Kozhukattai recipe, How to make Kozhukattai

Kozhukattai recipe in tamil, how to make kozhukattai, Kozhukattai recipe with sweet poornam, made using coconut and jaggery, detailed recipe step by step pictures.
Modakam | Kozhakattai we usually make for Ganesh chaturthi or Varalakshmi nombu. Also during aadi velli and thai velli also we make kozhukattai. I have already posted modakam recipe with video. Generally we use home made rice flour or idiyappam flour for making kozhukattai. I have posted different ways of making kozhakattai maavu. This recipe is made using raw rice, that is the outer poornam is made by grinding the soaked rice into a wet batter. This method gives really super soft kozhukattais and you never get lumps in the dough. Read the entire post thoroughly and go through the tips to get a perfect super soft kozhukattais. The same base works out well for ulundu kozhukattai as well.

Check out my complete collection of Ganesh chaturthi recipes.

Chana dal halwa recipe

Chana dal halwa recipe, easy to make halwa recipe with step by step pictures and video, perfect for Indian festivals. I have tried moong dal halwa and wanted to try chana dal halwa for a long time. Some time back when we had a potluck, one of our friend made this chana dal halwa. It tasted so yum and asked her for the recipe later. She sent the recipe with exact measurements and shared the nuances of the recipe too. I kept on postponing to try that out, as festival season is up, i thought this is the right time to try and share the recipe. Only the soaking of chana dal takes time, otherwise i can say this is an easy recipe to try out. As Janmashtami is on August 23rd , check out my collection of Janmashtami recipes

Vella Sevai, Sweet idiyappam recipe

Vella sevai| sweet idiyappam, idiyappam with jaggery syrup, a traditional dish made using idiyappam or sevai, perfect for neivedyam for pooja. My mom always make sevai using traditional sevai nazhi, so whenever she makes that, apart from making he savory versions, she make this vella sevai too. I always love it but never tried it on my own. Last week when i posted a meal on Jeyashri's kitchen instagram along with this vella sevai, few of them messaged me to share the recipe. So made it today using store bought idiyapam. Do give it a try at home and you can make it for some festival days as a neivedyam.
Also check out some interesting Jaggery based traditional recipe

• Vella puttu recipe
• Vella aval
• Vella dosa

Vella dosai recipe, Jaggery dosai

Vella dosai | Jaggery dosai recipe, easy to make instant dosa recipe with step by step pictures. I love vella dosai, i tasted it for the first time after marriage at one our relatives house. Later when i moved to Singapore one day i suddenly remembered the vella dosai and attempted to make it at home. But it was a flop show. I couldn't get the perfect measurements and so the dosai got struck to the pan. Later i left that idea and moved on. I have posted Vella adai and it turned so well.
Few months back when our instagram friend Madhu posted about her grand mom's vella dosai with measurements, i noted down the measurements. Yesterday while going through the old notes in my phone, i saw this Lachu patti's version of Vella dosai. I want to share the recipe of no fail, instant vella dosai recipe today.

Mango Halwa recipe, Easy mango desserts

Mango Halwa recipe with step by step pictures, an easy and quick mango dessert made using mango puree corn flour and sugar as the main ingredients. I have already posted Mango sheera | mango kesari. This halwa is similar to the custard powder halwa or the karachi halwa. I wanted to try this for a long time but this time the Organic Alphonso mangoes which i got from Wild seed Singapore were too sweet, so i thought i will try this Mango halwa recipe. It turned out perfect and everyone at home loved the taste of the mango halwa.
This mango season don't miss to try out the Collection of Mango recipes from Jeyashris kitchen. For my friends in Singapore, do order the Organic Alphonso mangoes from Wild seed- 81141178

Mango rasayana recipe, Mango recipes

Mango rasayana recipe, an easy no cook mango recipe, made using ripe mango, coconut milk and jaggery. The recipe is originally an Udipi style one, made using banana and mangoes. I have heard about this lot but never tasted or tried at home. This mango seekarane is similar to Aamras. Coconut milk and mango makes a nice combo, which i have tasted in Thai sticky mango rice. Two days back, when i was invited by my friend to her house for lunch, her mom made a delicious spread. The Udippi style food was too good and finally we had this mango rasayana for dessert. Being an avid mango lover, i shamelessly, over loaded myself with 2 servings of this delicious dessert. I wanted to make this at home for my family. Tried this today and everyone loved it. We had Aloo parathas for dinner and had this mango rasayana as a dessert. Check out my full collection of Mango recipes.
I used super sweet Alphonso mangoes from Wildseed Singapore for making this Mango rasayana recipe.
Friends in Singapore, if you want to get Certified Organic mangoes delivered at your door steps please call 81141178 to place your orders.

