Curd murukku recipe, Thayir muruku

Curd murukku | Thayir murukku recipe with step by step pictures and video, a simple murukku using rice flour and sour curd. Even if you are living in a place where you don't have access to any other stuff, you can do it using only rice flour. I loved the taste of sour curd with spices in this murukku. This is similar to the sago murukku which i posted already. The murukku was crispy and the slight sour sour taste added up to the taste. As janmastami is coming up, i thought i will post this easy murukku recipe. Even for diwali also we can make this curd murukku.
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Garlic ribbon pakoda recipe

Garlic ribbon pakoda| Garlic seeval recipe, spicy garlic flavored ribbon murukku recipe with step by step pictures, a perfect savory for diwali. I have posted 3 varieties of Ribbon pakoda | ola pakoda recipe with video. I have posted garlic sev recipe too. Yesterday Varsha was telling me to make garlic flavored ribbon pakoda for Diwali. That brought me so many childhood memories. Those days garlic in cooking was so rare at home so once when i asked my grandmother to make garlic flavored ribbon pakoda, she gave a weird look and told me that we don't make those stuff at home. My friends at school bring Garlic sev and Garlic Ribbon pakoda and i used to enjoy it. We lived in Madurai and so we used to get the famous Sattur seeval, Arupukottai seeval from friends who travel to these places quite often. These cities are quite closer to Madurai and the snacks taste so yummy. They use a traditional seeval kattai for making this ribbon pakoda. But since we don't have it at home, i used the achu which i used for making the Coconut ribbon pakoda. Do try this Garlic ribbon pakoda recipe at home and let me know how you liked it. Check out our full Collection of Diwali recipes. 
I followed my masala murukku | poondu murukku recipe procedure for making this garlic ribbon murukku, you can grind garlic only and add red chili powder to the flour and make the dough.

Wheat flakes chivda recipe, Healthy Diwali snacks

Wheat flakes chivda recipe, with video and step by step pictures, a healthy diwali snack recipe using Wheat flakes. Diwali is a time to indulge in varieties of sweets of snacks. Generally we make lots of sweets and savories for diwali but some people who  really can't eat oily food prefer some healthy recipes for diwali. I have already posted Healthy Poha chivda, Corn flakes mixture in Jeyashri's kitchen. Check out our Complete collection of Diwali recipes.
For my readers in Singapore
I have seen this Wheat flakes Chivda in Sri Murugan Stores, in East point mall Simei. I just grabbed the packet from there and then found out it is just like our regular cornflakes made with wheat. Staying in abroad we always miss the celebrations back home in India. But Sri Murugan Stores, Simei brings all the festivity just nearby our home and once you enter there you feel like you are in India. I have shared some pictures from there in Jeyashri's Kitchen Instagram during Ganesh Chaturthi. Also stay tuned to our Instagram page to see more pictures from Sri Murugan stores for Deepavali too. Buy your groceries for this Diwali through Sri Murugan online app, available on iOS and Android.

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

Madras mixture recipe, Diwali recipes

Sri Krishna sweets style Madras mota mixture recipe, with step by step pictures.
Madras mixture recipe with kara boondi, plain sev, maida biscuits, cashew nuts and peanuts as main ingredients, gives a classic sweet stall style mixture. Deepavali is incomplete without making mixture in a South Indian family. We always buy Mixture from Sri Krishna sweets, a popular sweet shop in Chennai. They have outlet in Chennai airport and so it is always convenient for us to buy from there before we board the flight. My kids are a huge fan of their Madras mixture, now they renamed this as Mota mixture. Though they have wide variety of sweets and snacks we buy only this mixture from them. So this year for deepavali i attempted to replicate the recipe, just with the taste and the ingredients i have seen in their packets. I slightly customised to suit my kids taste too. Celebrate this Diwali with Jeyashri's kitchen by choosing from our wide range of Diwali Sweets and Savory recipes.  

Ragi Butter Murukku recipe,Murukku recipes

Ragi butter murukku| Finger millet murukku, crispy murukku using ragi| finger millet flour, perfect for Deepavali. I have tried savory recipes using ragi flour. Though they turn out crispy, somehow i feel the slight bitter taste after tasting the murukku. Even i have tried murukku using millet flour like samai, thinai and varagu. I have never tried the traditional way of making flour, using the store bought flour only. Today i tried Ragi butter murukku by adding some rice flour to it. It was very crunchy and bitter taste was not there in this murukku. I don't say it is a healthy version of murukku, as we add millet flour to this, but i am sure, it is definitely a different version to try out for this Deepavali.
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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.

