Tantalizing Desserts
Urad Dal Laddu: Curbing that 4 O’ Clock sugar rush is a big thing to me! When I stock my pantry with only picky healthy ingredients…gosh, I am saved! I won’t be carried away to make any unhealthy choice like pastries-cookies-chocolates! Good, to keep a track of what I put on the shelves, I started […]
Kesari / Sooji ka Halwa – How Sweet Is That?
- 23
- February
- 2011
Zaffroni Sooji Ka Sheera: Saffron Infused Semolina Halwa. Rawa Halwa. Rawa Kesari. It isn’t what I exactly planned it to be, blogging about nothing! I mean the usual stuff, I know sometimes (okay, okay kool…many a times) my recipes are not so blog worthy. Come on, how many people would actually ruin a simple dessert!! […]
Snow Cones From My Back Yard:)
- 16
- February
- 2011
Snow Cones with Roof Afsa Syrup It has been a long, frightening winter…with lots of cold and dark days n nights. Its officially Spring, though sleet won’t stop. One thing I like about snowy, breezy evening is…not watching TV, just go gaze through the plain window for a natural show. Most of the time’ step […]
Vermicelli Fudge / Semiya Fudge – Valentine’s Day Special
- 14
- February
- 2011
Vermicelli Fudge: Ramzaan Halwa. Semiya Halwa. Ingredients: Extra fine vermicelli 1 cupCondensed milk 1/4 cupMilk 2 cupsCardamom powder 1/4spoonSaffron powder 1 pinchSalt 1 pinchSugar syrup 1/2 cupGhee/melted butter – 1/4 cup. Method: In a wide wok, heat few spoons of ghee. Add the sugar syrup, cardamom and saffron. Now add the vermicelli and 2 cups […]
Macaroni Kheer / Macaroni Pudding / Macaroni Payasam
- 14
- January
- 2011
Macaroni Kheer: You know, whenever I come up with this kind of weird recipe…’I am off the hook, dude’. So, it was a crazy noon, I had nothing to play with…and I discovered this abandoned box of macaroni shells lying in the pantry. Beyond those internationally acclaimed recipes…I had countless ideas of whipping them out!! […]
Paal Paniyaram – Country Style Dessert
- 12
- December
- 2010
Pal Paniyaram: Ingredients: For Paniyaram: Rice flour 1 cupGrated jaggery 1/2 cupCardamom 3crushedGrated coconut 4-7 spoonsOil for frying/ghee. For Pal: Coconut 1 whole – grated and pureedFarm fresh milk 1 liter Cardamom 6-7 crushedSugar 1 cup. Method: In a wide vessel, heat milk, reduce it into half of its original volume. Further add coconut puree, […]
Kezhvaragu Kozhukattai / Raagi Modhak / Finger Millet Dumplings
- 06
- December
- 2010
Kezhvaragu Kozhukattai: Ingredients: Ragi flour 1 cupJaggery 1/2 cupCoconut – finely sliced 1/2 shellCardamom 5-7 crushedSalt 1 pinchGhee few spoons. Method: Steam the dry flour, and set aside. Heat jaggery in a pan, with a cup of water, filter the same, add cardamom and salt to it. Run this hot sweet concoction to the flour, […]
Vermicelli Kesari / Semiya Kesari
- 03
- December
- 2010
Semiya Kesari: Ingredients: Vermicelli 1 cup (roasted)Sugar solution 1 cupCardamom 3 crushedCloves 3Salt pinchFood color Ghee 1/4 cupCashew nuts 15Raisins 25. Method: In a wide vessel, heat ghee…fry the nuts and raisins. Set aside. In the same oil…add sugar solution, add the spices…continue boiling. Stir-in the vermicelli, cover and cook. Once it is done, add […]
Paal Kozhukattai / Doodh ka Modak – Traditional Tamil Pudding
- 30
- November
- 2010
Paal Kozhukattai: I have heard about this particular sweet, a million times(both through movies and friends)…but never got a chance to see it or to taste it!!! My mommy is a kind of person…who is very content with her own style of cooking,he he…I mean, she never showed even slightest curiosity to try anything traditional […]
Brownies
- 15
- September
- 2010
Brownie: Ingredients: 2 Cups of unsweetened cocoaSugar 1 cupButter 1/4 cup Flour 1 cupEggs 2Salt 1/4 spoonMelted chocolate to finish. Method: Mix everything together with electric beater. Transfer the contents to well-greased oven safe pan. Now bake them over 350 F for about half hour. Cut them into squares and run the melted chocolate on […]
