Cantaloupe Juice | Kirni Pazham Juice

Cantaloupe Juice, a delicious and refreshing juice made from the fresh cantaloupe/kirni pazham. It's one of my favourite juices to make when cantaloupe/kirni pazham is in season. To be honest, i wouldn't call this a recipe because there is no recipe to learn here :-) All you need to do is put the cantaloupe in the mixer and along with some water and sweetener, your juice would be ready. Cantaloupe Make sure to use the well-ripen cantaloupe for this season. The flavor and the sweetness are high in the well-ripen cantaloupe so it automatically makes the juice more flavorful and also...

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Karachi Biscuits | Tutti Frutti Cookies

Karachi Biscuits, a melt in your mouth cookie made with Tutti Frutti(candied raw papaya). It's one of the famous Indian tea time cookies and tastes absolutely great with a cup of hot chai. Adding  tutti frutti to the cookies enhances the taste and also the colorful tutti frutti makes the cookies more vibrant and appetizing.  Most recipes for these cookies call for custard powder. As i'm not the one who buys the custard powder regularly at home, i thought of working around and make these cookies. So for the first trial, i tried the combination of all purpose flour and corn...

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KulKuls | Kalkal | Goan Christmas Snack

KulKuls / Kal kal , a traditional snack from the Goan cuisine and it's mainly made during Christmas time of the year. It's so delicious, crunchy and has an amazing coconut flavor. It's hard to stop eating these once you start to munch on them, such an addictive snack!These kulkuls/ kal kal reminds me of the seepu seedai from the Chettinad cuisine. Both have such a unique shape and are made with coconut milk. If you have never heard about the seepu seedai before, do check it out here.Coconut milk This recipe requires coconut milk to make the dough. Though you can use water to make dough, i...

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Ellu Mittai | Sesame Seeds Chikki

Ellu mittai /Sesame Seeds Chikki, a delicious and crunchy candy made from sesame seeds and jaggery. It makes a great after meal snack to satisfy your sugar cravings. Here in this recipe, i have used white sesame seeds.However, this chikki can be made with both black and white sesame seeds. The key to make any candy successfully is the sugar syrup consistency. For this mittai/chikki, the sugar consistency should be hard ball stage. Once you get the sugar syrup consistency perfectly, everything else is such a breeze.Sesame Seeds As i said earlier, you can use either black or white...

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Aval Mixture | Poha Chivda

Aval/ Mixture / Chivda, a delicious savoury snack made from the mix of flattened rice, nuts and flavored with some Indian spices. It's such an easy snack to make at home in no time !If you love the traditional mixture recipe then i'm sure that you would love this aval mixture too. In contrast to traditional mixture, this aval mixture can be made in under 20 mins. So do give it a try when you're craving for something crunchy and delicious.Aval / Poha / Flattened Rice In the market, you can find two types of aval/poha such as thick and thin. For this recipe, you need the thick variety of aval....

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