Aval Laddu | Beaten Rice Laddu | Poha Laddu | Evening Snacks

How to prepare Aval Laddu | Beaten Rice Laddu | Poha Laddu | Evening Snacks

Aval Laddu | Beaten Rice Laddu | Poha Laddu | Evening Snacks

Ingredients:-

• Beaten Rice / Aval – 1 Cup
• Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
• Grated Jaggery – ½ Cup
• Cardamom – 5
• Cashew nuts and Raisins as required
• Ghee – 8 Tablespoon

Preparation:-

• Heat 5 table spoon ghee in a pan and sauté cashew nuts and raisins and keep it aside
• Same pan and ghee add beaten rice and sauté
• Heat 3 table spoon ghee in a pan and sauté grated coconut
• Grind fried beaten rice along with cardamom and keep it aside
• Grind fried grated coconut and jaggery
• Add fried cashew nuts and raisins into the bowl and mix everything well
• Take a portion of beaten rice mixture and shape into laddu
• Tasty beaten rice/Poha/Aval laddu is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

Nenthrapazham Cutlet | Sweet Banana Cutlet

How to prepare Nenthrapazham Cutlet | Sweet Banana Cutlet

Nenthrapazham Cutlet | Sweet Banana Cutlet

Ingredients:-

• Boiled Banana - 3
• Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
• Sugar – 4 Table Spoon
• Cardamom Powder – 5 Crushed
• Beaten Egg – 2
• Bread Crumbs as required
• Oil as required

Preparation:-

• Take a bowl and smash boiled banana
• Add grated coconut, sugar and cardamom powder into the bowl and mix it well
• Take handful of banana mixture and make small balls, then flatten the balls to make cutlet shape
• Dip the flattened cutlet one by one into the beaten egg first and then coat the bread crumbs over the cutlet and keep it aside
• Heat a pan and pour required oil to do a shallow fry. Fry cutlet on both sides. Drain on paper towels.
• Tasty Banana Cutlet is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

Malabar Special Thari Unda | Rava Laddu

How to prepare Malabar Special Thari Unda | Rava Laddu?

How to prepare Malabar Special Thari Unda | Rava Laddu?

Ingredients:-

• Semolina\Rava – 1 Cup
• Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
• Sugar - ½ Cup
• Ghee – 1 ½ to 2 Tablespoon
• Sesame seeds - ½ Teaspoon
• Cardamom Powder- 1 Teaspoon
• Dry grapes as required
• Milk as required

 

Preparation:-

• Heat ghee in a pan and sauté dry grapes
• Transfer semolina/Rava into the pan and sauté well
• Sauté sesame seeds until it start breaking
• Transfer grated coconut, sugar into the pan and sauté
• Add cardamom powder and continue sautéing
• Add semolina/Rava and fried dry grapes into pan and mix it well
• Transfer the mixture into a flat vessel to make the laddu
• Add milk before making Laddu shape and mix it well
• Take a small portion of Semolina/Rava and make round shape
• Tasty thari Unda/ Rava laddu is ready to serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

Red Velvet Cake| Homemade Soft red velvet cake

How to prepare Red Velvet Cake| Homemade Soft red velvet cake

Red Velvet Cake| Homemade Soft red velvet cake

Ingredients:-

• Maida/All-purpose flour – 2 ½ Cup
• Sugar Powder – 1 ½ Cup
• Butter (Room Temperature) – 175 Gram
• Cocoa Powder – 1 Tablespoon
• Vanilla essence – 1 ½ Teaspoon
• Baking Powder - 1 ½ Teaspoon
• Baking Soda - ½ Teaspoon
• Butter milk – 1 Cup
• Egg - 2
• Oil - 1 Tablespoon
• Salt to taste
• Red food colour as needed

 

