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For the alphabet R,I decided to make something with rava aka semolina.But I have blogged most of the  rava recipes  in Tamil cuisine. When I was going through the cook books and hand written recipes,rava kozhukattai caught my attention. The method of making this kozhukattai is same as  upma kozhukattai ,whereas rava/semolina is used instead of rice.Both sweet and savory versions can be made with semolina.As we had lot of sweet dishes in the previous week I made the savory version.Soon share the sweet version.This is a great option for evening snack and I served with coconut chutney.Lets move on to the  recipe............                                                                                          ...

We are entering April month and its going to be food and fun filled month for our Blogging Marathoners. Some of my readers know that I participate in a monthly event blogging marathon,3 days for 4 weeks.Since April 2013 we are doing a mega marathon for the month of April and September with interesting themes. We are running in a mega marathon,Journey through the cuisine A- Z series of 26 dishes with Sundays off.We are going to share 26 dishes from a specific country/ region or combo of Indian states. After so much research,discussions and experiments I landed in Tamil Cuisine.I will be sharing the recipes popular in most of the districts and places in Tamilnadu. Coming to today's recipe it a quite popular Prashadam/neivedhyam offered in Srirangam Renganathar temple. Akkaravadisal is more like  sakkarai pongal ,the only difference is the rice is cooked in milk.The texture will be more creamy and mushy,flavored with saffron.In temples this prashadam is made in a traditi...

For the day of Blogging Marathon#47 under the theme Indian desserts I am sharing a creamy payasam made with broken wheat rava. This recipe I noted down from Chef Venkatesh Bhat and wanted to give it a try.He cooked the broken wheat(wheat rava) in a pressure cooker and made this payasam.But I fried the broken wheat in a tsp of ghee and cooked it in the pressure cooker. Cooking it in the pressure cooker saves the time and broken wheat cooks perfectly.The flavor of coconut milk and the cardamom powder makes this payasm so rich and delicious. I made it slightly in a thicker side if you want you can make it a slight thinner version. As my jaggery was not dark I didn't get a dark brown color but the taste was awesome.Off to the recipe.......................                                   ...

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 ...

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 pas...