Paanagam
Dissolve jaggery in water. Add a a few cardomoms, mix. Optional: If prefered you may add a pinch of dry ginger powder or crushed ginger. Squeeze out a lime as prefered to taste. Serve cold.
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Sweet Puttu
Dry roast 400g of rice and powder it finely. Heat equal quantity of water to lukewarm, add a pinch of salt and 1/4 tsp turmeric powder. Pour this water into the powdered rice and mix into a paste. Steam this … Continue reading →
Milk Appam
Rice flour – 1 cup, grated coconut – 1/2 cup, sugar – 50g, salt – 1 pinch, cardomom – 3, oil for frying Grind coconut and take the milk. Heat 1 cup of water and when it comes to boil, … Continue reading →
Panchamritham
Fruits – 1 banana, grapes- a small buch, raisins – 1 tsp, dry dates – 2 pieces, jack fruit – 2 pieces, 1 apple Cut the fruits into even sized pieces. To this add 25 g honey, 150g jaggery, 25 … Continue reading →
Somaasi
Poornam: Grind 1/4 kg Pottu kadalai, 1/4 kg sugar, and 5-6 cardomoms(skin removed) and 1 cup grated coconut(slightly roasted in a little ghee) into a powder. Take maida:rawa in the ratio 1:1, each 1/4 kg, add a pinch of salt, … Continue reading →
Poli
gram dal – 200g, grated coconut – 1 cup, jaggery – 1 cup, cardomoms – 4, maida – 150g, gingelly oil – 6 tsp, ghee – 50g, kesari powder – a pinch(to get the colour) Poornam:Boil gram-dal until half-cooked and … Continue reading →
Kozhukkattai
Outer cover: Rice flour – 1 cup, water 1 cup Heat water to boil. Pour 2 tsp sesame oil in it and add rice flour with constant stirring so that it becomes thick. Cover and keep aside for 1/2 hour.Then … Continue reading →
Sakkarai Pongal
Rice – 1 cup, moongdal – 1 cup, gram dal – 1/4 cup. Mix the above and dry roast lightly. Add 6 cups water and steam in pressure cooker.Take 1 1/2 cup jaggery (amount should be 2/3 of cooked mixture) … Continue reading →
Vella Seedai
rice flour – 200g, urud flour – 2 tsp, sesame seeds – 1/2 tsp, jaggery – 100g, cardomoms – 4, coconut pieces – 2 tsp Dry roast rice flour and urud flour for about 2 minutes.melt jaggery with 4 tsp … Continue reading →
Moong Laddu
Moong Dal – 1/2 kg , Urud Dal – 1/2 Kg , sugar – 3/4 Kg ,cardomom -10 ,cashewnuts – 100 gms, ghee – 1/4 kg Dry roast the Moong Dal and Urud Dal slightly and powder it. Make the … Continue reading →