Aval Ladoo | Rice Flakes Ladoo | Easy Ladoo recipe

This is an easiest recipe one can make whenever you carve to eat something sweet try this and enjoy.

Ada Pradhaman | Kerala Ada pradhaman | Onam sadya Recipe

I love ada pradhaman and its my favourite.For my daughter's birthday i made this payasam and just love it.I enjoyed it the next day too.Try this easy one and enjoy ,i made it with the readymade ada.Want to make it at home will try next time.

Orange Flavoured Tutti Fruitti Muffins-Eggless | Children's Day Special

Today is Children's day in India and for the cute kids in my house i  made this eggless muffins in a cute mould which i won from a giveaway in Merry Tummy.

Oats Puttu (Oats Steamed cake) | Diabetic Friendly recipe | Step by step Pictures

As today November 14th is world Diabetic day Swathi  with some fellow bloggers have come with an awareness of it.So today's post is related to it.

Vendakai/Orka Puli Kuzhambu | Lady's finger in spicy tangy sauce | Gravy for rice

Okra/Vendakai/Lady's finger cooked in tangy spicy sauce is absolutely tasty and will be great with some pappad and hot steamed rice.Try it.

Whole Wheat Flour &Oats Brownies -Eggless | Eggless Baking

Looking for any easy baking recipe then try out this brownies which was so easy,yummy and full fill your sweet buds.Yesterday evening for an evening snack i made this and we all love it with coffee/tea.

Butter Chicken | Chicken Recipes | Step by step

As  i have said Sunday means special lunch in our house. Yesterday as special lunch day i made this butter chicken.I slightly adapted the recipe from here.My Kids loved it very much.

Vegetable Cheese Balls | Easy Kids snack Recipe

Looking for quick snacks for kids when they return from school try this easy  vegetable cheese balls.You can use any vegetable of your choice or a mix of it.I made it with cabbage alone.

Pumpkin Dip/Thogayal | Recipe with Pumpkin

Thanks to the blogging world which had made me explore new dish and do some new innovation in it too.Recently i had started making dip with many vegetables and here comes on of it.

Homemade Rose Syrup | How to make Rose syrup at Home

When i saw this syrup making here i wanted to try it immediately but i don't have roses in my hand.when i got some roses for my daughter's birthday i tried this.Its  very easy to make and you can have it in ice creams,shakes or juices.

Pina-colade cupcake-eggless | For Eggless Baking Group

Pina colade is a sweet rum-based cocktail made with rum,coconut cream and pineapple juice.It had been the official beverage of Puerto Rico since 1978.For October month Meena  of Chettinad fiesta suggested this pina colade cake for the eggless baking group.First i thought of skipping off then decided to do cupcakes of it.Actual frosting must be coconut cream cheese frosting i replaced it with whipped cream frosting.

Pineapple Pulissery (Pineapple cooked in yogurt and coconut sauce)- | Kerala Recipe

Pulissery is nothing but vegetable cooked with spiced coconut and yogurt is added to it.We can use quite a few vegetable to make this pulissery.Last week brought a pineapple and was wandering what to make with it and made this.Its a sweet and sour dish we just love it.

Barley Dosai/Dosa(crepes) -Recipe with Barley | Healthy Breakfast

Hope everyone had a fun filled Diwali and wishes for the light to glow in your life each day.Coming to the recipe its barley dosa. Recent cereal which i am doing experiment is this,you can check the barley pongal which i made through it.This barley had loaded nutrients mainly its a high source of fibre.Apart from porridge try different way to use it.

Deepavali/Diwali Wishes with a Simple Ladoo using Rice Krispies and Oats

Wishing all readers a Happy  and Safe Diwali.May this festival of light bright light,prosperity and health in everyone life.On this special day i share with you an easy and healthy laddu made with oats and Kellogg's rice krispies.

Blue Velvet Cake with Whipped Cream Frosting

October 28th was my daughter's birthday,for her i made this cake.I wanted to bake something with blue while searching internet saw many and ended up with this one.Also i gave try with cream powder which i purchased a month back for frosting.Kids were happy to see colour.

Ulli Theeyal -Small onions(shallots) in spicy Tamarind Gravy | Kerala Recipe

Theeyal is nothing but the sauce made with well burnt coconut  and spice with tamarind.Ulli means small onions ,shallots.Theeyal is a kerala dish and i love it very much.

Karasev | Spicy Sev Recipe| Festive Savoury Recipe

Diwali is almost at your doors hope all will busy preparing for it although we don't celebrate it we buy little crackers for the kids to fire making them happy is the main one.I don't prepare special dishes for it but in evening to feed them i make different snack,this is the one which i made yesterday.

Capsicum/Bell Pepper Masala | Side Dish for Roti/ Chappathi

As yesterday was my daughter's birthday i prepared some items for it and this masala was one among it,also made blue velvet cake for her,ada pradaman,chicken curry with idli and chappathi.Some of the recipes will follow soon.About this masala it was soooo creamy,rich and taste awesome do give a try once.We all loved it very much.

