Thavala Vadai is a festive special fried snack dish prepared with mixed lentils, rice and coconut. This is another delicacy from the Chettinadu cuisine. The cooking steps are very similar to that we do for Masala Vadai (parippu vada) or Medu Vadai (Uzhunnu Vada), but the taste of the snack is different […]
Bajji is an easy to make snack recipe where the filling is dipped in a batter prepared from Besan/ gram flour or Maida. These oil fried snack is perfect for evening tea accompaniment. Egg Bajji, as the name says, the filling is sliced boiled eggs and gives this traditional snack […]
Here I share the recipe of one of the best tasting and authentic recipe of south Indian Kitchen, especially to Tamil Nadu. Sambar vadai, medu vadai (ഉഴുന്ന് വട) soaked in hot sambar, is very special to vegetarian restaurants across the state and also to the Brahmin cuisines. Sambar vadai is […]
Kara Sev (Kara Seva) is a spicy-hot variant of the kerala snack dish, madhura seva (മധുര സേവ). Kara Sev, where “Kara” denotes “heat /spicy” in Tamil and “Sev“ is referrers to fried noodles made from flour. The spice-heat in this dish comes from Pepper which is the key ingredient, along with besan and […]
Typical bakery snacks & cakes are prepared with polished wheat (all-purpose flour) hence is not very healthy. Whole wheat alternatives of many such dishes will not taste as great as its original version. This time I share a tasty and healthy cake preparation, using whole wheat blended with grated carrot. […]
Unnakkaya -Banana Rolls (ഉന്നക്കായ) is delicious, sweet and traditional Kerala snack popular in Malabar side. It is typically prepared during the Ramzan days for “nombuthura” . … Unnakkaya is prepared with smashed bananas stuffed with cashew nuts, raisins and rice flakes.
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