Category: Tamil Nadu
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Badam Halwa – Mrs. Saraswathi Dorairaj’s special badam halwa
Badam Halwa – A festival full of sweet memories, sky full of fireworks, mouth full of sweets, house full of deepams and heart full of enjoyment! Here is a scoop of love from my grandma’s Badam Halwa – indispensable for any kind of celebration in our family… be it a wedding, birthday, anniversary, festival, vacation, travel…
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Sweet Pottukadalai Somas – Sweet Somas – Karanji
Sweet Pottukadalai Somas is a light crescent shaped traditional sweet that is prepared during Diwali festival. One major advantage of this sweet is it has good shelf life and can be stored for weeks. At home Amma and MIL will usually start a week before deepavali and make these in batches along with other sweet…
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Godhumai Halwa – Wheat Halwa – Tirunelveli Halwa
Gadhumai Halwa– The festive season has begun… laddu, halwa, murukku, burfi… there’s going to be sweets & savouries where ever you turn. Most of us do prep work… 🙄 practice for the big day, this was one such attempt of me trying to master that so called Iruttu kadai halwa aka Tirunelveli halwa…. also craving…
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Vazhaipoo Kurma – Banana Flower Kuzhambu
Coconut based south Indian style gravy made with Banana flowers!
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Tea Kadai Thengai Biscuit – தேங்காய் பிஸ்கட்
Tea Kadai Thengai Biscuit anyone??? nostalgic snacks haunts me now andthen and this one was on my list for a very long time… coconut macaroon may be a fancy term for these cookies but “thenga biscuitu” is what we use to call it back during my childhood days.. This is slowly disappearing from tea kadai’s,…
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Capsicum Shrimp Varuval – Capsicum Prawn Masala
Capsicum Shrimp Varuval – a simple south indian style dry fry masala made with shrimp/prawn & capsicum. Its our way at home to combine a veggie in any meat or seafood preparation. Often these kind of dihes do a double duty… you get in your share of veggies along with your favorite non veg dish.…
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Thalappakatti Mutton Biryani – Dindigul Biriyani Recipe
Dindugal Thalapakatti Mutton biryani (thalapakatti biriyani) was on my list for a long time. I have devoured a few times during my last India visit… they seems to have chain all over and moment you think of biryani… your mind locks this place. Well this biryani,though a dum style…is not your typical bhai biryani but more…
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Idli Podi Recipe – How to make Idli Milagai Podi
Idli Podi – Idli Milagai Podi Recipe – How to make Idli Milagai Podi – இட்லிப் பொடி – South Indian Idli Powder – Tamil Nadu Style Idli Podi – Tamil Nadu Chutney Powder – Idli Powder – How to make Idli Podi #idlimilagaipodi #idlipodirecipe #இட்லிப் பொடி Idli Podi / இட்லிப் பொடி, a coarse dry spice…
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Samba Godhumai Rava Upma – Cracked Wheat Upma
Samba Godhumai Rava Upma is a quick upma that you can make under 30 minutes. When you have no time to make a traditional breakfast like idli or dosa or if you run out of idli batter… this can come in handy and also gives you a satisfaction of an healthy filling meal. Broken Wheat,…
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Spinach Keerai Masiyal – Palak Keerai Masiyal
Spinach Masiyal / கீரை மசியல் – is one of the easiest, healthiest dish that you can make under 15 minutes. It can be a main dish topped over piping hot rice or can be a side for many meal… its our family routine to have some kind of keerai masiyal thrice a week and this is one…