Sambar and Rasam are the staple dish in most of the South Indian families. At our home, sambar appears atleast once a week in our menu. Both of us (me & DH) love variety and we cannot settle with just sambar for everyday! Though we regularly enjoy the typical south Indian dishes like Avial, Pitlai, […]
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Hope everyone had a wonderful Diwali! I tried Basandi for the first time and it came out very well 🙂 I was debating between Badam halwa and Basandi, and finally decided to make Basandi as our diwali dessert! Basundi is a traditional Maharastrian dessert recipe prepared with milk, nuts, sugar and saffron. I first tasted […]
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Wishing you all a very happy and safe Diwali!! Our dear son (he just turned 2) joins me in wishing “happy and prosperous diwali to everyone!” Loading the player … Diwali is the Indian festival of lights. Indians light diyas (lamps with oil/ghee) and decorate their house. Some people, specially south Indians celebrate the festival […]
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I have been missing in action for quite some time! Was busy with our LO’s birthday party. Our dear son turned 2 years old and we had a small party for him last weekend. I was so involved in planning the venue, ordering cake and preparing the goody bags that I fell sick! Thankfully party […]
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Can you think of a dessert without sugar, jaggery, cream, ghee or butter? Here is one for you – Date Truffles or Date Laddu! I got the recipe for Date Truffles from the magazine called “CookingLight”. I have tweaked it a little bit to suit our taste. Must admit this is one of the easiest […]
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Wishing you all a very happy NAVARATHRI! Welcome to our Navarathri Kolu! Duserra or Navarathri is a celebration of Goddess Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswathi. South Indians celebrate the festival with the traditional Kolu (aka Golu or Bombe Habba or Bommai Kolu or Bommala Koluvu). Dolls and statuette (of Hindu deities) are exhibited in odd numbered […]
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