Category Tamil New Year Recipes

Sakkarai Pongal – Sweet Pongal – Chakkara Pongal

July 22, 2020 Navaratri Special, Pillayar Chathurthi Recipes, Pongal Recipes, Sweets/Desserts, Tamil New Year Recipes  4 comments

Sakkarai Pongal / Sweet Pongal is an authentic sweet recipe that is made for different festivals to offer as prasadham. As it is Aadi month thought of posting this easy Sakkarai Pongal recipe. Traditionally it is made in a pot for Pongal festival, but here I have used the pressure cooker method for convenience. The best combo for Sakkarai Pongal is Medhu Vadai. Recipe updated with new pics and video 🙂

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Instant Mango Pickle Recipe – Mango Pickle

April 23, 2018 Condiments, Mango Recipes, Pickles, Tamil New Year Recipes  3 comments

Is there anyone who does not like Mango Pickle? I dont think so. Lets begin the mango season with this lip-smacking pickle. 🙂 Yes, As the name suggests it is an instant mango pickle recipe. I am a big fan of mango pickle especially homemade. I should say, this is my grandma’s recipe. This is the best mango pickle recipe I have ever tasted.  Its very quick and easy too.. Had posted this recipe long back. Now updated with new pics and video.. Do try my grated mango thokku too.

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Vazhakkai Chips – Raw Banana Chips

April 3, 2016 Snacks / Starters, Tamil New Year Recipes, Vazhakkai/Raw Banana  8 comments

Vazhakkai Chips is an easy snack to make at home. I had been wanting to make Vazhakkai Chips since a long time. Unfortunately, the raw banana that we get here has a slight fruity flavour, may be because of the transportation time. But this time, it was really good so immediately made a batch of chips and it really vanished in no time. Not much effort is needed in making this, u just need to peel, slice, fry and season the Vazhakki Chips with salt and chilli powder.

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Tomato Rasam – Thakkali Rasam

January 28, 2016 Rasam Varieties, Tamil New Year Recipes, Tomato  12 comments

Rasam is always a breeze to make. This Tomato Rasam is no exception to it. The quickest and the most favourite lunch menu for us would be rasam and potato fry. I normally do not store rasam powder as we prefer to have rasam with freshly ground powder. The freshly ground powder does add magic to the rasam. I just make sure to have some minor changes in my rasam powder every time I make it. This Tomato Rasam is also an easy, flavourful and quick rasam.

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Rice Kheer – Chawal ka Kheer

January 5, 2016 Gokulashtami Recipes, Holi Recipes, Karthigai Deepam Recipes, Navaratri Special, Sweets/Desserts, Tamil New Year Recipes  8 comments

Wish u all a very Happy New Year!! Its been quite some time since I disappeared from here. Was very busy with Chotu during the holidays.. Hope u all had a wonderful holiday too. So to begin this year with a sweet note, here I am with this Rice Kheer post which I made for a get-together recently. This is an easy and creamy dessert that can be served hot or cold, with just a few simple ingredients!!

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Puli Milagai – Puli Milagai Pachadi

November 12, 2015 Condiments, Kuzhambu Varieties, Side Dish for Idli/Dosa, Tamil New Year Recipes  7 comments

After all the festive food, we really wanted a simple and spicy meal. This Puli Milagai is one dish which is spicy, tangy and mildly sweet. It is easy to make and goes well with dal rice/paruppu sadham and even idli/dosa. We usually prefer the consistency to be a bit runny, U can make it thicker too. I served with rice, paruppu and Vazhakkai Puttu.

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Paruppu Rasam – Rasam Varieties

July 6, 2015 Rasam Varieties, Tamil New Year Recipes  5 comments

Rasam is always a comfort food for me. This Paruppu Rasam is yet another easy rasam variety that can be made in a jiffy. It is very popular in any South Indian household. With freshly ground powder this is a flavourful and refreshing rasam. Mostly when I make rasam, the side dish would be potato fry!! It was not different this time too. I served it with Baby Potato Roast (recipe coming soon)

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Vazhakkai Puttu – Raw Banana Stir Fry

May 12, 2015 Kootu / Poriyal Varieties, Tamil New Year Recipes, Vazhakkai/Raw Banana  8 comments

Vazhakkai Putti or Vazhakkai Podimas how ever u call it is a simple and easy stir fry. I usually make a varuval or poriyal with raw banana, for a change I made this Vazhakkai Puttu. We loved this too. This puttu is the most common way to make raw banana. It pairs very well with rice, rasam or sambar.

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Mango Thokku – Grated Mango Pickle

April 14, 2015 Mango Recipes, Pickles, Tamil New Year Recipes  14 comments

Mango Thokku – Just the name can make me drool!! No restaurant food can match a combo of curd rice and homemade mango pickle.. Do u agree? I have already posted a mango pickle recipe earlier. This is a slight variation to it. Without any preservative this homemade mango thokku tastes better than the store bought pickles. Goes well with anything and everything from bread to rice. Its easy to make too with no fancy ingredients..

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Lemon Rasam – Rasam Varieties

April 7, 2015 Rasam Varieties, Tamil New Year Recipes  16 comments

Rasam is an all time comfort food. Its the quickest South Indian lunch menu with a simple curry. This lemon rasam is a good alternative to the normal tomato rasam. There is no tomato or tamarind in this rasam. Lemon is the hero of this recipe!! It gives a very refreshing flavour along the freshly ground rasam powder..

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