Coffee mousse recipe | Easy dessert recipes

Coffee mousse recipe | No egg coffee mousse, with full video and step by step pictures, is an easy and delicious dessert made using Cream, chocolate and Instant coffee powder as the main ingredients. Generally they add egg yolks but this is the eggless version of Mousse. I have tried Chocolate mousse but the combo of Instant coffee and chocolate is a super hit. I have already tried this combo in my Biscuit pudding recipe. If you are hosting a party and looking for some easy yet exotic dessert, then you can definitely try this Coffee Mousse recipe.
Generally kids love to have anything with chocolate. While i was making this, i was thinking, how my kids will respond for the addition of the coffee flavour in the chocolate dessert! But they loved it so much and the Coffee mousse was a super hit at my home.

Recently i got the samples from Levista Instant coffee. I wanted to try out some coffee based dessert and cold drink. As the summer is peak, i don't like to make anything hot. But i have tried making coffee using Levista Instant coffee, which turned out quite good. the flavour of the Instant coffee is so aromatic and fresh. Generally being a filter coffee person, i don't prefer instant coffee. But Levista is flavorful and good. Stay tuned for more interesting recipes using Levista Instant coffee.
Levista coffee is available in stores all over India, and also available on amazon too.

Instant Malpua recipe, Malpua rabdi

Malpua rabdi with step by step pictures, a popular Indian sweet, ghee fried pancakes served with chilled thickened milk, topped with nuts. I have posted Malpua rabdi few back for holi festival. Recently i tried an Instant Malpua using Gulab jamun mix. Generally we make Gulab jamuns using the instant mix, but after making pakoras i thought will try some sweets out of it too. I made gajar ka halwa using gulab jamun mix for a cookery demo here for the promotion of a popular brand. I wanted to try out Malpua using Instant gulab jamun mix and it turned out pretty good. I had no plans of making rabdi, but finally made Kesar rabdi and made it malpua rabdi. If are looking for some easy recipes for Holi festival ,then this instant malpua rabdi is a must try one. Also check out my complete collection Holi festival recipes. You can make this Instant malpua for a potluck party, get to gethers or for Janmashtami too.

I am not posting the Kesar rabdi recipe here as i have made a separate post already. . So please check the link mentioned in the Ingredients table to find the recipe of Kesar Rabdi. Also the time mentioned is only for making instant malpuas.

Millet Kalkandu bath, Pongal special recipes

Millet Kalkandu bath recipe with video and step by step pictures, a popular sweet made during Pongal festival in Tamilnadu. Traditionally we make Sakkarai pongal for pongal festival in Tamilnadu. Sakkarai pongal and Ven pongal is also given as one of the prasadams in temples in most of the places in South India. Kalkandu bath | kalkandu sadam, is a creamy sweet | dessert, made using rice, milk and sugar candy. I have posted kalkandu pongal but this one is with Millets. Varagu gives an excellent replacement of Raw rice. I wanted to make it using panakarkandu| palm candy, but ended up by making millet kalkandu bath. I will try to post the panakalkandu version of pongal too. Though we don't kalkandu pongal on the Pongal festival day, this can me made on the kannu pongal day. Needless to say this is the best neivedyam for Navarati and other traditional festivals.
The addition of milk in this sweet candy pongal makes it more creamier and delicious. You can add some condensed milk in the last to enhance the richness and taste.
I got the Sugar candy | Kalkandu from Sri Murugan stores Singapore. They have both the small and big variety of Kalkandu. Since i used the big variety for making my kalakandu pongal with rice, i chose the small diamond kalkandu. Sri murugan stores has a wide range of Indian grocery and even the millet i used for this pongal is got from there. They deliver island wide and order can be placed through Sri Murugan Android and iOs app too.
Check out my Complete collection of Pongal festival recipes. 

