Make The Best Wedding Day Cookies

Flax seeds are known for its numerous health benefits and it contains lot of omega-3 fatty acid which reduce the risk of heart disease. As it has a nutty flavor,it needs to be mixed along with some spices to make it tasty.One such easy way to include flax seed is making idly podi/powder.Here I have used a good amount of curry leaves to make it even more flavorful. As spice powder comes under condiments,I am sharing this podi for the day 2 of Blogging Marathon#77,themed Condiments.Off to the recipe..........                                                                                                                            ...

For the day 2 of final week in Cooking Carnival is onion,podi uthappam.Uthappam is a thick pancake like dosa can be made plain or with toppings.When it comes to toppings so many variations are made. Onion uthappam is a popular one and everybody likes it and every household has their own version. Coming to the recipe,I have adapted this recipe in a cookery show and its quite popular in a particular shop in Chennai.Its a onion uthappam sprinkled with a spicy garlic podi/powder and cooked using generous amount of ghee.This uthappam is served along with mint chutney and onion coriander chutney. The exact recipe for the podi/powder was not given but I tried my own version and used it. The podi came out so flavorful and when its sprinkled along with onion,it makes the uthappam so tasty.                                                ...

We entered the brand new year,also I joined the Blogging Marathon after a short break.We are entering the 60th edition and for this week I chose to share Regional recipes. When I was going through my cook books to choose some recipes for the theme,this powder caught my attention.So decided to share some Andhra recipes which I noted down from a good friend of mine,long time back.Her mom is an amazing cook and cooks for a large crowd in no time.When she was here I noted down some of her signature recipes such as spicy pickle and powders. Andhra  cuisine is famous for its pickles and powders also she introduced me this nall karam podi.This powder can be mixed with rice and eaten,also be used as an accompaniment for idly and dosa,topped with sesame oil or ghee like  idly podi. The taste of this powder is entirely different from the regular idly podi.As this podi uses tamarind and coriander seeds curry leaves,it has got a very nice tangy taste and flavor.Off to the recipe.....

Homemade spice powders are so fresh and flavorful,so I prefer to make it home.Today I am sharing a nice aromatic spice powder used to make pav bhaji and other North Indian recipes. Soon I will be sharing the recipes which uses this spice powder and adapted it from  Veginspiration .Lets move on to the recipe......................... Pav Bhaji Masala Powder     Basic Information    Preparation time 5 minutes    Cooking time 10 minutes    Makes 3/4 cup(approximately)        Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Coriander seeds/dhaniya 1/4 cup Red chilly/varamilagai 10-12 Black pepper/milagu 2 tbs Cumin seeds/jeeragam 2 tbs Fennel seeds/sombu 11/2 tbs Cinnamon/pattai 10-12 (1 inch piece) Black Cardamom 4-5 Dry aamchur powder/mangai podi 2 tbs       Method   Dry roast all the in...

Today's recipe for cooking from cook book challenge is simple thengai/coconut podi which I noted down from my friend. Thengai podi is flavorful and easy to make,can be mixed with rice along a dash of ghee or an accompaniment for idly. This podi is often sprinkled in dry vegetable curries and kootu for extra taste and fresh and flavor.This podi stays fresh for a week to 10 days if its stored in an air tight container in room temperature. Here I used the desiccated coconut  but it can be replaced with fresh grated coconut also,with no further delay lets move on to the recipe............................... Basic Information Preparation Time 5 minutes Cooking Time 10 minutes Makes 1 cup(approximately) Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Urad dhal/ulutham paruppu 1/4 cup Desiccated coconut 1/2 cup Tamarind/puli(optional) 1 inch Red chilly/varamilagai 4 -5 Asafoetida/perungayam a pinch Salt 11/2tsp Method Dry roast the urad dhal,tamari...