Instant Banana Appam Recipe/Banana Wheat Flour Appam - Easy Vinayagar Chaturthi Recipe

Instant Banana Appam Recipe / Banana Appam With Wheat flour is a must have nivedyam recipe for Vinayagar Chaturthi at our home. This Banana Appam is an instant recipe no grinding, no roasting flours, very simple and easy to make healthy recipe.

Aval Payasam Recipe / Aval Paal Payasam Recipe / Paal Payasam With Aval(Poha)

Happy Janmashtami Wishes to all my Friends & Readers. Aval Payasam, is a quick and easy to make Indian Dessert. For Krishna Jayanthi, Aval or poha, Butter, milk are the most commonly used ingredients to make Neivedyam for Lord Krishna. So, I Wanted to share a recipe with these ingredients and Here the super rich and delicious Aval Payasam recipe. For this Aval Payasam I used only Whole Milk to cook and did not use any water.  This Aval payasam need just 4 main ingredients and can be made in 20 minutes or less. Make this creamy and delicious Aval Paal Payasam on this special day and enjoy with your friends and family. 

Rava Coconut Laddu Recipe / Rava Coconut Ladoo - Easy Krishna Jayanthi Recipes

Today's post is a Krishna Jayanthi or Gokulashtami(Aug 18th this year) Special recipe, Rava Coconut Laddu that can be prepared in just 10 minutes. I have already shared Aval Laddu & Rava Ladoo Recipes and if you want check it out. Rava Coconut Laddu is so simple and any one can cook it in no time. People  who are new to cooking or even bachelors can make this quick sweet to offer God or to satisfy their sweet cravings instantly. Make this super quick and simple Rava Coconut Ladoo for this Krishna Jayanthi and offer to God and enjoy with your friends and family. Now off to the recipe..

Sabudana Vada Recipe - Vrat Recipe | Sago Pearls Vada | Sabudana Vada

As now Navarathri time and some people observe fasting and make different neivedyams to offer God. Those who observe Navarathri Fasting, have to eat no onion. no garlic, no grains recipes based on their family's tradition. This sabudana vada is one of the easiest fasting recipe, I made this sabudana Vada when I observed Shravan Somvar Vrat. Sabudana vada is nothing but a deep fried patties made using sago pearls, mashed potato, roasted and crushed peanuts as main the ingredients. These vadas are crispy, flavorful and delicious snack that you can make anytime and enjoy with a cup of hot Tea or Coffee.

Maa Laddu Recipe | Maladdu(Roasted Gram Dal Ladoo) | Pottukadalai Urundai

Today's recipe is another easy and quick traditional Indian Sweet, Maa Laddu. If you are looking for simple Prasad for Navaratri, then this Maa Laddu is one best choice. It is not only easy, a healthy snack/sweet for growing kids. During my childhood days, we used to eat sugar and roasted gram dal as snack when we don't have snack at home. Mostly, we powder it coarsely and have it as such or along with coconut. Whenever, me, my sister, cousins play with our cooking set, we make this pottukadalai maavu and we all ate together with those miniature dinner sets :) We used to play for hours together with our kitchen set. Those are golden days, wish i had some rewind button to go back and enjoy once again those childhood fun and care free life.
Now off to the recipe, For This Ladoo along with ghee, I also added 1 tbsp milk to get soft and smooth ladoos. Milk gives nice texture and taste to ladoos, but if you can skip it and use ghee alone to make Maa Laddu.

Aval Pidikozhukattai Recipe | Red Poha Pidi Kozhukattai | Poha Sweet Modak Recipe | Aval Inippu Pidi Kozhukattai Recipe

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi Wishes To all Who celebrate the occasion. May Lord Ganesha Fill your Home With Prosperity, Fortune & Good Health. Finally, I am here with a quick Neivedyam recipe, Aval Pidi Kozhukattai recipe for Ganesh Chaturthi Ocassion.
Aval Pidi kozhukattai is one such easy and simple recipe that can be prepared within 20 minutes or less. Pidi Kozhukattai is a super easy ones when compared to the kozhukkati with stuffing. No need to worry about the crack, shape and filling. Also this kozhukkati was soft and yummy. My kids loved it a lot. I used Red Poha but you can also use regular poha variety.

