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Friday, November 8, 2013

Veppam Poo Sadam / Neem Flower Rice

Veppam Poo (Neem Flower) is a very medicinal ingredients and has a lot of advantages.. If you have a neem tree in the house, then fresh flowers are easy, but otherwise you could get dried neem flowers from many grocery shops or Naattu Marundhu Kadai (Natural medicine shops / Health Food stores). This rice is very flavorful, soothing and comforting... 
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Thursday, November 7, 2013

Roundup of Dish it out–Sugar (jaggery also) and Butter (ghee also)

Festivals are fun.. A lot more fun with the different types of food we relish.. This time of the year we make lots of sweets and the main ingredients is sugar and butter.. Here is a delicious collection of recipes that have these two beautiful ingredients.. Thanks to Vardhini for letting me host her event again.

1. Rava Ladoo                                                 15. Doodh Peda/Milk Peda
2. Badam Cake                                                16. Shahi Tukda
3. Eggless WW banana and oats bread           17. Almond Cashew Burfi
4. Almond cheese cake(egg less)                    18. Ashoka Halwa
5. Chocolate Semolina Pudding                      19. Microwave Thriattipal
6.  Karamani sweet sundal                              20. Eggless cola chocolate cake
7. Maida Burfi                                                 21. Nankhatai
8. Thengai Arisi Payasam                               22. coconut ladoo with milkpowder
9. Aval Laddu / Poha Laddu                           23. Ashoka Halwa
10. Aleev Kuvale Randho                               24. Malpua
11. Beetroot barfi                                            25. Cornmeal Pudding
12. Rava Coconut Laddu                                26. Doodh Peda
13. shakkarpare                                               27. Mysore Pak
14. Besan Ladoo                                             28. Pineapple Rava Kesari

Thanks to all who sent delicious entries!!! Hopefully I have not missed any one!! Please do send your delicious entries to the event happening on my blog now -

Only - Diwali Treats (w giveaway)

Thengai Podi (தேங்காய் போடி)–Coconut Powder

Coconut Powder / Thengai Podi is a powder made with coconut, lentils and red chili. It is a quickie that can be done in less than 5 minutes with all the Ingredients available in most pantries. It can be made in advance and stored in an airtight container for a month. Mix this with hot rice and a dollop of ghee or coconut oil and it is a great quick dinner. This goes for this month's Vegan Thursdays
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Monday, November 4, 2013

Tomato Rasam (தக்காளி ரசம்)

Tomato Rasam is an everyday food in Tamilnadu. It is very aromatic and tasty food which is quite simple to make. There are many forms of rasam like tomato Rasam, Mysore Rasam, pineapple rasam, kalyana rasam, lemon rasam etc. This recipe is for tomato rasam.
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