Sesame seeds ladoo is one of my favourites...(i love to eat them any time...) Black Beauty Ingredients for making Ellu~Sesame~Til Ladoo:Sesame Seeds - 4 cups (check for impurities)Cashew Nuts broken into small pieces (few to garnish)Brown Sugar or Jaggery - 1 1/2 cupswater - 1/2 cupCardamom - 4Method for making Sesame Seeds Ladoo :Step 1: Heat a Deep Pan and Dry roast the Sesame Seeds in medium heat . ( i have used black sesame , can use the lighter coloured sesame also)Once its nicely roaste... Read Full Story

Ingredients for making Kathirikai Kondakadalai Kootu ( Brinjal/Eggplant and Garbanzo/Chickpeas Kootu):1 cup - Garbanzo beans (canned or pre-soaked in water for 3 hrs)1 cup brinjal, 3 to 4 (cut in to small pieces) Sambar powder - 1 TeaspoonTamarind Paste - 1 Teaspoon or a small lemon sized tamarind Turmeric Powder - a small pinchRed Chili powder - a small pinch (according to spiciness)Red Gram Dal - 1/2 cup (cooked)Mustard seeds - 1 teaspoonSplit Black Gram Dal - 1 TeaspoonRed Chili - 1Salt -... Read Full Story

Fresh Harvested Long Beans and Green Chili's with Store brought Yellow Pumpkin...... Close look of the veggies...... Veggies cut in to fine strips ( 1 inch pieces) ready to get cooked....End result of veggies....cooked in a simple gravy....easy to cook....will be awesome side dish for Steamed RiceIngredients for making Olan:Long Beans : approx. 10 Green Chili's: 3 (adjust according to taste)Yellow Pumpkin - Half (cut into 1 inch pieces)Water - 2 cupsSalt - according to tasteCoconut o... Read Full Story

Instant and easy method of making lemon pickle... will be yummy with curd rice....(yogurt rice)Ingredients for making Instant Lemon Pickle:Lemon - 4 Red Chili Powder - 2 TeaspoonAsafoetida - a pinchMustard - 1 TeaspoonSalt- 2 TeaspoonCooking oil - 2 TablespoonFenugreek Seeds - 1 TeaspoonMethod for making Instant Lemon Pickle:Step 1: Wash and wipe dry the lemons nicely. Cut it in to small pieces (tit bits).Step 2: Heat a skillet with oil, Add the mustard seeds, when they stop popping , add the... Read Full Story

This is how i make use of overripe bananas that sits in my kitchen counter top......longing for someone to stretch a hand to help themselves with banana...Ingredients for making Banana Fritters:Ripe / Overripe Banana - 2 (medium sized)All Purpose Flour(Maida) - 1/2 cupRice Flour - 1/2 cupBengal Gram Flour - 1/2 cupBaking Powder - a small pinchSugar - 1 Tea spoonSalt - 1/2 Tea spoonCooking Oil - little for deep fryingFood Color(orange) - a small pinchwater - Little to make a thick batterMeth... Read Full Story

Ingredients for making Capsicum/ Bell Pepper Curry:Capsicum - 1 large or 2 medium sized ( can use red/green,yellowTomato - 2 smallOnion - 1 medium sizeGinger - 1 inch (peeled and chopped)Garlic - 2 clovesPotato - 2 medium sizeRed chili powder - 1/2 tspTurmeric Powder - a pinchSambar / Curry Powder - 1 tspcumin seeds - 1/2 tspWater - 1 1/2 cupssalt - to tasteMethod for making Capsicum/ Bell Pepper Curry:Step 1: Wash and cut the vegetables in to 1 inch cubes, finely chop Onion,Ginger and Garlic... Read Full Story

Vidhya of My Reciepes passed me this award....Thanks VidhyaThe following rules apply to this award:1. Only 5 people are allowed to receive this award2. 4 of them followers of your blog.3. One has to be new to your blog and live in another part of the world.4. You must link back to who ever gave you the award.Passing this award to :Jujubs RamyaRekhasShreyaand Sujatha from Madurai,India.(my newest reader) Read Full Story

Was feeling like to eat something savoury after the Carrot halwa...so decided to make the Ribbon (pakoda) ...mom used to prepare this often back home...She used to fill up big big dabbas(boxes) with ribbon pakoda and we munched it during the summer vacation...'crunch- crunch', 'munch munch' ....How soon the time changed... now i have started preparing this for my kids and they are enjoying "crunch and munch" part of it...Ingredients for making Ribbon Pakoda or Muru... Read Full Story

Carrot Halwa......Yum Yum...Ingredients for making Carrot Halwa:Fresh grated Carrots - 6 medium sized or grated 4 cupspistachios - a few (to garnish)Cashew Nuts - a few (to garnish)Raisins - a few (to garnish)Milk - 4 cupsSugar -2 cupsCardamoms- 4Clarified Butter - 4 Table spoonsFood Color(orange)- a small pinch(optional)Method for making Carrot Halwa:Step 1: Wash and Peel the carrots and grate them finely (hard way) or grind them to fine pieces (easy way).Step 2: Heat a deep skillet add 1 Ta... Read Full Story

This is my all time favourite.. goes well as a snack.. or as a side dish for rice...Ingredients for making Onion Fritters:Rice Flour - 1 cupBengal Gram Flour - 1/2 cupOnion - Chopped in to thin stripsRed Chili Powder - 1/2 tspSalt - according to tasteAsafoetida - 1/2 tspBaking soda - a pinchwater - to sprinkle Curry Leaves - few (optional)Method for making Onion fritters: Step 1: Cut and peel the onions into thin strips and keep aside..Step 2: Heat cooking oil in a deep frying pan.Step 3: Me... Read Full Story