OATS DOSA

 

A quick dosa recipe with oats which does not require any fermentation.  This dosa can be made in a jiffy with a very few ingredients and tastes really good.  My daughter love this dosa and hence I make it quite often. 

VEGETABLE CHILLA

 

 

I first had with at my in-laws place and liked it instantly.   It is very simply to make and requires very few ingredients.  A healthy and filling way to start the day or can be had as an evening snacks.

COCONUT KAJU SHEERA

I have a sweet tooth and after every meal would like to have some kind of sweet.  If nothing is there… I would end up having bourvita or horlicks or kishmish.  I made coconut sheera with jaggery and it came out good.  This can be had as a halwa and simply cut it into 2” square and take it as barfi.

KARADAIYAN NOMBU ADAI–SALTY / SPICY

 

My husband prefers salty/spicy adai than sweet.  And, he also takes takes this adai as an evening snacks and sometimes for breakfast.  I simply toss these steamed adai in dosa milagai podi and serve.

KARADAIYAN NOMBU ADAI – SWEET

 

 

Karadaiyan Nombu or Savitri Nombu is a vratham / vrat observed by TAM-BRAMs on the last day of Maasi masam and first day of Panguni masam of Tamil calendar which is 14th March of every year.  Married women worship Goddess Gauri or Parvathi or Shakti for marital bliss and better health of husband and children. Unmarried girls perform the vratham to get ideal person as their husband.  Karadaiyan Nombu is similar to that of sowbagya Gouri vratham or Gauri Tritiya vratham of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka, Gangaur vrat of Rajasthan, Jyesta gouri Vrat of Maharashtra, Jitiya Puja of Bihar, Karva Chauth of all other North Indian states.  On this day, married women (in their traditional 9 yard saree called madisar) change their thirumangalya charadu (thread) and tie sacred yellow thread around their neck during the auspicious time of the day and unmarried girls tie only the sacred yellow thread. While changing the thirumangalyam charadu the following sloka is chanted:
Throram Krishhnami subhake saharitham
Dharami aham bharthu
Ayushya Sidhartham supreethabhava sarvadha

In my family, we normally fast till the thread is changed and eat only the neivedhyam prepared for the pooja which is called karadaiyan nombu adai.

ORANGE CRANBERRY MUFFIN

My daughter loves orange… and anything that has orange flavour.  She has been asking me to make orange cup cakes for a very long time and today I had the drive to please her.  The muffins came out very good and everyone liked it so much especially my daughter you simply loved the tart, tangy cranberries.  I got the recipe from here, made slight changes and yummy cup cakes were ready to serve.

SABUDANA ALOO TIKKI

My Mother-in-law is born and brought up in Maharashtra, so many of her recipes would have that maharashtrian touch.  My mother never made sabudana tikki or vada (courtesy no internet).  So, I had my first sabudana tikki after marriage at my in-laws place and I liked it very much.  And now I make it every now and then for my little princess. You can shallow fry it, deep fry it, bake it, steam it…. no matter how it is made… will still taste good.

DHOKLA

Dhokla is my favourite evening snacks… can be made quickly with very minimal ingredients.   I like the sweet and sour taste with spicy chilli and tamarind chutney.  I make this often because there is hardly any fat/oil, it is completely steamed and requires only gram flour as main ingredient.

KHARA (SAVORY) BISCUIT

Bored of baking sweet / sugary cookies, I decided to bake some spicy biscuits… and got this recipe from my friend and it came out so cute, lovely and spicy that every one at my place liked it.  It doesn’t have any raising agent and required very less fat.  My husband prefers spice over sweet and so he liked it so much… crunchy and spicy khara biscuit.

EGGLESS CHOCOLATE CHIP–MOCHA COOKIES

Also called drop cookies, these are probably the simplest cookies to make.  They are called drop cookies because the dough is soft enough to drop off the spoon on to the baking sheet.  Created in the 1930s, these were originally called Toll House Cookies.

POLI

 

Poli always remind me of my grandma, how patiently she would make these for the entire family as an evening snacks.  She was so great… all grandmas are great.  Well, Poli is made for Bhogi fesvital (falling a day before pongal fest) in Tamil Nadu.  It tastes good and can be had as an evening snacks.  It is typically made with maida dough…  but I personally prefer Whole Wheat Flour for the same.

KHANDVI

 

Khandvi is a famous Gujarati snacks.  It is healthy, very simple to make and tastes good.  I generally make this as a evening snacks.  I always thought Khandvi is very difficult to make and what if it doesn’t taste well in the end and all my labour would go waste… but then I came across Nisha Mudhulika’s website… and decided to try it out.  It was easy to make and turned out good.