I wish you all a very HAPPY PONGAL. I am posting this sakkarai pongal recipe as the pongal festival is nearing. Sakkarai Pongal is a special dish which is prepared during the famous South Indian festival Pongal. Its is prepared with rice and moong dal.Today, lets learn to make a healthy sakkarai pongal recipe with broken wheat instead of rice. Lets look at the steps to make this recipe. Preparation Time : 10 mints | Cooking Time : 30 mints | Serves : 4 Ingredients : Wheat rav

Aval Puttu is a tasty and delicious snack variety which can be prepared very quickly with poha & jaggery. This can be prepared as a neivedhiyam during Krishna Jeyanthi and Navarathri. Lets look at the steps of making this recipe. Preparation Time : 15 mints | Cooking Time : 25 mints | Serves : 2 - 3 Ingredients : Aval /Poha – 1 cup Jaggery – 1/2 cup Coconut – 2 tbspn Cardamom powder – 1/4 tspn Cashews – 6 broken Ghee – 2 tspn + 1/2 tspn Water – 1 cup Method : 1. Dry roas

I am very much excited to share this recipe today,the reason being it’s my first blog anniversary today.I started this wonderful blogging journey a year back and here comes my 1st blog anniversary post with a traditional sweet. Ashoka halwa is a very famous sweet in Tanjore and Thiruvaiyar. This is one of the sweet which will be made for most of the special occasions and marriages. This halwa is also known as "Thiruvaiyar Halwa". This is the easy halwa variety which can be ma

Thengai Poorana Kozhukattai / Modakam is a tasty and delicious sweet. It is mostly done for neivethiyam during vinayagar chathurthi,varalakshi nombu etc.. As vinayagar chathurthi is nearing thought of sharing this modakam recipe. We can make many different varieties(stuffing) of kozhukattai, but thengai purana kozhukattai is the traditional neivedhyam. We can also making this modakam as tea time snacks. Lets look at the steps of making this modakam. Preparation Time : 20 mint

Cashew Almond Burfi is the easy and tasty burfi variety. It is most perfect sweet for festivals and celebrations. This is made of cashews and soaked , pealed almonds paste along with the sugar and ghee. It’s so easy, delicious and the best part is it does not take much time to make. Also there is so sugar syrup consistency required for this sweet. As my family is fond of nuts , i prefer to make sweets with nuts very often. This taste delicious with the flavor of ghee and melt

Poha is also called as flattened rice or battened rice or aval ( in tamil ). This is similar to the rava kesari instead of rava we use poha here. This is very simple sweet easy to make and taste yummy..!! This kesari is specially made for neivethiyam during Krishna Jayanthi. As today is my parents wedding day thought of making some sweet. Suddenly got remember of this easy sheera which is made in less time. Lets look at the steps of making this poha / aval kesari. Preparatio

Palkova / Theratipal is a tasty and delicious dessert made in southern part of India. It is usually prepared for the festivals like diwali,gokulashtami etc.. It is also a common sweet variety in tamil marriage functions. This is very easy to prepare with very few ingredients but a bit time consuming as we do not need to stir the milk continuously. The traditional palkova is more tasty than the instant ones. Usually i prefer making instant ones. But my friend makes this often.

Wheat Flour / Atta Halwa is the most simple halwa variety that can be made in just few minutes. This is a most popular and traditional dessert in north part of India to serve it with breakfast . This halwa can also be made with the jaggery instead of sugar. It is usually made by mixing the equal amount of ghee,wheat flour,sugar and water . But i usually make this in the following proportion as i get the perfect and convenient texture. Today thought of making some easy sweet f

Carrot Almond kheer is a delicious payasam variety which is very simple and easy to make. This is very healthy and nutritious one. This is made of carrot,almonds,sugar and milk . The addition of almonds and saffron to the kheer enhance the flavors. This can be served either hot or chill. Lets look at the steps of making this kheer. Preparation Time : 10 mints | Cooking Time : 20 mints | Serves : 2 Ingredients : Carrot – 1 cup heaped (grated) / 2 medium sized Almonds - 15 nos

Apple Coconut Ladoo is a ladoo variety that is made of apple , coconut and sugar. This is a most simple and east dessert that can be made in very less time. Today thought of making some thing with apple as bored of usual desserts. While surfing came across many post of burfi. So tried a ladoo variety with apple and coconut. It is more tasty and all loved this ladoo in my family. Lets look at the method of making this simple and delicious ladoo..!! Preparation Time : 10 mints