Festive recipe-Kaju Lotus

I had been there at coimbatore for more than 7 years and those times are very memorable to cherish...Love the place,people and also the serene climate..(I knew now it had completely changed!!!)...Still the sweets at Sri Krishna Sweets are the one whose taste havenot changed at all!!!They are the best at preparing the mysorepas...Just love the melting taste...

 

I use to wonder how they could make such a beautiful tasteful sweets.Out of that the various shapes of katlis were the hightlight..The kaju katlis in various very attractive shapes like lotus,apple,mango etc are just awesome to watch.I never thought I could make the one at home..

 

I tried this for the first time and it turned out so well...It is very easy to make and any beginner could make it if one has that patience and interest to do it..

 

Lets celebrate this diwali with this colourful sweet...(Please Say No to crackers!!!)

 

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Mullu Murukku

Crunchy Murukkus are always nice to have...Some have it as a snack.Some have it along with the rice as a side dish...I had even seen people crushing it and putting it in a tea cup(filled wit tea) and drinking it.....For my elder daughter when she was in her kindergarden I used to make murukkus in different shapes of the alphabets..The way it popped out of the oil was so nice to watch...

 

Murukku is very easy to make if the flour is made ready..We can keep the flour for 1-2 months if nicely stored.I usually refrigerate it..

 

Diwali doesn't pass over without the murukkus....It is the essential item that has to be made...

 

Let us say No to the crackers and celebrate this diwali with lots of sweets and happiness..CooknDine wishes the blog readers a very very happy Diwali..

 

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Chick Peas Salad

Preparing the kids for their semester exams are the most tiresome job!!!I was running after saindhu for the past one week..to make her sit at one place and make her to glance at her books!!!During the exam time she used to skip her morning breakfasts..Her favourite item is anything with curd...She is simply satisfied with a simple  cup of curd ..So I was browsing for the dishes which called for yogurt as one of the ingredient..finally found this one from a webpage and it sounded very good and it tasted too fantastic.....

For the healthier and diet version one can replace the full cream Curd(for the kids) with fat free curd...(For the ones who are on diet)

During the photoshoot I had completely finished off half of the Cup...From then on it became the main breakfast for my kids on most of the days..

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Paneer Frankies

My Elder daughter Saindhavi is very choosy in her food habits.I wanted her to take a complete healthy lunch.So I kept on trying various kinds of combinations which would make her taste buds to work and luckily she loves the wraps and so the paneer.

 

Added to it the time of preparation of this dish is very less.And need less time of packing too for the lunch.The wraps with the foil wrapped on it attracts any kid.I keep changing the inner stuff and pack the lunch for her.

 

One of my friend had been asking for recipes which would be a perfect lunch for the kids.These are the very common lunch that we have at home accompanied with little bit of Curd rice.

 

Jane this is for you dear...

 

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Vegetable Pulao

I had been searching for the Ramba(Not the tamil Actress!!!)leaves quite a few months, after one of my aunt told about the aroma of it.Luckily during the bakrid time(it is one of the main ingredient used in briyani) I came across the one at the market and had asked for the plant too for my garden..The leaves are flat in shape and after cutting it from the plant the aroma increases after 2 days when it starts drying.but after 4-5 days the aroma subsides...so use it after 2-3 days of plucking it...They are known by Daun Pandan in Hindi and  Screw Pine leaf is the common name.The aroma will be similar to that as Seeraga Samba Rice..

 

After letting it to dry for 2 days,my kitchen was completely packed up with the aroma of ramba Leaves...I cannot resist making a vegetable pulao using the seeraga samba rice.

This is a kids friendly dish.The aroma of the seeraga samba(a variety of rice)rice used is just awesome.It is simple to make and pack for the lunch.Rice with some curry/fried waffers will make a nice combination.

 

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Hot and sweet Mango Pachadi

My mother makes this pachadi in a different way.I had tasted many types of mango pachadi but I like the one my mom makes.It combines all the 3 important tastes such as sweet,Sour and karam...We make this pachadi only during any important occasions.This pachadi tastes good only with a particular type of mango named kili Mooku mango.The sour taste of the mango used should be less,for the dish to come out well.

 

One of my schoolmate had asked me for the recipe long time...I didn't come across this type of mango at Tuticorin.Luckily last week during ayudha pooja I saw this mango in the market and decided to make pachadi.Hope this was the recipe my friend was looking for..Please let me know vetri.This post is for you!!

 

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Oats Kuzhi Paniyaram

I got bugged of eating oats in the form of porridge and upma.So thought of trying an item which is similiar to dosa,idli variety.when I browsed through some of the blog I came across this one from the ramya's blog.

 

Initially I was not confident that it would taste good.But the result was vice versa...It tasted more tastier than the normal panniyarams...This comes in our breakfast menu when I run shortage of the Idly/Dosa batter.It doesn't need much of preparations also to be done...

 

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Masala Pori

Ayudha pooja was over..I wanted to finish off the left over puffed rice(Pori in tamil).And in the chill climate I wanted something to munch in without putting in any calories...this is the best choice and wanted a masala variety of it.I just love the garlic smell in the mixture.It gives an additive smell to the pori.

This is a simple recipe which is very easy and quick snack to make.Spicy Pori with a hot filter coffee in a rainy day ..the taste is unexplainable..

 

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Ajwain Biscuits/Omam Biscuits

Ajwain is very good for digestion.I just love the aroma of the carom seeds..The salty sweet taste of the biscuits along with the exotic flavour will just melt you even if you are diet conscious...

It had been raining in tuty last week and the after rain situation here is pathetic..We could not take a drive to the bakery.So decided to bake some biscuits at home and hence there is heavy pour of biscuit rain in my blog...And to my surprise the biscuits got baked so good and tasty..

 

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Dum Aloo

Fry it,Bake it,cook it,Mash it,make a curry,make a gravy,or just write potato on paper ;) Call it Aloo Dum or Dum Aloo ....Potatoes are always my favourite...And they are the first love to my  kids.So I keep cooking potatoes very often at home.

 

Dum Aloo is a typical North Indian dish(Kashmiri).It is named so as it is cooked under Dum or pressure .Though my way of cooking is not the authentic way of making it(Dum it),the taste still matches the one cooked in that method..

 

Dum Aloo with Butter Naan/Romali Roti/Roti is a tasty combination...Scrumptious!!Dum Aloo is a lip smacking side dish.We can keep on scripting about the Aloos(Potatoes in hindi).

 

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