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Pakarkaai Pitlai (Bitter gourd Pitlai)
Pakarkaai Pitlai (Bitter gourd Pitlai) is a famous kuzhambu in Kerala and some parts of Kanyakumari district. Many of us hate to eat Bitter gourd because of the obvious reason of its bitter taste. But...
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Bisibelabath (Sambar Rice)
Bisibelabath is one of my favourite rice variety. Bisibela bath is originally a karnataka recipe and the tamil version of bisibela bath is more of a customized version of the original one and often...
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Puli Inji
Puli inji is my all time favourite. Its main ingrediants are Ginger, Green Chilli, Tamarind and Jaggery. Puli Inji can be enjoyed every day, as a tangy accompaniment to a simple meals. It takes very...
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Paruppu Purana Poli
Paruppu Purana Poli is a traditional sweet dish prepared during festivals like Bogi and Avani Avittam. Apart from festivals, I used to make this yummy sweet dish often because my first Grand daughter...
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Paneer Tikka Recipe on Stove Top | Paneer Tikka using Tawa
Paneer tikka is an Indian dish made from yogurt and spice marinated Indian cottage cheese and veggies are grilled in oven or on stove top. Paneer Tikka is an Easy-to-Cook and Delicious Dish for Snacks...
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Milagu Adai(Thirukarthigai Adai)
In our families Milagu Adai also one of the neyvedhyam for Thirukarthigai. As per the mythological story a princes has to leave an elephant which she considered as her brother when she gets married and...
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Kalyana Rasam
Kalyana Rasam has a wonderful taste and flavor. I always wonder the speciality of rasam being served in Marriages. It has a unique taste with tangy and spice well balanced. The flavour of pepper makes...
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Chakka Varatti Recipe | How to make Jackfruit Halwa
Chakka Varrati (Jackfruit Halwa) is an authentic and most popular kerala delicacy made from ripened jackfruit. Chakka is a malayalam word for jackfruit and Chakkavarati is a perserved pulp made out of...
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Onam Sadya (Onam Festival Lunch Menu) - Sambar, Rasam, Puliseri, Eriseri,...
Onam Sadya, is the grand feast prepared on the auspicious occasion of Onam Festival. Sadya is a variety of vegetarian dishes traditionally served in Banana Leaf in Kerala. A normal Sadya can have about...
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Chakka Pradaman Recipe | Chakka Pradaman with Chakka Varatti Recipe
Chakka Pradaman is a traditional payasam of Kerala. It is a mouth-watering dessert that makes the taste buds tingling. Usually this is prepared for Onam Sadhaya. The main ingredients of chakka...
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Varalakshmi Vratham/Varalakshmi Pooja
Varalakshmi Pooja is an important pooja performed by many women in the states of Andra and Tamilnadu. This year Varalakshmi Viratham is on 28th Aug 2015.Varalakshmi Pooja is celebrated on the friday,...
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Varalakshmi Viratham Pooja - FAQs
I have been receiving lot of questions and comments based on my post on Varalakshmi Viratham Pooja. I tried to collate all the questions and provided the responses here. These are based on my best...
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Coconut Poli Recipe | Thengai Poli Recipe
Coconut Poli (Thengai Poli) is a delicious Indian recipe served as a Dessert. Thengaai poli is another delicious variety of poli. Most of us make dal poli for Aavani avittam or bhogi pandigai. This...
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Avani Avittam (Upakarma)
Avani Avittam is a most important ritual for Brahmins. It is a ceremony of changing the sacred thread (poonal). I have been told by my father that the right name for this ritual is Upakarma and over a...
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Ada Pradaman Recipe | Palada Pradaman Recipe
Ada Pradaman is a Traditional dessert made specially during Kerala festivals of Onam & Vishu. onam celebration feels oncomplete without ada pradaman. This delicious pradaman is made from rice,...
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Milagu Kuzhambu
I can't think of any other kuzhambu other than Milagu kuzhmbu during the raining day!. Its a spicy-tangy one. White rice with a tea spoon of ghee / Gingelly oil, Paruppu thugayal, jeera rasam and a...
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Uppu Seedai / Salt Seedai
Uppu Seedai (Salt Seedai) is another important and traditional neivedhyam dish for krishna jayanthi festival. In my childhood days, my mom used to prepare 5-6 batches of dough and me and my sister with...
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Vella Seedai Recipe | Sweet Seedai Recipe
Vella Seedai or sweet Seedai is one of the important neivedhyam dish for Krishna Jayanthi festival and Thirukarthigai festival. This is one of the trickiest dish. Even for more experienced people,...
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Coconut Seedai
Seedai is one of the important Neivedhyam dish we make for Krishna Jayanthi. Coconut seedai is a traditional dish made in our home every year for Krishna Jayanthi. Unlike, salt seedai, which should be...
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Gokulashtami / Krishna Jayanthi
Gokulashtami (Sri Krishna Jayanthi) celebrates with great pomp and show, the birth of Lord Krishna who was born more than 5000 years ago in the 28th year of Dwapur Yug. It is one of the most celebrated...
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