ThirattiPal Recipe | Homemade Palkova Recipe(From Whole Milk) | Traditional Method Of Making Palkova | Krishna Jayanthi Special Recipes

Thirattipal or Palkova is a traditional South Indian Sweet that is prepared using condensing milk with sugar until solidifies. I wanted to try this traditional method for long time, finally today tried it and the palkova turned out so perfectly. Its worth to try this lengthy, time consuming and tiring process to enjoy the final end product, Palkova. Nothing can beat the taste of this Freshly prepared Thirattipal from Whole Milk. Even without flavoring ingredients and ghee palkova smells and tastes divine.
I have already shared the quick method of Making Palkova using Condensed Milk(microwave method) and Palkova using Milk Powder.

Aval Laddu Recipe | Poha Ladoo | Easy Janmashtami Recipe Ideas | Poha Laddu Recipe In 10 Minutes

Today's post is a Janmashtami or Gokulashtami Special recipe,Aval Ladoo/Poha Ladoo that can be prepared in just 10 minutes or less. For Krishna Jayanthi, Aval or poha, Butter, milk are the most commonly used ingredients to make Neivedyam for Lord Krishna. So, I Wanted to share recipes with these ingredients and first comes here Quick Aval Ladoo Recipe. This Aval Laddoo tastes similar to Rava Ladoo and can be made in a jiffy. No special preparation required, a last minute recipe that comes handy for Neivedyam. Fresh Homemade Ghee takes this simple ladoo to next level, loved the flavor and also laddus tasted so yummy. Now off to the recipe..

Oats Sweet Pongal Recipe | Oats Sakkarai Pongal | Easy Sweet Pongal Recipe

Happy Makar Sankranti Wishes To Everyone! May the Sun Radiate Peace, Prosperity & Happiness in Your Life On this special Occasion and Always!!

I am sharing a healthy sweet on this special day, Oats Sweet Pongal / Oats Sakkarai Pongal. Last year I shared Thinai Sakkarai Pongal / Millet Sweet Pongal and this year sweet Pongal using Oats. Oats Sweet Pongal is quicker and easier than the regular Sakkarai Pongal using Rice. I followed the Basic Sakkarai Pongal recipe and cooked it on stove top without pressure cooker method. Jaggery Paired well with Oats and the pongal turned out finger licking good. For all Oats Recipes lover this sweet pongal is a must try. I thoroughly enjoyed this delicious Pongal and even My kids loved it a lot.

Thinai Paruppu Payasam / Thinai Payasam Recipe / Foxtail Millet Kheer Recipe

After a month break I am happy to be back with a healthy and delicious Payasam/Kheer recipe using Thinai / Foxtail millet. Due to some personal commitments i am unable to look after my blog baby for long time. And now i decided to spare some time for my blog too.
I prepared this Thinai Paruppu Payasam for Varalakshmi Pooja. Thinai / Foxtail Millet is one of my recent favorite millet and i have been trying more recipes with it. Instead of plain Millet payasam i added few moongdal/yellow lentils for extra richness and taste to the kheer.

Thinai Sakkarai Pongal / Foxtail Millet Sweet Pongal / Thinai Pongal

Happy Pongal / Makar Sankranti Wishes to all my readers, friends & family. I wanted to share some quick and healthy pongal for the occasion. So today tried this Thinai Sakkarai Pongal / Foxtail Millet Pongal. This is a healthy and good alternative for rice and tastes so delicious and filling.
Thinai/Foxtail millet is a very healthy, fiber rich grain that is good for growing kids, adults and aged people.
I did exactly like the way i do for Sakkarai Pongal using Pressure cooker except the addition on saffron.
I usually do not saffron to my sakarai pongal but this time for extra flavor and colour, i added few strands of saffron to my millet pongal. This is one easy and quick method. Here you go..

