Ammupatti's thoughts

The payasam made on Maasi Pournami day invariably was made with milk, jaggery and rice. It had a special taste, as it was made with milk fro...

Sometime back I had promised to write about maasi pournami. Pournami is the full moon day and Maasi Pournami is the full moon day in the tam...

We will start with a delicious sweet once again. Though most of us are familiar with semiya payasam, I have found that the payasam just doe...

Once again a long period of inactivity (only in blogging). I was fully occupied otherwise, which was the cause of my not spending enough tim...

Thai Pirandal Vazhi Pirakkum is an adage in Tamil, which translates into “when the month of Thai (Jan 14th) starts, all roads open up”. This...

Sankranthi is over and the sun has started its journey towards the northern hemisphere ( uttarayanam ). The days have started becoming a l...

I have spent more time now in Karnataka than in my native Kerala that it would be unpardonable not to write about authentic Karanataka cuisi...

Wishing everyone a very happy and prosperous new year. May the year ahead tickle your tastebuds.

It has been our practice for long to prepare carrot halwa, especially during the winter as we get the red variety of carrot (which is known ...

During the Christmas weekend I paid a flying visit to Bangalore and back which was eventful and hectic to say the least. Well, we had Thiru...

Isn’t it a beautiful word? Muthucharam in tamil means string of pearls. Why this name was given to this crispy savory I cannot underst...

When I posted the recipe for ">Kashi Halwa one of the readers had asked for the recipe for Wheat Halwa and I had promised to post i...

We are back from Chennai after the rituals connected with Kunjappa’s passing. In our society whenever somebody passes away after living thei...

Usually when the phone rings so early in the morning, these are the two questions that pop up in our minds, "who," and "when....

It has been more than a month since I sat to write a new blog post and what a busy and exhausting time it has been! I was actually all ready...

Sorry for the long gap between posts. Between the festival season and my handsome and charming sons at home, I haven't had any time at a...

The Poonool lunch was also a grand affair; only we were so overstuffed with good things, we just couldn’t do justice to the lunch. Post lunc...

Ingredients Raw Banana: 1 no. Vellapayar (Cow peas, lobia, Chowli): 2 tbsps. Turmeric powder: 1 tsp. Black pepper powder: 1 tsp. Salt to ta...

Puliyekuthi Poduthuval is a family favourite, especially that of my beloved father. He just loved it. It has a delicious taste, with the com...

As with JFI rice , with Banana as the theme of this JFI , I was perplexed not knowing what recipe to post. Not because I did not have any or...