Pidi Karunai Masiyal / Karunai Kizhangu Masiyal

A delicious masiyal made from karunai kizhangu.. This can be served with rice, great with rasam rice.. Also a great one with dosa or roti!!.. This is quite simple to make and can be made very quickly... Make sure to relish this hot or warm!!

Then Vadai / Sweet Medu Vadai

Vadai is my favorite deep fried item.. So perfect for tiffin or for breakfast. This is the sweet cousin of the Spicy Medu Vadai. This gets its taste and sweetness from the honey added. You could add more honey if desired. I saw this in a TV show and loved it.. It will be in darker color compared to its spicy cousin due to its sugar content..

Rava Idli (ரவா இட்லி)

Rava Idli is a very famous tiffin in Tamil Nadu (Southern India). It tastes best when served hot and best accompanied by Tomato urugai or coconut chutney. This recipe will make 14 rava idlis. This rava idli required no soaking time and can be done from start to finish in less than 30 minutes.

Baklava

Baklava is a Turkish sweet delicacy which tastes best when served at room temperature. This is a very sinful dessert and it is better to have a lot of crowd to enjoy them, as you cannot stop with one... It is fairly simple to make if you can find the pyhllo pastry and you have little patience and can handle them gently.

Kambu Dosai–South vs. North Challenge

So excited to be part of the SNC group which is created by Divya. Idea here is the group is divided into 2 and then each group challenges the other group with a recipe. Now from the Southern team, it is my turn this month to challenge my friends from the North team.  The choice for this month is a very healthy and delicious breakfast / tiffin item… It also makes a perfect “lunchbox” food or “travel” food…
Here is the link to the recipe for this month’s challenge for the North Team - Kambu Dosai / Bajra Dosai –Very Healthy Breakfast.. I have given the translation in English / Hindi for most of the ingredients.. Please email me at nivedhanams@gmail.com if you have any questions… Please add your post to the linky tool below

Eggless Cinnamon Swirl Bread–with stepwise pictures

Cinnamon is such a good ingredient and is therapeutic when used in baking.. The entire house smells the cinnamon flavor and feels quite soothing.. When Gayathri announced “Cinnamon Swirl Bread” for this month’s eggless baking challenge, I immediately did it.. I did not use the recipe Gayathri suggested but used the recipe from here and loved it.. I got one loaf from the below recipe. You could double the quantity and make 2. Also the original recipe had egg which I replaced.

French Fries

A delicious accompaniment which is so popular in many parts of the world. Although this is quite popular, it is considered not so healthy. To me the reason is double frying. This is a great accompaniment to Burgers, makes a great evening snack. Serve it with ketchup and you cannot stop with one!!