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  Some of you know that we group of friends started an event named Tamizhar Samayal Tuesday and showcasing the popular recipes in Tamilnadu on 2nd and 4th Tuesdays. As Diwali is around the corner I wanted to share a sweet recipe,Tirunelveli Halwa which is popular in Tirunelveli. Usually I make this halwa with all purpose flour but the original recipe is with the wheat.The wheat berries are soaked in water over night and grind.Here I couldn't get the wheat berries in Indian store this time I used the broken wheat(daliya).Originally the extracted wheat is left for fermentation over night or 8 hrs but I didn't do it. As there was no helping hand,stepwise pictures are not very clear and couldn't take each and every stage.Here goes the recipe............................................. Basic Information Soaking Time 4-6 hrs Preparation Time 30 minutes Cooking Time 50 minutes Makes 21/4 cups  Ingredients Ingredient Quantity broken Wheat/Goth...

Today's recipe is a slightly sour and crunchy murukku with the sago/javvarisi.This recipe I learnt from one of our family friend and she is an expert in making this murukku. This is a simple and easy to make murukku but the sago needs to be soaked for 2-3 hours atleast.Once the sago is soaked then making the murukku is very easy.Originally the soaked sago is mashed and added but some of the sago are hard even after soaking.So I grind it in a blender to bit coarse paste and use.Try this crispy,mouth melting for Diwali and enjoy,now off to the recipe................ Basic Information Soaking time      3-4 hrs Preparation Time 10 minutes Cooking Time      20 minutes Yields 3 cups(approximately) Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Sago/Javvarisi 1/3cup Rice Flour/arisi maavu 1 cup Roasted Gram dhal/pottukadalai 1/4cup Gram flour/kadala maavu 1tbs Sour Curd/Thayir 1/2cup Red Chilly Powder/milagai podi 1tsp Sesame seeds/yellu ...

Fried vegetables along with sambhar,rasam and rice is a favorite lunch for both me and my Hubby.But I rarely make deep fried veggie fries either with cauliflower,okra or taro(arbi) for lunch. Sepankilangu aka arbi is one such vegetable perfect for fry which can be deep fried or shallow fried. Today instead of deep fry I shallow fried and it tastes delicious,now off to the recipe........................... Basic Information Preparation Time 10 minutes Cooking Time      15 minutes Serves                  3(generously) Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Taro/Sepankilangu/Arbi 6-7(medium size) Red chilly powder/milagai podi 2tsp Gram Flour/kadalai maavu 1tbs Rice flour/arisi maavu 1tbs Corn flour 1tsp Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/4tsp Salt 1tsp Oil 2-3tbs     Method  Pressure cook the taro for a whistle with enough water and pe...

Thattai is mostly made for Diwali and Gokulashmati in most of the households.My mom makes two versions of thattai one with the store bought rice flour and the other with the finely ground soaked idly rice.Today's version is the instant version with the store bought rice flour,will share the later one soon.Now off to the recipe...................... Basic Information Preparation time 15 minutes Cooking Time      30 minutes Makes                   15 Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Rice flour 1 cup Uradflour/ulunthu maavu 1tbs Roasted gram dhal(pottukadalai) 2tbs Channa dhal/kadalaparuppu 1tbs Butter 2tbs Red chilly powder/milagai podi 11/2tsp Asafoetida 1/4tsp Curry leaves(finely chopped) 1 sprig Salt 1tsp Oil for frying Method Powder the roasted gram dhal to a fine powder and soak the channa dhal in water for 15-20 minutes.Drain the water and set it aside. Roast the urad dhal to ...

Hello Friends,We are feeling proud to announce this useful fund raising event to bring awareness among many people and also to help people who are already diagnosed and need help with regards to the cost of the treatment. Here, we bloggers joined together to spread this awareness lot faster and in a wider range in the network world.We would like to sincerely thank each of our blogger friends to put this forward and as well as help with regards to the donation as well.Here is list of all my blogger friends who are contributing their time and space for this event. NOTE: Anyone who is interested in posting this event on their website/blog, please feel free to contact Anu at anu (dot) healthykitchen (at) gmail (dot) com Anu Shoj of Anu's Healthy Kitchen Vardhini of Cooks Joy Priya Suresh of Priya's Versatile Recipes Manjula of Desi Fiesta Sangee of Spicy Treats Nalini of Nalini's Kitchen (me) Tanusree of Ma Niche Priya Ranjit of Cook Like Priya V...