Tantalizing Desserts
Paal Pongal
- 19
- December
- 2006
Paal Pongal(Tamizhar Style) Dhoodh Pongal. Milk Pongal. Ingredients: Raw rice – broken 1 cup Sugar 3/4 cup Milk 3-4 cups Cardamon seeds powder 1/2 spoon Ghee 1 cup Ghee for frying cashews & raisins Cashew nuts halved – 25 Raisins/dry grapes – 1 fistful. Method: Wash the rice in running water several times. Maybe till […]
Chakara Pongal – A Sweet Surrender
- 18
- December
- 2006
Sometimes, even the common everyday dish is quite a bit challenge to make! The recipe may sound simple…but perfection? Yeah, that’s what I am talking about. A few tweaks to the dish makes it simply exquisite, you know! One such recipe is my Dad’s style of Chakara Pongal. Silk…smooth, ghee ladened, rich in color…aromatic, something […]
Rawa Laadu
- 06
- December
- 2006
Rava Laddu:Ingredients: Bombay rawa – 1 cup Sugar 1 cup Grated Coconut 1/2 cup Finelt chopped cashewnuts 1 fistful Cardamon seeds powder 1 spoon Ghee 1 cup. Method: Toast rawa till golden color and set aside. In a blender…..blend togather toasted rawa and sugar togather. In a small pan, heat ghee and fry the chopped […]
Ukkarai / Dhall Halwa
- 26
- November
- 2006
Ukkarai:(Country Style)Chana Dal Sweet/Halwa. Kadalai Paruppu Halwa. Ingredients:Chana Dal 1 cupJaggery 1 cupGrated coconut 1/2 cupCardamon seeds powder 1/2 spoonCashewnuts chopped 1/4 cupGhee/Clarified butter 1/2 cup. Method:Toast Chana dal for 2-5 minutes in dry heater skillet. Maybe till they turn golden to slight reddish. Then soak this dal in water for 20 minutes. Slow cook […]
Almond Milk Poori
- 26
- November
- 2006
Almond’s Milk Poori: Milk Poori. Paal Poori. Dhoodh Poori. Ingredients: Fried Pooris(semi warm) 4-6Warm Milk 1 cupSugar as per tasteAlmonds 10-15Almonds- silvered fewSaffron few strands. Method: Wet-grind saffron using few spoons of milk. Set aside. Soak almonds in warm water for 20 minutes. Then…remove it skin off. Wet-grind almonds using warm milk. Mix sugar, almond-milk […]
Strawberry Milk – Simply The Best!
- 26
- November
- 2006
Recipe 2 cups cold milk 4-7 strawberries sugar to taste Blend and mix up all the above together and serve up in a tall glass.
Sapota Milkshake
- 29
- October
- 2006
Chikoo Milk Shake:Sappota Milk Shake. Chiku Milk Shake. Sapotta Shake. Sapota Glucose Shake. Ingredients:Fresh Sappato/Chikoo fruit – 3 (deseed, peeled-made into chunks)Well boiled and cold milk – 2 cupsGlucose – 2-4 spoonsAlmonds – 8Sugar/Honey – as per taste. Method:Soak almonds in warm water for 20 minutes. Then peel its skin off. Now wet grind almonds […]
Kalkandu Vadai / Misri Ki Vada
- 21
- October
- 2006
Kalkandu Vadai:(Chettinad Style)Ingredients:Urad dal 1 cupRaw Rice 1 fistfulKalkandu/Lump sugar-1 cupGhee for frying. Method:Soak urad dal and rice togather for about 20 minutes. Drain and strain the dal and rice. Grind it along with lump sugar into thick paste. Maybe without adding any water. The lump sugar will give excess moisture for wet-grinding. Well….if the […]
Seem Paal/ Kadambu Paal / Junnu
- 12
- October
- 2006
Seem Paal:(Tamizhar Style)Seem Paal/Kadambu Paal in Tamil/Junnu in Telugu. Cow’s lactating milk Recipe. Its again a kind of ‘Consolidated Milk Recipe. or Milk Kova/Paal Kova. Its prepared with Cow’s first milk.(The milk produced after a calf is born….for first 5-10 days) Its a extra heavy milk rich in vitamins and protein. You may wonder whats […]
Saffron Infused Basanthi
- 12
- October
- 2006
Baasanthi:(Version 1) Basanthi. Basanti. Saffron Baasanthi. Creamy Indian Dessert. Ingredients:Whole milk 2 litresSugar 3/4 cupSaffron few strands Method:In a heavy bottomed vessel, heat milk over medium heat. Do not stir them. Each time when milk forms thin cream layer…..try to have them(paal aadai in Tamil), using a wooden spatula. Each time…gather the cream formed above […]
