Boondhi Laddoo
My friend Raji and I have been making Boondhi laddoo for Diwali since 8 years. The first time we ended up making a whooping 450 laddoos because we didn’t know how many laddoos we will get for each cup of flour! But the laddoos tasted great and we could call ourself experts from then [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Meme on October 30, 2007 | 38 Comments »
Asha has tagged me to show my fridge.
Top Rack:Curd, Butter, Savoury Preserves and Pickles, Middle Rack: Milk, Pulikatchal preserve, leftovers , Bottom Rack: Vegetable Tray, Coriander and Greens Case, Marmalade. Not seen in picture is a chill tray with fresh cream.
Freezer with Grated Coconut, Copra, Fruit Pulps, Tamarind Pulp and Tomato Paste
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged travel on October 29, 2007 | 26 Comments »
So where in the world, do you get to see…
..ripples in the sand…
…tender coconut stacks…
…giant toes…
….a windmill against a sunset….
…big ben junior…
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Posted in Festivals, tagged aadi pooram, aadi velli kizhamai, Authentic Iyengar Recipes, dasara, Deepavali, Festival cooking., food, sri jayanthi, sri rama navami, tamil festivals, tamil new year, upakarma, varalakshmi viratham on October 25, 2007 | 19 Comments »
We have already covered menu for all festivals from Aadi to Navarathiri in our previous posts. Here we are compiling a list of all to send to RCI Tamizh Festivals hosted by Viji of Vcuisine.
Menu for Varuda Pirappu
Recipes prepared on Sri Rama Navami
Kalanda Sadam recipes for Padinettam Perukku
Maa Villakku and Sweets for Aadi Velli Kizhamai
Akkaravadisal [...]
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Posted in Uncategorized, tagged adventure, chocolate, life on October 24, 2007 | 28 Comments »
This post is a tribute to Chocoholics (not so)Anonymous because - ummm - you’ll figure why by the end of this post.
The Kitchen is in reality a well concealed battlefield. I am not talking writing off topic here, this is where the story of my adventure with chocolate begins. And so, the kitchen is a [...]
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Preparing Godumai (Wheat) halwa on Deepavali is almost like a custom in many Iyengar households in SouthIndia. My mother (Lakshmi’s Paatti) used to prepare this every year. Although so common in Tamizh Nadu, I am preparing this Halwa for the first time. For my children halwa has always meant Badam halwa or Carrot halwa [...]
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Read the Round up of all Entries Here
