Vazhakkai Podimas | Raw banana curry | Plaintain curry | south Indian poriyal recipe with step-by-step pictures, and video recipe. Check out the vazhakkai podimas recipe and if you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel.
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Milk peda | Doodh Peda
Milk peda | Doodh peda | peda recipe | how to make peda | Milk peda recipe | Doodh ka peda | Kesar peda | plain peda | chocolate peda | Pista peda | homemade peda | 3 ingredients peda sweets | Diwali milk sweets with step by step pictures and video recipe. Check out the Best milk peda in Tamil and Best milk peda recipe in English. If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel
Milk peda | Doodh peda | peda recipe | how to make peda | Milk peda recipe | Doodh ka peda | Kesar peda | plain peda | chocolate peda | Pista peda | homemade peda | 3 ingredients peda sweets | Diwali milk sweets | is one common Milk-based sweets that are popular in almost all sweet stall. Usual milk sweet is a lengthy process to make. Here is a quick version with just 3 main ingredients.
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Carrot Halwa | Gajar Halwa
Carrot halwa | Gajar ke halwa | gajar halwa | pressure cooker carrot halwa | how to make carrot halwa | Indian carrot pudding | carrot halwa in cooker | instant pot carrot halwa | easy cooker halwa is an easy and tasty Indian recipe prepared in a pressure cooker and isntant pot. This tasty one-pot Gajar dessert is a great way to make kids eats carrots.
My sister is not a big fan of carrots. She would run hearing the word carrot. Only when carrot is served in sweet form she will happily eat. payasam and Carrot halwa is her favorite.
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Maladu | Pottukadalai Laddu | Maa Ladoo
Maladu | Maa laddu | Maa ladoo | pottukadalai urumdai | odachakadalai urundai | odachaladala laddu | maladu recipe | how to make maladu with step by step pictures and video recipe. Check out the maladu in Tamilandmaladu recipe in English. If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel.
Maladu | Maa laddu | Maa ladoo | pottukadalai urumdai | odachakadalai urundai | odachaladala laddu | maladu recipe | how to make maladu with roasted gram makes a filling after school snacks for kids. Pottukadalai laddu is a quick sweet which can be prepared within 10 minutes.
Ever since my childhood days I love Laddu, and my Amma prepares a batch of rava ladoo and puts it in a box. After returning from school I do frequent visits to kitchen and snack all evening. Now a days Almond laddu and wheat and nut laddu are my son’s favorite
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Banana Halwa | Banana Fudge
Do you have Over ripe bananas in your pantry and thinking what to do, try this Banana halwa. Banana fudge is not only easy but my toddler who hate banana also enjoys it.
I started experimenting with fruit based recipes for my son. As I mentioned before my son is very choosy when it comes to fruits. I have posted few Banana based recipes before, pls check it out if you are interested.
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Ven Pongal | Ghee pongal
Ven Pongal | Ghee Pongal | Khara Pongal | Spicy Pongal | Ven Pongal recipe | South Indian kichadi /Khichdi with step-by-step pictures and video recipe. Check out the Pongal video recipe and If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel. Also, check out the Ghee Pongal chutney combo recipe
Ven Pongal | Ghee Pongal | Khara Pongal in a pressure cooker and Instant pot instructions. Pongal is a popular south Indian tiffin variety prepared with rice & moong dal. We prepare Pongal in a sweet and savory version. Ven Pongal and chakkarai Pongal are often offered to God as naivedhyam/ prasadam. In our home, we make Ven Pongal during the Thai Pongal festival, during Navratri, Varalakshmi Pooja, etc.
Ven Pongal is one of my favorite tiffins as it is easy to cook. For our phase of life many days we feel like wrapping up the kitchen soon. One-pot meals like Pongal are such a boon. Soak everything together, a few whistles, and Pongal is ready. Just spend a few extra minutes extra for thalippu(tadka) and cook everything together, protein-rich filling meal is ready. Green Moong bean kichadi is yet another family’s favorite dish.
Ven Pongal with lots of ghee makes me lazy and I will do nothing but sit on the couch and watch some random television channel. After I started cooking, we prefer to have Pongal as a weekend brunch. Once in a blue moon, I pair Ven Pongal with Sakkarai Pongal and vadai.
