tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50850532486589412472024-03-18T03:45:51.959-04:00Padma's RecipesPadmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.comBlogger588125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-79104994568070501432020-08-03T17:49:00.002-04:002020-08-03T17:54:40.206-04:00Orange Pickle When you have excess oranges or sour oranges and wondering how to use them, then try this Instant Orange Pickle. Very simple and easy to make. I am sharing 2 simple ways to make this pickle and both tastes amazing. Since it is instant pickles storing in room temperature is not advisable. So try it small quantities as needed or store in refrigerator for couple of daysMethod 1Orange - 2 or 3Chilli Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-26278659043278059192020-06-29T18:59:00.003-04:002020-07-01T22:01:24.780-04:00Marble Cake / Zebra Cake
Zebra Cake ( Vanilla and Chocolate Cake )
Starting with a sweet post and also from few requests by my friends here for this recipe.
We loved baking this cake as one of my kid loves only chocolate flavored cake where as the other one loves only vanilla. Inspite of both flavors mixed each layer had it's own color and taste and it was too good that it got over within a day. Ignore the pictures as Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-1443762044169689002020-06-26T16:39:00.002-04:002020-06-26T16:39:56.824-04:00Padma's Recipes Domain Change
Hello Everyone.
I am back to food blogging after 6 years and excited to share many interesting recipes. Now I have my own domain name which is Padma Recipes.
Henceforth you can check me on www.padmarecipes.com.
Thanks
Padma
Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-89365144871429891192013-10-13T22:11:00.001-04:002013-10-13T22:19:43.392-04:00GUACAMOLE DIP
Guacamole / Avacado Dip
Guacamole dip is a dish made from Avacado and is a Mexican food.
I have had this many times in Mexican restaurants and making this dip at home is
very easy and can be done in just minute and also is no cook recipe. Here I
have served with Blue Corn Chips which goes very well with it.
All you need is
Avacado – 3 riped ones
Red onion – 1 small Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-77251562775174642762013-09-22T23:05:00.003-04:002013-09-22T23:05:42.391-04:00AMARANTH LEAVES STIR FRY
Amaranth or Amaranthus Stir Fry / Dhantu Keerai Poriyal/
Thota Kura Vepudu / Dhantu Soppina Palya
Amaranth leaves are one of the commonest available greens in
any vegetable shops in India. It is very
common to consume a variety of greens
daily back home. Every day very early in the morning we can see vendors selling
different varieties of greens in carts or some of them inPadmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-15487992704688555712013-09-08T16:00:00.001-04:002013-09-08T16:02:00.123-04:00JONNA UNDRALLU / SORGHUM FLOUR MINI BALLS
JOnna Undrallu / Cholam Mani or Ammini Kozhukattai/ Sorghum
Flour Mini savory Balls
I was away from blog for many months. Though was clicking
some pictures, I was not updating. May be as I had a very busy summer with
house full of guests for 2 months around a dozen :D. After everyone left I felt very lazy to kick start to post when one day
I saw Priya’s status in FB Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-42887522802316084862013-04-11T14:32:00.001-04:002013-04-11T14:34:17.113-04:00UGADI WISHES AND MY UGADI FEAST 2013
Wishing all my readers and Friends a very Happy Ugadi!!!
My Ugadi Feast that I made for our lunch today.
Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-16622061935118037962013-04-09T12:30:00.000-04:002013-04-09T12:32:26.478-04:00UGADI PACHADI AND UGADI RECIPES
Ugadi is the New year festival in
Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. In Maharashtra it is called as Gudi Padwa.
