Shahi semiya badam kheer recipe Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 40 Mins | Serves: 4-5 Milk 1 liter Badam | almond 20 Sugar 4-5 tbsp Semiya | Vermicelli 1/3 cup Saffron 2 pinches Edible camphor a very small drop (optional) Cashew nuts few Ghee 2 tsp Method: Roast the semiya in little ghee till golden brown. I used roasted semiya so i skipped this step. Soak badam in hot water for 10 minutes and take out the skin....
Preparation Time : 15 mins | Cooking Time : 25 Mins | Serves: 3-4 Mixed vegetables 1/2 cup (carrot+beans+peas) Onion 1 Green chili 2 Moong dal 2 tblsp Thin Cocunut Milk 2 cups Thick coconut milk 1/2 cup Salt as needed Oil 2 tsp Method: Cut the beans and carrot lengthwise. Slice the onions lengthwise. You can use potato, drumstick and even cabbage.Cook the moong dal in pressure cooker by adding water ....
S ojji appam | Stuffed poori made with a jaggery based sweet filling. Sojji appam recipe with full video and step-by-step pictorial instructions. Usually, sojji appam mostly made during festivals or the Sumangali pooja. During our childhood days, whenever we visit Madurai Thiruparamkundram temple with my mama, he buys this sojji appam for us. My sister and I are huge fans of these sojji appams . We both happily sit in the temple and relish this without caring about the calories....
Pineapple kesari Atte ke halwa Sooji | semolina 1 portion* Sugar 2 portions (can use 1.5 portions too) Water 3.5 to 4 portions Ghee 1 portion Cashew nuts few Almonds few Saffron a tiny pinch Cardamom a pinch *I used 1/4 cup. Whatever cup measurement you are using, use the same cup of measuring water,sugar and ghee. Method In the pan add 1/2 of the ghee, when it melts add the semolina and roast it for 7-8 minutes in a very lo flame....
Preparation Time : 5 mins | Cooking Time : 25 Mins | Yields: 2 cups approx Besan | Kadalai maavu 1 cup Rice flour 1/4 cup Salt a pinch Hot oil 1 tblsp Oil for deep frying Sugar 3/4 cup Water 1/4 cup Method: In a wide bowl add the besan and rice flour. You can use store bought rice flour too. Add a pinch of salt and 1 tblsp of hot oil to this....
 Preparation Time : 5  mins | Cooking Time : 5 Mins | Serves: 1-2    Tea powder  3/4 tsblp*    Water  2 cups    Condensed milk  1 tblsp   *adjust the measurement according to your preference.                       Video on how to make Teh tarik...
Tutti fruity cookies – Eggless tutti fruity cookies recipe with step-by-step pictures. Melt-in-mouth cookies recipe with tutti fruity. I came across this eggless tutti fruity cookies recipe from Sharmis passion. Being huge of tutti fruity I wanted to try out this recipe. The recipe is very simple and easy. It turned out so well and kids loved it too. Also check out Eggless chocolate cookies, Pinwheel cookies , M and M cookies...
Summer has started and many parts of India it is in peak. To beat the heat, we need to hydrate ourself with loads of water, cucumber and fresh fruits. Buttermilk | Neer mor is a best summer cooler and to make it more tasty i have already posted Neermor  and Masala chaas  recipe here. Last month  when i went  to India, my sister after making morkootu with vazhaithandu, made this vazhaithandu mor for all of us....
Vegetable sevai recipe | Sevai with fresh kari podi – A simple no onion no garlic recipe. Vegetable sevai recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. Sevai using instant rice noodles. This is a traditional sevai recipe using kaai podi | freshly ground curry podi. I got this recipe from Arch’s page on Instagram . I have tried podi sevai using Idli molagapodi and also capsicum rice using molaga podi too....
Aadi paal | Thengai paal payasam – Easy to make coconut milk payasam – Aadi paal recipe with full video and step by step pictures. Aadi paal | thenga paal payasam is a traditional payasam recipe made during the first day of the Tamil month aadi. Apart from this we can make this for Navaratri neivedyam too. Homemade coconut milk gives an excellent flavor and taste to the payasam. This is a vegan recipe too as we are not adding any milk in this payasam....