Ven Pongal using a Pressure cooker and Instant pot?
Pongal can be easily prepared in a pressure cooker and an instant pot. For instant pot cooking, use rice mode and cook Pongal and follow the rest of the procedure.
Can I use green chilli for Pongal?
Traditionally in our home, Ven Pongal is prepared with pepper spice. You can also add red chili or green chilli while tempering
Checkout other Pongal varieties in TMF,
Pongal recipes | bhogi recipes | kannum Pongal recipes
Ven Pongal (Manjal Pongal) / Ghee Pongal
Manjal Pongal is generally prepared day (evening) before Varalakshmi Pooja and offered to God. It's nothing but Ven pongal with a touch of Turmeric powder (Manjal/yellow).
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Servings: 3
Ingredients
- Rice - 1/4 cup
- Split yellow moong dal - 2 tbsp
- Ghee - 1 tsp
- Water - 2 cups + 1/4 cup
- Salt - as needed
- Ghee - 2 tbsp
- Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
- Peppercorns - 1 tsp Adjust according to your spice level
- Fresh curry leaves - few
- Cashew nuts - as needed
- Ginger - 1/2 tsp peeled and grated
Instructions
- Wash rice and moong dal well; soak them in hot water (I soaked in hot water for 30 minutes) and set it aside
- Add ghee to the pressure cooker, sauté rice and moong dal for 1 min in low flame
- Furthermore add 1 cup + 1/4 cup of water and mix well; turn on the stove in medium flame and cook
- Mix well and let it boil. After the water turns frothy boil mix well and make sure rice/ dal are not stick to the cooker
- Pressure cook for 4-5 whistles, turn down the flame to low and keep for 15 seconds and turn off the stove
- In a small tadka pan add ghee and let it turn warm
- Add cashew and sauté for 30 seconds
- Furthermore add pepper, curry leaves, cumin seeds and let them splutter
- Finally add ginger and mix well; turn off the stove and transfer the tadka into a small cup
- After the pressure release naturally mash the Pongal well with a ladle
- Add 1 cup of warm water and mix well
- Cook the Pongal on medium heat
- Add required salt, ghee and cook the Pongal 2-3 minutes or until the Pongal comes together. Pongal thickens overtime so turn off the stove before it turns too thick
manjal pongal
- Add a generous pinch of turmeric powder while cooking Pongal and follow the rest of the procedure
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Notes
- I have cooked rice and Dal directly in the cooker. If you are using a separator reduce the water accordingly
- I have used some masoori rice. If you are using raw rice use less water
- To cook Pongal in instant pot use rice mode
- Adjust the water according to the consistency you desire your p
- Adjust ghee according to your desire
- Pongal thickens overtime. Always turn off when the pongal comes together it will come to scoopable consistency after sometime
- If you are serving the Pongal for kids use pepper- cumin powder and ginger powder. Instead of whole pepper, cumin seeds and ginger
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Ingredient:
Rice - 1/4 cup
Split yellow moong dal - 2 tbsp
Ghee - 1 tsp
Water - 2 cups + 1/4 cup
Salt - as needed
To temper:
Ghee - 2 tbsp
Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
Peppercorns - 1 teaspoon (Adjust according to your spice level)
Fresh curry leaves - few
Cashew nuts - as needed
Ginger - 1/2 tsp, peeled and grated
How to make Ven Pongal with step by step pictures:
- Wash rice and moong dal well; soak them in hot water (I soaked in hot water for 30 minutes) and set them aside
- Add ghee to the pressure cooker, sauté rice and moong dal for 1 min in low flame
- Furthermore, add 1 cup + 1/4 cup of water and mix well; turn on the stove on medium flame and cook
- Mix well and let it boil. After the water turns frothy boil mix well and makes sure rice/ dal is not stick to the cooker
- Pressure cook for 4-5 whistles, turn down the flame to low and keep for 15 seconds and turn off the stove
- In a small tadka pan add 1 tablespoon of ghee and let it turn warm
- Add cashew and sauté for 30 seconds
- Furthermore add pepper, curry leaves, cumin seeds and let them splutter
- Finally, add ginger and mix well; turn off the stove and transfer the tadka into a small cup
- After the pressure release naturally mash the Pongal well with a ladle
- Add 1 cup of warm water and salt; mix well
- Cook the Pongal on medium heat
- Add 1 tablespoon of ghee and cook the Pongal 2-3 minutes or until the Pongal comes together. Pongal thickens overtime so turn off the stove before it turns too thick
