Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Mixed fruit custard

An easy method of rich fruit salad.


Ingredients:

1.Custard powder.........2 tbsp

2.Milk.............1 1/2 cup

3.Sugar.........1 tbsp

4..Condensed milk.....3 tbsps

5.Cubed fresh fruits like apple,pine apple,papaya,strawberry,banana anything u like but avoid dry fruits here.


Procedure:

1.Mix custard powder and milk,heat it on a medium low flame until it starts to thicken.Stir constantly to avoid lumps.

2.Add sugar while it thickens and switch off the flame.Let it cool down.

3.Now mix in all the cubed fruits to the custard mixture,add condensed milk and stir well,so that each bit gets a coat of it.

4.Now serve them in a glass or ice cream cup.

This hardly takes 15 to 20 minutes to complete the recipe.A best and rich dessert for a heavy lunch.Njoyy!!

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Thaen Kuzhal Murukku

Here comes my Diwali Special Murukku!!

Ingredients :

1.Rice(pachcharisi)....5 cups

2.Urad dhal .........1 cup(fry dryly till golden color)

3.Butter........5 tbsps(or its upto u)

4.Cumin seeds............3 tbsps

4.Salt to taste.

5.Asefotida.......2 tbsps(water solved)

6.Water as u need.



Procedure:

1.Grind rice and fried urad dhal in food processor or flour mill(it should be in fine powder state).

2.Divide flour in to small parts and mix the other ingredients according to the measure.

Note:Making that big amount of flour in one session isn't easy.And if the wet flour is kept for long time,the murukku will turn red and start to absorb more oil as well.

3.Put the wet flour mixture in murukku press in hot oil and fry till the bubbles settle.Take out from hot oil and let it cool down and store them immediately in an air tight container.

For detailed procedure,see mullu murukku recipe.Thanks n Hope u all like tis :-)

Monday, September 12, 2011

Vella Seedai

A Krishna Jayanthi special !!

Ingredients :

1.Rice(sona masoori)........1 cup

2.Jaggery...........3/4 cup

3.Fried Urad dhal four......2 tbsp or channa dhal powder(potukadalai podi).....1/4 cup

4.Dried coconut pieces.... 2 tbsp

5.Cardamom powder............1/2 tsp

6.Black sesame seeds..........1 tbsp

7.Butter.....2 tbsp




Procedure:

1.Soak rice in water for about 2 hours.Drain and dry it in shadow (or under fan) for 1 hour.

2.Grind the wet rice to 3/4 th consistency(without water).

3.Fry this powder dryly in kadai for 3 to 5 minutes.

4.In a pan heat jaggery with 1/4 cup of water,allow tis to boil for few minutes,when it starts to thicken,add in all the ingredients,and stir constantly until it turns out to be a soft ball(this stage is usually reached in 3 or 5 minutes).

5.Now,let this cool down,and later make small balls out of the mixture,deep fry them in oil.Always do this in low or medium low flame.Take them out of oil,once they turn golden brown.

This vella seedai is mostly prepared as prasadha during janmashtami and sometimes during semantham function.Try tis out once!!