Rice Ada Halwa|Rice Ada Halwa From Left over Ada

As followers of swetha's culinary trials, you guys would be knowing how much I love experimenting with food and creating recipes. I'm going to share one such recipe today. I guess most of you would be wondering seeing the title of this post. Ada halwa? Really? Sounds weird right? Yes, those were the exact words…

Rasgulla

Rasgulla is a traditional dessert from West Bengal, India. It involves cooking ball-shaped dumplings of chhena/paneer(unripened curd cheese/cottage cheese) in sugar syrup. I love the rasgullas from Haldirams,a popular indian brand. With navratri and diwali around the corner, I wanted to try making sweets I have never attempted to try earlier. I made a list…

One Lovely Blog Award

I would like to thank the very lovely and talented Dolly of koolkosherkitchen for nominating me. She is very amiable and her blog is just superb.Do visit her blog for wonderful recipes.  Here are the rules: Post to accept the nomination. Thank the person who nominated you and link to their blog. List 7 things…

Paruppu urandai kuzhambu| Lentil Dumplings Curry

Paruppu urandai kuzhambu or urundai kuzhambu is a very popular dish in Tamil Nadu and is most commonly prepared during special occasions or festivals. Steamed Lentil dumplings are cooked in a onion-tomato and coconut based gravy. It can also be called as South Indian style kofta curry. It is a lengthy process but is very…

Crispy Potatoes

  I guess Potato is everyone's favourite when it comes to Vegetables. I don't think there is anyone who despises Potatoes. Come on, can you say no to French Fries? No right? The world's favourite root vegetable also known as Aloo in hindi is widely used in various preparations across India. From stuffed parathas to…

Eggless Ragi Chocolate Cake| Finger Millet Chocolate Cake

Earlier today while customizing my blog, I realised that its been more than a month since i baked. I wanted to try something new and healthy. Just then, i realised that i had some ragi/finger millet flour left over. I remembered being told by one of my friends that chocolate cake made with ragi tastes…

Ada pradhaman

Wishing everyone a very Happy Onam.Ada pradhaman is a traditional sweet dish from Kerala, India. Pradhaman is similar to payasam except that it is made using coconut milk and is a little thicker. Ada pradhaman is an important part of a sadya and no onam sadya is complete without a serving of this lip smacking dessert.…

Pineapple Pulissery | Pineapple in Yogurt Curry

Onam posts of fellow bloggers tempted me to try pineapple pulissery. The last time i had pulissery (maambazha pulissery) was around 14 years back at one of my grandmother's place at Aluva, Kerala. So, i was very excited to make one. Pulisssery, also known as moru curry or morkozhambu is an authentic Kerala dish made…

Modagam|Poorana Kozhukattai|Sweet dumplings

Poorana kozhukattai or modak is lord ganesha's favourite and it is one of the main and mandatory offerings on vinayaka chathurthi. Poorna kozhukattai is nothing but steamed dumplings stuffed with coconut-jaggery filling. The pooranam/filling varies from household to household and are also made using moong dal, chana dal etc. Compared to other variants, this kozhukattai…

Vella Pidi Kozhukattai|Steamed sweet dumplings

"Pidi" in tamil means "To catch/hold". And vellam means jaggery. So, as the name implies this is a sweet kozhukattai that is made by holding the dough between your palm and fingers.This is an easy to make sweet kozhukattai that can be made quite effortlessly unlike poorana kozhukattai(stuffed dumplings). I'm a big fan of pidi…