Varalakshmi pooja Manjal Pongal
- Add a generous pinch of turmeric powder while cooking Pongal and follow the rest of the procedure
Butter Biscuit |Shortbread Cookies
Butter biscuit | Indian bakery-style butter biscuit | Shortbread cookies | tea kadai butter biscuit | butter cookies | 3 ingredients shortbread cookies | Eggless cookies | Holiday cookie | beginner friendly baking | 3 ingredients butter cookies | Mysore bakery biscuit | ayyengar bakery butter biscuit | butter shrewsbury biscuit | Benne biscuit | crispy Iyengar bakery style Indian butter biscuit/ cookies with step by step pictures and video recipe. Check out the butter biscuit recipe. If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel
Butter biscuit | Indian bakery-style butter biscuit | Shortbread cookies | tea kadai butter biscuit | butter cookies | 3 ingredients shortbread cookies | Eggless cookies | Holiday cookie | beginner-friendly baking | 3 ingredients butter cookies 3 ingredients Indian bakery-style butter biscuit | cookies are melt in the mouth and super addictive. These Shortbread cookies are egg-less and it can be prepared without a Whisk or electric Mixer. Perfect for holiday treats/holiday gift basket and after school snack.
Indian bakery-style butter biscuit:
Ever style childhood days I love Iyengar bakery style super soft melt in mouth butter cookies. With just 3 ingredients butter cookies taste super addictive and make perfect teatime snacks.
Butter texture for butter biscuit?
Butter is one key ingredient for butter cookies to get the perfect cookie always use room temperature softened butter. Keep the butter at room temperature for at least 3 hours. Avoid cold butter from the fridge. If you have planed the recipe way ahead soft the butter by microwaving for few seconds but avoid cooking for a long time as butter will starts melting down.
Additional flavors to the cookies?
I have made the cookie with minimal ingredients. You can play with your flavors and add vanilla extract, cardamom powder, rose essence, or any other flavor of your choice. Even without any additional flavor butter gives an amazing taste to the cookies.
Is Chilling the dough mandatory for butter cookies?
I have made this cookie without chilling the dough. I feel the shape is well retained for chill the dough. Cookies made instantly taste good but the texture might turn slightly crack.
Can I use wheat flour instead of All purpose flour?
If you are going to use wheat flour it might taste like tea Kadai biscuit. Ingredient quantity slightly varies, I will soon post that recipe on the blog. A whole wheat walnut cookie is yet another favorite.
Another Cookie recipe to try
Eggless Whole wheat walnut cookies
Butter Biscuit |Shortbread Cookies| Butter Cookies (Eggless)
Melt in mouth buttery biscuit are so addictive. This Shortbread cookies are egg-less and it can be prepared without Whisk or Mixer. Perfect for holiday treats.
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Ingredients
- All-purpose flour/ Maida - 1 cup
- Butter- 1/3 cup softened in room temperature
- Powdered sugar - 1/3 cup tightly pressed
- Salt - pinch
Instructions
- In a wide mixing bowl take 1/2 cup of softened room temperature butter and 1/3 cup of tightly pressed powdered sugar
- Combine the butter and sugar well with your hands or whisk or electric mixer until the mixture turns creamy and fluffy
- Make sure you use room temperature softened butter, As cold butter is difficult to bind. I prefer to keep the butter outside the fridge for atleast 3 hours
- Gradually add flour and knead the dough gently with the hand or a mixer. Avoid over kneading
- After the dough comes together roll the dough into a cylinder of your desired thickness
- Cover the dough with a cling wrap and refrigerate the dough for at least one hour or overnight or until the dough turns firm. I generally keep it for one hour
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line the cookie tray with parchment paper. Grease it with butter/baking spray
- Remove the cling wrap and cut the dough about 1/2 inch thick and spread it onto a baking sheet
- Gently press the cookie and bake for 10 - 15 minutes until it is slightly golden brown on the bottom side
- Initially, Cookies look underdone but they turn fine as they cool down. Tasty butter cookies are ready
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Notes
