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For the day of Blogging Marathon#57, I chose to share the traditional thengai poli for the Dessert theme.We usually make the Poli for most of special occasions. Already I have shared the paruppu poli ,wanted to share this version. Coming to the recipe,the stuffing can be made in no time and it can be stored in the refrigerator for 3-5 days.Since I wanted to share the original recipe here I used the all purpose flour for the outer layer.It can be replaced with wheat flour and made but there will be taste difference.As Navarathri has began I wanted to share this authentic sweet recipe.Off to the recipe,....................                                                                 Thengai Poli/Coconut Poli      Basic Information     Preparation time 25 minutes     Resting time 2 -3 hours(for the dough)     Cooking time 35 minutes     Makes  10            Ingredients     For the outer covering Ingredient Quantity All purpo

Entering the 2nd week of Blogging Marathon#57 and this week is going to be Desserts.Today's one is a barfi made with carrot,cashews and coconut.As Diwali is around the corner wanted to share something related to it. Coming to the recipe,its more similar to the  7 cup burfi  but the amount of ghee used is less.Addition of carrot gives a nice color to the burfi.Lets move on to the recipe.............................                                                                Carrot Cashew Coconut Burfi      Basic Information     Preparation time 10 minutes      Cooking time 25-30 minutes     Makes  12          Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Carrot(grated) 3/4 cup Cashews/mundiri 1/4 cup Coconut(grated) 3 tbs Gram flour/kadalamaavu 1/2 cup Sugar/sakkarai 1 cup+2tbs Milk/paal 1/2 cup Ghee/nei 5 tbs Cardamom powder/ellakai 1/4 tsp    Method Grate the carrot and grind it in a blender to a fine paste.Powder the cashews,sieve the gram flour and set it as

Today is day 3 of the Blogging Marathon #57 and sharing a simple South Indian poriyal with snakegourd.This is one of my favorite vegetable and get it rarelyhere.Since there is no posts for podalangai in my blog wanted to share.Usually podalangai poriyal is made with channa dhal in our households.But this one is with moong dhal and its a no onion & garlic recipe.The poriyal tastes awesome with some spicy kulambhu varieties.As the weather was rainy on that day,the step wise pictures came out so dark,will try to share it soon.Off to the recipe...........                                                                Podalangai Poriyal      Basic Information     Preparation time 15 minutes     Soaking time 15 minutes     Cooking time 20 minutes     Serves  2-3          Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Snakegourd/podalangai 2 cups (chopped) Moong dhal/paasiparuppu 3 tbs Green chilly/pachamilagi 2-3 (slit lengthwise) Grated coconut

Coming to the day 2 of Blogging Marathon #57,sharing a dry curry with potato and okra.Initially I was bit hesitate to try this combo.But after seeing in a cookery show I was so confidence to try.In the original recipe both potato and okra are deep fried.Here I pan fried both veggies in a low flame to minimise the calories.Again the okra and tomato used are home grown and harvested more than 10 lbs of okra and 30 lbs of tomatoes for the whole summer.The okras were so fresh and tender.With no further delay lets move on to the recipe........................................                                                                 Aloo Bindi Curry      Basic Information     Preparation time 10 minutes     Cooking time 35-40 minutes     Serves  2          Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Potato 1 large size(cubed) Okra/vendaikkai 15 (cut into 1.5 inch piece) Ginger/inji(grated) 1 tsp Garlic/poondu(grated) 1 tsp Onion 1  (medium s

After a break I am back to blogging,hope all are doing good. Had a wonderful and hectic vacation in India for couple of months.After coming back to the nest some of my personal work and health issues kept me away from blogging.Slowly getting back to the routine and started cooking and clicking simple dishes for blogging. After 4 months of break,again I am joining Blogging Marathon event and this is the 57th edition,starting the first week.For this week I chose,side dishes for roti/rice. Coming to the recipe it is a very easy and delicious semi dry dish made with egg plant and dried field beans aka mochai.Again this recipe I noted down from my sister's recipe collection and made it with my own home grown eggplants.Yes the eggplants used here are  organic home grown with no fertilizer and pesticides.These eggplants are white color variety and tastes so yum.In the original recipe fresh mochai is used but here I used the dried variety which I soaked overnight and cooked.Lets m