Month: November 2011

Thenkulal Sweet Recipe

Thenkulal Sweet Recipe

Ingredients Raw rice flour – 1 1/4 cup  Urad dal flour  – 1/4 cup urad dal flour : rice flour ratio  1:5 Sugar – 1 1/2 cup Oil to fry Method Mix the rice and urad dal flour and make thick batter (thicker than dosa/pan cake […]

Khoya Burfi – Mawa Burfi

Khoya Burfi – Mawa Burfi

Ingredients Khoya/Mawa/Khawa – 12 oz (341 Gram) Sugar – 1 cup Method Take crumbled khoya/mawa in a heavy bottomed non stick pan & keep in medium flame until the mixture becomes gooey. Add sugar int to the khoya mixture and continue mixing in medium-low flame […]

Madeleines – French Butter Cakes

Madeleines – French Butter Cakes

Ingredients
All-purpose flour – 1 cup 
Butter – 1/2 cup
Sugar – 2/3 cup
Eggs – 2
vanilla extract – 7 drops 
Salt -1/8 teaspoon 
Baking powder  – 1 teaspoon





Method

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
  2. Melt butter and let cool to room temperature.
  3. In a small mixing bowl, beat eggs, vanilla and salt at high speed until light.
  4. Beating constantly, gradually add sugar; and continue beating at high speed until mixture is thick and pale(10 minutes).
  5. Sift flour into egg mixture 1/3 at a time, gently folding after each addition.
  6. Gently fold butter into batter. 
  7. Spoon batter into molds; it will mound slightly above tops. Keep the batter filled mold into the fridge for 10 mins.
  8. After 10 mins take out from the fridge and bake 12 to 14 minutes, or until cakes are golden and the tops spring back.
  9. Use the tip of the knife to loosen madeleines from pan.



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Paruppu Vadai – Masal Vadai

Paruppu Vadai – Masal Vadai

Ingredients Channa dal – 1 cup onion – 1/2 (finely chopped) Green chillis – 4 (chopped) Dry red chillis – 5 to 6 Fennel seed – 1 tbsp Chopped Coriander leaves/Cilantro Asafoetida powder – quarter teaspoon Curry leaves – from 2 to 3 strands Salt […]

Naan Bread

Naan Bread

Ingredients lukewarm water – 1 cup active dry yeast – 1 tsp milk 1/2 cup sugar – 1 tbsp all-purpose flour (Maida) – 2 CUPS salt 1 tsp Vegetable oil egg – 1 (optional) Method Put warm water in a small bowl, add sugar and […]