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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Sago Moong dal Payasam recipe| Javarisi Payasam with jaggery

Sago moong dal payasam | Javarisi pasi paruppu payasam with jaggery and coconut milk. Recently during Ganesha Chaturthi we visited one of our friend's house for Ganesh Dharshan. Her mom made this yummy sago moong dal payasam. The flavour of coconut milk and moong dal combo was truly awesome and the bites of sago pearls in between was a treat to the taste buds. I asked her for the recipe and she messaged me few days back. I always want to javarisi payasam with jaggery so i was waiting to try this out. As it is Navaratri season, i wanted to post this sago payasam recipe. Try this out and i am sure you will love this. Check out my full collection of navratri recipes.

Channa dal sweet kosumali | sweet sundal

Channa dal sweet kosumalli is a traditional recipe served in Tamil brahmin weddings as a part of the feast. the crunchiness of the kalkand(rock candy) and the cardamom flavor enhances the taste. Though i have made this kosumalli few times at home, but never clicked once. Few days back i made this and clicked it too. It is a very simple recipe, if you have cooked channa dal in hand then it is quite easy to put everything together. You can make this as a neivedhyam for navaratri too. Check out my other Navarati sweet and sundal recipes.

Kavuni arisi payasam recipe| Black rice kheer

Kavuni arisi | black rice | karuppu arisi, is similar to the glutinous rice, which we use for Thai sticky mango rice. The only difference is in the color. The rice originally was produced in Burma but the one i got is an Indonesian product. This black rice is quite popular in the South east Asian countries. Though i have heard about this rice from my friends many times, never attempted to try this at home. We get this black rice quite commonly in all shops like Fair price shops and small Chinese, malay, grocery shops too. Yesterday during my morning walk, a friend of mine suggested me to try this Kavuni arisi payasam and shared the recipe with me too. She told she makes it quite often and it is a huge hit among her friends too. So i grabbed a small packet from the nearby shop and tried this payasam. While discussing about this with another friend of mine, she told few variations too. The payasam was very aromatic and we enjoyed it very much. Try this as a neivedhyam to God for this Navaratri and serve your guests also a different and unique dessert. Check out my complete collection of navratri recipes.

Vegetable Medhu vadai recipe | Vada recipe

No onion no garlic recipes

Urad dal vadai with the addition of vegetables. Generally for festivals we make ulundu vadai but we never add onions to this, while offering to God. During Ganesha chaturthi i made medhu vadai with the addition of cabbage, carrot and capsicum. The bright colour of the vada gained more attention and many readers in Instagram and facebook asked me about that. So i thought i will share this vegetable medhu vada recipe, as you can try during navaratri. Check out my ulundu vadai post with video for more details on how to shape the vada. Check out my complete collection of Navaratri recipes.