DRY FRUITS LADDU

Dry fruits laddu

                               Its been months together since I have blogged.. So started my space again with a nutritious sweet that would make anybody's day. Though the sweet is sugar free, diabetics are advised to ask their physicians before giving this sweet a thought. I would strongly recommend this for pregnant ladies and kids, as it is loaded with nutrients. These laddus would help you to increase your hemoglobin levels too. Make them and pop one whenever you open the refrigerator!

SUZHIYAN/ SEEYAM - DIWALI SPECIAL

             The festival of lights is near! It reminds me of the damp ambience with smells of smoky fireworks.

GANESH CHATURTHI SPECIAL - KOZHUKATTAI PAYASAM

                     Ganesh chaturthi is celebrated on the fourth day after new moon in the month of aavani (a tamil month - mid August to mid September). It is falling on 29th of August this time. It is celebrated throughout India and is a very important Hindu festival. Lord Ganesh statues made of clay are bought to house, decorated and worshiped for days and are floated in water bodies after a few days, usually 5th day or 7th day.
 In Tamil nadu, people even make pallu (meaning teeth) kozhukattai when a baby's teeth has just started to grow. They are stuffed with minute coconut bits. The belief is that the teeth would grow as beautiful as these dumplings/ kozhukattai. Would soon post these recipes.

MOTICHOOR LADDU

    Though i don't have a sweet tooth, these gorgeous sweets are my favourite. In spite of being originated in the northern India, it has traveled all the way down to south to occupy a special place in many's hearts. I just love the glimpse of them locked up in glass shelves in sweet stores so unassuming!!

GASAGASAALU PARAVANAM/ KASA KASA PAYASAM/ POPPY SEEDS PUDDING

   Wanna have a sinfree dessert? Try this..

     Poppy Seeds/ Kasa Kasa Payasam is prepared by boiling poppy seeds and coconut paste in milk which is topped with nuts and raisins. It is an authentic delicacy of a community in Andhra. This is a wholesome nutritious dessert prepared during various poojas of the same community.