoction made with rice, fragrant Homemade Ghee | Clarified Butter, sweet Jaggery and dryfuits! A rich Pa...

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Paruppu Vadai | Dal Vada | Lentil Fritters

Amma normally makes these Paruppu Vadai during each of our Nakshatram | Star Birthdays. We also prepare these Paruppu Vadais during Ganesh...

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Semiya Payasam | Vermicelli Kheer

Semiya | Vermicelli Payasam is my nephew's favourite Kheer! This is very tasty and very easy to make. Many SouthIndian occasions like ...

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Nai Appam | Unni Appam | Sweet Appam

Warm soft sweet appams are so tempting that you just cannot stop by eating one! Amma's appams are famous for their GOL-GOL shapes...as...

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