Creamy Nut Bites: Healthy nut bites for sweet lovers and children. I like to share some innovative and healthy bites which provide toothsome taste and plays a good impact on our body.This is a combination of milk, nuts, and coconut, satisfies greatly with a crunchy, creamy and chewy feel. Brief look at Nuts: Each…
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Snake gourd fritters
Snake gourd fritters: Crispy yummy snake guard fritters look curly and colorful. Serve this proudly and make your guest much delighted. Very simple procedure to follow with less effort and ingredients. Something different from normal cooking 🙂 Ingredients: Snake guard -1 long Salt-1/2 tsp Chilli powder-1 tsp Turmeric powder-1/4 tsp Gram flour-3 tsp Rice flour-1…
Cauliflower masala
Cauliflower masala: Poo kosu perattal is our traditional recipe with fresh stone grind masala, we prefer stone grinding to feel the original taste of our ancestors. Cauliflower masala is a spicy, aromatic and appetizing dish served with rice and any other accompaniment. We know Cauliflower will go well with all main dishes. Facts on Cauliflower:…
Palakkai urundai / Baby jack fruit balls
Palakkai urundai / Baby jack fruit balls: Palakkai urundai or baby jack fruit ball, spicy and delicious ball is served as an appetizer.Innovative idea with palakkai. Normally palakkai is prepared in south Indian cooking like perattal, podimas, kootu as we do with other vegetables, innovatively here we have prepared fried balls, recipe from my mother’s special…
Avarakkai / Flat Beans stir fry
Avarakkai / Broad Beans stir fry : Avarakkai stir fry mild and tasty vegetable, easy to prepare and healthy to feed. Broad beans which contain wonderful and amazing health benefits.It has the nutritional facts present in edible gold flake, my mother used to say “Thanga sathu” present in Avarakkai. Broad beans are an excellent vegetable…
Palakkai perattal / Raw Jack fruit masala
Palakkai perattal/Raw Jack fruit masala: In Tamil Nadu we have three main fruits we say it as,Ma(Mango),Pala(Jack fruit).Vazhai(Banana). Raw varieties of these three fruit are used in cooking.It is perfectly made to blend with wonderful spices as result with delicious curry in their meals.Unripe Jackfruit or Baby Jack fruit is used mainly for curry type…
Pacha Milagai (Green chilli)Thokku
Pacha Milagai (green chilli) Thokku: Extremely mouthwatering and tongue tickling green chilli thokku , wonderful combination with plain cooked rice or with any rice based main dishes.Green chilli thokku is a spicy and tangy side dish, can be stored in air tight container for 6 months.We have seen farmers used to eat green chillies with…
Varagu arisi kanji / Kodo millet poridge
Varagu arisi kanji/Kodo millet porridge: Varagu rice kanji made with garlic, methi seeds, and coconut milk is very good for the common cold, cough, and fever. Get rid of diseases and keep your body fit. This recipe will help you in many ways, mainly to build a strong body. It will be very tasty with…
Elai adai
Elai adai: Elai adai is kerala special dish. It has wonderful aroma cooked in banana leaves, this is steam cooked variety. Healthy, soft and delicious sweet liked by all. This sweet is specially made during vinayagar chathurthi as prasadham to lord Ganesha.Fillings can be sweet or spicy according to your preference. Banana leaves are also…
Murungakeerai thovattal
Murungakeerai thovattal : If you have a drumstick plant on your garden that symbolizes, you have a doctor at home. It is the best medicine for most of the common diseases and it is the most recommended spinach variety for all the age groups.Iron rich drumstick leaves are used in cooking versatile recipes. From the…
Chettinad Cookbook - Learn and Serve 