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Kaju Katli - The most delicious sweet with cashews 2008-07-18 09:44:00 Whenever I go to a sweet shop, the first sweet that I will search for is Kaju katli - Cashew sweet. This is one of the richest sweet. You know why I call it rich...yes both its flavour and its cost is high when compared to other sweets. Yet, the one sweet that makes me glutton is this Kaju katli. Though it is high is calories, you can consume it occasionally, just to treat yourself for your great
Arisi Upma - A great tiffen with raw rice 2008-07-17 09:07:00 This upma with raw rice is my favourite. It is called Arisi upma and it is a very well-known tiffen item in south India. The preparation is very simple and this dish is delicious with coconut chutney. However my favourite side dish for this food is tomato chutney.Ingredients:Raw Rice (Pacha Arisi) - 1 cupOnion 1 cup (optional)whole black pepper - 1tspChanna dal 2tspRed Chillies 3 to 4Mustard Seeds
Lamb Leg (Attukal) Soup - An easy and Tasty way to cook Lamb 2008-07-16 11:07:00 Whenever I come across Soup recipe list, the fist thing I search for is sweetcorn soup in vegetarian and Lamb leg (attukal) soup in non vegetarian category. The vegetarian soup is my favourite and the non vegetarian is my husband's. Though I do not know how to cook non vegetarian, my mother-in-law fills the place. She is an awesome cook as far as non-veg is concerned. When we were in India this ti Read more:Tasty
Eat Healthy - CALCIUM Rich Contest 2008-08-15 17:50:00 I am really thankful to all the foodies who participated and supported the Eat healthy- Protein rich contest. You can find the event round up details following the link. This time it is 'Calcium' and the rules are different. CALCIUM - It is a Chemical element with atomic number 20. Wow! Don't you guys get reminded of our school days where we have to memorize the Atomic Table for our chemistry exam Read more:Contest
Food Blogging Tips to increase traffic 2008-08-15 17:05:00 I have been thinking. We, foodies put a lot of effort in maintaining our blog. What if we do not get the deserved appreciation? What if all our efforts are going waste? Every blogger is blogging with a hope that more people read his/her blog. What if there are only few readers? Of course you will have your friends and relatives to read your blog. But is the reach enough? I was browsing through the Read more:Blogging
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Here they come again! 2008-08-13 09:44:00 There are a lot of food events taking place around the world online. Food events makes us feel we are important. Contributing to a food event is not that easy. You have to prepare something with love. Hope everyone will agree with that. For me, Food events have made my life more exciting, interesting and what not. When ever I come across a food event I start to think what I can prepare for that ev
Featured Blog of the Month - Aug '08 2008-08-12 13:47:00 This is the first time I am featuring any blog in mine. When I was thinking what I can do to encourage our fellow bloggers, this is the first idea that came to my mind. Each foodie is special in their own way. Working hard to keep the blog running, taking eye catching pictures - A life of a food blogger is more busy than what we think. I conducted an Eat Healthy - Protein Rich Contest in my blog a Read more:Featured
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An Authentic South Indian Sweet/Dessert and Awards 2008-08-12 09:24:00 If anyone asks me, which would you call as an authentic South
Indian sweet, I would probably think and tell more than one. Yes! Indians especially the South Indians, love sweets. One such rich sweet is 'Sweet
Pongal' also called Chakara Pongal. It is made with Rice and Moong Dal. You can also call it Pudding? I guess so.Not sure though.Anyways, Ven Pongal and Chakara (Sweet) Pongal are made specif Read more:Awards
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And the Winners are... 2008-08-11 11:20:00 It is a long awaited result. I don't know about you. But it is for me. Hosting a contest is really tough and it also gives you a great pleasure and a sense of self satisfaction. Hope I am doing justice to it. I started the Eat Healthy- Protein Rich contest nearly 2 months back and this was for initially 30 days. But, due to requests from my blog friends, I extended the contest for 15 more days and Read more:Winners
Beat the Heat with these refreshing drinks! 2008-08-11 09:16:00 There are lot of reasons to love summer. Morning Walk, Playing in the park, Picnics, just standing under the sun, swimming and it goes on. But, all of us will feel one thing in common when we talk about summer - 'The Heat'. Beating the summer heat is one big 'chore' for a lot of us. Drinking lot of water will help us overcome dehydration caused by over heating. In addition to water, what we love d Read more:refreshing
