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...

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 ...