Onam Greetings

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Onam Special Palada Pradhaman & Chakka Pradhaman ( Payasam/ Kheer ) at Sri Krishna Sweets - Chennai

One more "Sweeeeeet" news from Sri Krishna Sweets - Chennai

Onam special Palada ( milk) Pradhaman and Chakka (jack fruit)Pradhaman available only on 12 th September ( Onam day ) from 8 am to 1 pm at their T Nagar, Anna Nagar , Ashok Nagar & Adyar branches.

The cost is Rs. 190/- per litre.

Specially mentioned in the ad that "the customers should bring a clean dry vessel to buy this sweets". The ad is featured below.

Sri Krishna Sweets
2 nd Avenue
Landmark - next to Anjappar, Mc Rennet, Tanishq
Anna Nagar # 2619 1222 / 9940092945
Pondy Bazar
T Nagar # 24312345 / 42616161 /9940092111 /222/

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Crispy Samosas from Sri Krishna Sweets - Chennai

A couple of day’s back, we visited Sri Krishna Sweets, Annanagar, Chennai. It was a pleasant evening and I was really impressed by the ambiance there.

Sri Krishna Sweets has been around for many years now and its pure ghee sweets are famous not only in Chennai but in other parts of Tamilnadu.

A striking feature which I found at the Annanagar outlet was the attitude and crispy clean dress of the attending staff reminiscing a Jewellery shop . Apart from sweets and savories, there were many offerings from the hot plate – like Kara / Sweet Paniyaram, Sweet / coconut / Masala Boli etc.

To enhance the shopping experience, there was a live violin recital which added to the splendor. With chairs around, one can enjoy the food and the music as well.

Featured here is a pair of Samosas. I found them very rich with liberal sprinkling of Cashew nut splits. Size of samosas were also fulfilling.


Yes, You guessed it right. Of course; these things will not come cheap. A single samosa costs Rs.15/-

Even though the offerings are pocket heavy and loaded with cals , I recommend a visit.

Around this time every year ( Gut feeling tells me it is Sept 20th); Sri Krishna Sweets offers “ Buy 1 kg and get 1 Kg free” Ghee Mysorepa for a day. I have seen serpentine queues last year – but it is worth the trouble - as the offer sweetens the already sweet Mysorepa.

Sri Krishna Sweets,
2nd Avenue, Annanagar East,
Chennai – Tel – 26191222.
( Very near to Annanagar roundtana – next to Anjappar, McRennet).

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Mi Goreng / Mee Goreng ( Malaysia's favorite fried noodles )

Make noodles according to the directions shown in the packet. Serve with fried egg. It's very delicious and yummy. You can add vegetables , cooked prawns and meat. Taste is totally different from Indian Maggi 2 minute noodles.

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Onam Shopping Festival ( 2008 ) - Chennai

Photo Credit - The Hindu

These days are great occasions for all Keralites world over – as their favourite Onam festival has arrived. Chennai is also celebrating Onam in its own ways.

There were two dedicated Onam special shopping festivals in Chennai. One was at Valluvarkottam for 3 days from 5th Sept to 7th. We visited the place. Apart from the traditional snacks and condiments, there were several food stalls selling traditional payasams ( Ada, parippu prathaman, pal-ada, pal-payasam), many shops were selling traditional fares like Appam – stew, Puttu – kadala, Kozhukkatta, ela-ada, kappa, Banana chips, chakka varuthathu ( jackfruit chips ), Biryani, Halwa, Kerala sarees, dry fruits etc. A notable feature this year was a multiplicity of stalls selling real – estate, house-boat / home stay and insurance products reflecting the changing business environment in Kerala.

The second venue was at Kerala Samajam, Poonamallee high road, Chennai – ongoing – till 12th Sept which is in a much smaller scale than that at Valluvarkottam.

Palakkaran Family Restaurant served 3 types of of Payasam and Appam - stew. Enjoy these photos...

Parippu prathaman

Paal payasam



ADA PRATHAMAN



Live show of APPAM - STEW

Appam batter








Appam's getting ready...



Creamy vegetable stew


Appam's ready now....