Preparation:-

• Take a bowl and mix Maida/All-purpose flour Baking Powder, Baking Soda, Cocoa powder, Salt and sieve the mix multiple times
• Take another big bowl and add butter into it. Beat the butter till it become soft
• Add powdered sugar little by little and beat continuously
• Add Egg one by one into it and beat well 
• Add vanilla essence and vegetable oil in to the bowl and beat the mixture
• Add red colour according to the colour you would like to have
• Add Maida/All-purpose flour, cocoa powder mix and butter milk alternatively little by little and mix it well using cut and fold method
• Take a baking vessel and cover it with butter. Pour cake mixture till half of the vessel and tap it hard to remove the air bubbles
• Preheat the oven 180 degree for 10 min
• Keep the cake tin inside the over for 30 min at 180 Degree
• To make whipping cream, take 100 ml milk and mix 50 gram whipping cream powder and beat well for 3 to 4 min
• Take 100 gram cream cheese and add 1 table spoon powdered sugar and beat well at high speed for 3 min
• Take out the cake after 30 min and keep it aside for cooling
• Once it is cool down transfer the cake into a plate.
• Decorate the cake as you like using whipping cream and cream cheese frosting.

Cheers!!!

Minu

Badam Chowari Payasam | Almond Sago Rice Payasam

How to prepare Badam Chowari Payasam | Almond Sago Rice Payasam

Badam Chowari Payasam | Almond Sago Rice Payasam

Ingredients:-

• Almond (Soaked for 3 hours) – 35
• Sago Rice – ¼ Cup (Soaked for 45 Min)
• Milk – 1 Litre
• Water – 1 Cup
• Sugar – 1 Cup
• Condensed Milk – 3.5 to 4 Tablespoon
• Cardamom - 5
• Cloves - 4
• Salted butter – 1.5 to 2 tablespoon

Preparation:-

• Boil milk by adding water into it.
• Take a mixer jar and add almond, cardamom, 3 to 4 tablespoon sugar and crush it
• Curtail the milk by boiling it for at least 10 min at medium flame
• Add sago rice into the milk and boil until it became transparent
• Add sugar into it and boil
• Transfer the crushed almond, cardamom, sugar mix into the milk and mix it well
• Add cloves into the payasam
• Add condensed milk and mix it well
• Stir continuously until it gets the required consistency
• Add butter into the payasam and mix it well
• Switch off the stove once it reaches the required consistency
• Tasty Almod Sago rice payasam is ready to serve.

Cheers!!!

Minu

Rava Burfi at Home | Semolina Coconut Burfi at home

How to prepare Rava Burfi at Home | Semolina Coconut Burfi at home

How to prepare Rava Burfi at Home | Semolina Coconut Burfi at home

 Ingredients:-

• Semolina – 1 Cup
• Milk – 1 Cup
• Sugar – ½ Cup
• Grated Coconut – ½ Cup
• Grinded Cashew nut – 3 to 4 Tablespoon
• Ghee – 5 Tablespoon
• Cardamom powder – ¼ Teaspoon
• Almond sliced – 3 to 4 Tablespoon

Preparation:-

• Heat ghee in a pan and fry semolina well
• Add milk into the pan and stir continuously
• Add grated coconut into the pan and mix it well
• Add Ghee and grinded cashew nuts into the pan
• Add sugar into the pan
• Add ghee again
• Add Cardamom powder and mix it well
• Switch off the stove once it reaches the required consistency
• Take a greased vessel and transfer the Burfi mixture into it
• Spread sliced almond on top of it and allow it to set
• Once Burfi is set, cut it into the desired shape and serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

Eenthappazham Halwa at Home | Soft Dates Halwa

How to prepare Eenthappazham Halwa at Home | Soft Dates Halwa

Eenthappazham Halwa at Home | Soft Dates Halwa

Ingredients:-

• Dates – 250 Gram
• Sugar – 4 Tablespoon
• Ghee – 5 Tablespoon
• Cashew Nuts as needed
• Almond as needed

Preparation:-

• Grind the dates using a mixer and make a thick paste
• Heat ghee in a pan and fry cashew nuts and almond
• Transfer grinded dates paste into the pan and stir continuously  
• Add sugar into the pan
• Add Ghee into the pan
• Add fried Cashew and Almond into the Halwa
• Switch off the stove once it reaches the required consistency
• Take a greased vessel and transfer the Halwa mixture and into it and allow it to set
• Once Halwa is set cut it into the desired shape and serve

Cheers!!!

