Raji Ramakrishnan

Paruppu Kanji  is some what like the Paruppu Pradhaman but not exactly the s the pradhaman as certain rich ingredients are not included i...

Maa vilaku  (rice flour lamp) is prepared during the Thai, Adi months and for karthikai deepam.   It is a family custom for many of us.  M...

Milagau vadai is prepared with urid dal and black pepper for the neivedyam of Anjaneyar.  It is very crispy crunchy and is also known as A...

The Navratri festival is going on and I am bored of making the usual Sundals with brown chana, karamani etc.   Since I wanted to make ...

Usli is prepared with tuvar dal, chana dal and some vegetables viz. beans, cluster beans, flat beans etc.  It is a nice side dish for rice...

OLIYA is a pudding with rice and yoghurt with lots of dry fruits in it and is a festive dish.     If you wish, you can also put fresh...

Karadayan nombu adai is made for the Nombu by South Indians.  Normally, it is made with roasted rice flour  both  sweet and savory.  I trie...

Hi friends, Ganesh Festival is on and I am sure I am not late to post this recipe.  We all are aware of making various kinds of modak or mo...

I have already posted the sweet version with ragi.  here is the salty (savory version).  This adai also tastes really yummy.  Enjoy this za...

Bhogi is celebrated a day before Sankrant.  Most of the vegetables are available during winter and we make use of the same by preparing a ...

Manoharam murukku is also known as “Paruppu Thengai” is a traditional festive sweet.   This is frequently prepared in Southern par...

Til gul or tilachi laddu or sesame seed laddu is made with black til and white til.  While black til laddu is we make only for "Shradh...

Boondi laddu is made normally for Diwali, weddings etc.  For the  "Cheeru" means various kinds of Murkuu, laddu etc. are displaye...

Thenkuzhal is a murukku variety prepared for diwali and krishna jayanti.  It is made out of rice flour and urid dal flour.  We can also mak...

Besan ladoo is also one of the Diwali recipes which Maharashtrians make along with Karanji.  I have already posted the Besan Modak.  The in...

We are familiar with coconut laddu, coconut burfi, besan laddu, boondi laddu etc.  what about  coconut maida laddu.  When I posted this, I ...

Diwali festival is around the corner and everybody is in the kitchen trying out some savories and sweets.  This time, I thought of making s...

Mochai or Lima beans or Amarapayar it is known as.  After soaking the same in water, the skin is removed and subzi made out of this by Maha...

Moongdal sundal is very easy to make.  During Navarathri, each day one Sundal variety is made for Neivedyam.  In South India, Kosumbari is ...

Plain rice modak is made with the rice flour, tempered with mustard seeds and urid dal, few curry leaves, green chilli etc.  It is very eas...