- Adjust sugar according to your taste. If you prefer sweet cookies use 1/2 cup
- Vanilla extract/cardamom powder or any other flavoring of your choice can be used but even without any additional flavoring cookies tastes good on it's own
- You can also make the cookies without resting but it might not hold the shape
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Ingredients:
All-purpose flour/ Maida - 1 cup
Butter- 1/3 cup, softened at room temperature
Powdered sugar - 1/3 cup, tightly pressed
Salt - pinch
How to make Iyengar bakery style butter biscuit with step by step pictures:
- In a wide mixing bowl take 1/2 cup of the softened room temperature butter and 1/3 cup of tightly pressed powdered sugar
- Combine the butter and sugar well with your hands or whisk or electric mixer until the mixture turns creamy and fluffy
- Make sure you use room temperature softened butter, As cold butter is difficult to bind. I prefer to keep the butter outside the fridge for at least 3 hours
- Gradually add flour and knead the dough gently with the hand or a mixer. Avoid over kneading
- After the dough comes together roll the dough into a cylinder of your desired thickness
- Cover the dough with a cling wrap and refrigerate the dough for at least one hour or overnight or until the dough turns firm. I generally keep it for one hour
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and line the cookie tray with parchment paper. Grease it with butter/baking spray
- Remove the cling wrap and cut the dough about 1/2 inch thick and spread it onto a baking sheet
- Gently press the cookie and bake for 10 - 15 minutes until it is slightly golden brown on the bottom side
- Initially, Cookies look underdone but they turn fine as they cool down. Tasty butter cookies are ready
Dry fruits Laddu | healthy no sugar laddu
Dry fruits laddu | Dry fruits ladoo | Dates laddu | Nuts and dates laddu | Energy Balls | Laddu recipe | ladoo recipe | dry fruits laddu recipe | healthy laddu | dry fruits recipe | Dates laddu | Dry fruits balls | indian sweet laddu recipe with step by step pictures and video recipe. Check out the dry fruits laddu in Tamil and dry fruits laddu recipe in English. If you like the video pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel.
Dry fruits laddu | Dry fruits ladoo | Dates laddu | Nuts and dates laddu | Laddu recipe | ladoo recipe | dry fruits laddu recipe | healthy laddu | dry fruits recipe | Indian sweet laddu recipe is a healthy laddu with mixed nuts and dates. Healthy nuts laddu for kids, Pregnant women, and of course everyone. Zero sugar dry fruits laddu make a great mid-morning and mid-evening snacks to overcome the sweet addiction.
They say celebrate a happy occasion with sweet ( I remember famous Dairy milk chocolate commercial "Sweet Edu kondadu" (celebrate happiness with a sweet).
We are relocating to Seattle. After spending an amazing 2 years and 7 months in Bentonville. We have lot of cherishing moments in this small town.. My bundle of happiness was born here, he took his step here, spit his first food, told his first letter, the first mischief, got his first friend, first word, first favorite things, the first sentence oh man I can write a full post about many things based on him. Well, change is a permanent thing, but after living in a place for some years it creates many moments which I can treasure for ages.
Having a 2-year-old, my biggest concern is to give him healthy snacks. Like me, many moms have a big question about mid-morning and evening snacks for kids. These days my son wants to hold his food and eat by himself – yet another point to be considered. Suddenly this “dry fruits laddu” sprung to my mind, my mom uses to prepare this dey fruits laddu for me when I was pregnant.
Should healthy and tasty treat always involve complex cooking process or spending more time in the kitchen, defiantly no. With minimal cooking, these energy balls can be prepared in no time. Loaded with nuts and without sugar (Yes Dates is there, but I believe it to be healthier compared to white sugar), this is a healthy bite.
Dates laddu is a filing healthy snack after a workout and also good after school snacks for kids.
Nuts and dates laddu combo works perfectly in our home.. Recently I posted Oats &Nuts Burfi. This is a quicker version of that with few changes.
Nuts & Dates Balls |Nuts & Dates Ladoo | Nuts & Dates Laddu
Nutes and Dates Balls are loaded with goodness. Healthy laddu for kids, Pregnant women and of course everyone.