Minu

Bakery Style Milk Powder Burfi | Paalpodi Burfi

How to prepare Bakery Style Milk Powder Burfi | Paalpodi Burfi?

 Bakery Style Milk Powder Burfi | Paalpodi Burfi?

Ingredients:-

• Milk Powder – 2 Cup
• Sugar – ¾ Cup
• Milk – ½ Cup
• Ghee – ½ Cup
• Badam and Pista as needed
• Cocoa Powder – 1 Tea Spoon

 

Preparation:-

• Heat ghee in a pan and pour milk into it
• Add milk powder into the pan and stir continuously
• Add sugar into the pan and allow it to melt by mixing it continuously
• Stir continuously until it become thick
• Transfer half portion in a tin
• Add cocoa powder into the pan and mix it well
• Once Cocoa Powder mixed properly switch off the stove
• To set, grease the ghee in a tin and transfer cocoa powder mixture and flatten it properly
• Transfer plain milk powder mixture on top of the Cocoa Powder Mixture and flatten it properly
• Add Badam and Pista on top and allow it to cool
• Cut the burfi in to the desired shape

Cheers!!!

Minu

Coconut Burfi | Easy and Quick Coconut Burfi | Coconut Burfi Recipe in Malayalam

How to prepare Coconut Burfi / Easy and Quick Coconut Burfi?

Coconut Burfi | Easy and quick Coconut Burfi | Coconut Burfi Recipe in Malayalam

Ingredients:-

• Grated coconut – 3 Cup
• Sugar powder – 2 Cup
• Milk – 1 Cup
• Cashew Nuts – 3 Table Spoon
• Cardamom Powder – ½ Tea Spoon
• Ghee – 1 to 2 Table Spoon

 

Preparation:-

• Heat a pan by pouring ghee and fry cashew nuts
• Add grated coconut into the pan and mix well
• Add powdered sugar into the coconut and mix it well
• Pour milk into the mixture and stir continuously
• Switch off the stove once it reaches the consistency
• Take a bowl by greasing the ghee and transfer the coconut mixture into it
• Flatten the mixture and keep it aside to let it cool
• Cut the burfi into desired shape and serve!!!

Cheers!!!

Minu

How to prepare Badusha | Diwali Special Badusha

How to prepare Badusha | Diwali Special Badusha

Badusha | Diwali Special Badusha

Ingredients

• All-purpose flour - 2 cup
• Baking powder – ¼ Teaspoon
• Butter (Melted) – ½ Cup
• Yogurt - 5 Tablespoon
• Salt a pinch
• Sugar - 1 Cup
• Water – ½ Cup
• Cardamom powder – 3 Pinches
• Saffron as required
• Lemon juice – ½ Teaspoon
• Oil as required

Preparation

• Add all purpose flour and baking soda into a bowl.
• Add butter and yogurt into it and mix well to form a soft dough.
• Keep it aside for 20 min.
• After that  make small balls using this dough.
• Then start shaping this ball for badusha by just flatten between you palms and  make a depression on the middle or make decorative end.
• Deep fry them in a very low flame.
• Meanwhile add sugar and water in a pan and make  syrup of one string consistency. Add cardamom powder into the syrup.
• Add the badusha into the sugar syrup and let it stay for 2 or 3 min.
• Transfer it into a tray and garnish with Saffron or nuts.

NB: You can add lemon juice to prevent crystallization of the sugar syrup.
        You can store it in an air tight container.  This will stay fresh for  5 to 6 days .

[Recipe courtesy : Pazham Pappadam Payasam ]
[Recipe design courtesy :Rak's Kitchen]

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