Shree Varalakshmi Puja

Varalakshmi Puja or Vradham is a Hindu festival that is celebrated on a Friday preceding Poornima | Full Moon in the Aavani Tamil Month. T...

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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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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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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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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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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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