Kuzhalappam

ACHAPPAM



Visit.. Palakkaran Family Restaurant for Onam Sadya and other Kerala cuisine
No-27, Bazullah Road,
T Nagar ( landmark - above Airtel office and ICICI Bank )
Chennai # 42555528 /9003017797

Residency Towers
T Nagar # 28156363

Checkers # 43994399 / 9940172222

Kadalivanam ( till 14 th Sep and Sep 20 th and 21 st ) , Mugappair # 26243249 , Nugambakam # 64508427, Adyar #65718423

Ente Keralam #42328585

Marina Towers, Egmore # 28585454 ( till Sep 14 th )

Copper point - GRT Grand # 28150500

Hotel Raaj Bhavan , Valluvarkottam , Nungambakam # 28271121 , Purasaiwalkam # 26404621

Green Medows , Palavakkam # 24515555, 9840030586

Ambassador Pallava, Egmore # 28554476 / 28554068

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Photos of evergreen '' Onam Snacks ''

Featured here are photos of Banana chips and Sarkarapuratti. These two are inevitable ingredients in any ''Onam meal ".

Banana chips ( upperi )

Sarkaraputatti (Fried- thick slices of unripe banana wrapped in jaggery, cardamom powder and a dash of dry ginger powder ( chukkupodi ).

Onam is an exclusive local festival of state of Kerala. It marks the homecoming of mythological King Mahabali and is an annual harvest festival. It is a popular festival among the cultural repertoire of Malayalees, and falls in the Malayalam month of Chingam (August/September as per the Gregorian calendar), the first month of the Malayalam calendar, and lasts for ten days. Traditionally celebrated as a harvest festival, mythologically it is linked to Malayalee–Hindu folktales; but Onam is celebrated by people of all religions .

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“niyasworld” in news

niyasworld is featured in “New Indian Express” life style magazine supplement “Indulge” today ( 05/09/2008).

The content featured below:

Thanks for all my e-mail subscribers, viewers and readers. Thanks Reshma. Keep watching niyasworld.

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KIMLING Chinese Restaurant- Anna Nagar - Chennai ( with photos )

Tom yum soup

PRAWNS 'N' ORIENTAL SAUCE

MANDARIN FISH ( not whole fish- slices of Pomfret )

SEAFOOD ' N' SAUCE

MIXED FRIED RICE

KUEH TEOW

CHINESE TEA

CHINESE TEA

KIMLING CHINESE RESTAURANT

AC Block , No 4909, Teja Towers

2 nd Avenue

Anna Nagar - Landmark - Opp Aiyappan Temple and Raasi silks

Home delivery call # 26209609 /26265245

Timings - 12pm- 3pm for lunch

7pm - 10.45pm for dinner

Overview- Chinese food- Indian taste

A word of caution- Check the prices correctly when you order- especially with sea food ( crab ) if you don't want surprises when you get the bill !!!

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Nutrition in French Beans

Characteristics
Length—75 - 110mm.

Shape—Straight flat or round.

Color– Dark/Light Green.

N U T R I T I O N
(Per 100 gm of edible portion)

Moisture content……..……….…91.4%
Protein………...……………...……..1.7gm
Fat ………………………..…….……...0.1gm
Thiamine……..………………..…….0.08mg
Riboflaria…………………..……...…0.06mg
Carbohydrates…….………….…..4.5gm
Energy………………………………....74.00cal
Calcium……………………...…......50mg
Phosphorous……..…………..…...28mg
Iron……………….…………...……....1.7mg
Vitamin C……….….…………….....11.00mg
Mineral….….…...………...….......0.5gm
Vitamin A………………………...…..22IU
Pottassium.……..…………..….....129mg

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Photos of Dharwad Ka Peda

Dharward is a district centre in Karnataka, India. Dharwad is famous for milk products. The legendary Dharwad Ka Peda made from milk and Khoya.

My aunt recently visited Dharwad and got this peda for us.

Thanks a lot for the pedas and Japanese coins ( these will make excellent addition to my son's coin collection !!! ).

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Kappayum Meenum ( Tapioca with Fish Curry )

Kappa and Meen Curry is a quintessential contribution in Kerala cuisine.
The traditional taste of Kappa and Meen Curry is still preserved uncorrupted in the toddy shops ( shops selling coconut beer ) in Kerala.

Featured here is the Kappa and Meen Curry in its original form.

A resent trend is to serve these traditional foods in 5 star hotels and in houseboats- to popularize this among the visitors- especially from abroad; to give them a taste of authentic Kerala food.

Kappa ( Tapioca ) is a tubular , rich in carbohydrate omnipresent in Kerala.

