Ammupatti's thoughts

When I started writing about Kerala Iyer Wedding , I thought I had just enough material for one post. Little did I realise that I had jus...

After the feast, after everyone has rested a little we make time for some fun and frolic: Nalangu . This involves no vedic hymns. It is basi...

The wedding day has so many rituals packed in the morning and if the Muhurtham (solemnisation of the wedding) is very early, then the activ...

R’s wedding was a grand affair as always with South Indian weddings. The proceedings of the actual wedding ceremony started on the previous ...

We are back after our visit to Chennai. We had a very hectic but very enjoyable trip. The weather especially was very pleasant. Though we ha...

I'm gone on a trip to Chennai for a few days. Posting resumes when I get back!

Kanu Podi is a special powder for Kanu. The Ellu Sadham I was referring to earlier is prepared by mixing this powder with cooked rice. A fe...

When any tamilian or kerala iyer hears about kalanda sadham it is usually the Puliyodarai /Lemon rice/ Thengai sadham (coconut rice) tha...

I hope everybody had a very enjoyable Pongal. We celebrated Pongal in our own simple but traditional style. There was Sankramana Tharpana t...

Having given the recipe for Sarkkarai Pongal , I thought it would be fitting if I gave the recipe for Venpongal also. Aama vadai and Obatt...

Pongal , or Sankranthi as it is known in Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh, is a very important festival in the Hindu calendar. It is a ...

Pongal is already here. Though many varieties of Pongal are made these days, Sarkkarai Pongal (sweet) and Venpongal (savoury) are the top ...

I have been planning to make an eggless cake for quite sometime now but kept postponing it. Finally when I located some milkpowder in the fr...

New Year's Eve and New Year's Day has come and gone. Many people called to wish us on new year day and we reciprocated. So far so go...

Another Thiruvathira . As has now become a practice, I get ready for Thiruvathira festival the previous evening: the vegetables are bought, ...

Yesterday was Vaikunta Ekadasi . Vaikunta Ekadasi is the 11th day in the lunar calendar after the New moon in Dhanurmasa (December 15 – Jan...

How poduthuval got its name, I don’t know. Perhaps it was called "Podithooval," which literally meant sprinkling of powder. In th...

Once again a long break in my blogging, brought about by so many foreseen and unforeseen circumstances. In the first place, whenever our chi...

I have baked my Christmas cake well in advance this year. At first I thought I would follow the same recipe as I did last year for Anand’s b...

Most of the recipes in my blog have been inspired by my culinary enthusiast (not to mention, handsome and charming) son. Ever since he left ...