Home made cardamom powder, How to make elachi powder

Cardamom powder recipe with video, how to make elachi powder.
Cardamom powder, elakkai powder recipe using whole green cardamoms. My mom used to make cardamom powder and home and keep it in the refrigerator, which always is handy while making payasam, kheers and even for tea. Many years she was grinding cardamom along with little sugar and store it. Later she started doing this with raw rice and it gives nice volume to the cardamom powder. I have heated the cardamom in a pan as i don't get direct sunlight like how we get in the terrace or balcony. If you have access to terrace keep the cardamom and rice for 2 hours and then grind into a fine powder. Else you can microwave this for a minute and then cool and grind into a powder.
If you have kept the cardamoms in the fridge or freezer, take them out and bring it to the room temperature and then proceed.
Though i don't prefer elachi in my sweets but still add it as it enhances the taste. This cardamom powder is always handy when you are making sweets in a hurry. I have seen few of my friends take out the seeds inside and make a powder and they use the skin of the cardamom in tea. I feel the skin is flavourful too, so don't want them to be discarded. This can be kept in the refrigerator for 6-8 months in a airtight container. Also check out my

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Coconut coriander chutney recipe

Coconut coriander chutney, ginger flavoured coconut chutney, recipe with step wise pictures. This coconut coriander chutney is a very regular affair in our home. Whenever i ask my Varsha, what chutney she wants for idli|dosa, without any second thought she will say green coconut chutney. Though i am a big fan of thenga chutney i often make this chutney too. But since it is a very simple one i never thought of posting the recipe of the coconut coriander chutney. Recently when she was browsing the recipe index of jeyashri's kitchen, she casually asked me, why the recipe of my favorite chutney is not available in the website. So i made it for the again and posting the recipe today. The recipe is nothing fancy and no such precise measurements you have to follow. Just go ahead and alter the quantity of  ingredients little here and there to suit your taste.
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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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Kopparai sadam , Dry coconut rice recipe

Kopparai sadam | Dry coconut rice recipe, a no onion no garlic variety rice recipe made using dry coconut, pepper and cumin seeds. Recently my friend's mom was casually telling me about this kopparai sadam. The simplicity of the recipe fascinated me a lot and i wanted to try this for sure. Since tomorrow is aadi perukku (aadi 18) i thought this the right time to post the recipe of this no onion no garlic Kopparai sadam. Do try this recipe at home and let me know how it turned out. Also check out my full collection of  Aadi pandigai recipes.  

Congress Kadalekai recipe, Masala peanuts

     Congress Kadalekai, masala peanuts,recipe with video and step wise pictures. Congress Kadalekai is  a popular spicy tea time snack of Karnataka made using peanuts. I don't know why they call it as Congress Kadalekai but heard about that a lot. Recently when one of our friend visited Bangalore for vacation, i told him to get few bangalore famous snacks. One among them was Congress Kadalekai. I tasted them for the first time. He got that from the famous Variar bakery Bangalore. I am wanted to try that but i am always scared of the mess the raw peanuts creates after roasting and rubbing the skin off.  So I kept on postponing to make this Congress Kadalekai.
      Recently i saw Roasted unsalted peanuts in Sri Murugan stores, Singapore, while i visited to buy my Grocery. I have many time seen un roasted big size peanuts but this one was in normal size and i picked up the 500 gm packet immediately and put into my Grocery bag. For my friends in Singapore, you can find this roasted unsalted peanuts in Sri Murugan stores. It is packed quite well. Also you can make Verkadalai urundai using this same roasted peanuts too. Sri Murugan stores delivers island wide and they have a wide variety of Indian groceries and fresh vegetables. You can use Sri Murugan stores mobile app to place your order.

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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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Cashew Pakoda recipe, Mundiri pakoda

Cashew pakoda, Mundiri pakoda recipe with step by step pictures. Cashew pakoda, mundiri pakoda, Kaju pakoda, a mint flavored pakoda a perfect choice for a tea time and also pairs with rice too. The word mundiri pakoda itself brings back a lots of childhood memories. We used to live 10 Kms away from the Madurai City, and appa buys mundiri pakoda for us from a shop near Madurai bus stand. This shop, Prema vilas mundiri pakoda is very famous and we used to eat this madly whenever appa buys it for us. Mostly we used to eat this with curd rice or rasam rice and we love to eat pakodas in that way only.  I wanted to try this Mint cashew pakoda for a long time and finally made it today. This is totally a addictive snack, a treat for cashew lovers.

  For my friends in Singapore the bowl which i used in the pictures, are nature-made, rustic-looking tableware is made from the fallen leaf-sheath of the Areca Palm tree. They are completely biodegradable, backyard compostable, plastic and chemical free and are an excellent alternate to the environment damaging plastic disposables. Ideal for parties, events, weddings, barbecues, entertain your guests in a stylish yet sustainable way. One of my good friend is taking up this wonderful intitiative of bringing it to Singapore, sourcing from India. Please do check her facebook page, NatureRustic to approach her to place your order.

Kollu Thogayal recipe, Horse gram chutney

Kollu Thogayal recipe| Horse gram chutney, a healthy thogayal recipe with horse gram, red chili, garlic as main ingredients. Kollu or Horse gram is a very healthy grain we make kollu podi which can be mixed with rice. Rarely i make kollu rasam too, the recipe i have given in my Android mobile app. I packed capsicum rice for lunch box, and i didn't keep it enough so made kollu thogayal for me. I had this with hot rice and kovakkai curry. You can make this same as a chutney to accompany idli dosa too. Read the recipe of kollu thogayal with step wise pictures till the end to see the variations.
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Schezwan Paneer Paratha recipe

Schezwan paneer paratha, paneer cooked in schezwan sauce stuffed inside paratha. Recently i tasted Schezwan paneer in a restaurant here in Singapore and wanted to try that at home. But always making of Schezwan sauce is a lazy thing for me, yes the garlic chopping part is the laziest one for me. Finally few days back i overcome my laziness and made this Schezwan sauce in a bulk quantity. Yes my kids love the flavour of schezwan sauce so i made little extra so that i can make fried rice nd noodles for them. I first wanted to post Schezwan paneer tikka but then later felt, stuffed paratha will be more flavourful and kids also will enjoy it after they come back from school. So tried Schezwan paneer paratha and it turned out so well and being a ardent fan of parathas i just finished one paratha immediately after clicking the pictures. Do try this Schezwan paneer paratha at home and let me know it turned out.

Getti chutney recipe, South Indian chutney recipes

Getti chutney, the traditional south Indian coconut chutney served in restaurants, pairs well with bonda and bajji. It is nothing but a thick coconut chutney but if you ask any typical south Indian foodie, they will tell you how everyone will crave for this getti chutney. When i posted thavala vadai recipe i mentioned that i will post the recipe of getti chutney but some how it was forgotten. Yesterday i made this to pair with thavala dosai | thavala adai ( will post the recipe soon). I clicked the thengai chutney recipe with step by step pictures and finally posting the recipe of getti chutney today.
In our family everyone are a great fan of getti chutney, we have a lot of stories for this and if i talk about that, i will never get into the recipe. Our most favorite memory is visting Madurai Gopu Iyengar kadai around 3 pm and enjoying Vellaiappam with Getti Chutney. They both are match made in heaven. The smell of the chutney takes me back to those childhood days.

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