A gud news for the Chicagoans! Sathyam cinemas is here 🙂 Its a pity that the theaters in which the Indian films (especially south indian) are screened lacks the state of art technology. After being accustomed to the theaters like Inox, Sathyam, Mayajal etc in Chennai, the desi film theaters in Chicago seemed as booth […]
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Kozhukattai or Modakams are rice dumplings filled with sweet coconut mix called pooranam. Modakams are offered to Lord Ganesha during the Vinayaka chaturthi pooja. All of us in our house love this sweet treat. Here am posting the Kozhukattai recipe (followed exact measurements that amma gave 😀 ) Ingredients: Raw rice: 1 cup Coconut (Grated): […]
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I love sweets. Most of the posts in Anu’s kitchen would be a simple dessert/sweet 😀 Here am posting the next sweet recipe. A easy and jiffy sweet “Rava Laddu” (Its called ravaa che laddoo in Marathi, my mother tongue 🙂 ) There are various ways to prepare this. Here is a simple one. Ingredients: […]
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It has been raining for the past few days. Officially spring is here but still no signs of improvement in the weather. Thankfully there has been no snow fall. This yucky gloomy weather makes me sick. I have been taking soups these days to fight cold and cough. Amma used to prepare goddu saaru (rasam). […]
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I really drool when people talk about famous restaurants like Saravana bhavan. Here in Chicago there are very few south Indian restaurants. Well, for the past one year, I have never had a decent coconut chutney in the hotels! I guess they just mix salt with the coconut flakes and do seasoning. I wanted to […]
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Wish you all happy Sri Rama Navami. I bought soft poha this time. Couldn’t find hard one in the nearby Indian store. I knew pretty well that the soft poha could not be used to prepare avalakki (aval upma), still ended buying that! Luckily I remembered the aval payasam (poha kheer) that amma prepares for […]
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