Mushroom Biryani | Biryani Recipe

As i have already said Sunday means special menu in our house and yesterday i made this yummy biryani which turned out well.My daughter who is the best critic said ma, its soo tasty.So try this easy biryani and enjoy with kids.

Festive sweet Recipe

Here are  some sweet recipe .Please click the link to get full details

Kaju katli instant method

Mixed Vegetable in Spinach sauce | Side dish for Chappati/Roti

As Diwali is nearing all will be busy preparing sweets and snacks for it.I too have many of it check it out.You can see blogsphere  loaded with sweet recipe for it. i just took a change from it to a healthy one.Looking for a healthy ,easy side dish for chapati/roti try this one with spinach.

Soya Chunks /Mealmaker 65 | Vegan Chicken 65

Mealmaker 65 with step by step pictures.
Try this vegan chicken 65 and you will fall in love with it when i made it was a super hit among my kids and it is easy to make too.

Omapodi | Festive Recipe | Step by step

Omapodi is a savoury snack prepared during Diwali or any festive occasions.Being a blogger i want to try this.My daughter asked it to make Bhel puri so i prepared this for her.My son too loves this omapodi very much.Try this easy savoury snack for Diwali.

Vegetable Soup | Easy Soup Recipe

Its pouring in chennai since night and its a rain holiday today.Thank God for the rain and it must rain the most to fill all lakes and reservoir .since there was no rain last year serious water problem exist this year so we shall pray for good rain this monsoon.Coming to the recipe last week one evening my daughter asked for it ,i kept pending posting it think today is the right day as its raining.Its so easy to make try it.

Eggless Tutti Fruity Cake | Eggless Bakes

I made this cake last month but couldn't post and was lying in draft ,decided to post today.I always more comfortable with eggless baking i don't know why.With no more excuse we shall move on to the recipe.

Radish Chutney/ Dip | Side Dish for Idli / Dosa

One fine morning i was wandering what to make for dosa and when checked found a white radish and tried this chutney ,believe me it was soo tasty and my kids to love it.

Pumpkin choco chips cake | Recipe with pumpkin

As i could see more pumpkin recipes i want to bake a cake/loaf with it and tried this.I don't want the maida/all purpose flour to dominate so made it with wheat flour.I just added an egg while blending it was soft but as i baked it ,it was not soo soft like what i expected but fine.Next time will add 2 more egg to get the correct texture.If making try to 2-3 eggs for a great super soft one.

Kara Boondhi | Festive Recipes

Does it need any info about his recipe i think no, as all know its an easy ,crunchy ,savoury deep fried balls can be had as like that or mixed in mixture.This can also be mixed in curd/yogurt and had as bhoondi raitha.Try to make this for ur diwali we don't celebrate yet make sweets for kids.

Unniappam | Kerala Dish -Easy method

Unniappam is one of the famous authentic kerala recipe its so easy to make and having kids in home i make daily a new snacks for them as they get bored with the regular one.These appam i made few weeks before  my daughter who is a critic of my food loved it more and ate most of it.I also have another variety of panniyaram using wheat flour check it out here.

Quinoa Lentils rice crepes/Thinnai Adai | Healthy Breakfast | Recipe with thinnai/quinoa

I try to include almost all cereals in food mostly in breakfast.Kids most like dosai very much so try to make dosai with almost all cereals check recipe index for various dosai variety with many cereals.Adai is nothing but cereals with lentils together and the batter needs no fermentation.

Ragi/ Finger millet and Wheat Flour Loaf Bread | Healthy Loaf | Diabetic Friendly Loaf-Low Glycemic Index

At last i baked a loaf bread.
Yes,i did it.
For a long time i wanted to bake loaf ,but 2 reasons i couldn't do it,one my loaf pan was very big and i had some doubts in baking it.Last week i got a small loaf pan and Preeti from Indian Kitchen cleared my doubts,thanks preeti.I have decided to try many variety loafs

Sweet Potato ( Shakarkand ) Halwa

Potatoes are almost liked by all age group and this sweet potato too do the same.Its easy to just cook it and eat like that with some grated coconut love this way my daughter loves the poriyal i make of it.I have two version of making it check it in recipe index.

Simple Vanilla Ice cream | Without Ice cream maker & Eggless

Looking for a simple ice cream recipe try this easy and yummy vanilla ice cream.Its very very easy to make and my kids keep on insisting me to make this.You can also use this as a base of other ice creams too.

Masala Vadai(Vada) | Lentils Fritters

Some hot vadai with a cup of chai/tea in evening  what a great combo -nothing will beat.My hubby loves all vadai variety but he wants everything to be hot,hot from stove.After marriage i too got used it and even kids following the same.Now to this recipe everyone may have their own version,here is mine.

Masala Stuffed Buns | Step by Step pictures

I love to bake breads and i just a beginner in baking  but love to try new ones.My daughter loves savoury food more and i made this for her.Does its funny to say buns? i made in that shape but after raising it all joined together and i got like this ,i must have kept in a big baking pan, will do next time its all trial & error.Lets go the recipe.