If fresh, a cut section of Kappa will look moist and fully white. A bluish tinge or dryness indicate that the Kappa is old and hence not fresh ( won’t cook well ).

Preparation of Kappa

Kappa – 500 g
Mustard – 1 teaspoon
Jeera Cumin seeds – ½ teaspoon
Green chillies – 4 , cut lengthwise
Curry leaves – 2 spring
Small onion – 5, cut into thin slices
Salt – to taste
Cooking oil – 2 teaspoon

Ingredient for coconut masala

Grated coconut -1 cup
Turmeric powder- ½ teaspoon
Red chilly powder- ½ teaspoon
Garlic – 5 cloves, crushed

Mix all the ingredients nicely. Keep aside.

Method

Cut fresh Kappa to required size after skinning and removing the vein at the centre. Wash and clean well.

Take diced Kappa in a vessel. Add water- so that all the pieces are fully immersed. Add little salt. Boil till done. Alternately pressure cook for 10- 15 minutes.

Most important : Drain off this water. Don’t use it for any other purpose.

In a kadai / frying pan, heat oil on a medium heat. Add mustard seeds. When they splutter , add jeera, curry leaves, small onion slices and green chillies. Saute well for 2 minutes. Add cooked Kappa. Mix it well. Add coconut masala and salt. Mix all the ingredients again. Cook on a slow flame for 10 minutes. Stir occasionally. Serve with Meen Curry. Here is the recipe of Meen Curry.

This is the another form of Kappa as evening snack.
Big pieces of Kappa and combination with Ulli .

Ingredients for making ulli ( small onion – chilly mixture )

Small onion -10, chopped roughly
Red chilly powder – 1 – 1 ½ teaspoon
Salt – to taste
Oil – 1 teaspoon

Method
Crush above ingredients in the mixer for 30 seconds. Serve with Kappa.

Recipe of Meen Curry

You will need

Fish pieces - 500 g (Seer fish / Nemmen / Pomfret )

Small onion - 10, thinly sliced

Ginger - garlic paste - 1 tablespoon

Red chilly powder- 2 teaspoon

Kudampuli / ( Tamarind juice )- 3 ( 3 chula soaked in salt water )

Tomato - 2 , roughly chopped

Curry leaves - 2 springs

Cooking oil- 2 teaspoon

Salt - to taste

Water- 1/2 cup

Coconut milk - 1 cup thick milk

Method

Wash and cleaned the fish. Marinate the fish pieces with salt and turmeric powder and keep aside for half an hour.

Heat oil in a meen chutty. Add small onion and fry till golden colour. Add curry leaves , red chilly powder , tomato, and ginger - garlic paste. Saute well for 5 minutes. Add kudampuli pieces and fish pieces. Add salt to taste and half cup water. Cover with the lid and cook for 15 -20 minutes or till done. Switch off the gas flame. Add 1 cup thick coconut milk and strir well. Serve with Kappa.

Visit here for Kappa Puzhukku

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Ragi Idli

Ragi Idli is good for health and nutritious !!!!!

Ingredients

Ragi Flour - 1cup
Uraddal ( black gram ) - 1 cup
Boiled rice -2 cups
Salt to taste

Method

Wash and soak urad dal and rice separately for 6-8 hours or overnight. Grind both separately. Mix both and ferment for at least 8 hours. Add Ragi flour to mixture. Add salt. Set aside to ferment for five to six hours. Grease the idli karoris with little oil. Pour batter in individual katoris and steam idli cooker for 15-20 minutes. serve hot with Sambar and tomato chutney / coconut chutney.

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fish ' n ' fresh - Anna Nagar - Chennai for fresh fish

At fish ‘n' fresh one can get wide range of more than 100 varieties of Fish, Prawn, Crab and other sea-food delicacies. Other meats include Chicken, Mutton, Beef and Pork in its fresh wholesome and pre-packaged form. Also available vegetables , grains, cereals, biscuits, noodles, imported foods...

Do you know where to get Bengal's most favourite Hilsa fish in Chennai ? Yes !! It's available in fish ' n' fresh and it costs Rs 390 / kg.

fish ' n' fresh

AJ Block , 4 th Avenue
Shanti Colony
Anna Nagar
Chennai # 32502081


Here's the photos of Fried Pomfret.. We bought this fresh pomfret from fish 'n ' fresh.

Visit here for fried fish recipe.

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