Mulled Wine | Alcoholic and Non-Alcoholic Version| Christmas Recipe

Mulled wine is nothing but an alcoholic drink where red wine is boiled along with spices and then served warm or hot.It best for this Christmas season.I have already post homemade red wine recipe on my blog.I recently did some wine for my dad and was having a bottle of it.I want to make a new drink with it for Christmas and googled up.Mulled wine got my attraction.Each recipe uses different spices and I ended up adding my own spices to make it.

Snake gourd baji | | Podalangai baji | snack recipe

 

Snack gourd / Podalankai baji with step by step picture and video.

As the weather here in Chennai is rainy and cool we are appetite towards some bhaji/pakora for tea time snack. Bhaji can be made with any vegetable. Just prepare the batter, dip the vegetable, and fry it. Serve it hot with some tomato sauce for evening chai. check out the baji bonda ready mix here.

Oats Muffins | Healthy Breakfast Muffins

Oats muffins make an excellent breakfast option as it is loaded with oats, egg, milk.To enhance more nutrition you can even add some nuts/dry fruits in it.For people opting for eggless option avoid egg and use yogurt/curd to get a moister muffin.

Ajwain leaves/ Karporavalli rasam | Immunity boosting rasam

Ajwain leaves rasam with step by step pictures and video.

Ajwain leaves also known as Karporavalli in Tamil, Dodapatre in Kannada is a medical herb.  The dried version of this leaf is oregano, the seasoning used in Pizza toppings. This leaf is best for cold and cough. One can directly have the leaf raw. During this monsoon season try to include this leaf more in your diet. One such way is this rasam which can be served with hot steaming rice or can have as soup.

Beetroot Rasam | South Indian Rasam with Beetroot

Beetroot rasam with step by step pictures.
Mostly it will Saturday when I will be clueless what to cook for lunch.One such day I got this idea to cook simple rasam with beetroot.The recipe is same as rasam only difference is I added some cooked beetroot juice init. It was on that day I made beetroot chaas to accomplish the meal.

Dry Fruits Ladoo | Dates & Nuts Balls | Festive Sweet Recipe

Dry fruits ladoo with step by step pictures.

Dry fruits and nuts laddoo/ balls are so easy to make which makes the best way for kids to eat them.Its healthy since no other sweetening agents were added to it as the sweetness for dates & raisins are quiet enough for the taste.With festive season around make this and have fun.You can even make it any shape cylinders and then cut it or even in a shape of  modak.