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Today's recipe for Journey through the cuisine a refreshing drink nannari sarbath.This nannari sarbath is so popular in road side shops especially in Summer. This drink is available in all over the parts of Tamilnadu but so popular in my hometown Tanjore.I used the  Homemade Nannari Syrup  and fresh lemon juice.Also I added the soaked almond gum which is optional.The color of the nannari sarbath is on the darker side as food color is used in store bought syrup.                                                                                                                                          ...

Coming to the alphabet J for Journey through the cuisines,I fixed with Jigarthanda and no second thought for the other recipe.Since everybody loves this drink in my family I wanted to try.During my last India trip got the nannari root,almond gum(badam pisin) to try.As nannari syrup and almond gum are the key to make this yummy drink. Jigar means heart and Thanda means cool,as it cools and soothes the heart it's named as Jigarthanda. Jigarthanda is popular in Madurai and some of the areas in Trichy in summer.But nowadays it's available in all over Tamilnadu with so many variations. I have tasted this drink in so many places but nothing tastes like the one we have in Madurai during our trip to the Meenakshi Temple every India visit. I referred recipe from Chitra's blog  and  Gayathri's blog .I slightly tweaked  the recipe to my convenience also to reduce the cooking time I used some sweetened condensed milk and evaporated milk. Made the ice cream for thi...

In Journey through cuisnes in the mega BM,I am sharing the popular filter coffee for F.Finding a Tamil word with letter F is so difficult,so used the English word. Filter coffee is one of the refreshing hot beverage consumed in most parts of Tamilnadu especially in the morning times. The South Indian filter coffee is made by mixing the boiling milk,sugar and freshly made decoction,obtained from ground coffee powder in a coffee filter. The taste of filter coffee depends on the quality of coffee powder used.A good quality of coffee powder has 70-80% of coffee beans and 20-30% of chicory. The filter coffee is served frothy in a tumbler and dabara which is a tradition of Tamilnadu. Since we drink coffee very rarely I make it using the instant coffee powder also I don't have a coffee filter.A friend of mine shared her coffee filter and the steel glass to present it in a traditional way.Since we both don't have the traditional dabara,used a small bowl to serve it. ...

Another session of Blogging Marathon has started and I am here with a simple and flavorful kheer.For this series of BM I chose to cook with alphabets in different cooking methods. For the day 1 the alphabet is C and sharing you a kheer or milk recipe made in microwave oven.I have already shared a version of  carrot kheer  but this version is slightly different and no need of condensed milk or evaporated milk. I made this kheer along with the soaked almonds and the output is so yummy and delicious.You can try the same method in the stove top also.Wth no further delay lets move on to the recipe................................. Basic Information Preparation time 15 minutes Cooking time 20-25 minutes Serves 2 Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Carrot(grated) 1 cup Almonds/badam 20-25 Sugar/sarkarai 1/2 cup + 1tbs 2% Milk/paal 21/4 cups Cardamom powder/elakkai 1/4 tsp Saffron/kungumapoo few strands Ghee/nei 2 tsp Pisatchios/pista as needed for garnishing ...

Thandai is a popular Rajasthani chilled drink served in summer to beat the heat and during festivals such as Holi and Sivarathri. Thandai can be prepared by grinding the nuts and spices to a ground paste or to a fine powder.Today's version is the later one and the recipe is off to the Regional Dishes for the day 2 in Blogging Marathon#35.Here goes the recipe......... Basic Information Preparation Time 10 minutes Cooking Time 20-25 minutes Serves 2 Ingredients Ingredient Quantity 1% Milk 2 cups Whole milk 3/4 cup Sugar/sakkarai 5tbs Saffron/kungumapoo 7-8 strands Sliced pistacios and almonds for garnish For the Powder Ingredient Quantity Almonds/Badam 1/4 cup Cashews/mundiri 2tbs Fennel seeds/sombu 1tsp Black pepper/milagu 10-12 Poppy seeds/kasa kasa 11/2tsp Cardamom/ellakai 5-6 Method Boil the milk in a medium flame for 10 minutes,meanwhile keep all the ingredients given for the powder in a microwave safe bowl and heat it t...