https://cooksjoy.com/blog A vegetarian cooking blog with recipes that tickle your taste buds and leave you craving for more !!! Sat, 08 Aug 2020 00:27:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/01/tamarind-dates-chutney.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/01/tamarind-dates-chutney.html#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2016 22:58:06 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=21576 I love chaats and it is easy to put those together if you have the basic chutneys on hand. This recipe uses dates and has been on my list forever. It is actually pretty simple to make and pressure cooking made the job easy for me. I actually could not stop tasting the chutney because...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2016/01/tamarind-dates-chutney.html/feed 0 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/10/soya-bean-sundal.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/10/soya-bean-sundal.html#comments Sat, 31 Oct 2015 16:34:19 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=20408 This is a healthy snack with soya beans. I should have posted this during the Navaratri festival, but then things got in the way. Any kind of dried beans can be used and the tamarind and jaggery add a nice sweet and tangy taste to the snack. Soya beans has a nice nutty taste and...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2015/10/soya-bean-sundal.html/feed 0 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/sweet-appam-karthikai-deepam-recipe.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/sweet-appam-karthikai-deepam-recipe.html#comments Sat, 16 Nov 2013 07:53:32 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=15704 Karthikai Deepam falls on Nov 17th this year and this is one of the dishes prepared for the festival. As kids we used to enjoy this festival after Diwali because this is another day we were allowed to light fireworks. The houses are also decorated with “agal vilaku” that are basically lamps made with clay. We...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/11/sweet-appam-karthikai-deepam-recipe.html/feed 1 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/15-bean-masala-sundal.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/15-bean-masala-sundal.html#comments Tue, 08 Oct 2013 00:37:21 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=14854 Another recipe for Navaratri and sundal is basically a legume salad with tons of variations. If you want to jazz up the humble sundal a bit, then you have to try this. Normally onion and garlic are avoided on festival days and I have posted a few with no onion and garlic also that you...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/15-bean-masala-sundal.html/feed 4 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/sweet-black-eyed-peas-sundal-kaaramani-vella-sundal.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/sweet-black-eyed-peas-sundal-kaaramani-vella-sundal.html#comments Sat, 05 Oct 2013 05:51:12 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=14858 Navaratri is a festival that is celebrated for nine days. In India a different legume is cooked each day and served to God and then to visitors. Normally a savory version is made and I had been wanting to make the sweet version for a while although I was skeptical because I prefer savory stuff....]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/10/sweet-black-eyed-peas-sundal-kaaramani-vella-sundal.html/feed 6 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/chaat-chutneys-green-chutney-and-tamarind-chutney.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/chaat-chutneys-green-chutney-and-tamarind-chutney.html#comments Mon, 19 Aug 2013 05:14:02 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=10571 As mentioned in my chaat event post, chaats are new to me. Chaat is used to describe Indian street food and are normally savory. You will be amazed at the tons of varieties that one can come up with when it comes to chaat. The common thing that most chaats share is that they use the...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/chaat-chutneys-green-chutney-and-tamarind-chutney.html/feed 6 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/jalapeno-thogayal-pachai-milagai-thogayal.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/jalapeno-thogayal-pachai-milagai-thogayal.html#comments Sun, 11 Aug 2013 09:00:27 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=13608 Thogayal is basically a condiment that we mix with rice or use as a dip for dosa, idli and so on. It is very easy to prepare and there is a ton of variations. The fiery hot green chillies (in less quantities) is normally used to make this thogayal, but since my garden has been...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/08/jalapeno-thogayal-pachai-milagai-thogayal.html/feed 3 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/01/mango-pachadi-raw-mango-relish.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/01/mango-pachadi-raw-mango-relish.html#comments Mon, 21 Jan 2013 06:27:37 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=9196 This pachadi is usually made during Tamil New Year and since I missed blogging about it last year, I decided to post it way before the festival this year. The pachadi has various tastes like sweet, sour, salt, etc. and depicts that life is also filled with a variety of emotions. It was quite a...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2013/01/mango-pachadi-raw-mango-relish.html/feed 11 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/09/coconut-jaggery-kozhukattai-sweet-dumplings.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/09/coconut-jaggery-kozhukattai-sweet-dumplings.html#comments Sun, 16 Sep 2012 21:56:47 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=5955 Hope everyone is gearing up for Vinayaka Chaturthi and it was project thengai poorna (coconut filling) kozhukattai today. I tried this filling last year and it was a disaster since I used powdered coconut. The coconut and jaggery did not mix and I ended up with a coarse powder and I had to dump it....]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/09/coconut-jaggery-kozhukattai-sweet-dumplings.html/feed 13 https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/05/sesame-ladoo-ellutil-ladoo.html https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/05/sesame-ladoo-ellutil-ladoo.html#comments Thu, 10 May 2012 00:41:16 +0000 Vardhini http://cooksjoy.com/blog/?p=2555 Time for another blog hop and this month I am paired with Nisha of NishasKitchen. While browsing through her wonderful space I glanced upon these yummy ladoos also known as ellu urundai in tamil and realized that I have not posted even one ladoo recipe. It did not surprise me too much given that I am...]]> https://cooksjoy.com/blog/2012/05/sesame-ladoo-ellutil-ladoo.html/feed 21