Ugadi
is derived from the Sanskrit work Yuga (age) and aadi(beginning): "the
beginning of a new age". Each year it falls on a different date in the
month of March of April and this festival marks as the First day in the New
Year. In Karnataka it is very common to share Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-66858467372333126202013-03-22T21:54:00.000-04:002013-03-22T21:58:06.909-04:00AVAKAYA MANGO PICKLE (WITH GARLIC)
Avakaya Pachadi/Oorugaya/Urugai/ Pickle
This is a traditional pickle of Andhra. It is spicy, sour and goes well with types of dishes. Serve with dhal/pappu and ghee or also with idli/dosa/chapathi. When this is made at home we love to have it with our meals every day. As the days goes by the masala would have oozed into the pickle and we love the bite of each piece.During my visit to Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-88655030054676605482013-01-01T01:00:00.000-05:002013-03-21T12:56:15.132-04:00DOUBLE KA MEETHA / SHAHI TUKDA
Wishing you all a very Happy and a Prosperous New Year
On the first day of 2013 I am starting with a sweet post
called Double Ka Meetha / Shahi Tukda/ Shahi Tukra. This sweet/ desert is very
famous in Hyderabad and served also in marriages. I love this simple and now my
older son joins with me. Last week we( Me and kids) were deciding what to make
for the New Year especially for my Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-33747718749990513592012-12-31T12:05:00.000-05:002012-12-31T12:05:09.401-05:00New Year Wishes!!!
Wishing you all a very Happy and a Prosperous New Year 2013 !!1
Welcome 2013
With a Smile
A spirit of giving
A sense of Humanity
A pledge to Spread Peace and Happiness.
Wishes
Padma
Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-84564642949194554862012-11-26T11:00:00.000-05:002012-12-31T12:05:40.589-05:00TOOR DHAL PAKODA - Celebrating 4 years of Blogging
Hope everyone had a nice break for Thanksgiving. Mine went very well, Kids had break from Wednesday which kept me extra busy at home and then we went out of town for couple of days. Visited some parts of Chicago and then a short visit to Wisconsin and then reached back late night yesterday. Only in the morning I realised that my blog reached 4 years and today I had to post something at least to Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-13059371743760572992012-11-13T16:30:00.000-05:002012-12-31T18:54:21.862-05:00Wishing you all a Happy and Safe Diwal!!!
Wishing all my readers/Friends and very Happy Deepvali/Diwali !
This is what I prepared for this Diwali!
Omapodi, Sweet Boondhi, Adhirasam/Ariselu/Kajjaya/ Thenkuzhal and Murukku.
Enjoy and have fun
Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-8336363629623652982012-11-12T13:27:00.000-05:002012-11-13T07:59:17.558-05:00Back to Blogging from a Long Break
Friends and Readers of Padma's Recipes,
Please accept my apoplogies from my un informed break. The main reason for my break was my visit to India this summer and that was more than 3 months. Before and after that I was held up with some personal work from which I could not pay attention to my blog. Due to which I could not reply to all your comments and reply to your mails. I promise that I Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-44964435763239833652012-05-10T22:25:00.000-04:002012-11-26T11:01:00.908-05:00BRAHMI LEAVES /VALLARAI KEERAI CHUTNEY
Brahmi Leaves / Vallarai Keerai Chutney(Indian Penny wort)Botanical Name - Centella asiatica is called as Brahmi in Hindi and Vallarai Keerai in Tamil.
To learn more about this leaf click hereCentella asiatica, a perennial herb also known as gotu kola, produces fan-shaped, green leaves that are harvested and used for medicinal purposes.Some benefits of this leavesCentella asiatica is used to Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-42527535798861122522012-05-01T23:00:00.000-04:002012-05-01T23:05:04.287-04:00ARBI / TARO IN TAMARIND GRAVY
Arbi / Taro in Tamarind Gravy - Chamagadda Pulusu - Seppankizhangu Puli Kuzhambu
It has been long since I posted something new. The reason being many with kids various competition, travelling, birthdays and shopping. Everyday I think I have to update my blog, but time just runs and then I just postpone doing. Today thought I have to somehow post and here I am which has been in my drafts for Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-8715123675940111172012-04-03T08:25:00.000-04:002012-04-03T16:57:12.839-04:00RAGI UPMA
Ragi Upma/Uppindi/Uppittu
Ragi/Kezhvarugu/ Finger Millet/ Ragulu
Back home when I was kid and even now for breakfast there
would be varieties that would be idli or dosa combined with 2 – 3 chutneys or
idli and upma or dosa and upma or mostly rava upma for us kids and ragi upma
for Mom/dad and grandma. So have seen this breakfast n number of times in my
house. This is a Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-32960364526070098652012-03-29T15:20:00.000-04:002012-03-29T15:40:42.691-04:00MENTHI SANKATTI / VENDHAYA KALI / FENUGREEK RICE BALLS
Menthi or Menthula Sankatti (Telugu)/ Vendhaya Kali(Tamil)/
Fenugreek(Methi Seeds) Rice Balls
This dish is very common in my house and usually prepared
for breakfasts. When I was a kid my mom used to beg, threat and bribe us to eat
this dish or atleast taste some, but I never even went near it which I regret
now. I always wondered how they can have it for breakfasts and when I had them
Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-58066350762712672222012-03-20T15:15:00.000-04:002012-03-20T15:17:15.551-04:00SPICY or MASALA OBBATTU
Spicy or Masala Obbattu / Spicy or Masala Puran Poli / Kaaram Bobatlu / Kharada Holige / Khara Boli
Ugadi is a festival of all tastes called as Shadrachalu and
for this Ugadi let us have a very different type of Obbattu. This is a spicy
version of obbattu or even call it as a stuffed or vegetable paratha. Whatever
the name may be but, this is definitely that you should Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-18568128274826415452012-03-15T09:10:00.000-04:002012-03-18T22:42:31.983-04:00UGADI RECIPES
Ugadi Festival this year falls on this month 23rd( March 23, 2012). To know more about the festival click here.