Eggless Ferrero Rocher Tart | Eggless Baking Challenge

For the September month eggless challenge group , Priya Srinivasan of Enveetu kitchen
suggested this tart recipe .The original recipe is from trissalicious,i made slight changes in it.Since i did not have hazelnut i substituted it with almonds which i had.

Sago /Javarisi Payasam | Payasam Recipe

Love payasam in any way as i love to eat if after lunch .This one i made for my son's birthday.If ur a sweet lover like me wandering to drink some kheer after ur heavy lunch try this easy payasam with sago.

Doll Cake for Kids Birthday Party | My First Fondant Cake

As i have said earlier 20 Sept we had two birthday one my son's another my brother's daughter.That little girl celebrates her first birthday although they ordered cake i just want to make a surprise cake for her and made this doll cake.Long back i made marshmallows ,you can check it my homemade label,from it i made fondant and kept refrigerate it, used that for covering the doll.Since i don't have different sizes of cake pan to bake in my OTG i used MW safe bowls and made two microwave eggless chocolate cake of different size.

Pumpkin Erissery | Side Dish for Rice | Onam sadya Recipe

I don't need to say much about pumpkin as everyone knows more about it and this kootu is easy to make and will taste yummy.

Sambar-Saravana Bhavan Hotel Style | Side Dish for Idli/Dosa

Have you been to saravan bhavan hotel  and  tasted their idli/ Dosai with their sambar,it would heavenly i just love it and waiting for a branch of their hotel to open at my area.Recently while browsing i got this recipe and made it,it tasted similar to one we get their and i am making it again and again.It suite well for idli/dosai,pongal rather than rice.Try atleast once.

Easy Funfetti Cake from Starch | Birthday Cake for Kids

I am not a great baker just a beginner in baking and love to try out new ones in baking.As 20th Sept was my son's birthday i made this cake for him.My son love the colour sprinkles  in it and it tasted great.

Paneer Mattar Masala | Paneer Peas Masala

As yesterday was my son's birthday i prepared few dishes for it and this was one among it and first paneer dish to post in my blog.I wanted to post long back dishes with it but the time has come now only.Paneer is a favourite one in my house,my daughter will eat it just like that i too love paneer dishes.Not more about it we got to this easy recipe with paneer.I made this in my own way adding nuts for more richness.

Birthday Time Again- Two in a Day

As i have said earlier September means birthday month in our house and today two birthdays one my son's another my brother's daughter.

First i thought to  make jelly beans cake from glorious treat blog but the flower making didnot set as i thought ,later decided to make Funfetti cake  for my son here it is .

Nendran chips | Kerala Nendran Banana Chips

I have been  posting many sweet recipes  for past few days so decided to go with a savoury one today.Recently i got a new friend divya from Happy cook,i don't know about her,we are graduated from the same college & so we are friends now .But she is very much junior to me,great cook,lovely person and also we  also do from same area near nagercoil.In our area the nendran chip we get will be more tasty,yummy,etc,etc and nothing can beat it.When ever we go there for vacation we use to buy it in huge quantity.In her blog she posted this chips variety and i decided to make it.

Papaya Pradhaman | Payasam Recipe

Hope everyone must have celebrated onam,as we are from nagercoil we celebrated in a small way with few dishes and flower kollam.Kids had great time decorating kollam with flower and lighting lamps specially my daughter is more interested in these thing.Coming to the recipe ,for onam sadya i made this and it tasted awesome,try this atleast once and i am sure you will love it.

Onam Sadya | Onam lunch menu list

HAPPY  ONAM

Hearty wishes for all readers.I have created a few menu for your onam sadya.Check it out.Have a great day.

This was our onam sadya 2013,

Banana Dates Halwa | Sweet Recipe with Dates

Its difficult to make my kids eat banana,i have to push them my son some how will eat but daughter won't .Lastly when i got some banana some were left out  and i don't want to make any cupcake or paniyaram,made this halwa together with dates and it was yummy.
As i like sweets more i post this on my special day today,my birthday.

Beetroot Cake -Eggless & Butterless | For a Special Person in my Life

As i have mentioned in my first post of this month,September means birthday month for us and the celebration starts from today,yes today my life's special man's birthday.To him i want to make different cake,while searching many goes with beet- choc cake but i don't want any chocolate and ended up with this cake.Blogging has given confident to bake cakes now i am glad about it.

Ragi / Finger millet Flour Sweet Pidi Kozhukattai | Easy and Healthy Kozhukattai

Today is a festival for Hindus,birthday  of one their God Vinaygar,festive wishes for all of them.One this festival one main preparation is kozhukatattai as the God like it the most.Kozhukattai can be prepared by almost all flour.I made some using ragi/bajra flour.Try this easy method.

Rajma Sundal | Helathy Recipe

This is a simple and healthy sundal variety.When i made rajma tikki/red kidney beans cutlet i have some left over of it,i decided and made it.