Hemalatha_Krishnaswamy Profile

Join Date:
2012-04-09
Blogs Owned
1 - Aromatic Cooking
Food blog with vegetarian and vegan recipes
Other Tags: vegan, vegetarian, indian, curries, healthy
Latest Blog Posts
- Almond Snowball Cookies Snowball Cookies, also known as Russian Tea Cakes or Italian Wedding Cookies, these have been on my do list for a long time, somehow I bake more breads and cakes than cookies, so it got missed out every time and I h...
- Avarekalu Sooji Rava Adai, Field Beans Adaion Dec 19, 2016 in Avarekalu-Field Beans-Hyacinth Beans Breakfast And Dinner Semolina-Sooji-Rava VeganAnother dish that I tried out using avarekalu/field beans was this Avarekalu Sooji Rava Adai. Again for this Adai also I have used hitikida avarekalu (I have peeled the beans and used ). It's a simple dish, we mix t...
- Eggless Sugar Cookies I had wanted to try out so many cookies and cakes for this Christmas, but the last couple of weeks had been so busy, that I couldn't make much. So with barely 10 days to Christmas, I thou...
- Avarekalu Idlis, Field Beans Idlis Now, again, it's that season of the year, I am not talking about the holidays, it's the Avarekalu/ Field Beans season here in Bengaluru, every year we get them during the months of December and January. Last year I...
- Nei Appam, Ghee Appam Happy Karthigai Deepam, Festival Of Lights, it falls on 12th December this year, we light our houses with lots of mud lamps and as with any other festival, we make some yummy food too. I have already posted the trad...
- Cabbage Kofta Curry, Cabbage Dumplings In A Creamy Gravy I didn't mean to take a break, it's so happened that I got a little busy on a couple of days and then as usual it took me a while to get back to the habit. Today's post is a simple and delicious kofta with cabbage,...
- Puli Inji, Inji Puli, Sweet & Sour Ginger Pickle Onam is a festival, celebrated in the state of Kerala, India, and it is celebrated for 10 days. As much as the Pookkalam ( Art With Flowers ), the Onam Sadya is equally important and has become very popular, that ma...
- Jowar (Cholam) Pidi Kozhukattai (Sweet), Jowar Modaks Tomorrow is Vinayagar Chathurthi, and here is another healthy Kozhukattai recipe that you can try out, Jowar/Cholam/Sorghum Pidi Kozhukattai. This is such an easy dish, so if you don't have time to make the Stuffed...
- Millet Kozhukattai With Date Almond Filling, Millet Modaks With Date Badam Filling Ganesh/Vinayagar Chaturthi is just 3 days away and I see so many varieties of Kozhukattais in many blogs. Usually I make kozhukattais with paruppu-thengai-vellam pooranam/filling and sundal on Vinayagar Chathurthi,...
- Chakka Pradaman With Chakka Varatti, Jackfruit Payasam After making Chakka Varatti ( Jackfruit Preserve ) at home, the first dish that I wanted to try out with it was the Ela Ada and the next down the list was this Chakka Pradaman or Payasam. Once you have your Chakka V...
- Mac & Cheese With Vegetableson Aug 28, 2016 in Cheese Pasta And NoodlesMac & Cheese, this used to be my daughter's favorite snack when we were back in the US, but I used to make it from the Mac & Cheese sachets that we get back there. After coming to India, whenever I brought c...
- Mangalore Cucumber Seeds Saaru ( Rasam ) When I posted Mangalore Cucumber Palya/Stir-Fry, I had told that I had saved the seeds for doing another dish called Saaru. Saaru is basically similar to the Tamil Rasam with a very thin soup like consistency. In Ka...
- Eggless Blueberry Muffins I had this big packet of dried blueberries that I wanted to finish before the expiry date and I was looking for some simple recipes where I can use it apart from eating it as such. These blueberry muffins fitted the...
- Ela Ada With Chakka Varatti, Steamed Rice Parcels With Jackfruit Preserve After making Chakka Varatti/Jackfruit Preserve, I was waiting to try out Ela Ada, when I say waiting, I really mean it because where I stay in Bangalore, I don't easily get banana leaves, except might be on festival...
- Lauki Thepla, Bottle Gourd Flat Breads, Sorakkai Thepla Lauki is one vegetable that I buy every week or at least once in 10 days. This is another very versatile vegetable, we can use for making curries, soup, sambar, dals, halwas, idlis, dosas and now these theplas and e...
- Banana Flower & Cabbage Rice, Vazhaipoo Muttaikose Sadam Vazhaipoo/Banana Flower and Purple Cabbage, we love this combination at home, I usually make a poriyal/stir fry with this combo and they go very well together. So when I had a little bit of cabbage and half a banana...
- Chakka Varatti, Jackfruit Preserve ( Halwa ) Ever since I saw Ela Ada on blogs and cookery shows, I had wanted to try it out home, especially the Ela Ada using Chakka Varatti/Jackfruit Preserve. I thought I'll do it during the last jackfruit season but it so h...
- Vengaya Pakoda, Onion Fritters Vengaya Pakoda/Onion Fritters, this is a favorite at home, I have made it so many times, but never got the chance to click it and so it has taken so long to appear here in the blog. It's such an easy snack, the only...
- Beetroot Moru Kuzhambuon Aug 10, 2016 in Beets-Beetroot Sambars And KuzhambusMoru Kuzhambu/Yogurt Stew is a favorite at home, mixed with rice and along with some paruppu usili, it tastes simply too good. Usually we add okra/vendikkai, ash gourd/pusinikkai, chayote/chow-chow or even vadas to...
- Eggless Cherry Cupcakes When I had bought this box of cherries ( the dark ones ), I had tried out two baked dishes with it, the Cherry Clafoutis and these Cherry Cupcakes and the remaining, were very good to eat as such. I saw this recipe...