Pachai Payir Vella Sundal / Vella Sundal / Whole Moong Sweet Sundal - Navarathri Recipes

Today being Friday and also tomorrow Navarathri (in India it started today) i wanted to share this Vella Sundal / Pachai Payir Vella Sundal. This Vella Sundal is one of the recipe which is prepared on any one of the nine days as Nivedyam. My neighbor maamis also give this sweet sundal as Prasadham on one of the Nine Days when we visit their Home to see Golu. I would like to watch their Golu on all nine days, each day they decorate the Golu differently. Though my mom make this Vella Sundal during Ayutha Pooja or Vinayagar Chathurthi i love the sundal which is made by my Neighbor maamis during Navarathri. Dunno the reason but i love Maami's Sundals or Kozhukattais more than my mom's recipe.

Modhagam / Thengai Ellu Poorna Kozhukattai / Sweet Kozhukattai

Today's recipe is Lord Ganesha's favorite sweet, Modhagam / Sweet Kozhukattai for final of Blogging Marathon under the theme, Vinayagar Chaturthi Special. My Grand pa used to say more stories about God(purana kathaigal), I remember the one about Lord Ganesha. In that story, He told about the birth n power of Lord Ganesha. Of that entire story, Ganesha's childhood part is my favorite, hope its favorite of many of us too rt?! I loved the recent movie about the childhood part, Bal Ganesh. In that movie also they have shown like Lord Ganesha love lots of Modhagam n he eats more n more and thus he got such fat body :) And that’s why we offer this Modhagam to Ganesha on Vinayagar Chaturthi, so that Lord will be more happy by our offering and Bless us with all our needs. These are all small beliefs n it does not necessary to offer something to God to get his blessings. Simply a whole hearted Prayer n strong belief makes our life peace & happy. May Lord Ganesha gives us all the happiness n peace.

Rava Laddu / Rava Ladoo

Hi Friends
Happy Krishna Jayanthi wishes!!!...
Along with that I am happy to share that I got my own domain, www.spicytreats.net . Thanks for your support and encouragement, hope you will continue the same in the future also.
Because of my health issues I am unable to post for the past few weeks n Today felt better and back to Blogging :) 

Wanted to start with a sweet recipe, Rava Laddu. Rava Laddu is a simple and quick Indian sweet. And its one of the easiest neivedyam too. Yes, You can make this rava laddu within 15 minutes and offer to God as Prasadham. I am not much fond of this sweet but my kids n V love this a lot. This is my friend's recipe and I made this for the first time and it came out really good n tasted so delicious. Now off to the recipe...

Poornam Boorelu With Chickpeas ~ Low Calorie Version!

Hi Folks,Hope you all enjoyed your weekend n buddies Here in US still in the holiday mood rt?! due to Memorial day- holiday!! Actually we planned for a trip to enjoy this long weekend but from Friday i caught with cold n Flu suffered with severe body ache. So all our plan was dropped ok we planned again next month :) Today i am feeling much better.
For Day 6, under the theme Pick One Cook All with my star Ingredient, "Chickpeas/Channa" here comes a Sweet recipe, Poornam Boorelu with Chickpeas. Poornam Boorelu is a traditional Andhra Recipe which is done with channa dal and deep fried with urad dal batter. I replaced channa dal with chickpeas and instead of deep frying i used my Paniyaram Pan to fry them. I love anything with jaggery in any form. I just love this version a lot n my kids too. Urad dal n Jaggery n Chickpeas are well know for its nutrients n vitamins n iron contents so without spoiling its health factor i simply made this delicious sweet in Paniyaram Pan as low calorie guilt free sweet. Hope u too like it and do try this at home and enjoy! Now to the recipe...

