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October 07, 2016

Wheat Flour Kheer (Gothumai Maavu Payasam)

Bhojana Recipes 10/07/2016 2 Desserts , Festival Recipes , Sweets

A delicious Kheer that can be made very easily and quickly with no compromise in taste and quality.

October 06, 2016

No Fry Sabudana / Jevarisi Vadai

Bhojana Recipes 10/06/2016 2 Breakfast Recipes , Festival Recipes , Snacks , Starters , Traditional Recipes

Shallow fried Crispy Sabudana vadas can be had as breakfast or evening snack. They can be made very easily in short time. Deep fried Sabudana Vada is a popular Maharashtra snack that tastes yummy. Usually it is made adding peanuts. I added some Poha / Aval with Sabudana to increase the crunchiness and the taste was lovely and amazing...

October 05, 2016

Eriserry

Bhojana Recipes 10/05/2016 1 Kerala Special , Koottu Recipes , Side Dishes

An Authentic and Classic Kerala recipe served as side dish and is the integral item of the feasts. The veggies cooked in pepper, with roasted coconut, green chillies and sauted in coconut oil makes this to taste really divine..

October 04, 2016

Milagu jeeraga Rasam (Pepper and cumin seed Soup)

Bhojana Recipes 10/04/2016 1 Rasam , Tamil Brahmin Recipes , Traditional Recipes

Milagu jeeraga Rasam is the most comfort one for a rainy or cold winter day. The steaming rasam with the fine aroma gives soothing feel to throat. Boiled dal is not added to this rasam and hence it is very easy to make and can be prepared very quickly. Any vegetable stir fry or pappad suits well with this Rasam Rice. Not only with rice, it can also be had as a soup or appetiser in a cup.

Pre time: 05 mins
Cooking time: 15 mins
Serves: 4

Ingredients for making Milagu jeeraga Rasam:

Tamarind juice 3 cups from a small lemon size tamarind
Salt 1/2 tea spoon
Black pepper corns 2 tea spoons
Cumin seeds / jeeragam 2 tea spoons
Asafoetida / Hing 1/4 tea spoon
Thur dhal 2 tea spoons
Red chillies 2
Ghee 2 tea spoons
Curry leaves 10
Mustard seeds 1/2 tea spoon

How to make Milagu Jeeraga Rasam:

Heat a pan with one teaspoon of ghee.
Fry the thur dhal, pepper, red chillies chillies till the dal color changes.
Switch off the stove and add the cumin seeds / jeeragam.
After it gets cooled grind it with water and keep aside.
Boil the tamarind water with salt and turmeric powder till the raw smell goes.
Add a tea spoon of sugar or jagerry and asafoetida.
Now pour the ground mix to it with little water.
Add some tomato pieces but it is optional. In traditional pepper rasam tomato is not added.
Allow it to boil till it starts to give bubbles and foam.
Saute it with mustard seeds with a tea spoon of ghee. Add coriander leaves.

Banana / Nendra Pazham Sweet Pachadi

Bhojana Recipes 10/04/2016 0 Desserts , Snacks , Sweets , Tamil Brahmin Recipes , Traditional Recipes

A pachadi with the blend of mixed tastes and flavours that tickles our taste buds. A healthy dish that can be made very easily that could be served in a cup hot or cold at any time.

October 03, 2016

Chewy Nutty Energy Balls

Bhojana Recipes 10/03/2016 0 Diet Recipes , Festival Recipes , Snacks , Sweets

You will be amazed to know that delicious, drooling balls can be made using Poha / Aval as the basic ingredient with dry fruits. An ideal snack for Navaratri distribution and a health supplementary for all age groups..

October 02, 2016

Gujarati Dal Vada / Green gram fritters

Bhojana Recipes 10/02/2016 0 Festival Recipes , Snacks , Starters , Tiffin , Traditional Recipes

An authentic Gujarati recipe that tastes scrumptious and crispy. I happened to see the photo of this vada in the food group Hunger Hop posted by Saumil Raval ji. Impressed by the photo and the description given by him I asked him the recipe too. He was so nice to send me immediately the recipe and I am posting the very same recipe given by him in his own writings. In no way it is inferior to South Indian Dal Vada. Since it is made of Green gram it has sepcial aroma and flavour too. Enjoy this festive season with this Gujarati Dal Vada..

October 01, 2016

Kerala Paal Payasam with Jaggery

Bhojana Recipes 10/01/2016 1 Desserts , Festival Recipes , Kerala Special , Sweets , Traditional Recipes

Though we make numerous varieties of Payasam on Festive season, Kerala paal payasam stands special in taste which is made of milk and sugar. Here is the recipe of the same delicious payasam made with Red rice and jaggery. The creamy and yummy kheer tastes just heavenly...