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Ma Laddoo

  Ma Laddoo (Roasted gram ladoo) Today sharing a very easy and quick sweet recipe which requires very few ingredients. This laddoos are made similar to other laddoos I prepared earlier like rava laddoos, moong laddoos.  INGREDIENTS   Roasted Chana dal / Chutney dal/ Futana - 1 big glass ( 200 g) Sugar - 1 big glass ( You can add 1& 1/2 glasses if you like more sweet) Ghee - as required Cashew- 6- 7 pieces  Cardamon powder - 1 tsp Step by step preparation  Dry roast the roasted gram for four to five minutes without changing colour.                   Once the dal/ gram is cooled then powder in in mixie grinder.        Powder the sugar alongwith 3-4 cardamons.                      Mix the powdered gram and sugar together. Divide into two or three parts as it will be difficult to bind laddoos all together.       ...

Kaccha Gola

 Kaccha Gola (Paneer sweet balls)       Hi all, Today sharing a recipe of sweet paneer balls also called kacha golas .A very easy recipe made with few ingredients and get ready quickly too. Milk - 1 L Vinegar/Lemon juice/Curd - 4 tbsp Sugar - 5-6 tbsp Milk powder - 2 tbsp Cardamons- 2-3 Recipe -: 1) Prepare a paneer or chenna with milk.             2) Divide the paneer into two parts.One part let be raw.          3) In the other part we add sugar and mix well.                    4) Heat pan and add the paneer and sugar mixture for 4 to 5 minutes. Add 2 tbsp milk powder too.                                  5) Take the mixture out add the raw paneer,cardamon powder.Mix well.        6) Once warm make balls and roll in milk powder.        ...

Coriander Chutney

 Coriander Chutney ( coriander thokku) Hi all, Today sharing a recipe I learnt from my mother.A very traditional South Indian  chutney/thokku recipe mostly prepared during winter season with the abundance of fresh coriander leaves.You can use this chutney as accompaniment to eat chappatis,dosa or even with rice.It was a chutney my mother prepared every winter season.The spicy ,freshly ground coriander is very flavourful and tasty.  INGREDIENTS  Fresh coriander leaves- a big bunch Bengal gram / Chana dal -2 tbsp Split Black gram /Urad dal -2 tbsp Red chillies -6-7  ( as per your spice taste) Asafoetida/ Hing - a pinch Mustard seeds/ sarson - 2 tsp Oil - 4 - 5 tbsp Step by step recipe Heat 2 tsp oil and add hing, dals and dry roast the dals till light brown . Roast dry chillies . Keep aside.  Add cleaned and dried coriander leaves in hot pan and just stir sometime without changing its colour.                Then blend a...
Raj Bhog (Round cheese balls dipped in sugar syrup) Hi all, Hereby sharing a recipe of  'raj bhog' - a type of sweet dipped in sugar syrup.A famous Indian sweet made with paneer and sugar almost like the famous rasagulla. This sweet requires very less ingredients.  INGREDIENTS  Milk - Full cream 1 litre Dry fruits - little cashews and raisins Sugar Water to make syrup Cardamons-2-3 Rose water - 2/3 drops Recipe Instructions 1)Boil 1 L full cream milk /cow's milk.After 3-4 minutes curdle it with vinegar/lemon juice/curd 2)Then drain the curdled milk with help of cloth. 3)Wash the paneer well with cold water and then squeeze out extra water and leave the paneer for 15 to 30 minutes 4 )Take out the paneer from cloth and put it in a large bowl or plate.Add 1 tsp maida / cornflour and 1 tsp sooji,little yellow colour.Mash the paneer well with palms of hand for 5-6 minutes.In the end you will get a smooth texture of paneer. 5)Make round shapes of paneer and stuff ch...

UPPUTU /PURANPOLI/BOLI

UPPUTU /PURANPOLI/BOLI                                                                             Hi all, Once again happy to share a traditional sweet recipe.Its called Upputu,Boli,Puran Poli in different parts of our country.Its a chappati like dish with coconut,dal,jaggery stuffing.This recipe is generally prepared during festivals like Bhogi Pandigai(Pongal time),Ganesh Chathurthi etc.This is a simple recipe which can be made easily with basic and minimal ingredient required,.Generally for preparing dough 1:1 ratio of wholewheat and plain flour is taken but this time we have prepared this with plain flour only.You can prepare this recipe by taking equal portion of wholewheat and plain flour.  INGREDIENTS Plain Flour- 2 cups Turmeric- 1 tsp Oil-4 tbsp Salt-a pinch ...