Mint Lemonade
I took a month's break from blogging after the month-long mega marathon. I hadn't planned to but the situation at home turned tensed with close-ones falling sick. So this break was quite refreshing for...
View ArticleKesar Badam Kulfi | Summer Coolers
This is the first time I am trying a kulfi recipe. I had made sure I have to post either one of ice creams or one of kulfi recipes in this month's BM. So tried a very simple kulfi recipe. I loved the...
View ArticlePomegranate Litchi Lemon Juice | Summer Coolers
For the third summer cooler I am posting another refreshing juice which can be easily made at home.Pomegranate is a very healthy fruit. Ofcourse it might be tiresome to some people to remove the...
View ArticleHyderabadi Chicken Biriyani
For this months Blogging Marathon the second category I chose is Holiday recipes. Generally on holidays I plan some elaborate recipes. A full meal with 3-4 dishes or something heavy with...
View ArticleHome made ricotta pancakes | American Breakfast
Another speciality of holidays is that we have late breakfasts. I call it brunch (breakfast+lunch). This mostly happens when we have had nightouts the previous night. On such days I make a heavy...
View ArticleVazhaipoo Vadai | Fritters
My final recipe for the Holiday recipes category is Vazhaipoo Vadai. I rarely make this vadai. I think until now I have made it only twice. And thats because we rarely get vazhaipoo and whenever we get...
View ArticleHot and Sour Veg soup
For this week's blogging marathon I have chosen soups and salads as the theme. Soups and salads are very good for our health. We should have it at least in one of our meal course. But I am very lazy to...
View ArticleAloo Raitha
I had some left over boiled potatoes in the fridge. And I was searching for some new and easy recipes to make. That is when I remembered in the regional cuisines my fellow bloggers had made and posted...
View ArticlePalak Tomato veg soup
Here's another soup which I tried of my own. Since I often make tomato soup, today I thought why not add palak also to it and some veggies. So this is my own creation. To make this soup kid's approved,...
View ArticleMulayari Sarkara Pongal | Bamboo rice with jaggery
For this week's blogging marathon I have chosen "Diabetic friendly sweets". I am starting with an ingredient that is appearing in my blog for the first time - Mulayari.Bamboo rice or Mulayari (in...
View ArticleThengai Poornam Kozhukattai | Rice flour dumplings with jaggery-coconut stuffing
Ganesh Chathurthi is nearing and I realized that I haven't yet posted the famous kozhukkattais in my blog. So I am picking this "diabetic friendly sweets" as the opportunity to post this famous recipe....
View ArticleVella Aval | Aval Nanachadhu | Beaten rice with jaggery
No, the title doesn't indicate white - beaten rice. Vellam also means jaggery. So the title is jaggery + beaten rice. In kerala people also call it as aval nanachadhu - literally meaning beaten rice...
View ArticleChow Chow bath
I am just starting with this month's Blogging Marathon and I have chosen Kid's friendly breakfast recipes to start with. Today I will be blogging about Chow Chow Bath.I heard this recipe name for the...
View ArticleThengai sevai | Rice string hoppers with coconut
The second recipe that I have come up with is Thengai Sevai - easy to make breakfast item. Kids will love this because I have cheated my nephew saying this is another form of noodles :-)In olden days...
View ArticleMethi Thepla
I tried methi thepla for the first time and fell in love with it. This would be an ideal recipe to use in travels since the theplas stays fresh for a long time. For kids, we can just apply jam and roll...
View ArticleBeef Kebab
The second category for this month's blogging marathon is Kebabs. Actually i took up this category because there were no other categories left. But then I ended up making some very good kebabs.I did...
View ArticleSweet Somas
I have heard often about this sweet recipe named SOMAS and have also tasted it in my childhood days. But I personally am making it for the first time. And this year I am posting this as the janmashtami...
View ArticleSimple veg kebab
For the topic kebabs I had initially planned for 3 non-veg recipes. But then on the day of Janmashtami I didnt feel like posting a non-veg recipe. So tried this simple veg kebab. The recipe below is my...
View ArticleSilky Chicken Kebab
The last post for this month's blogging marathon. And next month we have the mega marathon coming up. Looking forward to it. Meanwhile I tried this silky chicken kebab. Now that I have a new oven, I...
View ArticleGarlic chutney
We are starting with the Mega Marathon this month. Valli has given us quite a few options and I have chosen 5 ingredients for 5 weeks. The other option was one ingredient for the whole month or one...
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