What is Kalakand (milk cake)? Kalakand, also known as milk cake, is a popular Indian dessert. It’s a sweet that I think most people prefer to buy in stores, because of how long it takes to make. Well, I’ve come up with a shortcut kalakand recipe that doesn’t sacrifice flavor. This recipe tastes just like store-bought mithai! Milk Cake Recipe Expert You should know that I’m somewhat of a kalakand expert....

As I have mentioned in my previous post pidi kozhukattai, I tasted this kathirikkai gothsu recipe at my mami’s house. It is an effortless side dish made with easily available ingredients. Usually, we add sambar podi or a freshly ground gothsu podi to make a gothsu. But this is a simple one and green chili and ginger lend to the flavor and taste of the gotsu. You can soak the moong dal for an hour and make this gotsu as a one-pot gothsu in a pressure cooker or Instant Pot....

Besan |Kadalai maavu|Chickpea flour 1/2 cup Yogurt| curd 1/2 cup Green chili 1 Ginger a small piece Water 3/4 cup Salt as needed Asafoetida a pinch Turmeric powder 1/4 tsp Lemon juice 1/2 tsp Oil 1 tsp Mustard seeds 1/4 tsp Curry leaves few Sesame seeds 1/4 tsp (optional) Grated coconut 3 tsp Red chili 1 Grind the green chili and ginger, either pulse it in a mixer or pound it using a mortar and pestle....

This lemon pickle recipe is a great way to use up leftover lemons. Whenever you have an extra lemon, add it to your lemon pickle jar and keep the pickles flowing! A great way to use up leftover lemons! Whenever I need a single lemon to make a recipe, I almost always end up buying a big pack thinking I’ll find a way to use them up. But then I end up with a lot of leftover lemons that sit in my fridge....

Rava| Sooji 1/4 cup Maida | all purpose flour 1/2 cup Sugar 4 tblsp Baking Soda a pinch Cardamon powder a pinch Oil for deep frying Soak rava in little water for 30 minutes.There should not be any water floating on the top. If so, drain it. After that add the maida , sugar and the baking soda to this. Add little water to this and mix it to a idli batter consistency....

Whenever you order a dish with mashed potatoes at a restaurant, did you ever wonder whether they peeled, boiled and mashed the potatoes to order? No they don’t! Restaurants prepare the potatoes ahead by boiling and mashing just the potato, then just before serving, it is mixed into boiling cream (or milk or even broth or a combination thereof) to reheat it and make it nice and creamy. When it comes to ridiculously creamy restaurant style mashed potatoes, there’s not much to it....

We really did try for a respectable photo. Think – iPhone set up precariously on a DIY tripod involving a ladder, upturned bucket and jam jar to hold it upright. She sets the timer, yells “SMILE EVERYONE!”, dashes into the shot. Multiple takes later, with feedback such as “STEPHEN WHY DO YOU LOOK STRESSED” and “HERRON, STOP HIDING!!!”, this was the best of the bunch: Which, truthfully, looks entirely awkward and is not us at all....

Video of how to make Methi Matar pulao Method : Δ

For the outer covering Rice flour | Idiyappam Flour 1/2 cup Water as needed (approx. 3/4 cup) Sesame oil 1 tsp For the Poornam Yellow Moong dal | paasi paruppu 1/4 cup Jaggery 1/4 cup Grated fresh coconut 1/4 cup Cardamom a pinch Method: To make the outer covering: Boil water in a pan and add the oil to this. If using home made flour add salt to the oil....

This butternut squash / pumpkin soup is made without chopping a single thing. And it’s also made without using the stove or a pot. It’s creamy and the sweetness and flavour of pumpkin is more intense than classic pumpkin soup. And it takes all of FIVE MINUTES of hands on effort. 🙂 As soon as you see the preparation photos, you are going to “get” how I make this, so let me cut to the chase and show you!...

The BEST part about these tasty pumpkin pancakes is that they are so darn easy to make. You blend six ingredients together, pour the batter onto a hot pan, and then watch as they puff up a bit and get nice and golden. I have several pancake recipes on the blog, but this is my go-to fall pancake recipe. These little hotcakes are packed with pumpkin puree and loaded with pumpkin spice....

Diwali is around the corner, stay tuned for more interesting sweets and savory recipes. Do check out my Collection of Deepavali sweets and snacks recipes. Also for a quick check, do check out the our collection of 12 Easy ladoo recipes In a pan dry roast the 1 cup of oats for 10 minutes. Do not change the color. Cool completely and powder this in a mixie. In the same pan add 1/3 cup of nuts and roast till brown spots appear on it....

This was an accidental discovery. Sometimes it amazes me that I go to the grocery store almost every day and yet when I start making dinner, I’m missing a crucial ingredient. Like spaghetti for spaghetti bolognaise. Seriously. Who doesn’t have dried spaghetti in the pantry at all times? I know, I’m weird. I think it’s the Japanese blood in my veins. I always have rice. But I don’t always have pasta....

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Mor kuzhambu is our family’s favorite dish. We make different varieties of mor kuzhambu. We usually add veggies like Ladies finger or ash gourd or dried sundakkai in Mor kuzhambu. Usually we don’t add any vegetables to this pachai mor kuzhambu. Some people add fried vadais | bondas to this mor kuzhambu. In any houses this is a part of Dwadesi samayal. There are many versions of making this recipe....

Serve pakora as a starter for an Indian meal, a light meal, or pass them around as canapés at your next gathering. They’re gluten free and vegan so everybody can enjoy them! Pakora: Indian Vegetable Fritters This is street food, the Indian way! Sold as snacks on the streets of India and as popular appetisers in Indian restaurants elsewhere, pakora are crispy, bite-size vegetable fritters. They’re loaded with gorgeous Indian spices before being fried until crunchy....

Usually, we make North Indian gravies with Paneer. There are a lot of varieties of paneer recipes. I have posted many recipes in Jeyashris kitchen. Kurma is a South Indian-based gravy. The main flavor for kurma comes by combining fennel seeds and coconut. I have posted a few varieties of kurma recipes in Jeyashris kitchen. Paneer kurma is a versatile one where the North Indian ingredient is cooked in South Indian-based coconut masala....

This combo will have one sundal recipe and one sweet recipe. It is easy for many people to plan the neivedyam. Jeyashri’s Kitchen has a wide variety of sundal and payasam recipes. Also, check out our Navaratri combo tiffin recipes for guests and Navaratri combo sweets and snacks. Peanut sundal Arisi thengai payasam Δ

In the last cookbook update, I chirpily reported that the recipes had been created, the manuscript written, and I’d made a good dent in photographing the recipes. That’s pretty much the cookbook done, things should be slowing down, right? WRONG!!! If anything the last 2 1/2 months have been the hardest in this cookbook making process. Take a peek in my camera roll to see what’s been going on!...

This post is part of a series of meals made using Easy Slow Cooker Pork Carnitas (Mexican Pulled Pork) that I posted last week. It freezes so well and defrosts quickly, making it great to have on hand for fast meals – like Enchiladas. However this recipe can be made using any pre cooked meat – shredded chicken in particular would be fantastic. It takes a mere 15 minutes to assemble (if that), then just pop it into the oven....