Indian food, Andhra recipes and Global cuisine inspired cooking

Annam Payasam or Paramannam (Food Of The Gods) is a sweet dish which is prepared as an offering to God in almost every home in Andhra on most special occasions and festivals. According to Hindu tradition & spiritual customs, by offering Naivedyam to God in the form of sweets like chakripongal, payasam, paramannam and fruits […]

Here’s wishing you all a very Happy and Cheerful Christmas & Happy Holidays! Celebrating the Lord’s birthday with this sweet dish as an offering to HIM!

Sweet pongal is a sweet and pudding-like dish that is traditionally prepared in South India for the harvest festival of Makar Sankranti festival celebrated on January 14th.In the rural villages […]

Minappa Sunni Undalu (Urad Laddo)is an Andhra sweet dish which is very simple to prepare and can be stored in an air tight container for atleast 2 weeks.
Time is just flying by..its already a whole month since I actually started this food blog of mine and it seems like yesterday…:).Let’s celebrate with a sweet dish,eh?
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Participating for the first time in Kalyn’s weekend herb blogging #9, hosted by Kalyn’s Kitchen.Its a great idea in helping us learn so much about herbs all over the world.Thank you Kalyn, for giving this wonderful opportunity to present one of the most potent herbs in the world today ‘amla’.
The English name of ‘amla’ — […]

Today’s sweet is the delicious Gulab jamun, an absolutely melt-in-the-mouth favourite Indian dessert and is a living embodiment of Indian mithai (sweet) tradition.Gulab jamus are golden brown balls in flavored sugar syrup. They are served warm or at room temperature.
The main ingredient in most Indian sweets is ‘khoya’ (hindi)/koova (telugu) which is a thickened form […]