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Servings: 4
Ingredients
- Mixed nuts - 1 cup I used Walnut, Almonds, cashew and Pista
- Finely chopped Dates - 25 or 1 cup loosely packed
- Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
- Ghee - 1/2 teaspoon + grease
Instructions
Method 1:
- Take the mixed nuts into the mixie jar and pulse them into a coarse mixture
- In a wide pan add 1/4 teaspoon of ghee and saute the mixed nuts in low flame until you get a nice aroma; mix well and saute
- Add chopped dates, cardamom powder, and 1/4 teaspoon of ghee, cook on low flame
- Mix well and smash dates with a spatula, this helps dates to separate out and mix uniformly with other dry fruits.
- Sauté till the dates start releasing oil
- Then turn off the flame and transfer the mixture into a plate and let the mixture turns warm
- When the mixture is warm enough to handle, Grease your hands and take a small portion of the dough and roll them into balls
- serve them immediately or store them in an airtight container
Method 2 :
- Dry roast the nuts till the aroma fills the room. Cool and grind it in a mixie/ blender/food processor, without adding water
- In the same pan sauté the dates till they turn soft. Alternatively they can be microwaved for about 30 to 60 seconds. Cool and pulse the dates
- Combine the nuts flour, cardamom powder and dates; mix well
- Take small portions and roll them to balls
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Notes
- If you have a toddler grind dates and nuts; make laddu
- Chopped dates and pulsed nuts give a nice texture to the laddu
- Can add coconut, sesame seeds, pumpkin seeds, etc. for extra flavor
- Use nuts of your choice; pecans, peanuts, etc. can also be used
- Raisins, fig, apricot extra can be added for extra flavor
- Adjust the dry fruits according to your taste
- Make dates ball when it is warm. If the mixture cools down completely you can't make laddu
- If the mixture for cool down warm the mixture in the microwave or saute in a pan
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Ingredients:
Mixed nuts - 1 cup (I used Walnut, Almonds, cashew and Pista )
Finely chopped Dates - 25 or 1 cup loosely packed
Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp
Ghee - 1/2 teaspoon + grease
Method 1:
- Take the mixed nuts into the mixie jar and pulse them into a coarse mixture
- In a wide pan add 1/4 teaspoon of ghee and saute the mixed nuts in low flame until you get a nice aroma; mix well and saute
- Add chopped dates, cardamom powder, and 1/4 teaspoon of ghee, cook on low flame
- Mix well and smash dates with a spatula, this helps dates to separate out and mix uniformly with other dry fruits.
- Sauté till the dates start releasing oil
- Then turn off the flame and transfer the mixture into a plate and let the mixture turns warm
- When the mixture is warm enough to handle, Grease your hands and take a small portion of the dough and roll them into balls
- serve them immediately or store them in an airtight container
Method 2 :
- Dry roast the nuts till the aroma fills the room. Cool and grind it in a mixie/ blender/food processor, without adding water
- In the same pan sauté the dates till they turn soft. Alternatively they can be microwaved for about 30 to 60 seconds. Cool and pulse the dates
- Combine the nuts flour, cardamom powder and dates; mix well
- Take small portions and roll them to balls
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Quinoa Crustless Quiche | Quinoa Quiche
Quinoa Crustless Quiche , Quinoa Quiche , Spinach Quiche , Quinoa quiche , Crustless quiche prepared with savory custard, quinoa spinach, and cheese. Loaded with egg and quinoa, this is a great protein-rich meal.
This Quiche goes well during any meal. The food network channel got me acquainted with Quiche. Most of the quiche versions I saw had a pie crust. I don't have a pie pan and didn't want to invest in that, so I didn't try Quiche for a long time. This year for Easter I saw a lot of egg-based recipes, one Kale Quinoa Crustless Quiche recipe in food52 pulled my attention. ...
Pachai Payaru Vella Sundal | Green gram sweet sundal
Pachai Payaru Vella Sundal | Green gram sweet sundal| Pasi paruppu sundal | payatham paruppu sundal | moong dal sundal | sundal recipe | Navaratri sundal step by step pictures and video recipe. You can also check out the Pachai Payaru Vella Sundal recipe. If you like this recipe pls SUBSCRIBE to my channel and check out other Sundal varieties in TMF
Green mung bean sundal | Sweet sundal | Vella sundal | Inipu sundal | moong bean sundal | pachai payaru sundal is a sweet sundal prepared with jaggery, moong dal, and coconut.
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