Mohanthal recipe (with video) | Diwali sweets recipes

Mohanthal is a delicious and rich, melt in mouth, burfi type sweet recipe made with besan, khoya, sugar and ghee as the main ingredients. It is similar to the besan burfi or our south Indian Mysore pak. It is a  Gujarathi sweet. I have tasted this very long back and also tried this at home 2 years back. This Mohanthal can be made with using condensed milk or khoya too. I have used khoya | mawa in this recipe. The Mohanthal turned out perfect, except the thing i took it out from the pan 5 minutes before it formed a correct consistency. Still i wanted to post this recipe as, it can be corrected easily by stirring it few more minutes extra. Many of you while making burfis will feel it is soft and didn't set well, do not worry it can be easily rectified . So i purposely made this post live, without making it for the second time. If it is not set well, it is not an end, you can still alter it. So go ahead and make this Mohanthal recipe for Diwali. I got to know the method of making mohanthal from my mami, but the exact measurements i have referred here and altered it for small proportions. Check out my full collection of Diwali recipes.

12 Easy Ladoo recipes | Diwali special recipes

12 easy ladoo recipes ,with step wise pictures and video for few laddu recipes. Diwali 2016 is coming up on Oct 29th and i have started sharing Diwali recipes in Jeyashri's kitchen. I have few collections |varieties of Ladoo recipes and thought of compiling all the recipes in one place. Ladoo recipe, in tamil we call லட்டு, we make it for diwali and many other festival too. In weddings also ladoo is made. I have posted boondi ladoo, besan ladoo, mothichoor ladoo, rava ladoo, maladoo and many more ladoo recipes. Click on the pictures for the ladoo recipes. Stay tuned for new interesting diwali recipes coming up. Also check out the full collection of diwali collections. 

        

Chakli recipe with video | Diwali recipes| How to make Maharashtrian chakli

Maharashtrian Chakli, i have tasted it few times but never explored the recipe for the same. As Diwali 2016 is coming up, i have started exploring for new interesting variety of sweets and savories. This Maharastrian Chakli recipe i asked my friends Manasi and Janani and both of them shared their own version of making this chakli. I finally chose one among them and made the chakkli. The chakkli tasted very nice and it was totally different from the South Indian murukku | thenkuzhal. Bookmark this recipe for diwali and i am sure you will get appreciations from the family and friends. Check out my collection of diwali recipes. Stay tuned for more diwali recipes from Jeyashris kitchen.
For my readers in Singapore, scroll down to know about the details of flour mill near simei bedok area.

Coriander Chutney recipe | Side dish for idli dosa

No onion no garlic recipes

Coriander chutney | Kothamalli chutney| dhaniya chutney, is made with coriander leaves and a perfect side dish for idli | dosa. My mom's signature chutney and my family's favorite too. Few days back only i realised i have not posted my mom's version of kothamalli chutney recipe. We call it as pacha kothamalli chutney or pykara chutney (do not know why this name !!) . This suits perfect for working women and bachelors too. My appa loves to have this with dosa and  bajji too.  Try this easy and yummy chutney recipe . Check out my Collection of Chutney recipes. 
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Thakkali sadam recipe| South Indian style tomato rice

Navaratri 2016 is keeping me quite busy, though we don't keep Golu at home, i am visiting my friends here almost everyday. Thakkali sadam | south indian style tomato rice is a recipe without onion garlic, recently i tasted in one of the friend's house during a navaratri brunch. I first thought this as puliyodarai and then she told it is tomato rice. So i noted down the recipe of thakkali sadam and tried it home the very next day. I packed it for Suresh's lunch box and got good feedback too. Also many readers of Jeyashri's kitchen who are residing in Singapore, are inviting me to their house for Navaratri. As for as possible i am going but too far places i couldn't make it. One among them told me to post few more recipe ideas to serve for guests during Navaratri. This thakkali sadam is a fantastic recipe and you can replace the rice with sevai too. Also this is a perfect travel food and stay good for a day. Check out my other Navaratri recipes too.