Red Bell Pepper Chutney/Dip and only 2 days more 2008-08-08 09:28:00 Yes! Only two days more. We have already received more than 250 votes and currently, 'Arisimparupu sadam' by Ramyacooks is in the Lead followed by 'Cowpea leaves Stir' by Kailas kitchen. C'mon hurry up and vote for your favourite and make them win! Isn't voting Fun!Now coming to my Bell pepper chutney/Dip. Inspired by the VOW Bell Pepper
event, I wanted to cook something with Bell Pepper. Usually Read more:Chutney
Eggless Vanilla Nuts Cookie/Biscuit 2008-08-06 14:14:00 With all the voting going on for the Eat healthy event, I am full of excitement. Thanks to all. Do vote for your favourite protein rich recipe before 10th Aug'08 in My BlogWhen I started my food blog, which is nearly 5 months ago, I came across many blogs dedicated to baking. Initially, I used to think that baking is very tough and you must go to classes to learn the art of baking. But with the he Read more:Vanilla
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The Mega Round Up of Protein Rich Contest! 2008-08-04 14:53:00 **WARNING** THIS IS A LENGTHY POST!I am very proud and happy to write this post for 2 reasons. First, this event is a great success and it is a pleasure sharing healthy recipes with people and the second reason is ...this is my 100th post! HURRAY! I am patting my back for reaching this level in my blog world. Now you know why this post is close to my heart. I am carefully drafting this so that thi Read more:Contest
Cheedai - Tiny Rice flour balls 2008-09-05 13:26:00 I really didn't know how to call Cheedai in English and ended up calling them as tiny rice flour balls. Cheedai is a south indian recipe made for Krishna Jeyanthi (Birthday of Lord Krishna)/Gokulashtami. It is a very famous snack made from deep frying rice flour balls.Making of cheedai has always made be nostalgic. Every time when my mom prepares cheedai, she will prepare the dough and give it to
Recipe Index/Archived Recipes 2008-09-04 15:30:00 You can now search for recipes easily by three ways(1) Through the Google Search placed in my right sidebar(2) Through the 'Search By Tags' Widget placed in my Left Sidebar(3) With the Help of the below index by Categories.SWEETSBeetroot HalwaCarrot HalwaJiggiri DostKaju KatliLadooMysore pakRaw Rice Pudding/PayasamSooji Halwa/Rava KesariSweet Kozhukattai/Jaggery DumplingsSweet PongalSNACKS/APPETIZ Read more:Index
Kara Kozhukattai/ Spicy Rice flour Dumplings 2008-09-04 12:32:00 This is one of my favourite snacks. This very quick and easy to prepare recipe is also called Uppu urundai in Tamil. Kozhukattai is a snack made from Rice flour. You can make this is as a sweet or savoury. Check out the Sweet Kozhukattai Recipe. I am sure you will love it.This uppu urundai/kara (spicy) Kozhukattai is a rice flour dumpling made for special occasions. But in my home, it is a regular Read more:Spicy
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Vinayaka/Ganesh Chaturthi Celebration and recipes 2008-09-03 18:22:00 I know today is one of the most busiest days for Hindus. Doing Pooja, cleaning house and decorating Lord Ganesh! I know there is a lot of work. But when you do all these with love, you will never feel tired. This is what happened with me. Today my day started at 9.00AM. After packing lunch for my husband, I started to clean the house. My house was so clean that I had to spend 3 hrs cleaning!!! The
Kara Boondhi - A quick and easy snack 2008-09-02 10:54:00 Vinayaka chaturthi is on its way and most of us will be busy deciding on the menu. Snacks and sweets are the best part of this festival. Kara Boondhi is a very easy and quick to prepare snack.Ingredients:1 cup gram flour/besan flour1 tsp baking powder1 tsp chilli powdersalt to taste1/4 cup of fried cashews and ground nutfew curry leavesOil for fryingBoondhi maker (Vessel used to make boondi) also
My Homemade Vanilla Ice Cream crying chocolate for Labour day! 2008-09-01 10:53:00 I hope everyone in US and canada is having a great fun. Yes! Long weekend is always fun! Be it Thanksgiving or Labour
Day. Even if we have not planned for a trip, long weekends do have their own way of treating us like we are in Hawaii. You are right. Getting up late, no work, even taking bath is optional. In my home, every weekend is like I am in Hawaii. I get up late, mostly will take my bath in Read more:Vanilla
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Raw rice pudding/Payasam/dessert and awards! 2008-08-29 09:52:00 When I was in my middle school, our neighbour does 'Pournami pooja', which is nothing but performing special prayers for good fortunes and spiritual evolvement on every full moon day. She is a pious lady. Every time, I will be sitting at her home for this pooja just to eat the prasadam she offers. We used to sing to the god and perform arathi.Every time she gives this raw rice payasam after the pr
