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Today we are going to see a healthy sweet recipe with wheat rava and naatu sarkkarai (unrefined jaggery).  It takes only 15 minutes and the taste was too good. It's sure to become your favourite kesari dish because I felt that this naatu sarkkarai and wheat rava combination taste good. I have also tried naatu sarkkarai with regular fine sooji but the taste is not good as this wheat rava kesari. Last month I have already uploaded the video on my channel. Due to the online classes and work from home situation, I don't have time to upload recipes regularly. To prepare this kesari you will need samba wheat rava, naatu sarkkarai, ghee and cashew nuts. For kesari dishes I prefer to add 2 cups of sugar for 1 cup orava. Here also I have used the same technique in fact you have to add additional sugar because unrefined jaggery has less sweetness when compared to sugar. You can easily prepare this sweet as prasadam for pooja. Now we will see how to prepare Wheat Rava Kesari with a short ...

Drumstick and raw mango aviyal - for our traditional dishes like sambar, aviyal, kootanchoru and vellai curry these two vegetables add a fabulous taste to it. During summer season these two vegetables are the star ingredient in many of the dishes. This aviyal has an amazing taste with full of flavours. This easy aviyal is made with basic ingredients within 20 minutes. This murungaikkai mangai  aviyal is sure to become one of your favourite drumstick recipes. As raw mango has sour taste, there is no need to add curd or tamarind extract for this aviyal. If you use fresh drumstick and mango, the taste is awesome. Now let's see how to prepare this murungaikkai mangai aviyal with step by step instructions. Check out my other Aviyal recipes Tirunelveli Aviyal Bottle Gourd (Suraikkai) Aviyal Vendakka (Ladies finger) Aviyal Ash Gourd (Vellai Poosanikai) Aviyal    Bitter Gourd Aviyal - Pavakkai Aviyal Check out my other Nanjil recipes Nanjil Sambar Vazhaikkai Thuvattal Senai ...

Jackfruit moongdal payasam - delicious dessert prepared with jackfruit, jaggery, moong dal and coconut milk.  Jackfruit is one of our family favourite fruit for its taste and aroma. For most of our family occasions or get together, my perippa always include a dessert with jackfruit. During such occasions, our house was filled with the jackfruit aroma and it was mesmerizing memories.When I prepared 30 varieties Nanjil recipes for the Aval Vikatan magazine, my Rema Athai taught me this payasam dish. She told me this chakka payasam can be prepared in two different methods. Traditional chakka payasam is prepared with jackfruit, jaggery and coconut milk. In this recipe, the only additional ingredient is moong dal and they both are closely related to each other. They both taste as good as they look. As I told in my previous payasam dishes, I would always prefer pagu vellam (dark brown jaggery) which is perfect for traditional desserts.  Here is a short video for Jackfruit Moong Dal ...

Vegetable brinji rice is a popular rice variety in Tamil Nadu which are mostly served in marriages and also in restaurant meals. I like this brinji rice with a kurma and onion raita. 

Ulundhan kali is a healthy and delicious sweet prepared with black urid dal, raw rice, palm jaggery and gingely oil. All our traditional sweet dishes have included just 3 or 4 ingredients which are easily available in our kitchen. It's a yummy and healthy dessert, and more nutritious too. 

Puli Milagai with coconut milk - creamy and tangy side dish for idli and dosa. I have already posted authentic puli milagai recipe with small onions and green chillies which has a combination of three different tastes such as hot, sweet and sour. This is also similar but we have to add coconut milk in the final stage, which gives a creamy texture and a pale green colour to this dish

Low calorie Rajma Masala - usually for dinner, I prefer to cook side dishes with less oil because it helps in easy digestion plus healthy too. This masala is prepared with a few spices, red chilly, onions and tomatoes. This low calorie rajma masala tastes good with chapathi, poori or jeera rice.