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 5 IN 1 BURFI HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL MY BLOG VISITORS !! Let us start this New Year 2013 with a sweet dish ! This 5 in 1 burfi is a very yummy sweet dish, made with ingredients available at home . The recipe includes these ingredients - Besan (Gram Flour) -1 cup Milk -   1 cup Ghee  - 1 cup Sugar - 2 cups Let's prepare this sweet ...... Mix all the ingredients well without lumps in a large thick bottomed pan. Now, switch on the stove, keep the flame in medium heat and keep the pan. Stir ocassionally. After sometime, the mixture will start to become thick. From this point, keep stirring continuously , so that the mixture doesn't stick to the bottom and get a burning smell. Then, add 1 or 2 tbsp more of ghee . After constant stirring, the mixture will start leaving the pan and will follow the laddle. Now, it is done. Pour it on a plate greased with ghee  and spread evenly with a greased spoon. Cut into desired shape when it i...

I am sharing my recipe of preparing Thattai, to enjoy with tea on a rainy day. Let's see how to make these crunchy thattais Ingredients : Rice Flour (Raw rice)  -  2 cups Urad Dal flour  -  1/4 cup Unsalted Butter - 1/2 stick  (1/4 cup), at room temperature Red chillies  - 2 tsp (or as per taste) Curry leaves - 1/4 cup (washed and chopped) Channa Dal (bengal gram) - 3 tsp(soaked in a little water) Asafoetida (hing) powder - 1 tsp  Salt - 1 tsp  Water - 1 cup ( but I had 1 tbsp of water left after making the dough) Cooking oil - for deep frying Now, let's see how to prepare this snack 1. Mix all flours, salt, chilli powder, hing, and mix well. 2. Now add the curry leaves, soaked channa dal , and butter. 3. Mix all ingredients well  adding a little water(use a spoon), make a dough. 4. Take small balls of this dough ( if you want all the thattais to be in the same size, then use a measuring spoon and take the same quantity of th...

  Ellu Urundai (Sesame Candy Balls) is very easy to make, but needs a lot of concentration and dedication  while preparing them. Let's see what we need to prepare these healthy balls. White Sesame Seeds - 1 cup Jaggery  -  1/2 cup grated Water     -  1/4 cup Gingelly Oil - 2 tsp 1. In a thick bottomed pan, put the grated jaggery and  pour 1/4 cup of water .     Heat it and stir until the jaggery melts. Switch off stove and sieve it in     a  container. 2. Now switch on the stove, simmer and heat the jaggery syrup     in a thick bottomed pan. 3. Initially, stir occasionally . It will start forming bubbles.     Let it boil for some more time. 4. To get the correct consistency, pour a drop of the boiling syrup into     a bowl of cold water. It should not dissolve in the water.     It should settle at the bottom of the b...

Hi viewers,  In this post, we are going to learn how to make Jangri. Jangri and Jalebi are different. Jangri is made from Urad Dal and  Jalebi is made from Maida. Ingredients needed : Urad Dal - 1 cup Rice Flour - 1 to 2 tbsp Kesar Colour - few drops Sugar - 2 cups Water - 1 cup Oil - for frying Ziploc Bag for piping the batter - 1 Method of Preparation : First , soak the Urad Dal in water for 1 hour in water. Drain the water and grind it into a smooth paste by adding water little by little. I made this batter in a wet grinder . The consistency of the batter is , if you take a little batter in your hand and drop it , it should fall like a string . * If the batter is too thick, it will be like vada batter and won't fall from the bag. * If it is too thin, the shape won't stay. In a pan, put the sugar and the water and make sugar syrup to one string consistency. When the  syrup is boiling, add a few drops of lime ju...

This is a very simple to make and yummy dish, which kids will love. You will need : Chicken - 1 cup (cut into small pieces) Ginger , crushed - 1 tbsp Garlic , crushed - 1 tbsp Salt- as per taste Dhania Powder - 1 tbsp Chilli Powder - 1 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/4 tsp 1. In a pan, heat 1 tbsp oil, and put, ginger, garlic, chicken and saute together. 2. Add salt, turmeric powder, chilli powder and dhania powder and saute well. 3. Keep the flame in simmer and 1/2 cup of water. 4. Let the chicken get cooked well. 5. Now, add a little garam masala and keep sauting, till all the water is gone. Chicken sukka is ready... yum yummm....

