I have already shared a version of Thattai recipe here. I used homemade rice flour in that recipe. The one which I have below is prepared with store bought Rice Flour, Urad dal flour and roasted gram flour. The following measurement yields around 15-18 thattais.
Murukku, Thattai are the most common items that are prepared during Diwali and Krishna Jayanthi. The specialty of this butter murukku is its texture. Melt in mouth, crispy and you can finish off a bowl full of Murukku in no time 😉 The ultim
The term ‘Mixture’ is nothing but mixing several things together. In the same way this most popular Diwali special savory item is prepared by mixing various other savory snacks together. I have seen my mom preparing kgs. of Mixture during Deepavali each and every year. We distribute sweets and snack
Savory Maida biscuits are also called as ‘Kalakalaa’ in tamil. I don’t know the reason behind this 🙂 I have seen people referring to these spicy biscuits as kalakala(கலகலா) 🙂 In general maida biscuits can be prepared in two ways. Either a sweet one or savory version. I am sharing the savo
‘Karaboondhi’ (காராபூந்தி) is one of my favorite snacks. When I was young Appa (my father) used to work in Villupuram. Its a very small town near Chennai. There was one famous restaurant called _Archana Hotels. _He used to get this snack from that place. That was the best ‘Karaboondhi’ I have ever t
Deepavali/Diwali is just few days away and am sure you are gearing up for the festival. From today I am planning to share recipes that can be prepared during this season.
This year was one of the best Navarathris for me. All these ten days I did a very simple to Pooja to Goddess Durga Devi and offered Prashad everyday without fail. I didn’t miss out on weekends too. Thought of sharing the list and the recipes that I preprared during this 10 days with you all. Though
‘Panagam’ is a sweet drink that is prepare mainly during Shri Rama Navami festival. However it is believed that preparing ‘Panagam’ during Navarathri and distributing it to the women,children is good too. My mom makes it a point to make this drink everyday at home and she will distribute it to the l
This is one of the traditional recipes that is prepared mainly at Tambrahm households during Saraswathi Poojai festival (auspicious day during Navarathri). ‘Suyyan’ is an Indian Delicacy which has a sweet jaggery filling inside and the outer layer is little bit crunchy. Few prepare the dipping bat
Millets_ is becoming increasingly popular nowadays. Though it used to be a staple food in South India before, we have forgotten the traditional and healthy millets in recent years. I am so glad people are understanding the value of these and are using it regularly in day to day cooking. Today am sha