Did you know your husband cooks? 2008-08-28 15:53:00 If I had known my husband can cook this Kothu parotta so very well, I would have definitely prepared this and sent to MBP street food hosted by Sia. I never knew my husband could cook! Poor me! He had been hiding this great secret of his from me for a long time now (we know each other for more than 5yrs). Innocent me! With this note I have to tell you how I caught him as a chef. I must say a decen
Does our New Kitchen Friend ‘ Frozen Food’ have nutrition? 2008-08-27 16:39:00 Yesterday, we went grocery shopping and as usual I was standing before the Frozen
food aisle and asking permission from my better half for buying frozen vegetables , corn and coconut. It happens always with us. Every time, there will be a series of advice for me before the frozen food aisle from my husband. This time, It was different. He did not say anything. Am I dreaming? Of course not! He coul Read more:Kitchen
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Calling all Food Bloggers for 'The 101 Recipe Series' 2008-08-26 11:49:00 When I was browsing through for omelet recipes, I came across a few which was really new to me. With our creativity we can do wonders in cooking. Before this, I knew only 2 ways of preparing omelet. One is with egg white alone and the other with vegetables. But going through these varieties like French omelet,Spanish and Mexican omelet etc made me realise that there are more varieties of omelet to Read more:Calling
Vermicelli (Semiya) Upma with Coconut Chutney 2008-08-25 10:47:00 Vermicelli (Semiya) is is a type of pasta, round in section and somewhat thinner than spaghetti. Vermicelli is most commonly used in Asia for preparing various recipes. To name a few, Vermicelli Pulao, Vermicelli Upma, Vermicelli Kheer (Payasam) etc.Upma is a Tamil word which is Uppu(Salt)+Mavuu (Any type of flour). A recipe made with any type of flour is basically called Upma. We can use Vermicel Read more:Chutney
Beetroot Halwa - A dessert which may lower your Blood Pressure! 2008-08-22 10:37:00 Beetroot or simple Beet is a very ignored vegetable as far as I know. Most of the kids, even adults hesitate to eat any food made out of Beetroot. This may be due to its colour or the taste. But today, I am very much determined in sharing the nutritional value of Beetroot so that we do not miss a great source of nutrition in our diet."Beta vulgaris, commonly known as beetroot or beet which is the Read more:Halwa
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Falafel with Pita bread, wow its Arabic! 2008-08-21 10:06:00 It was during April'07, when we first stepped into our apartment in Chicago. My first US visit. I was all excited to spend my life as a full time homemaker. Not all will love this position. Though cooking at home is what we prefer, we love to experiment new cuisines. Food is our passion. My husband is a great food critic. Even now sometimes he is the one who checks for salt in my recipes! Though w Read more:Arabic
You too can bake a simple yet delicious chocolate cake 2008-08-20 10:43:00 Cakes - You can not throw a party without them. Be it a birthday party or bridal shower or baby shower or anniversaries there will be cakes. Why go to special days, even your weekend parties won't be complete if you do not have cakes. When it comes to cakes, no one can say 'No' to chocolate cakes. why cakes? Anything with chocolates can't be ignored, at least it is like that for me.There are a dif
Red Kidney Beans (Rajma), corn chipotle Salsa 2008-08-19 10:16:00 Trying out new cuisines gives you a pride. Whenever you taste a new dish prepared by the cook in you, don't you get a sense of accomplishment? I do! It gives great job satisfaction. Trying out new recipes have become an undefined task for me. Browsing through my fellow foodies blog and finding something interesting and cooking it is real fun! It makes me feel like I am in school and I am completin Read more:Kidney
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Donate for a Heart - An appeal to all the fellow bloggers 2008-08-18 12:10:00 When I saw today's post in srivalli's Cooking 4 All season, I was really upset! The story really affected my mood. Why should such agony and pain come to people and that too poor people? Only God has answers to it. But, we can make a difference. We can contribute to this fundraiser and make 'Lakshmi' live longer at least for her kids.Ramya, from Ramyacooks won the Eat health Protein Rich contest a Read more:Donate
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Homemade Delicious Eggless Chocolate Chip Cookies 2008-08-18 10:53:00 Kids go wild when they see cookies, especially chocolate chip cookies. Why kids, even adults can't control their appetite for chocolate chip cookies. This type of cookies is very famous in the United states and is often baked in most of the homes here. I bet there will be no parties without these chocolate chip cookies! They are so scrumptious and have such a great aroma and texture to them. When Read more:Delicious
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