Gulab Jamun / Diwali Sweets

Hi Friends,

The celebration of Diwali is one of  best and cheerful moment. Hope everyone are enjoying this brightest day with sweets and snacks   with your  family and friends.I am wishing you a happy and joyful year ahead.May this Diwali brings light of wealth and health  To you and your family.

                                               HAPPY DEEPAVALI



And coming to the recipe this week I made this yummy  Gulab Jamuns .This is my first attempt with milk powder  and to my surprise it came out very perfect.Before I used to make  jamuns with store bought packs.But to be frank I never got a satisfying result.But  this time I am so happy to see this home made soft Gulab Jamuns .It turned out so soft within 15 mins when I immersed them in the syrup.Try this and let me know your thoughts.



I prepared this for SNC – 2. Click here to know more about the SNC. Pallavi from Northern team challenged Gulab Jamun for this months challenge .As I am Southern team I made Jamuns.Thanks to Pallavi for sharing this yummy recipe.

 

Chettinad Pepper Chicken/Milagu Kozhi Varuval

This is a spicy chicken recipe from a well known cuisine.You all heard about the Chettinad dishes and its very famous for its wonderful flavour and spiciness with freshly grounded masalas.This is a yummy dish turned out a big success in my home .I got this recipe from net but added some extra ingredients to make it more aromatic.The crushed pepper should be added at the end (i.e) only when the chicken is completely cooked to retain its flavour.I served this with Chicken Briyani .My family totally enjoyed this chicken dish and try it you too will enjoy the flavour.

 

 

Salmon Fish Fry / Meen Varuval

Hi friends,

Hope everyone had a great weekend.Today I am sharing one of my favourite dish.I am so fond of fish recipes.When I was a small girl if my mom make fish fry ,first I will pop into the kitchen and will start tasting.My dad  will buy only Viral meen ( butter fish ) those days as we find it more tastier than other fishes and my mom uses only simple ingredients (i.e) chilli powder, turmeric powder and salt for marination .That was really great in taste.

Once I happen to read a book that had a recipe note for this  Salmon fry in one of my neighbours house  and I loved that at first sight .From then whenever we buy salmon I used to prepare the same method.Thats a big hit in my family. And my kid loved it so much . Try this yummy fry you too will stick to this one.You can use any boneless fish for this fry ,Vajjiram meen/King fish suits perfectly.Lets go to the fish fry…

 

 

Bhelpuri Chaat For SNC Challenge

Hi Friends,

I am posting this Bhelpuri chaat for SNC ( South vs North Challenge ) run by Dhivya Pramil of You too Can Cook Indian Food.Its a  monthly challenge.There are two groups South and North.A member of each group will challenge the opposite group with a recipe every month.The main aim of this is to learn authentic regional recipes.Thanks to Divya for this wonderful opportunity.

This month Dhivya Prakash from Southern team Challenged the Northern team with Mysorepak.And Shruti from Northern team Challenged Southern team with Bhelpuri Chaat.

As I am from Southern team I made this delicious chaat.Thanks to Shruti for choosing such a finger licking snack.And this is the first time I am making this and my family totally enjoyed this yummy street food at home.

 

 

Ladies Finger / Vendakkai Sambar

Dear friends ,

This is a traditional simple South Indian sambar recipe.You don’t need any special sambar  powder to prepare this yummy sambar.Sambar is a dal preparation with veggies and is made in every South Indian homes regularly and my mom prepares sambar atleast 3 times a week .Any vegetable can be used to make sambar but veggies like Drumsticks , Ladies finger , Radish makes it so flavourful.And this okra is my sons favaurite so I will prepare this once in a week. Here comes the simple recipe…

 



 

Baking Partners : A New Baking Group Announcement

Baking Partners: A new Baking Group
A group of home bakers helping each other to achieve perfection.

Baking a home made Baking a homemade bread, cake or cookies will give the best outcome. However in order to achieve the best results, a perfect recipe and right techniques are required.
 
We are a small group of home baker friends, who love and want to learn more about the nook and corners of baking.  We are planning to try out recipes from books/magazines and cooking shows.  Every member gets a chance to present their choice of recipe and share important points with the rest of the group.
 
Main purpose of this group is to learn the techniques, critic the procedure if there are ways to improve, and to eat a delicious food.
 
Rules are simple, we will choose one recipe and send it out to the group by 16th of every month and the reveal date will be 15th of the next month. On that day we will blog about it. A linky tool will be open during that time and each member can link their post.
 