Vella Aval / Sweet Poha - A Tribute to A Wonderful Blogger

          Two days back I heard this sad and shock news from Priya's Blog , that Jayasree of Kailas Kitchen was no more and passed away this October 12 because of pneumonia. I never knew Jayasree before but her space Kailas Kitchen was well known to me . One can find all sorts of recipes and  includes more authentic and regional recipes also. I shared this sad news with V and we both talked about, the loss to her family and friends. Really they miss Her a lot. No one can compensate this May God give strength to her Family and I pray God to let Her Soul rest in Peace.
            
        I too want to join this tribute and to honor her Memory, I tried Vella Avil from her space. This is so easy to prepare and a quick naivedyam. Check out the link for original and detailed recipe...

Thiruvadirai Kali

        Today i am so excited to post this recipe because it's Wednesday - Blog Hop wednesday a very new event started by Radhika . I am so happy to participate in her great event with other blog hoppers.Thank you so much Radhika for giving us such an opportunity to get mingle with other bloggers n their recipes.As per the event,this wednesday i am paired with Shalini and i have to post a recipe from her space today.For the first time i am introduced to Shalini's space by Radhika. Sanctified spaces was a great and lovely blog,don't forget to visit her space.I choose Thiruvadirai Kali from her space.This is my first attempt and the result was too good.In her recipe she used tuvar dal but i dont have tuvar dal in hand,so i used moongdal.I never tried or tasted this authentic prasadham  and tried for the first time with her recipe.Kindly excuse me if i went wrong anywhere with the recipe.Here's the recipe..

Ingredients

1. Rice     1 cup(i used sona masoori)
2. Moongdal   2 tbsp
3. Jaggery   1 and 1/2 cup
4. Ghee    2-3 tbsp
5. Cardamom   4no.s(crushed)
6. Cashew nut    1 handful
7. Raisins    1 tbsp
8. Water  6 cups

Method

• Heat a pan and dry roast rice till golden brown and rind it to a coarse powder and keep aside.

• Roast moongdal and till light brown n keep aside.
• in a small bowl add 1/4 cup water n jaggery,let it melt completely and then filter the jaggery syrup n keep aside.

• Bring 6 cups of water to boil and add moongdal and cook till dal gets completely cooked and then add ground rice and keep stirring and cook in medium heat .

• Once the ground rice mixture gets cooked add the filtered jaggery syrup and keep stirring .
• Cook till raw smell of the jaggery leaves after that add 2 tbsp ghee and crushed cardamom mix everything well and keep stirring till the kali gets glossy texture and starts leaving the sides .

• Lastly add some ghee roasted nuts n raisins to the kali.
• Thats it delicious Thiruvadirai Kali is ready to offer God as a Neivedhiyam.

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Kachayam / Rava paniyaram / Low Calorie Banana Fritters

       My mom and grandmom used to make this delicious sweet for naivedyam -kirthigai viratham, panguni viratham and for any special occasions & festivals.The actual recipe is deep frying,but i wanted to make it a low calorie snack so cooked in paniyaram pan/aebleskiver pan. And also the original recipe uses sugar but i substituted it with Jaggery. This is another easy and healthy recipe to use your over ripe bananas. Give it a try definitely you will love it.

Paasiparuppu Payasam/Moongdal Sweet Soup

Pasiparuppu Payasam or Paruppu Payasam is one of our family's traditional sweet recipe. This payasam is must in all our Virunthu/Padaiyal or Poojas.  It is also very easy and simple recipe but more nutritious and delicious.

Sakkarai Pongal / Sweet Pongal

Pongal, we usually celebrate it in my Mom's native place with Thatha, Paatti(grand dad n mom). This is the main and most important festival in all villages(mainly Southern part of India), as its the auspicious day to Thank Sun God /Suriya Bhagavan with their Harvested products. And make plain Pongal and this sweet/sakkari pongal to offer God along with Sugar cane, Manjal(turmeric),coconut,banana etc.  Its celebrated as a four days festival and the memories behind the festival and of course all delicious food prepared on this day by my Paatti is more specail to me :)