Mango Palkova or Palgova is a delicious traditional South Indian sweet that is easy to prepare with just a few ingredients. It has a gummy texture and rich taste.
Category: Festival Recipes
Aloo Bhujia | Potato flavored gram fritters
Aloo Bhujiya is a savory Indian snack which is nothing but Potato flavored gram flour that is deep fried. The string like shapes are made by pressing the dough through a sev maker which looks very much like a Potato Ricer. The sev maker has various attachments to get different shaped fritters and it’s very […]
Vegetable Stew | Ezhu Thaan Kuzhambu -Instant Pot
Thalagam Aka Ezhu Thaan Kuzhambu (7 Vegetable Curry/stew)…An authentic vegetable curry made out of 7 seasonal vegetables served with thiruvathirai sweet kali during the festival of Thiruvadhurai. These winter festivals are amazing because these also celebrates the local and seasonal vegetables and bounty that the nature provides us and symbolic way to thank the nature […]
Mangai Pachadi | Sweet Mango Chutney
A sweet, savory and tart condiment that is a indian festival dish which also pairs well with a toast or a doubles a dipping sauce.
Chakkari Pongal |Sweet Pongal
Chakkarai Pongal is a sweet dish made of rice and lentil sweetened with jaggery and flavored with cardamom and edible camphor
Konda Kadalai Sundal | Channa sundal| Chickpea Popper
Sundal aka this chickpea popper is one of the popular street snack and festival favorite. One of the easiest recipes to cook, served warm with a cup of tea and coffee makes a healthy and quick snack for any weekday or weekend evening. Normally channa has to be soaked overnight or at-least 6-8 hrs for soft , […]
Chocolate Dryfruit Laddos | Dryfruit Laddos
Chocolate Dryfruit Laddos are loaded with variety of dry fruits mixed in with rose petal jam aka gulkand and dipped in dark chocolate syrup making it an exquisite and festive dish. This is also a healthier sweet alternative during this festive season when we tend to overload on sweets voluntarily or in voluntarily. Diwali /Deepawali aka festival […]
Vella Cheedai |Sweet Rice Marbles
Vella seedai is a sweet version of Uppu cheedai, also made of rice flour and urad dal powder but jaggary is added instead of salt. This again is a festival dish and/or as a good evening snack. The vella cheedai and uppu cheedai are the kids fav during the festival season. It is customary to make this […]
Uppu Cheedai | Savory Rice Marbles
Seedai /Cheedais a savory snack made mainly with rice flour and urad dal powder during festivals or as a casual evening snack.Uppu cheedai was my fav fried snack as a kid and I still enjoy it a lot with my coffee. This is customary to make this dish for festivities especially during Janmashtami. The smell […]
Thenkuzhal Murukku | Chakli
Here is another festival favorite – Thenkuzhal. A savory snack made for Diwali and Janmashtami in large scale to share with neighbors and family. It stays crispy and crunchy for about 3 weeks if it lasts that long :). Then means honey and kuzhal hollow stick or flute like. so Thenkuzhal is flute like sweetness ( my […]