Kolam by Sudha Balaji

Diwali recipes and snacks - aval mixture or poha mixture |  Chivda  Actually, a simple recipe for Deepavali savoury or as a simple evening snack when we have guests.  It is liked by kids and  adults alike.  It has one more strange use in our family.  It is a side dish for sambar rice or rasam rice.   Also called chivda or chivda namkeen recipe in Hindi and Marathi.  This I learnt from one of my sisters and she lives in Mumbai. . Ingredients Poha, peanuts, fried gram dhal, desiccated coconut in pieces, curry leaves, oil. mustard, green chilles, asafoetida, turmeric powder  Let us take thin flattened rice or poha also called Aval in Tamil in a big cup as shown For this big cup we need one cup each of peanuts, fried gram dhal and dry coconut pieces., some cashews and curry leaves. For species we should add mustard, turmeric powder and hing. Place a vessel on a stove and dry roast the poha till it becomes crisp Add three sp...

Khatta meetha bora | Ezhantha palam snack The jujube tree fruit is available in plenty during after January. It can be eaten raw also as we do in most homes.  It is offered as Naivedyam for the festivals that are celebrated in January, February viz Sankranthi and Rathasapthami;   Let us see how to prepare a simple snack using this fruit. Wash the fruits and tear the skin to check for any worms that may be inside. We also need chopped ginger, green chillies, coriander leaves and jaggery. Add the ingredients except jaggery to a mixer add a little water and wet grind. Add jaggery to a shallow pan , add little water , heat it so that the jaggery melts When jaggery melts, add the ground paste and  stir well After a couple of minutes, add the fruits to the pan Add salt according to your taste and requirement Stir well so that the salt is mixed evenly.  Transfer to a bowl .  It can be stored in the refrigerator upto on...

Butter murukku pieces - savory recipe for Diwali or evening snacks What we need is rice flour that is readily available in the stores or rice flour that is home made by soaking rice in water, spreading it on a clean cloth, drying it in shade and then dry grinding it. Then white sesame seeds, asafoetida, green chillies wet ground in a mixer, butter and salt Take three measures of rice flour, 3/4 to 1 teaspoon butter is added. All other ingredients are added one by one.   Green chillies paste and salt can be varied according to our taste. Mix will be adding water little by little At this step we can check whether salt and chillies are as per our requirement We should prepare the dough as and when required only.  Do not prepare the entire dough at one stretch. After preparing the dough use the murukku achchu or template with single star shaped opening  Take oil in a vessel and when it has been heated to the right temperature Place the dough the in the achchu ...

        Easy arisi vadam or ilai vadam This one of the simplest vadam and the quick and easy vadam.   Take one tumbler raw rice and soak in water for two to three hours.  For one tumbler rice add one teaspoon sago or javvarisi and soak both together. Wet grind in a mixer at night  Add salt after grinding.  The next day we can make the vadam after we ferment it for six to seven hours. So either we grind at night or if we grind in the morning, we can make the vadam in the evening. After 6 to 7 hours add ground green chili paste (the quantity will depend upon how hot we want the dish to be . Add asafoetida and one teaspoon white sesame seeds. Mix all the ingredients well so that we get a well-mixed batter. Elai vadam stands for making vadam are easily available in shops.   Using a elai vadam stand, spread the batter on all the plates in the stand, the way we pour and spread  batter  for dosa using a ladle (...