Preparation Time : 1 and 1/2 hours + overnight for drying | Cooking Time : 20 Mins | Yields: 25 Raw rice (Maavu arisi) 5 portions Sago ( javarisi) 1 portion Green chili 6 Lemon juice 1 tblsp Salt to taste Coconut Oil 2 tsp Asafoetida a pinch Method: Grind the flour and javarisi in the mill . My mom brought the flour from India. But you can make with store bought rice flour only....
Beans paruppu usili recipe – Traditional South Indian paruppu usili recipe I am back again with parrupu usili. Again this is a traditional dish and a very good accompaniment for morkulambhu and vatha kulambhu. Before I got married, I eat parrupu usili as an accompaniment to rice. After marriage everybody in my hubby’s place they mix usili with hot rice and keep morkulambhu for accompaniment. The very first time when I saw this it was strange to me and after trying that combo, it was good....
Beetroot salad is a very healthy one and super easy one to make. The recipe of this healthy Indian version of beets salad was given by my friend very long back. I love beetroot and so even kids too love beetroot. I have posted beetroot vadai , beetroot curry , beetroot pulao and many other recipes with beetroot. Some how raw beetroot never fascinated me and never tried this salad for a long time....
Broken wheat idli | Samba rava idli- Healthy and easy Instant Idli recipe using broken wheat. Instant broken wheat idli recipe with full video and step-by-step pictures. Idli is one of the most staple and popular food in South India. We make different varieties of Idli recipes. We use a special variety of rice for making Idli. Apart from this, we make Idli without rice also. Rava idli is the most popular one in Karnataka and is made using sooji....
Carrot Milkshake recipe | Milkshake without ice cream – No sugar added healthy milkshake recipe. Carrot milkshake recipe with full video and step by step pictures. Milkshake without ice cream . When I got married, my mother in law used to make Carrot juice for my husband and brother in law everyday. After few years, when we moved to Singapore, as we become more health conscious gave up drinking carrot milk as it has sugar in it....
Masala dal baati | dal baati is an authentic and popular rajasthani recipe. I have tasted this in Rajdhani restaurant in chennai few times and tried at home once too. But i am not so satisfied with the results and so I didn’t post that time. Recently i happened to try this at my friend’s place, who has come from Chennai, to stay with her daughter who is studying here. they are basically from Rajasthan and settled in Chennai....
Dal namkeen Mixture, is a very popular Diwali snack. Most of the houses they make Mixture for diwali. I have posted South Indian mixture few years back. Last time itself for diwali i wanted to post this bombay Dal mixture, but i was not sure of the recipe though. After asking many of my friends here, finally got the idea for this dal moth mixture and till i was about to try it i am bit scared about the outcome....
I am so delighted to present this Eggless Chocolate Cake on this special occasion . Jeyashri’s Kitchen is turning 5 today. Five years went so fast and i still recall the first day i posted the recipe of Paal payasam ,the same day. In this journey of blogging for 5 years , i have gained so many friends and very good readership too.This journey was so successful, with the fullest support from my family....
Ellu Kozhukattai recipe | Ellu poornam kozhukattai recipe – Ellu modakam recipe – Modakam recipe with detailed step-by-step pictures. You can make the outer cover by soaking rice, refer to this video of how to make a perfect modakam. Check out, Kadalai paruppu poornam kozhukattai, Ulundu kozhukattai, Modakam using mould, Modakam with desiccated coconut. Check out our complete collection of Ganesh Chaturthi recipes. Dry roast the sesame seeds and when it is cool grind this along with powdered jaggery, coconut, and cardamom powder....
Ennai kathirikai curry | Ennai kathirikkai dry curry – A popular Tamil brahmin style ennai kathirikkai stuffed with soaked dal, recipe with full video and step by step pictures. Usually, ennai kathirikkai is made by roasting the spice powders and stuffing them inside the slit brinjals. But this one is an interesting recipe, which my mom recently learnt from our relative. She shared with me last week and it sounded super interesting, so I tried it with just 4 brinjals the next day....