Thinai maavu Nei appam recipe, Easy appam recipe

Millet flour nei appam recipe with video and step by step pictures. Easy and Instant Nei appam made using millet flour, over riped banana and brown sugar, easy recipe for bachelors and working women. Generally we make nei appam with rice or rice flour or wheat flour. I have posted many varieties of nei appam in Jeyashri's kitchen. We make nei appam for ganesh chaturthi, avani avittam, Karthigai deepam and Krishna jayanthi too. This version of nei appam is with Thinai mavu | foxtail millet flour. I got a pack of thinai maavu to try out some sweet. Among the millet flours, thinai is perfect for making sweets. I have given few sweet recipes using thinai maavu in my Millet cook book. Recently a friend shared with me this recipe of nei appam using brown sugar. It tasted so yum and she made with rice flour. I wanted to try the recipe using the Thinai maavu i got from Sri Murugan stores.
For my readers in Singapore
We get Thinai maavu in Sri Murugan stores. They have a wide range of millet flours in their outlets. You can place your order through Sri Murugan stores android or iOs app too. Check out their newly opened huge store at Yishun mall.
Check to see the full collection of Karthigai Deepam recipes in Jeyashri's Kitchen.

Rava Gulab Jamun recipe, Diwali Sweets

Gulab jamun recipe using Rava| sooji, soaked in sugar syrup a perfect dessert for diwali, Recipe with Video and step by step pictures.  Gulab jamuns are a must in most of the Indian families for Diwali. We always make Gulab jamun using Instant Gulab Jamun mix available in stores. We also make Khoya Gulab Jamun, Milk powder Gulab jamun, Paneer gulab jamun too. This Gulab Jamun is made using Rava| sooji| semolina. It is super easy to make and tasted so delicious too. So if you don't get any Gulab jamun mix in your place or running out of time in the last minute, just go ahead and make this Easy Rava gulab jamun.
I planned to post this recipe of sooji ka gulab jamun during Janmastami but then postponed to Diwali festival . Bookmarked the recipe from here and altered it suit my preference.
Go ahead and try out this Rava Gulab jamun for this Deepavali and celebrate the festival. Check out the Complete Collection of Diwali Sweets and Savory recipes from Jeyashri's kitchen

Kaju Katli recipe using Karupatti, Diwali recipes

Kaju katli using palm jaggery| karupatti, detailed recipe with step by step pictures and video. Kaju Katli is a popular Diwali sweet recipe. I have posted kaju katli recipe and kaju pista roll recipe too in jeyashri's kitchen. Few months back i tried Mysore pak by replacing sugar with Karupatti| Palm jaggery and shared in Jeyashris kitchen Instagram. It turned out well, but i still didn't get it perfect. The taste was too good only it was bit chewy. I wanted to try out Kaju katli using karupatti. I have seen this in Sri Krishna sweets as Karupatti cake. So i wanted to give it a try. Kaju katli turned out so well with karupatti. Try out this easy sweet for this Diwali and enjoy the festive season. Stay tuned for more recipes coming up. Please do see out wide range of Diwali Sweets and savory recipes.

Millet Paal payasam recipe, Easy Payasam recipes

Millet Paal payasam, 3 ingredient payasam, creamy delicious, traditional payasam recipe using millet. Paal payasam is my most favorite sweet and my regular readers know that Paal payasam is the first post in Jeyashri's kitchen. We generally make it using raw rice or sometimes use basmati rice too. I tried even aval paal payasam too during Krishna jayanthi. This Millet payasam i tried for my Millet cook book and i thought i will post it here now during the Navaratri season. This payasam doesn't not need stirring continuously, a pressure cooker payasam gives a delicious creamy dessert. Check out our Complete collection of Navaratri Recipes

Kaddu ki kheer recipe, Pumpkin payasam

Kaddu ki kheer | Pumpkin payasam | Gummadikaya payasam, kheer made with pumpkin, almonds and saffron compliments the richness. I always make pumpkin soup and it is a very common dish in our home. Mostly pumpkin i buy will be used for soup or i put them in Sambar. As Navaratri season is coming up i wanted to share some festival recipes and tried this Kaddu ki kheer and posting with step by step pictures and video. The payasam tasted so creamy and yum and it tasted just like the carrot kheer. Later i felt, i should have made the pumpkin payasam with jaggery as how i did for carrot payasam. As pumpkins are available in the market so easily now a days, try this kheer for the festival season and celebrate the joy of festivity. Check out the complete collection of Navaratri recipes. 

Sweet ammini kozhukattai recipe, Ganesh chaturthi recipes

Sweet ammini kozhukattai, mani kozhakattais made using left over kozhukattai dough and sweet poornam. We always make spicy version of ammini kozhukattai and it is my personal favorite too. I have posted 2 varieties of spicy ammini kozhukattai, but want to give it a try on sweet version too. This Ganesh Chaturthi 2018, i wanted to post some simple kozhakattai recipes. Recently i met a bachelor friend, who was telling that she wants to make modak as she loves it but don't have the patience or time to sit and do the shape. I told her to use the modakam mould which is quite easy. She immediately told that she doesn't have the mould too. After coming home, i was thinking about that then the idea of sweet ammini kozhukattai, which i have seen in many websites came to my mind. Definitely in no way it will match the traditional modakam, but to satiate the cravings of the kozhukattai, you can try this one. You can use store bought rice flour or idiyappam flour for making this. If you live in a place where you won't get fresh coconut, you follow the poornam recipe, following my modakam using desiccated coconut. Enjoy the festival without missing the festival food.

