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Anu's Kitchen Pongal & Khichdi Recipes

Kalkandu Pongal

I wanted to try something special for this Sankranthi and found the recipe for Kalkandu (rock sugar/sugar candy) pongal in Kumudham Snegidhi Jan 2011 issue. The recipe was simple and delicious. I adapted the recipe and tweaked it slightly to suit our taste. Kalkandu pongal came out very well and we enjoyed the luscious dessert. […]

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Anu's Kitchen Cakes & Biscuits

German Apple Cake – A perfect tea time snack!!

Fall is famous for apples and in the last 2 months, every time I visited farmer’s market, grocery shop or farms, I bought loads of apples. Last batch was sitting in my fridge and I wanted to finish it off before our India trip! Thought of making apple cake so that hubby pie would also […]

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Anu's Kitchen Cakes & Biscuits

Butter biscuits | Ghee biscuits | Nei biscuits

Butter biscuits are one of my favourites. Am I talking about the biscuits piled in big glass jars at the tea shops? Yes, I love them! Inexpensive yet very very tasty 🙂 I sent a box of home made biscuits to my Aaji (grandma) when my parents left to India. My aaji is a strict […]

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Anu's Kitchen Kuzhambu varieties & Avial Tanjore Marathi Recipes

Mor Kuzhambu | Paladhya | Bhindi Kadhi

Kadhi / Paladhya would definitely be present in all the festive menus at our place. We can use different podi (vegetable added to kadhi) in kadhi, like bhindi (okra), bompla (pumpkin), kakdi (cucumber). I love bhindi khadi so much!! Gently fried okra with yoghurt tastes awesome…! Ingredients: Yoghurt: 2 cups Bhindi: 1/2 cup (Chopped medium […]

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Anu's Kitchen Pulao varieties

Potato Green Peas Pulao | Aloo Matar Pulav | Pattani sadham

Pulaos, Baths and variety rice are always a hit in my home. Dear hubby loves them more than the usual sambar/pitlai/rasam!  Now our 13 month old son has joined this gang. He loves all the variety rice that I prepare. All the more reason to cook delicious variety rice recipes 🙂 I prepared peas pulao […]

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Anu's Kitchen Kesari Rava Recipes Sweets

Rava Kesari | Sooji Kesari

We celebrated our dear son’s star birthday and ayush homam at our home. I prepared rava kesari for neivedhyam. Skandhu enjoyed his birthday celebrations and we felt very happy and contended 🙂 Rava kesari is an easiest sweet recipe that can be made in a jiffy! Some dont roast the rava before making kesari. But […]

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