Thandai spice powder | Homemade thandai powder

Thandai is a drink prepared on a colorful day, Holi, the starting of the spring season.Although Holi is celebrated in a grand manner in northern India nowadays I see people in the south also enjoy this fun-filled day by splashing color over one another. Two years before I have prepared this drink with instant one-time masala where all ingredients are soaked, ground, mixed with milk and then filtered. You can check that recipe here.

Tomato Pickle | Tomato Thokku | Step by Step Pictures

 

Tomato pickle with step by step pictures and Video. 

Making pickle at home is quite interesting, healthy and easy.Thanks to this blogging world which has introduced me to different areas which I had never thought would happen and this pickle making is one such.Though pickles are easily available in all shops even with small quantity pouches we don't know whether its healthy as some preservatives could be unhealthy.So making it from starch at home without any preservatives is good for you family and try for some.

Pazham Sarbath | KanyaKumari Special | Summer Drink | பழம் சர்பத்

If you have been to Kanyakumari district then you have come across this drink.This sarrbath will be found almost all streets there and people love having it.It only in that district one can get this red colored nannari synthetic concentrate.So whenever I go to my native I make sure I buy a bottle of it for me.

Mint-Choc Chip Ice cream | Fresh Mint Ice Cream

Mint ice cream with step by step picture.Easy ice cream recipe without cream, condensed milk.

Making ice cream at home is so easy. With a few ingredients easily available at home you can make yummy lip smacking at home. Make a batch of plain ice cream and add essence, fruits into it and make varieties.

Homemade oats flour

Homemade oats flour with step by step pictures.

Oats flour is so simple and easy to make at home. This flour can be used in many recipes. I do have some of it my blog like oats puttu, oats mor/buttermilk, cookies, bread, cake, etc. Check it by searching in the search box on the right side. You can also mix this flour with the atta and make roti/chapati. Here I have used instant oats but you can also use thick variety.

Besan flour chakli | Kadalai mavoo murukku

Besan murukku with step by step pictures.

Besan murukku is another easy recipe for even beginners to try. With Diwali around the corner try this quick and simple recipe to share with friends and families. Just mixing the flour to make a soft dough. Then pressing it and frying. 

Homemade urad dal powder

Homemade urad dal flour with step by step pictures.

As festivals are lining up I decided to post relating to that. Urad dal flour is one keep ingredients when making murukku/chakli. Though it is available is supermarkets making it at home is also easy and economical.

Homemade Bajji-Bonda Mix

Bajji- Bonda mix with step by step pictures.

When it comes for evening snack many prefer deep fried snacks and me too not an exception. I make methu vada if I have sambar left out from morning breakfast. Else I opt for bajji, masala vada, etc.  To make perfect bajji the mix is very much important. The correct amount of rice flour with besan flour gives a perfect crispy Bajji or bonda. By using this mix you can  any bajji or bonda.

Homemade peanut butter

Peanut butter is so easy to make with just 3 ingredients. Markets are flooded with this butter in different brand name although sometimes I buy it, my daughter, who had become a grat of this butter says homemade is best when compared to the readymade one. So please give a try this butter ar home and I'm sure you won't go back to any brand. You can either make this butter smooth or crunchy. Here I ground half the quantity to a fine consistency and added the remaining and just coarsely ground along with the fine one.

Homemade Sambar Powder | how to make sambar powder

Sambar powder with step by step pictures.

Sambar powder is one of the most used powders in the south Indian kitchen. It is not alone used for sambar but can be added in vatha kuzhambu, stir-fries, and koottus. My mom always makes a fresh small batch of this powder every time she makes sambar. But I never make it and always go for a shortcut method with readymade sambar powder. Fresh sambar is so aromatic and tastes the best. So always make a small batch and use within a week.

White chocolate popsicle | Popsicle recipe

White chocolate popsicle with step by step pictures.

This popsicle is so easy to make with just 3 ingredients. You can either add vanilla essence which is purely optional. both my kids loved this popsicle and my son enjoyed it to the core. It is best for the summer as the heat is soaring up day by day. I have used white choc chips but you can also you a white chocolate bar.

Fresh Red Chili Sauce

Red chili sauce with step by step pictures.

When I saw this bright red colored fresh red chili in the market I immediately grabbed some to make few recipes. Apart from this sauce, I didn't do any recipe and the remaining just went into curries and sabzis. This is one of the winter recipes and I bought this along with fresh turmeric in December. This post was lying in my draft. This sauce can be used to the side for momos, crackers and can even use in making any masala. Recently I used it to make potato masala for roti which turned out yummy.

Chicken Chukka | Chicken Roast

Chicken chukka with step by step pictures

This recipe is totally my daughter's recipe. She googled up gather ingredients, took pictures and made it completely. Last Sunday she made it and send me all these pictures to post in the blog and hence I am posing it. To say the truth it was good for the first try and I hope she will improve as she grows.

Homemade popcorn | how to make popcorn

Homemade popcorn with step by step pictures.

Popcorn is one snack which is liked by all age group of people. When going out for cinemas in the mall one thing for sure would be this popcorn. I had few failures making this popcorn a home hence I mostly by a brand popcorn which never fails and my kids loved it. To get good popcorn the popcorn kernels is the key one. If it is good quality then your popcorn will be the best. To check whether its a good one, first popout one kernels and check if it pops out well then that popcorn kernels are good and you can make popcorn with it. If it didn't pop out kindly ignore it than wasting resources in making it.

Choc Chip Pancakes | Quick Pancakes for Kids

Pancakes are one easy breakfast to make.As my children are on their summer vacation and we get up leisurely this pancakes is the best option for me to make.Another advantage of this is we don't need to make any side dish for it.Let us see how to make this pancake.

Caramel Bread Pudding | Bread Pudding Without Oven

Happy Easter to all.May the risen Lord bless you all.

Here I am with an easy dessert to celebrate this day, caramel bread pudding.
This dessert is so easy to make, just blend it together in a mixer/blender pour it over caramel-coated pan bake or steam it.

Small Onion/Shallots Pickle | Chinna Vengayam Thokku

I"m fond of a brand's small onion pickle which I will finish off in a day or two whenever I get it.Usually, I don't buy small onion due to the difficulty in peeling it.But when I have it I try to use more of it and this recipe rose like it.I try to replicate that brand pickle, though it was different in taste from the store bought one I loved it to the core.

Homemade Garam Masala | Indian Spice Powder

Homemade garam masala powder with step by step pictures.Making own spice powder is the best, economical and aromatic.do you believe I have never bought readymade garam masala if and only if I get any product for review.I simply ground cinnamon, cloves, and cardamom and use as garam masala when I don't have any other spices.

Homemade Soy Milk | How to make Vegan Milk

Homemade milk is healthy, preservative and additive free.This milk can be consumed by people who opt for vegan milk or can be used to make tofu.

Candid Orange Peel | DIY Candid Orange Peel

Candid orange and easy DIY which can be made at home.Instead of spending much to buy it you can make your own batch and use it in your baking product.The one important thing to be noted is one need to scrap the inner white part inside the peel if not it may taste bitter.So try to scrap it as much as you can else cook for some time them try taking the white part.