Thengai Palkova recipe, Coconut thiratipaal

Palkova is a milk based sweet, made by boiling the milk, addition of adding the coconut makes it more delicious. Thengai thiratipaal is a traditional milk sweet, we generally make palkova or theiratipaal for janmastami but this one is with the addition of coconut. I made the stove top method but you can try the Instant Microwave palkova version by adding the coconut in the last. A quick and easy recipe to do in the last minute for Krishna jayanthi neivedyam. Check out my complete collection of Janmashtami neivedhyam recipes.

Ragi rava laddu recipe, Indian sweets

Ragi rava laddu recipe, a super easy Indian sweet made using roasted ragi flour, semolina, ghee and sugar. Recently a friend sent me some delicious ragi laddus to me, while returning my dabbas, which was with her. The laddus were too yum and i assumed that it is store bought as she sent a pack of Grand sweets mixture too. I immediately pinged her and appreciated it and she told it was made by her mother in law. As the taste was lingering, i planned to make this easy Indian sweet for Janmashtami. I asked her the recipe and she told it is made using whole ragi. I had 2 packets of roasted ragi flour i wanted to try it out with that flour. Since i wanted to get the same texture, i added little coarsely ground sooji too. You can make the ragi laddus only with ragi flour too. A simple and easy diwali sweet which will surely get appreciations from the family.

Dry fruits poli, How to make poli easy method

No sugar added poli

Dry fruits poli, a no sugar less oil Indian dessert recipe, a healthy version of poli, recipe with step by step pictures. Poli also called as Obattu, Holige, puran poli, vermi in different languages, is a sweet loaded with ghee. The stuffing inside the polis varies from place to place as South Indians, Maharastrians use chana dal and gujaratis use Toor dal. Apart from these traditional polis we also make different varieties of poli with our own creative ideas. I have posted carrot poli, thenga poli apart from the traditional ones with chana dal and the Maharastrian style puran poli. I still remember the way amma and patti makes poli loaded with oil and a super delicious soft polis. They make in huge batches and even distribute to our neighbors too. I don't claim an expert in making polis like the same way she makes, but i can make decent polis. It is more you gain mastery over it by practice. As i do it only once a year for aavani avittam and that too in a very small quantity, my output will not match her level of excellence.
As we all are becoming health conscious and running out of time when any festival falls on a week day. But still we want to follow the traditions too and i am seeing many young girls around the world are so enthusiastic in doing all the delicacies on a festival day.
I am no sure whether diabetic patients can consume dates and nuts, so i don't claim this diabetic friendly sweets but you can call no sugar added sweet. Try this relatively healthy version of poli and enjoy the festival. Also check out my

• Carrot poli - With video
• Paruppu poli

Caramel Popcorn recipe

Caramel popcorn, home made caramel popcorn recipe, with step by step pictures, using dry corn kernels and sugar. Popcorn is the one we always enjoy during movies. When we were kids we used to get popcorns outside theaters in small packets and mostly i have tasted the salted version of popcorn. Later when the multiplex theaters started we used to get a variety of popcorn. Though i don't prefer sweet version of popcorn my kids love the caramel popcorn. I have made caramel popcorn for them at home twice but never clicked the pictures to post the recipe. Yesterday while organising the kitchen shelfs found some little corn kernels and thought i will make the caramel popcorn for kids snack box. They loved it very much and packed few extra for their friends too. I have seen many adding roasted peanuts to this caramel popcorn, being a peanut lover i am too tempted to do this but i thought i will post a separate caramel peanut urundai or chikki recipe.
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Caramel payasam | kheer

Pachai payaru payasam, Green gram dal payasam

Pachai payaru payasam | green gram dal payasam a simple rich jaggery based payasam made using green gram dal. We generally make payasam with yellow moong dal and channa dal, but this is the first time i made payasam with green moong dal. I remember amma makes kanji with pachai payaru and adds milk and sugar or jaggery to this, on fasting days. Today being aadi velli i thought i will make a payasam and made this pachai payaru payasam. This payasam can be made for any festival neivedyams. Try it out and let me know how it turned out.
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• Channa dal payasam