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 Kesari - a sweet made with flattened rice flakes! Gokulashtami | Navratri Special!

Aval | Flattened Rice Flakes is said to be Lord Krishna's favourite. So normally during Krishna Janmashatami, many sweets made from Av...

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7 Cup Burfi - a melting delight!

7 Cup Burfi is Amma's favourite sweet and this will be always on the top of mind when she wants to share some sweet with visiting frie...

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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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Singhara Halwa - a delectable fudge made with Water Chestnut Flour! Navratri Special!

Amma's temple friend had suggested this recipe when she visited us this week. She was thrilled at Amma's Meena's Taste Mantra ...

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Dry Fruit Basundi - a quick version of the delicious traditional Basundi!

This weekend Amma wanted to make Dry Fruits Basundi for lunch since we had family friends visitng us. An Amul Mithai Mate had been beckoni...

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Coconut Burfi - a melt in the mouth sweet delicacy! Navratri | Diwali Special!

A simply delectable all time favourite is the milky white Coconut Burfi. That too when made with fresh coconut just removed from the tree!...

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Phool Makhana Ladoo - a yummy, easy to make delight!

Amma has been wanting to make these lovely Phool Makhana Ladoos from the time we made  Phool Makhana Kheer . I had bought a fresh pack of ...

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White Lobia Sundal - a nutritious and easy to make Snack!

White Lobia is very nutritious legume. Appa loves these as these are very easy to digest. Amma makes many lovely recipes from this. We a...

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Sweet Corn Sundal - A Twist! A mouthwatering delight!

Thanks to the lovely rains in Mumbai, Monsoon Special snacks is what we all love to relish. One such nature's gift is the lovely Sweet...

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Peanut Sundal - a delicious Snack! A great Prasad Option for Ganesh Chaturthi | Navratri!

Appa loves Peanut | Shengdana | Nilakadalai | Groundnut. As a child he used to relish these in all the possible forms - the entire kernel ...

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Kadalai Sundal - A delicious and nutritious snack made with Black Channa! A Ganesh Chaturthi | Navratri | Varalakshmi Puja Special!

This year Amma decided to make as naivedhyam each day a different prasad for Dear Ganeshji. This got the added motivation that our buildin...

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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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Mango Kesari | Mango flavoured Semolina Pudding

The few cups of Alphonso puree in the refrigerator was a constant reminder for Amma to make something from it! We were too full from the r...

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Sabudana Payasam | Sago Kheer

Sabudana | Sago Payasam is Appa's favourite. We make it either for Tamil New Year or on any of our Nakshatram Birthdays!  The enti...

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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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Rava Ladoo - An easy to make sweet using Semolina!

Amma recently touch-based with an elderly lady who is just like a mom to Amma. Pati | Grand mom used to stay a few blocks away from us but...

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