Posts Tagged With 'Rice Flour'
Vella Seedai
Vella Seedai | Sweet Seedai is a popular festival snack (especially Krishna Jayanthi). Sathya loves any sweet with jaggery and coconut in it and that was the only reason to try it, I usually make Appam for Krishna Jayanthi which is my favorite. We see festivals as an occasion to invite people home, spend quality time and food is very important part.
And this sweet falls under that category of “easy to make” and “simple enough to make...
Thattai
Thattai, crispy – light – irresistible savory snack! Amma makes this for Krishna Jayanthi | Gokulashtami and Deepavali. This is the first time I have tried making these and came out really well, they are comparatively easy to other festive snacks/bakshanams.
Makes about : 23-25 thattai
Ingredients you’ll need:
1 cup rice flour*
2 tbsp black gram | urad dhal...
Thenkuzal
Thenkuzal, Crispy home-made snack made of Rice & black lentil flour. It’s such a quick and easy deep-fried snack, made during festivals like Krishna Jayanthi & Diwali.
Thenkuzal is the only savory snack that I make every Deepavali/Diwali, I concentrate more on sweets that can be shared with friends and family. Planning more savory dishes this time, keep checking for updates.
Recipe: From Amma
Makes about 15-18...
Idiyappam
Idiyappam is a traditional Tamilnadu, Kerala and Srilankan breakfast or dinner served with sweetened coconut milk, veg stew or kadala (chickpea) curry. At our place, it’s usually for dinner or for brunch on weekends. Like Idli, this too has the healthiest way of cooking, steaming! The best part about Idiyappam other than few ingredients, simple procedure is we feel so light even after that few extra servings.
Here is an Updated picture, made it...
Appam/Unniappam
Sweet paniyaram aka Neyyappam, a common prasadam in Kerala temples. A variation, mashed banana is added to the batter and this appam is called a Unni appam, our favorite. I use a well ripened banana which gives more flavor.
The batter made of mixing rice flour, wheat flour, jaggery, banana and etc are poured into a vessel called Appakarai which has clarified butter heated. The appams take...
Vella Kozhukattai
Hope everyone is gearing up for Vinayaga Chaturthi and it is project kozhukattai for many including me! Thanks to Sathya, who is a die-hard fan of Kozhukattai that I am mastering the kozhukatti making procedure.
Ahh! This post reminds me of those days of going out with appa to buy clay idol of Vinayagar, while amma would be busy in kitchen preparing an elaborate meal which includes Kozhukattais, vadai and payasam. After amma is done with the cooking,...