Ugadi Pachadi
Ugadi Feast
Obbattu Version 1
Obbattu Version 2
Coconut/ Kaayi Obbattu
Obbattina Saaru Version 1
Obbattina Saaru Version 2
Spicy or Masala Obbattu
Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-47119411628121042502012-03-13T08:40:00.000-04:002012-03-13T08:45:36.912-04:00SUNDAKKAI KUZHAMBU
Sundakkai known as Turkey Berry in English and Chundakka/kudhenakai in other Indian Languages. Learn more about it through
wikipedia here Learn more about it here.
Benefits of Turkey Berry: Turkey berry is widely used for
culinary and medicinal purposes. These berries are either used as fresh berries
or dried berries. Turkey berries are soaked in butter milk for one day and then
dried in Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com22tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-74266954584855661942012-03-11T22:30:00.000-04:002012-03-11T22:35:09.772-04:00GOLD FINGER CHAAT
Masala Gold Finger Fryums/ Gold Finger Chaat/ Masala Boti and
Vadagam/Vathal/Sandige Chaat
Gold finger fryums is one of my favourite just like anyone. When I was kid
I used to insert them in all my fingers and munch it on one by one just like
other friends in school or neighbourhood. My son’s too love this snack and I
always stock up with it at home. This snack which I am posting Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-22826733326249821812012-03-06T12:40:00.000-05:002012-03-06T12:42:29.516-05:00VANKAYA PACHADI
Katharikkai/Brinjal/Badhanekayi/Vankaya Pachadi
Brinjal - 5 or 6 medium size
Tamarind - Half lemon size
Sambar Powder or Pulusu Powder - 1 tbsp
Jaggery - 1 tbsp
Salt as needed
Onion - 1 small red onion or Pearl/small onion(shallots) - 6 or 7 sliced
Grated coconut - 2 or 3 tbsp
Curry leaves - few
Mustard seeds - few&Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-53683978199665144442012-02-18T12:19:00.000-05:002012-02-18T12:21:13.466-05:00BACHALI PAPPU / CLIMBING SPINACH DHAL
Bachali Pappu / kodi Pasalai Keerai Paruppu/ Climbing(vine
or creeping or Malabar) Spinach Dhal/ Basale Soppina Bele
Have already posted a recipe using these leaves here.
I am now posting an other recipe that goes well with rice. This can served with
some fryums/papads and tastes great with rice and ghee.
Tuvar/ Toor dhal – ¾ cup
Climbing spinach – 2 cups ( washed and roughlyPadmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5085053248658941247.post-27311275752044511582012-01-08T00:30:00.000-05:002012-01-08T00:32:21.766-05:00Multi Colored , Fruit and Bowl Shaped Kai/Suttu/Suthu Murukku
Multi Colored/ Fruit and Bowl Shaped Kai/Suttu/Suthu MurukkuKai / Murukku or Suttu/suthu murukku is a traditional snack prepared in Tamil Nadu. In my family they make this murukku very often. My aunt and grandma are experts in making this swirls and also they do it so fast and very accurate in size and shape. In many of my posts I have mentioned about my Gomathi Athai and this recipe is also Padmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15301492721756247932noreply@blogger.com35