As always for Ganesh Chathurthi, I wanted to prepare Sweet and savory Koahukattai.With the rice flour,fillings ready,I found out that Thai rice is not suitable for making kozhukattai.The dough was sticky and did not hold their shapes when closed with the filling. With a lot of dough at hand,all I could think of was to…
Masal Pori
There is a Pori/Murmura vendor who goes by my mom’s place in my hometown on his bicycle.Just as he crosses my house he would slow down and call out ‘Pori‘ and wait for one of us to come out.He comes on alternate days and we buy Pori sufficient for 2 days!After I got married came…
Celebrating my 500th post with Kaala Jamun And A Giveaway!!!!
I have two reasons to celebrate.A couple of days ago I was contacted by the people at CSN store to host a giveaway and I am thrilled!I am sure you already know about this store which has 200+ websites and tons of stuffs to choose from.I am already in love with their dinnerware collection and…
Banana Halwa
Many a times I wanted to prepare banana halwa but the bananas usually disappear within days of purchase.So some days ago I got some extra to make sure that I had over ripe bananas for the halwa.After going through many versions in several blogs,I made this. I used: Over ripe bananas -2 Sugar-1 teaspoon Ghee-1…
Bread Chaat
Chaat!!The very name brings in images of a stall or cart being surrounded by a group of hungry people eager to dig into their plate of chaat while the person at the counter furiously whips up plate after plate of the delicacy.Yet another scene is that more people are running towards the chaat corner at…