Rajma murukku recipe, Diwali recipes

Rajma murukku recipe, Red kidney bean murukku, crispy murukku recipe using cooked rajma(red kidney beans) and rice flour as the main ingredients, recipe with video and step by step pictures. Generally we make murukku using urad dal, besan flour and we south indians make many varieties of murukku too. Recently i came across Channa murukku recipe in a cookbook. I tried the same 2 weeks back using replacing rajma with channa. It turned out very well and i shared with my friends and they loved it too. As Diwali 2018 is nearing,  i thought i will post the recipe here. I am sure you will like this crispy, easy to make Rajma murukku| red kidney bean murukku. Check out our collection of Diwali recipes.
Video coming up shortly. Thanks for your kind understanding. 

Nippatu recipe, how to make nippatu

Nippatu recipewith step by step pictures, a popular snack from karnataka, similar to our Thattai recipe, crispy and slightly thicker than thattai. I have never tasted Nippatu, but wanted to try it out for a long time. I always have a doubt as how the texture would be, as they are thicker than thattais. Few days back when i attended one of our close friend daughter's birthday party, i happened to meet another common friend there. I knew well that she hails from Karnataka, so asked her how to make nippatu snack. She told that her mom is an expert in making that, so she told she will pass on the recipe the next day. And very promptly she passed on the recipe to me with every small details. I tried it immediately and it turned out so well. I am always blessed with friends who pour their love to me always. Here is the recipe of Karnataka style nippattu from Mamta's mom.

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Peanut murukku recipe, Verkadalai murukku

Crunchy peanut murukku, easy to make murukku recipe with rice flour and peanut paste, recipe with video and step by step pictures. Those who follow Jeyashri's kitchen for a long time, know my love for peanuts. The entire family loves the addition of peanuts. I saw this recipe in Revathy Shanmugam madam's cook book last year. I wanted to post during diwali but since i posted cashew pepper murukku i didn't try this one. I already planned to post this for Janmashtami 2018. It is an easy to make murukku and it came out so crunchy too. There is not need to roast and powder urad dal in this recipe as we do for thenkuzhal. A must try murukku variety for this festival season. Try this peanut murukku for Krishna jayanthi and let me know how it turned out.
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Gajar kalakand, Carrot kalakand recipe | Easy Diwali sweets

Gajar kalakand | carrot kalakand, is a quick and easy sweet made with paneer, condensed milk, milk powder and carrot. I have posted kalakand recipe from the scratch. Also i have posted chocolate Kalakand recipe using store bought paneer. This Gajar kalakand i planned to post during Janmashtami itself, but couldn't post. Finally this easy kalakand recipe i made yesterday for deepavali. If you are running out of time, in the last minute and want to try out any sweet, do try this Gajar kalakand recipe. Check out my carrot burfi recipe too.Check Full collection of diwali collection from jeyashri's kitchen.

Masala murukku recipe, Easy murukku recipes

Masala murukku | Poondu murukku, the idea i got after the Popular Grand sweets in chennai. I saw the packet of Grand sweets Garlic masala thattai and saw the ingredients in that. First i thought i will make this as mini thattais, just like the Krishna sweets one. Since i have posted thattai and milagu thattai recipe, thought i will post this as murukku. It turned out very crispy and flavourful. In fact, the murukku turned out more flavorful the next day. Try this easy masala murukku recipe for this diwali.

Badam Puri recipe | Diwali sweet recipes

Badam Puri | Badam poori recipe is a authentic Karnataka style sweet, made using maida, sugar and almonds as main ingredients. I have tasted this badam puri last year, when my friend sent to me.Last year itself i was thinking to try this out but it was last minute and couldn't post. Finally last week i met her, and asked her for the recipe. She  called me up yesterday after talking to her mom and gave me the detailed recipe. The sweet turned out so well and we all loved it.Thank you so much Nanda, for the detailed recipe. It was so crisp and juicy inside. The grated dry coconut and the flavour of saffron and cardamom complimented the badam puri.

