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For Ganesh Chaturthi we make variety of Kozhukattai to offer to Lord Ganesh(Pillaiyar).The main one is the purana kozhukattai made with the channa dhal stuffing in my mom's place. But after coming to U.S,I make the simplified version of  purana kozhukattai  using coconut and jaggery.As Ganesh Chaturthi is around the corner I wanted to share this recipe under the Festival Theme for the Blogging Marathon #43.This stuffing can be stored in the refrigerator for a week.Off to the recipe........................................... Purana Kozhukattai     Basic Information     Preparation time 05 minutes     Cooking time 40-45 minutes     Makes 15-18       For the outer layer Ingredient Quantity Rice flour/arisi maavu 1 cup Salt 1/4 tsp Oil  1 tsp+2 tsp for greasing Water 1-11/2 cups   For the stuffing/pooranam Ingredient Quantity Channa dhal/kadala paruppu 1/2 cup Jaggery/vellam 3/

For the day 2 of Blogging Marathon #43,I am sharing aval payasam for the festive themes.I have already shared a version with coconut milk and jaggery  here .But today's version is using milk and sugar which we make quite often for poojas.Usually my mom makes it very simple but here I added cashew paste for extra rich taste.Lets move on to the recipe.............................. Aval Payasam/Poha Kheer     Basic Information     Preparation time 5 minutes    Cooking time 25 minutes    Serves 2           Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Rice flakes/aval(thick) 1/2 cup Milk 21/2 cups Sugar/sakkarai 1/4-1/3 cup Cardamom powder/ellakai a pinch Cashews/mundiri(broken) 2+1 tbs Ghee/Nei 1 tbs    Method   Soak 1 tbs of broken cashews in 1/4 cup of milk for 10 minutes and grind it to a fine paste.Heat around 2 tsp of ghee and roast the rice flakes till it becomes crisp and remove it

We are entering the 4th week of Blogging Marathon #43 and for this week I chose the Festival recipes.As Ganesh Chaturthi and Navaratri is nearing I  am sharing you all a simple sweet sundal made with paasipayaru/mung beans. Coming to the recipe this sundal can be made with the soaked beans as well as with no prior soaking.For the instant version the bean needs to be dry roasted slightly and cooked. But today I soaked and made it,here goes the recipe............................................ Paasipayaru Sweet Sundal     Basic Information    Preparation time 5 minutes    Cooking time 20 minutes    Soaking time 10 hours    Serves 3            Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Whole mung beans/paasipayaru 1 cup(soaked) Jaggery/Vellam 1/4-1/3 cp Coconut(grated) 3-4 tbs Cardamom powder/ellakai a pinch Salt 1/2 tsp    Method   In bowl take 3 cups of water,let it boil now put

Today's recipe for the Cook Book Challenge,I am sharing you a simple and healthy stir fry/poriyal with broccoli. This recipe I noted down from my sister's recipe collections and tried it.This poriyal goes very well with rice and some spicy kulambhu such as  milagu kulambhu  or  poondu kulambhu .But I personally prefer to mix it with rice along a dash of ghee.Either way it tastes good,lets move on to the recipe................................ Broccoli Poriyal     Basic Information    Preparation time 15 minutes    Cooking time 20 minutes    Serves 2           Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Broccoli florets 2 cups Onion(fineley chopped) 1 (small size) Toor dhal/thuvaram paruppu 2 tbs Coconut(grated) 2 tbs Green chilly/pachamilagai 1(slit into 2) Curry leaves/karivepillai few leaves Salt 3/4 tsp+1/2 tsp Oil 2 tsp  For the tempering Ingredient Quantity Mustard seeds/kadugu

For this month cooking secretly,I am paired up with Sangee Vijay of  Spicy Treats .She gave me masoor dhal and mint as secret ingredients and used both them.For the first time I tried masal vadai using masoor dhal along with split yellow peas.The vadai came out so crispy and delicious,lets move on to the recipe.............................. Masoor Dhal Masal Vadai      Basic Information    Soaking time 2-3 hours    Preparation time 15 minutes    Cooking time 15-20 minutes    Makes  12 vadais          Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Masoor Dhal 1/2 cup Split peas/pattani paruppu 2 tbs Green chilly/pachamilagai 2 Red chilly /varamilagai 1 Ginger/inji 1 inch Garlic/poondu 2 cloves Onion(finely chopped) 1(big size) Curry leaves/karivepillai 1 sprig (chopped) Coriander leaves 2-3 tbs Mint leaves/pudina 10 leaves (chopped) Fennel seeds/sombu 1 tsp Salt 3/4 tsp

Coming to the Cookbook Challenge I chose a recipe from one of my recipe booklet came along with pressure cooker. In the original recipe,the curry is made in the pressure cooker with one whistle.As I was not sure how the cauliflower would be after pressure cook so made it in the open pan.I reduced the chilly powder from the original recipe,as I feed for kids the same curry.The curry/masala came out so creamy and delicious with perfect spicy and I paired up with rotis for our dinner.Off to the recipe................................... Spicy Caulifloer Masala/Spicy Cauliflower Curry      Basic Information    Preparation time 15 minutes    Cooking time 25-30 minutes    Serves 3-4           Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Cauliflower florets 3 cups Onion(fineley chopped) 2 (medium size) Tomato 2 (large size) Red chilly powder 1 tsp Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/4 tsp Coriander powder/dhaniya podi 1 t