Pidi Kozhukkattai: Red rice is usually eaten unhulled or partially hulled and has a red husk, rather than the more common brown. Red rice has a nutty flavor. Compared to polished rice, it has a higher nutritional value of rice eaten with the germ intact. Kozhukkattai made out of healthy red rice will be soft and…
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Mixed nuts Kozhukkattai
Mixed nuts Kozhukkattai: Healthiest Innovation in our traditional recipe. Kozhukkattai is traditionally made with rice flour as a base and filling prepared in various combinations to stuff inside the Kolukkattai, including spice and sweet. Here, I thought to prepare something healthier to consume and without any artificial sweet or sweets like sugar and jaggery. Dates…
Coconut Burfi
Coconut Burfi: Coconut Burfi can be prepared within few minutes, with minimal effort, time and ingredients. It is interesting, isn’t it? Yes, only two main ingredients Coconut, sugar, and a little milk are added to improve the texture and soft bite of burfi. This is a traditional sweet recipe made often for festivals and functions….
Aval Upma / Poha
Aval Upma / Poha:Method -2 Aval upma is otherwise known as Poha popular breakfast in India. Iron-rich poha is an all-time favourite breakfast recipe, especially in Maharashtra. In fact, poha can be had any time – packed in a box, a snack on the move, or a tea-time accompaniment.We Indians love our poha (or beaten rice…
Beetroot Puri
Beetroot Puri: Mind-blowing puri with innovative ideas of mixing healthy vegetables or greens has a fantastic fusion and gives an attractive colour which decorates the festive table or the children’s lunch box with more appeal as mini puri’s. It has a soft texture and delicious taste. Add more dark coloured vegetables in your diet, that…
Sweet seeyam / Susiyam
Sweet seeyam / Susiyam This special sweet has the different name as Sweet Seeyam , Susiyam and Munthiri kothu. Although it carries different names in our region, recipe followed is more or less same and ingredients. Seeyam will be delicious when dipped in fresh ground batter and deep fried. If you are health conscious, this can…
Pineapple Kesari
Pineapple Kesari: Kesari is the easiest sweet in all to prepare and delicious to eat, we can make this method of preparation in Semiya, Varagu rice, Aval (flatten rice) and much more to enjoy the taste of this kesari in a different base ingredient. We never bored to taste it. Here we have fruit flavoured…
Seempal
Seempaal: Seempal is a simple and elegant dessert prepared from cow’s colostrum milk. Milk that we get from the cow after giving birth to young ones( first three days). We get this from the cattle farm or you may get it by requesting the milk man. He may deliver you from the farm. Calves will consume very…
Green Mango Chutney
Green Mango Chutney: Wonderful and lip smacking taste with the combination of idli Dosa and plain cooked rice. Ingredients: Mango 1 small Ginger-1 inch Green chilli-5 nos Salt-1 /2 tsp Coconut grated-2 to 3 tbsp Urad dal-1 tbsp Mustard-1/2 tsp Curry leaves-2 to 3 twigs herbs can be curry leaves or Coriander leaves and Pudina…
Mango Thokku
Mango Thokku: Mango Thokku or pickle has a heavenly taste with curd rice, nothing can be compared is the well-known fact. Mouth watering is the suitable word to describe the taste of this mango thokku. During mango season, we make pickles is our traditional practice. Mango pickles loved by all age people moreover, children will…
Chettinad Cookbook - Learn and Serve 