Besan kheer recipe | Easy Kheer recipes

Besan kheer | kadalamaavu payasam is a creamy and nutty flavored payasam | kheer with besan, ghee, milk and sugar as the main ingredients. The slow roasting of besan in ghee, as we do for besan ladoo, emits a nice nutty flavour and adds a nice flavour to the kheer. A quick and easy kheer recipe which you can make during Navaratri  neivedhyam and also serve for guests. Check out my complete collection of Navaratri recipes.   These cute bowls are gifted by my blogger friend anu, she sent this through her sister who stays nearby my house.
The besan kheer tasted very nice after it was kept in the refrigerator for 4-5 hours.
Check out other easy kheer recipes

• Rice kheer
• Pasta kheer 

Fruit Sundal recipe | Navaratri sundal recipes with video

Fruit Sundal is a new and different variety of sundal which i tried recently. Few years back i tried a pineapple salad in Hotel Green park ,chennai. I loved it very much and also tried at home. I have given the recipe in my Kungumam Thozi supplement 2 years back. I just added some chickpeas and other fruits to the same recipe and it turned out very well. Try this healthy and easy sundal at home for navaratri. The flavour of the curry leaves and the crunchiness of the urad dal compliments the sundal.  Check out my other Navaratri sundal recipes too.

Navaratri Neivedyam recipes | Navaratri recipes

Navaratri 2016 is starting from tomorrow, Oct 2nd. People keep Golu and do pooja to Godesess and also offer sundal and sweet as neivedhyam. Daily we make one Sundal and one sweet during Navaratri. I have alreay posted a Navaratri Combo menu, for guests, in my cooking for guests series. This post comes with an idea on what to make for neivedhyam on each day of Navaratri. I have just made a combo to give an idea. Feel free to alter according to your preference. check out my sister's post on how to keep Navaratri Golu . 
 Before going on to this post, let me tell you few general rules we follow during this festival. The spice powder which we make for sundal, should not be made in bulk and used. Once you do neivedyam with that podi, the next day you can not use the same for neivdhyam. You can use it up in curries or sambar. Once the food is offered as neivedhyam, it should not be altered even salt is less or spice is more or sweet is less.. no alterations recommended. Check out my complete list of navaratri recipes.
Also Check out my complete collection of Navaratri Sundal and sweet recipes.
Click on the name of the recipe to get the link for the full recipe.
Wishing you all a very happy Navaratri . Let this festival brings abundance of joy, health and wealth.

Javarisi Sundal recipe | Navaratri Sundal recipes

Sago Sundal with video

Javarisi sundal | sago sundal is a new variety of sundal with javarisi and moong dal as main ingredients. I usually make moong dal sundal at home but this one with javarisi is quite new to me. I saw this in subbus kitchen few years back. When i was talking about Navaratri recipes my friend Shriprada passed on this recipe to me. She is a good cook and also cooks all traditional tamil brahmin recipes very well. Also her Golu is always a classic one and mostly theme based too. It tasted quite well and we had it for evening snack. You can make this for Navaratri too for neivedhyam. Check out my other Navaratri sundal and sweets recipes too. I have given a similar recipe with poha in my Kutties kitchen cook book and also in a thozi supplement book 3 years ago.

Keerai Molagootal recipe | Palakkad recipes

Keerai Molagootal is a traditional Palakkad recipe, which i wanted to post here for a very long time. Many readers asked me to post this molagootal recipe and even i have seen readers seraching for Keerai molagootal jeyashri's kitchen. This is nothing but a poricha kootu made with keerai. Though the name has molagu in this, we don't have molagu | pepper in this recipe. This kootu is a simple yet healthy South Indian gravy made with spinach and served with hot rice. Try out this palakkad speical keerai molagootal at home.  Check out my Vazhaipoo kootu , Mambazha pulissery.