This is a very easy and and quick to cook dish. Ingredients : Red Pumpkin - 1 lb Onion - 1 large , chopped Garlic - 10 pieces Tomato - 1 medium chopped Tamarind - 1 lemon size, make a puree out of this Dhania Powder - 2 tbsp Chilli powder - 1 1/2 tsp Turmeric Powder - 1/2 tsp Water - 1 1/2 cups Salt - as per taste Cooking Oil for seasoning : Mustars seeds, Methi seeds, Fennel seeds, Channa dal - 1 tsp, Asafoetida, Curry leaves 1. Cut the red pumpkin into 1 inch cubes. 2. In a pressure pan, add the pumpkin, onion, garlic, tomato,dhania powder, chilli powder,salt,     turmeric powder , tamarind puree, water and 1 tbsp oil . 3. Now, switch on the stove and pressure cook this for 3 to 4 minutes . It has to only get cooked,      not mashed. So, be careful. 4. Now , in a pan, heat 1 tbsp oil and put all the items for seasoning .  5. Transfer the contents from the cooker to the pan and allow it to only come to a boil      and switch it off. Rem...

This is a chettinaad special kuzhambu and also my maternal grandmother's recipe which is my favourite. This is an easy to make recipe and also very yummy. It is a good combination with idli, dosa and cooked plain white rice.        Ingredients needed : Macroni (elbow shaped pasta)  - 1 cup   Onion - 1 large chopped  Tomato - 1 large chopped Garlic - 10  pieces Tamarind - 1 lemon size Dhania Powder - 3 tbsp Chilli Powder - 1 tbsp Turmeric Powder - 1 tsp Salt - as per taste  For Seasoning : Mustard, Methi Seeds, Fennel Seeds, Asafoetida, Chana Dal - 1/2 tsp and  Curry leaves.    How to prepare : 1. In a pot , put the pasta , water, little salt and 1 tsp olive oil  and cook , then drain the excess water. 2. In a wok, heat 2 tbsp cooking oil, and add all the items for seasoning. 3. Add the chopped onion and garlic and saute. 4. Now add the chopped tomato and saute. 5. Make a puree of the tamarind and keep it in a...

This Egg Masala Dosa is a Kids Special Dish. It is very easy to make and also very yummy. Not only kids, even adults will love it. It is very healthy too. In the world of fast food  and junk food,  this will be a healthy and easy to cook breakfast or dinner for the moms. Ingredients needed : Dosai batter : 1 cup Eggs, beaten : 2  Jeera (Cumin)Powder : 1/2 tsp Pepper Powder : 1tbsp Salt : 1tsp Coriander leaves and curry leaves finely chopped : 1 tsp (optional) Grated ginger or Ginger Paste : 2 tsp(optional) How to Prepare : 1. In the beaten eggs, add the salt , cumin powder and pepper powder.  2. In the dosa batter , add chopped coriander leaves, and grated ginger, if your kids like.  3. Now add the beaten eggs mixture into the batter and mix well. 4. Now in a hot tawa (skillet) , pour a laddle full of batter into dosas . 5. Decorate  the dosas with ketchup in the shape of smiling face or any design your kids like. 

This is a Kids Special dish. All parents especially mothers have a tough time feeding vegetables to their kids. So here is an easy way to give them beetroot , without the kids knowing what they are eating. Ingredients -  Beetroot - 1/4 of a medium beetroot chopped  Wheat Flour - 1/2 cup Salt to taste Jeera - 1/2 tsp chilli powder - 1 pinch Oil or ghee - 1 tsp 1. Pressure cook the chopped beetroot along with salt , turmeric and chilli powder and little water. 2.  Now, in  mixing bowl, take the wheat flour with little salt, mix well. 3. Make a puree of the cooked beetroot,or just mash it with a laddle nicely. 4. Add this to the flour and make a dough.  5. Finally coat the dough with ghee or oil and leave aside for 10 minutes. 6. Now, make balls of equal size out of the dough and make flat chapathis using rolling pin. 7. Heat a flat griddle and cook the tortillas/chapathis until they are done on both si...

My hearty Diwali wishes to all my valuable Readers ! May this Diwali bring happiness in all your lives like these sweets. HAPPY DIWALI !!!