Suba's Recipes

This post explains the preparation of sweet and salt adai which are offered as neivedhyam during the karadaiyan nombu function. For more details on this function, check my post about the festival.                                                   This year the festival falls on  Wednesday, March 14th 2018 .

Ammini Kozhukattai also called as Mani Kozhukattai, is generally prepared on the day of Vinayakar Chathurthi festival. It is usually made with the left over kozhukattai dough. We just roll small balls out of the dough, steam them and do a simple tempering. But this dish can easily be prepared any day as a simple snack or even as a tiffin item. Only effort required will be in rolling the tiny balls😉. This is a very healthy snack as we steam the dish and hence is a good choice for kids too. My daughter loves this snack and hence I prepare it once in a while. Hence thought of sharing here in the blog.                                I have given here a simple version of the dish. You can make variations to this by adding idli milagai podi if you prefer a spicy version. You can also use the filling used for ulundu kozhukattai( urad dal stuffing) and add to this. Also it is suggested to use o...

Savoury diamond cuts - maida salt biscuits is an easy to prepare snack item.  We prepare both sweet and salt versions of this biscuit. We can have it as a separate snack item or add it as part of the South Indian style Mixture. I shall try and post the sweet version soon.

Sweet corn sundal is an easy to make dish which is healthy too. I had made this during the Navaratri festival, hence wanted to publish it here. This can be made on regular days too for kids as school snacks or after school snacks in the evening. Unlike most sundal varieties which require prior soaking, this can be done instantly.

Idli Upma is an easy to prepare snack/tiffin variety with leftover idlis. There are many variations to this upma, which I have mentioned under the "Notes" section. This can be prepared as an after school snack for kids.

Mostly when we grind for adai batter, there will be some leftover batter. My mother-in-law always prepares kunukku with the left over adai batter. She just deep fries small portions of the batter in oil, like how we do for vada or bonda. It will be tasty with the sourness and spiciness of the batter. This time I wanted to prepare something by avoiding deep frying and hence tried this paniyaram recipe with the left over batter. I came across this recipe from here . Since we are making it as paniyarams, less oil will be used. We can prepare it as an evening snack or even for breakfast by pairing up with sweet paniyaram(recipe link is given below).

Vella aval is a sweet dish prepared with aval and jaggery. It is an instant sweet which can be prepared without much planning. Since both aval and jaggery are good for health, this can be given as an evening snack for kids. Also during festivals or any special pooja occasion, this can be prepared as a quick neivedhyam dish.

This post lists the variety of options which can be given as snacks to kids. Based on whether it is a fresh snack given at home or a packed one to school or travel, the options vary. I have collated them based on what i follow for my daughter.

This is an instant savoury version of kuzhi paniyaram using idli batter or the 3 in 1 batter. This can be prepared as a quick breakfast or evening snack item. We can prepare this along with the sweet paniyaram .

Bread upma is a flavourful alternative to the regular bread sandwich. It is a great way to use leftover bread slices and also makes a healthy after school snack for kids.

Aval kozhukattai is an alternative to the regular aval upma. It is prepared similar to upma kozhukattai which is made of raw rice. It is a great after school snack for kids or can even be served for breakfast or dinner.

This is an instant version of sweet paniyaram/appam using wheat flour. This is prepared during festivals like karthigai deepam, krishna jayanthi etc. This is an easy to prepare sweet which can be done even by beginners.