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Medu Vada – Instant Mix

Medu Vada – Instant Mix

Medu Vada Mix in 7.05oz pack. Vada as it is called is a typical South Indian dish. It is made from black gram dal which is a lentil. A vada is typically shaped like a doughnut. Vada goes well with coconut chutney and sambhar.Use Gits […]

Vanilla coconut milk cake – White Cake

Vanilla coconut milk cake – White Cake

INGREDIENTS:   All-purpose flour – 3 Cups White sugar – 2 cups Milk -2 Cups Eggs – 4 Melted butter / oil -1/2 cup  Vanilla extract – 2 tbsp Baking powder – 3 tsp Coconut flakes – 1 cup Method :   Preheat oven to 350 […]

Black Forest Cake – Chocolate

Black Forest Cake – Chocolate

INGREDIENTS: 

milk – 1 cup 
vinegar 1 tbsp 
all-purpose flour – 1 3/4 cups 
white sugar – 2 cups 
unsweetened cocoa powder – 1 cup 
baking powder – 1 tsp 
baking soda – 2 tsp
salt – 1/2 tsp
egg – 2
vegetable oil – 1/2 cup 
strong brewed coffee(in cold condition) – 1 cup 
vanilla extract – 1 tsp
can cherry pie filling – 1 (21 ounce) 
cherry liqueur – 1/2 cup (optional)
Heavy cream – 1 cup


Method :

  1. Strongly brew the coffee and make it cool.
  2. To make sour milk, add the vinegar into the milk and microwave for 20 sec.
  3. To prepare the fresh cream. add 2 tbsp sugar into heavy cream and beat it for 5 min
  4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour two 8 inch cake pans. 
  5. Sift together the flour, sugar, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt & Set aside. 
  6. In a large bowl, whisk together the eggs, oil, coffee and vanilla extract.
  7. Stir in the sour milk. Gradually beat in the flour mixture, mixing just until incorporated.
  8. Pour batter into prepared pans. Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean(approx. for 30 minutes)
  9. IF you want make as thin layers and allow cake layers to cool completely before filling.
  10. To make the cherry filling: Combine the cherry pie filling and cherry liquor(optional). Refrigerate cherry mixture until chilled.
  11. Fill the cake layers with cherry and fresh cream.

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RAS MALAI using Milk Powder

RAS MALAI using Milk Powder

INGREDIENTS: For the pieces Milk Powder – 1 cup Egg – 1 Backing powder  -1 tsp For the liquid base Whole cream milk – 4 cups Sugar – 2 cups Crushed cardamom – 3 You can use other flavoring of choice like rosewater, pistachios, almonds, […]

Thenkuzhal Murukku / Rice Murukku

Thenkuzhal Murukku / Rice Murukku

Ingredients   Raw Rice Flour -5 cups  Urad Dal flour -1 cup Butter/crisco – 2 tbsp  Cumin Seeds / white or black sesame seeds – 1 tbsp  Asafoetida (Zinc)- 1/4 tsp Salt to taste Method Mix the rice flour with the salt, hing,Cumin Seeds,zinc and urad […]

Boondi Ladoo / Boondi Laddu

Boondi Ladoo / Boondi Laddu

Ingredients  

Gram flour (besan) – 3 cups
sugar – 4 1/2  cup
sliced cashew – little
cardamom(ilaichi) powder – 1 tsp
raisins – little
ice candy( karkandu) – little
Boondi Skimmer or Ladle
Method

Sugar Syrup(Jeera):

Heat the sugar(4.5 cup) in 2½ cup water till reaches a ball consistency(1 sting).

Boondi:

  1. Mix the besan flour with water(2 to 2.5 cup) to make a smooth pancake-like batter or slightly thicker than dosa batter.
  2. Heat the oil in a frying pan on medium high heat. 
  3. Hold the skimmer about 1 to 1 1/2 inches above the oil over the center of the frying pan with one hand. With your other hand pour some of the batter onto the skimmer to cover all of the holes without spilling over the edge of the skimmer.
  4. The batter will start dropping through the holes into the oil. 
  5. Fry them until the sound of sizzling stops and boondis are light gold in color but not crispy! 
  6. Lift the boondi out of the oil and put them directly into the warm syrup and mix.
  7. When finished frying the boondi, let them soak in the syrup for 15 minutes.
  8. If the boondis are still hot, let them sit only until they are warm enough to handle – don’t let them to cool off. 
  9. Add the cashews, raisins,karkandu & cardamom powder to the mix.
  10. To make the ladoos, scoop up some of the boondi mixture into your palm with a spoon. Gently squeeze the mixture between both palms to shape into a round ball about the size of a golf ball.

As the Ladoo’s cool to room temperature they will become firm but they should still be moist. Ladoo’s will keep at room temperature in a covered container.



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Gulab Jamun – Instant Mix

Gulab Jamun – Instant Mix

Ingredients  gulab jamun instant mix(priya) – 1 sugar – 4 cup cardamom powder – 1/2 tsp Method Sugar Syrup The syrup should be made earlier and kept warm. To make the hot sugar syrup add mix the 4 cups of sugar to 4 cup of water. […]

Christmas fruit cake – traditional & simple

Christmas fruit cake – traditional & simple

Ingredients eggs -5 fruit & nut mix – 5 cups  brown sugar – 1 cup butter – 1 cup all purpose flour – 2 cups baking powder – 2 tsp Method Fruit & nut mix :   Wal nut, red cherrys, chopped dates, craisins( dried cranberries). […]

Sweet Bonda – Hush puppies Indian Style – Muttai kose

Sweet Bonda – Hush puppies Indian Style – Muttai kose

I have modified the Hush puppies recipe to get the taste of south indian sweet bonda. Almost all the tea stalls / coffee shops in Tirunelveli, Nagarcoil and Tuticorin sell this sweet Bonda. They call it as ‘cake ‘,’Muttai kose’, ‘attukal paniyaram’. 


Ingredients

eggs –  4 
Powdered sugar(White) – 2 cups
all purpose flour –  2 cups
cornmeal / corn flour – 2 cups
baking powder 4 tsp
salt – one pinch

Method
  • In a medium bowl, mix together eggs, sugar, and backing powder.
  • Blend in flour and cornmeal & make as soft dough. If needed add milk /water
  • Heat oil to 365 degrees F (185 degrees C – medium ).
  • Drop batter by rounded teaspoonfuls in hot oil, and fry until golden brown.



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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 […]