First month we are going to do a recipe, 2nd and 3rd month will be a theme and the 4th month we will be back at a recipe. By doing in between recipes, we will able to learn more.
 
All enthusiastic bloggers interested in baking are welcome, please email Swathi  at favoriterecipes12@gmail.com.
 
We will appreciate the use of logo or worded link that will help to spread the word.  A bunch of thanks to Tina for designing this beautiful logo
 
If you  want to make it a gluten or vegan free diet, you can do those modifications also.
 
                            Baking Partners

1.   Reeni (Cinnamonspiceandeverythingnice)

2. Julie Erivum Puliyumm

3. Tina ( Pinay in Texas Cooking Corner)

4. Priya (Priya's Versatile Recipes)

5. Suja ( Kitchen Corner Try It)

6. Archana ( Tangy Minds)

7. Reshmi ( EasY Cook)

8. Prathibha ( Cook Ezee)

9. Priya R ( Cook Like Priya)

10. Sweatha ( Tasty Curry leaf)

11. Vidhya ( A Portion to Share)

12. Usha Rao ( My Spicy Kitchen)

13. Divya Prakash( Divya’s Culinary Journey)

14. Sanoli Ghosh ( Sanoli’s Kitchen)

15. Pam Capone ( Live Ranch Delux)

16. Mirellie( Gourmet Global Creations)

17. Peachy (Peach Kitchen)

18. Amrita ( Sweet n Savory)

19. Archana( The madscientist’s Kitchen)

20. Lorraine ( Joy’s Misadventures)

21. Jayasri(Samyalarai)

22 Sowmya(Nivedhanam)

23. Anuja ( Simple Baking)

24. Janani(www.redchillycurry.com)

25. Ivy (Kopipaste)

26 Janaki ( Janakidiary)

27 .Tamy (Always Eat on Good China)

28. Priya sirinivasn ( http://enveetukitchen.blogspot.com)

29. Pallavi ( Cook Eat Burrp)

30 Kanakapriya( Myriad Musings)

31 Sangeetha ( Nitha’s Kitchen)

32 Tamilarasi ( Tamil’s Kitchen)

And

33. Swathi ( Zesty South Indian Kitchen) Creator and Owner

 

 

 
 
 

 

Ennai Kathirikkai Kulambu / Eggplants in a Tangy Gravy

This is a spicy tangy South Indian brinjal/eggplant curry.I am not a big fan of eggplants and truly speaking I never tasted this veggie during my childhood.I will not eat the eggplants but urge my mom to add it to the some curries like mutton kulambu / curry , sundal /kala channa puli kulambu .I love the aroma it gives to the curries..But now I strated loving it and having it frequently.It tastes nice when added to tamarind based curries. Few days before I made Eggplant Stuffed Curry too.I will post that soon.My red chillies are mild so I used more , adjust it as per your taste.My hubby loved this curry so much and hope you too so off you go to the recipe with step by step pictures….

 

 

Meen Kulambu (Choodai meen) / Sprats Fish Curry

This is a very traditional non-veg recipe.You all heard about the hot spicy tangy South Indian fish curry.We used to buy fresh alive viral meen (butterfish) in India , that tastes heavenly.But I can’t find those here.I learnt this recipe from my dear mom and I loved it and tried it a lot many times.You can use any type of fish to prepare this curry.I tried this kulambu with  sankara meen (red snpper) , salmon ,sea bass (koduvai) .This time my hubby bought sprats.I like the little fishes and the taste is also good. We had with of course salmon fry.Lets see the preparation….

 

 

Kaalan Varutha Curry / Mushroom Curry

I love mushrooms.One of my favourite veggie.The coconut masala blend with the mushroom gives a finger licking taste . My mom never cooked mushroom in my childhood as it was a rare veggie those days,but now-a-days its so common in all the places.My periamma (my moms cousin sister) makes a flavourful gravy / kulambu out of this mushroom.Whenever she makes she will give me some as she lived very near to us those days.After marriage I started cooking mushrooms and all in my family loves mushroom.

 

Coming to the recipe , this is a spicy dish that goes well with rotis and rice.My mom cooks mutton varuval nearly the same way.I tried with mushrooms and the result is really so good.I always used to have mushrooms with chappatis but this time I tried wth rice.It was fabulous.We loved it very much.This is  a wonderful dish for all mushroom lovers .Hope you too will love so go ahead and try this at your home and enjoy with your loved ones….