Gavvalu recipe , Diwali recipes| Sweet version

Gavvalu| kulkuls| Sweet shells| Seedakaai| Kalkals, is a Andhra style sweet, made with maida and sugar as main ingredients. Generally sweet version of Gavvalu is more popular but they make Karam gavvalus too. Traditionally they use a wooden Gavvalu maker but if not available you can use fork or new comb too. I got this recipe and the gavvalu maker from my friend Anuradha, who also shared with me some sweet gavvalu she made. I wanted to post this recipe for last year diwali itself, but finally posting for Diwali 2017. I have tried both sweet gavvalu and Karam gavvalu too.
The same one Goans also make for Christmas and call this as Kulkuls. Check out my full collection of Diwali recipes.
Karam Gavvalu recipe will be coming soon.

Gavvalu recipe(Sweet version)

  Preparation Time : 10 mins | Cooking Time : 25 Mins |Serves: 2

    Maida | all purpose flour 1/2 cup
    Sooji | rava  1 tblsp
    Hot oil 2 tsp
    Melted ghee  1 tsp
    Sugar *  1/3 cup
    Salt  a pinch
    Baking soda a pinch
    Water  to knead the dough
    Oil   for deep frying
* I used raw sugar, you can use jaggery or white sugar too. 
Method:

• In a wide bowl, add the flour, sooji, salt, baking soda, hot oil and ghee.
• Mix it well.
• Add water little by little to make it into a dough.
• Let this be like a chapathi dough and not too hard.
• If you have time, keep it aside for 10 minutes, else go ahead with making the gavvalu.
• Make the dough into small balls, like how we make for vella seedai.
• Roll this over the gavvalu maker and make the shells.
• Alternatively, you can use a big fork or a big new comb.
• Grease the comb before you start making.
• Make this for the rest of the dough.
• Heat oil and once it is hot, keep the flame low.
• Gently drop the shells into the oil.
• Fry this in low flame till it becomes golden brown and crisp. 
• Take out from oil and drain excess oil in a kitchen towel.
• Let's make the sugar syrup.
• Add sugar in a saucepan and add 2 tblsp of water.
• Let the sugar dissolve completely and boil in a low flame till you get 2 string consistency.
• When you take a drop of sugar syrup in your fingers, and hold between your index and thumb finger, it should form 2 strings.
• Switch off the flame.
• Add the fried gavvalus into the sugar syrup and mix it up nicely.
• Take it out from the syrup and allow this to cool completely by spreading it into a plate.
• Once done, separate them and store this in an airtight container. 
• Sweet gavvalus are ready. 

Picture of gavvalu maker

                                 Video of How to make Gavvalu

     
     

Method with step wise pictures:

• In a wide bowl, add the flour, sooji, salt, baking soda, hot oil and ghee.
• Mix it well.
• Add water little by little to make it into a dough.
• Let this be like a chapathi dough and not too hard.

• If you have time, keep it aside for 10 minutes, else go ahead with making the gavvalu.
• Make the dough into small balls, like how we make for vella seedai.
• Roll this over the gavvalu maker and make the shells.

• Alternatively, you can use a big fork or a big new comb.

• Grease the comb before you start making.

• Make this for the rest of the dough.
• Heat oil and once it is hot, keep the flame low.
• Gently drop the shells into the oil.

• Fry this in low flame till it becomes golden brown and crisp. 
• Take out from oil and drain excess oil in a kitchen towel.

• Let's make the sugar syrup.
• Add sugar in a saucepan and add 2 tblsp of water.

• Let the sugar dissolve completely and boil in a low flame till you get 2 string consistency.
• When you take a drop of sugar syrup in your fingers, and hold between your index and thumb finger, it should form 2 strings.
• Switch off the flame.
• Add the fried gavvalus into the sugar syrup and mix it up nicely.

• Take it out from the syrup and allow this to cool completely by spreading it into a plate.
• Once done, separate them and store this in an airtight container. 

• Sweet gavvalus are ready. 

Notes:

1. If using jaggery, boil the syrup until you get a soft ball consistency. 
2. When you put few drops of jaggery syrup into the water and gather it, it should form a soft ball.
3. If you want, you can add a pinch of cardamom powder to the syrup to enhance the flavour.
4. Always fry them in a low flame. Else it will not come out crisp.
5. You can try this with wheat flour too, but make a thick dough and cook for a long time in low flame.
6. This sweet gavvalus stay crisp for more than 15 days.

