Tag: snack

  • Vegetable Paniyaram – How to make Vegetable Kuzhi Paniyaram

    Vegetable Paniyaram – How to make Vegetable Kuzhi Paniyaram

    Vegetable Paniyaram – How to make Quick Vegetable Kuzhi Paniyaram – is an easy south indian breakfast dish made with idli dosa batter and mixed veggies, shallow fried into little dumplings. Traditionally its made from scratch… using equal parts of raw rice and boiled rice soaked with urad for few hours… then that ground batter…

  • Vazhakkai Bajji – How to make Bajji

    Vazhakkai Bajji – How to make Bajji

    Vazhakkai Bajji – is a very popular tea time snack in southern India… the moment is rains, you think of that “bajji” with a cup of coffee, sitting around with family and talk about sweet silly nothings! As a chennaite…my favorite place to hog on these is none other than Marina Beach, calls for soooooo…

  • Easy Kara Pidi Kozhukattai – Kara Kozhukattai

    Easy Kara Pidi Kozhukattai – Kara Kozhukattai

    Easy Kara Pidi Kozhukattai using store bought idiyappam flour. Kozhukattai can be made sweet or spicy using homemade rice flour or store bought or using broken rice…the easiest of all is to use store bought idiyappam flour which works best and this snack can be made in a jiffy. This is usually made during Vinayagar…

  • KARAMANI VADAI RECIPE – Black Eyed Peas Vada

    KARAMANI VADAI RECIPE – Black Eyed Peas Vada

    Karamani Vadai / Cow peas vadai or fritter is a perfect tea time snack and taste similar to masala vadai.  Some people make these during Ganesh chaturthi but we at home  usually make it on a veg-day as a side for kara kuzhambu or just as a quick evening snack. They are quite easy as…

  • Kala Chana Sundal~ Karuppu Kondakadalai Sundal

    Kala Chana Sundal~ Karuppu Kondakadalai Sundal

    Kala Chana Sundal – is a simple to prepare and can make nice healthy evening snack. I usually prepare sundal once a week.. swap between chana, lentil, peanut or fresh corn. Navarathri is coming soon thought it would nice to share this recipe of simple Black Channa / chickpeas sundal which you can make during…

  • Khasta Kachori Recipe – Kachori Chaat

    Khasta Kachori Recipe – Kachori Chaat

     Khasta (in Hindi) means crisp, flaky or brittle.  Kachori is a puffed-up fried snack – the dough usually made with either all-purpose or wheat flour, is rolled out like little pooris, filled with spicy filling and deep fried till golden. Kachoris take different forms depending on the region of origin… some are flat, some are…

  • Sweet Corn Sundal – Navaratri Sundal Recipes

    Sweet Corn Sundal – Navaratri Sundal Recipes

    Sweet Corn Sundal – Sundal plays a very important role during Navaratri festival which is celebrated for nine days with a different sundal being made each day. Its traditionally made as prasadam/ offering to Gods but can also be prepared on any day as its a very healthy snack.It is normally made with lentils and legumes…

  • RAGI MURUKKU RECIPE – Finger Millet Recipes

    RAGI MURUKKU RECIPE – Finger Millet Recipes

    Finger millet, also known as  Kezhvaragu/Keppai – Tamil, Ragi-Kannada, Ragulu – Telugu, Koovaragu – Malayalam is a highly nutritious millet. There are many ways of using this millet in our very day dishes…here is the recipe for a savory snack “Ragi Murukku” which can be had with your evening cup of tea or coffee. Ragi…

  • Ribbon Pakoda Recipe – Easy Diwali Snacks – Ola Pakoda Recipe

    Ribbon Pakoda Recipe – Easy Diwali Snacks – Ola Pakoda Recipe

    Crispy tea-time savoury  snack made with rice and gram flour flavored with garlic and fennel. We call it Ola Pakoda also known as O’ttu Pakoda or Nada Thenkuzhal. This is one easy snack to try for this Deepavali! Ola Pakoda / Nada Thenkuzhal / O’ttu Pakoda / Ribbon Murukku / Nada Pakoda / Oatu Pakoda…

  • Work Lunch Box 1 – Make-Ahead Lunch Wraps

    Work Lunch Box 1 – Make-Ahead Lunch Wraps

    Whew,  Its Monday already??? I know how the weekend flies by and we all carry this pathetic face on those monday mornings, struggling to fix multiple things. This simple healthy make-ahead lunch-wraps are  perfect for those kind of days!!  These are perfect to go wraps for work or school lunches, as they stay good for…