Rasam Powder

The Rasam Powder is the key ingredient in any type of Rasam. This is the spice mix that lends its taste to rasam. The powder is available in stores under different brands. Each one will have a different taste based on the type of recipe they follow. Different parts of India follow different variations of this powder.The recipe I have posted below is the one followed by my mom. This will give you a typical 'Tambram' taste in your rasam. 

Sambhar Powder

The Sambhar Powder is the key ingredient in any Sambhar dish. This is the spice mix that lends its taste to Sambhar. The powder is available in stores under different brands. Each one will have a different taste based on the type of recipe they follow. Different parts of India follow different variations of this powder.The recipe I have posted below is the one followed by my mom. This will give you a typical 'Tambram' taste in your Sambhar. 

Onion Garlic Chutney

This chutney is my wife's specialty that she prepares as a side dish for Idlies and Dosas. This dish has found many fans among our neighbours, friends and colleagues. It is a very simple but tasty dish that can also stored in the fridge for a few days and used when required.

Mullu Thenkuzhal

This snack is called Mullu Thenkuzhal or Mullu Murukku (Chakri) in our homes. This is the one of the common varieties of the snacks prepared during Krishna Jayanthi and Deepavali. 

We like this snack a lot and decided to try our hand this Deepavali. The results were pretty satisfactory. We got the recipe from my mother. 

Apple Halwa

There were too many apples at home and I was tired of just eating them raw. So, I decided to try making apple Halwa. It came out very well and every one said it tasted good :) But the sugar has suppressed the apple taste a little bit. I should try reducing sugar a little bit next time.

Gobi Manchurian

I tried my hand at making Gobi Manchurian today. Came out pretty well. I'm happy that it tasted almost like it does at restaurants :) But it was quite a time consuming process though.

Recipe from: Awesome Cuisine, Quick and Easy recipes for you

Parangikai Errisserry

It's Halloween season here and the markets are full of pumpkins. I had bought a small piece, a few days back and was looking for something different to do with it. That's when I came across the popular Kerala dish - Errissery. I tried the dish today. It came out well. But I'm not so sure if this is what an Errisserry should taste like. I'm hoping to give to some of my Keralite friends and get their feedback :) In the meantime, I'm sharing the recipe here. (Whatever it is, it tasted good).