        

Wheat Halwa recipe | Tirunelveli Godhumai halwa

Wheat flour halwa from scratch - I have posted Godhumai halwa made using Wheat flour. This one is the halwa using wheat berries. Tirunelveli, is the town in Tamilnadu, famous for halwa. So we call this halwa as Tirunelveli halwa. During my childhood days, though i am not a big fan of sweets, i love to eat halwa from a particular shop in Madurai. My dad used to buy Mundiri halwa from Happy man Iyengar,Madurai, the halwa loaded with cashew nuts. He buys mundiri halwa for us and normal halwa for my grandmother(as she finds it difficult to bite lots of cashews). After coming to Singapore,tasted this tirunelveli halwa in my friend Anusha's place. This was some 8 years back. This time it thought of trying this traditional wheat halwa at home and called her up and asked for the recipe. She consulted with her mom once, who is an expert in making the godhumai halwa. Later she gave me the detailed recipe to me. Generally they add food colour to the halwa to get the golden colour or caramelise the sugar to get this naturally. I used raw sugar which gives the natural golden colour to the godhumai halwa.
   Many readers ask this question, does raw sugar give one string consistency, yes it do give. I have tried it once and used it for this halwa recipe.
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Coconut Ribbon pakoda, Diwali snack recipes

Coconut ribbon pakoda with video

Coconut ribbon pakoda| seeval, i just saw this name in Krishna sweets during our trip to India in June. I didn't check out the packet to see the ingredients but noted down the name itself. I have already posted 2 version of ribbon pakoda in Jeyashri's kitchen. I tried this coconut ribbon pakoda at home by adding coconut milk, to make the dough. But some how i am not satisfied. Finally after 2-3 attempts, got the taste, which i had in my mind😃. I made this for my Cookery demo in Pasir ris CC, Singapore. Try this yummy, crispy coconut ribbon Pakoda. Check out my full collection of Deepavali Snack recipes | Diwali snack recipes.

Milk powder Burfi recipe, Kesar burfi, Easy Diwali Sweets

 Milk powder Burfi|Kesar Milk powder burfi recipe with video. This recipe is made with milk powder, sugar and saffron as main ingredients. I have already posted Chocolate burfi, using milk powder. I just followed the same recipe by replacing chocolate powder with kesar|saffron. It turned out so well, to be more precise as similar to the Mithaiwala, milk sweets. Check out my milk powder Peda and Badam peda recipe. Check out my complete collection of Diwali recipes.

Cashew Pepper murukku | Diwali recipes

Cashew pepper murukku recipe with video

Cashew pepper murukku | mundiri murukku, i first tasted in my friend's in-laws place. Few years back when i visited my friend's mil's house,(from whom i learnt Kalyana rasam)in Chennai, she made cashew murukku and thengai burfi for me. She was excitingly shared with me that she learnt this mundiri murukku from a TV show and tried it at home. It tasted awesome and i happily ate the murukku. She also shared with me the recipe of the murukku. I have tried this too and sent for Aval kitchen magazine Deepavali edition few years back. I tried this again with the addition of pepper powder. It tasted so well,the pepper and cashew nuts complimented each other very well. The murukku was super crispy. Try out this cashew pepper murukku for this Diwali. Check out my full collection of Diwali recipes. 

Garlic Karasev recipe | Diwali recipes

Garlic karasev | Lehsun sev is a gram flour based deep fried savory recipe. I have already posted karasev recipe with video. During our childhood days, appa used to buy karasev from a shop in our hometown, Madurai. They used to wrap it in a newspaper and tie with a jute thread. The moment we open the packet, the flavour of garlic and other ingredients, tempt us to finish the whole packet in one go. I wanted to try out garlic karasev for last year diwali itself, but somehow couldn't make it. Try out this easy tea time snack. Check out my full collection of diwali recipes. Scroll down till the end of the post to see the tips section.

Chocolate coconut ladoo recipe | Diwali 2017 recipes

Chocolate coconut ladoo, an easy sweet made with desiccated coconut, condensed milk and cocoa powder. I have posted the popular 2 ingredient Coconut ladoo recipe some years back. This recipe of chocolate coconut ladoo is similar to that but with the addition of cocoa powder and rolled in pistachios and desiccated coconut. Check out my full collection of Diwali sweet and snack recipes.
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