Besan ke laddu!!!!

Besan ke laddoo

Makes 25 laddoos
Preparation Time - 20 min

Ingredients :

2 and 3/4th cups of fine or powdered sugar
1 and a half cups of ghee in liqiud form
3 cups of Besan or Channa dal atta
Some nuts to garnish the laddoos
2 or 3 cardamoms powdered

2 Tb sp of milk

Method :

1.Roast the besan in the ghee till golden brown.

2.Add two table spoons of milk and mix well.
3.Allow this to cool down.

4.Add cardamom powder and sugar when the above mixture cools down.

5.Make small balls and garnish them with nuts.

Usually mom's are always worried about their kids not eating nuts. These laddoos can be a way to make kids have nuts and also start liking these sweets.

Cookies

Cookies(Nankattai)

Makes 20 cookies


Ingredients :
Ghee - 1 cup
Sugar - 1 cup
All purpose flour- 2 cup
Soda-bicarb - 1 tsp



Method :
1. Take the ghee , sugar mix well...
2.Add soda and mix well again ...
3.Add all purpose flour , mix well and prepare the dough...
4.Keep aside for 7 to 8 hours...
5.Nuts also can be added to give a better flavour to the cookies...
6.Make small balls...Pre-heat the oven at 350-degree for 10 minutes...Bake at 350-degree 35-40 minutes(depends on the type of oven)

Phutana chutney

Phutana gravy chutney

Ingredients :
1 cup - Phutana
Green chillies
Coriander
Curry leaves
1 tsp - Jeera
3 cup - Yogurt
Garlic
Salt to taste
Asafoetida (Hing)

Method :

Grind Phutana, Green chillies, coriander, jeera, Garlic. Beat the yogurt, add salt hing to it. Now add the ground mixer to the yogurt. Mix and have it with anything you like.

Dal Dhokli

DAL DHOKLI

Ingredients :

1 cup - Tur dal
2 cup - Wheat flour
1/2 tsp - Tamarind
1 small piece - Jaggery
1/2 tsp - Asafoetida (hing)
2 tsp - Dhania jeera powder
1 tsp - garam masala powder
2 tsp - red chilly powder
1/2 tsp - Tumeric powder
1 tsp - Mustard seeds
1 tb spoon - OilSalt to taste
Curry leaves
Coriander
Jeera

Method :

Boil the tur dal. Pour oil in a vessel. Add hing, tumeric
powder, jeera, mustard seeds when oil gets heated up. Then add few curry leaves. Now add the boiled dal, tamarind, jaggery, salt, dhania jeera powder, red chilly powder, garam masala powder and some water. Allow this to boil well.

Take the wheat flour in a bowl. Add some salt to taste and knead the dough. Make small balls and roll them round. Cut them into small pieces and drop them into the boiling dal. Add coriander and boil well. Serve hot.

Paper Dosa

PAPER DOSA
Ingredients :
4 cup - Rice

1 cup - Urad dal

1 cup - mong dal

1 cup - Poha

1 Tb spoon - fenugreek

Salt to taste

Method :

Soak Urad dal, Rice, Mong dal, fenugreek and Poha atleast for 4 hours. Grind it in the night allow it to ferment. Keep it overnight. Add salt next day and mix well. Heat a pan. Apply a tsp of oil and wipe clen. Pour a ladle of batter in clockwise direction to make a thin pancake. Sprinkle some oil and cook both the sides. Serve hot with chutney of your choice..

Ragi Dosa

RAGI(Red Millet) DOSA with phutana chutney

Ingredients :

4 cup - Ragi flour
1 cup - Urad dal
Half cup - Poha
Salt to taste

Method :

Soak Urad dal and Poha in the morning. Grind it in the night and add ragi flour and allow it to ferment. Keep it overnight. Add salt next day and mix well. Spread the batter on the pan, add some oil. Serve hot with chutney of your choice.

Tomato Omelette

TOMATO OMELETTE

Ingredients :
4-tomatoes

2-onions

2 tea spoon-garlic

1 and half tea spoon-ginger

2 cup rice flour

2 cup channa flour

Jeera

Salt

Coriander

Asafoetida (hing)

Method :

Add chopped onions and tomatoes to rice and channa flour. Add water, Asafoetida, ginger, garlic, jeera, salt, chopped coriander and mix well. Make the batter a little watery. Put it on pan and spread some oil. Allow it to cook well and then turn it other side. Serve hot with coconut chutney or any of your choice..

A little preparation for Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving!!!!!

The thanksgiving that has come down in America was actually a festival of harvest. In 1621, the colonists planted crops for the first time in the abandoned land of Patuxet. They were not successful in growing wheat and barley but their corn grew successfully on this land. In October 1621, the pilgrims celebrated their first harvest with feasting as well as prayers, which is present-day thanksgiving.

Importance of Thanksgiving:
The word Thanksgiving itself suggests the meaning of the festival. The two words “Thank you”. The words “Thank you” hold a lot of importance in day to day life. They are the simple words but have a lot of weightage. If you express gratitude towards somebody for helping you by saying thank you, may it be in the family, business or social interaction, it tells the person that you are appreciative of what he/she has done and thus he feels encouraged about doing things in a much better way. There lies the importance of Thanksgiving.

Why not enjoy this “Thanksgiving” thanking each and everyone in your life along with some prayers, hymns and with lots and lots of gifts.

Here are some cake recipes I would like to share with you all…

CHOCOLATE CAKE

Ingredients:
All purpose flour(maida)-2 cups
Butter-1 cup
Milk-1 and a half cup
Sugar-1 cup
Cocoa powder-1 and a half table spoon
Drinking chocolate-2 table spoon
Soda(bicarbonate of soda)-half tea spoon
Baking powder-2 tea spoon
Vanilla essence-2 tea spoon

Method:
Sieve Maida,baking powder,soda 3 times.Mix milk, sugar and butter well separately.Add the mixer
of milk to the sieved content along with drinking chocolate, cocoa and mix well. Now add vanilla
essense. Bake in a 350-degree oven for 35-40 minutes(depends on the type of oven).Point to note,
mix all the ingredients with hand.

BUTTERSCOTH CAKE

Ingredients:
All purpose flour(maida)-2 cups
Cream-1 cup
Milk-1 cup
Sugar-1 cup
Milk powder-half cup
Custard powder-half cup
Soda(bicarbonate of soda)-half tea spoon
Baking powder-2 tea spoon
Butterscotch essence-2 tea spoon
Lemon-1 number

Method:
Mix milk, sugar and cream well.Add milk powder,custard powder.Sieve Baking powder,All purpose flour 3 times and add to the above mix.Add butterscotch essense.Then add soda and lemon juice to it and mix well. Bake in a 350-degree oven for 35-40 minutes(depends on the type of oven).Point to note, mix all the ingredients with hand.

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