‘Only’ Event is a very famous event going on in the blogosphere which was started by Pari and is guest hosted by a blogger every month . This event is also very special because, the person who is selected by Pari can also win a book by Tarla Dalal. For the month of October I got the oppurtunity to guest host the event and the theme for this month is Sweets and Desserts. Feel free to take a sweet and read the entire post.
As you all know, October is a month of festivals. Navrathri is going on and and Deepavali is arriving soon. These festivals are very important and they bring back many beautiful memories from our childhood. Everyone must have enjoyed the sweets prepared by their mom during these festivals. Now it is time for us to take the responsibility. We need to give our kids nice memories about the festivals.
This event is not only about traditional sweets but also innovative desserts which you would love to prepare for your family members. It can be an international recipe too. One of the rules of this event is: “Do not use eggs”. This is very important because this in an egg free blog.
The giveaway is sponsored by tarladalal.com and the book is by the famous chef and cookbook autor Tarla Dalal. So you have a chance to win Dessert Under 10minutes by Tarla Dalal. What are you waiting for? Cook up traditional or innovative sweets or desserts and send the link to me.
Rules for giveaway
Rules of The Event
2. Only vegetarian dishes accepted. Eggs are not allowed.
3. Use of logo is mandatory as it helps spread the word.
4. The entry should be linked back to my event announcement page and Pari’s ‘Only’- Sweets and Desserts giveaway page.
5. The winner of the book from Tarla Dalal will be chosen by Pari by random. org at the end of the event from the links left in her event announcement page.
Name
Blog’s name
Blog url
Recipe name
Recipe link
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Country (this is an important field to be filled as it will be easy for us to know whether he/she is from India or abroad, hence applicable for the giveaway)
8 I will post the round up within 7 days of event completion unless there’s an emergency.
9.I can not win the giveaway as I’m guest hosting it.
10. Non bloggers can also participate, in that case they can send entries to me and I can post them on their behalf.
Now coming to today’s recipe. I wanted to send my first entry to the event and also wanted it to be a traditional sweet. Athirasam has been in my to do list for long. But I was really afraid about getting it wrong. For the event I went through the recipe book and found out that the recipe is not that hard. The only stage where you can go wrong is the making of syrup. So I decided to experiment. When I took the first bite, I was so happy. I got it right. A thin crispy outer cover with a soft and crumbly interior is what a perfect athirasam is about. Both H and Sruti are fans of Athirasam and they both gave a thumbs up for my preparation.
Ingredients:
Raw Rice-200gm
Jaggery / Vellam-150gm
Water-50ml
Cardamom Powder-1/2tsp
Oil-For Deep Frying
Procedure:
1. Soak rice for 2-3hours
2. Drain out water and spread on a white cloth to dry.
3. After the water is completely absorbed by the cloth (the rice will be slightly damp to touch), grind the rice in a mixer grinder. Sieve the flour. The bigger particles those couldn’t pass through the sieve has to be ground again. Repeat this until a very small quantity of coarse rice is left. Discard it.
4. Take the rice flour in a bowl and add cardamom powder and keep it ready.
5. Powder the jaggery and add water. Bring it to boil. When the jaggery has dissolved thoroughly in water, strain it through a metal strainer to remove sand and dirt.
6. Boil the syrup until it reaches soft ball consistency. If you drop a little syrup in water, it should not get dissolved. When rolled with finger it should be able to hold shape. This is the correct consistency.
7. Pour the syrup into the rice flour mixture.
8. With a spoon, bring everything together. The dough will be loose.
9. Allow it to cool. Cover and set it aside for 12hours.
10. Knead the dough. It will be a stiff dough after the resting. Divide into 20equal sized balls.
11. Flatten each ball and make a hole in the middle. Apply oil in your hands for easy shaping.
12. Heat oil. When medium hot deep fry the athirasams until they come to nice brown colour. If the oil is very hot, the inner part will not be cooked and the outer part will brown soon.
13. Drain on tissue to absorb oil.
14. Serve and enjoy..
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| Soak rice for 2 hours and drain water |
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| Spread it on a white cloth to absorb the water |
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| Grind and sieve the flour |
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| Add cardamom powder and keep it ready |
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| Boil the syrup |
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| When dropped in water, it should be able to hold shape, when shaped with your finger |
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| Pour the syrup into the flour |
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| Bring everything together to for a loose dough |
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| After 12 hours of resting, knead the stiff dough |
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| Make equal sized balls |
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| Flatten each ball and make a hole in the middle |
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| Deep fry on medium hot oil |
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| Drain on tissue |
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| Enjoy |
Sending this as the first entry to ONLY-Sweets and Desserts. Please send in your entries too. Don’t miss the opurtunity to win the book.
athirasam looks perfect the shape, color love it
happy hosting Gayathri…sounds very sweet n interesting..will send my entry soon..:)
Adirasam is my fav and your version sounds absolutely mouthwatery..
Tasty Appetite
new to me but looks very delicious
I am hosting Fast Food not Fat Foot event. Do check out my event and send me your entries.
perfect athirasam…never tried at home.
Yummy looking adhirasam…genreally we just make it like a thattai…this is a different shape for an athirasam…happy hosting
அதிரசம் கொழுகொழுன்னு:) சூப்பரா இருக்கு காயத்ரி!
Wow.. That was a superb hit, dear!!
Nice n delicious.
a new recipe to me, they look so delicious, great explanations and lovely recipe..Happy hosting too..
Adhirasam looks yummy. Nice event dear.
Vardhini
Event: Halloween Fiesta
beautiful pictures, Gayathri – I learnt something about syrup consistency from that wonderful pictorial! Athirasams looks very yummy and as I said mistook them for chocolate donuts (LOL)
Cheers, priya
Luvly demo on display.Nice way of narrating.Luv the recipe and the yumm clicks.
Luks really Yum..Booked Marked!!
Superb post Gayathri..:) Loved it.. Awesome event… I will surely send in some recipes..:)
Reva
Hey this is something very new to me… I must try, very tempting 🙂
Happy hosting,will send you some traditional recipes soon.Your adirasam looks really delicious with a nice color,well explained.Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful athirasam, my mum;s favourite, will surely try the recipe.Bookmarked!
I start to know you fabulous blog, it´s incredible so much and diferent things i can learn from a diferent culture as India. I follow you now! I am not sure if can participate in the giveaway, because I am far. But if posible, please tell me
From one of the caribbean island
Cocco
Just now I sent my entry to the event.Nice to see this sweets & we call it ‘Athirasa’ in Sri Lanka,and there is no hole in our dish.I love the taste,well explained it here….
Very nice recipe and event.Happy to Join your site and I would love to send my sweet recipe to you. Also, I am conducting ” I Love Peas” Recipe event in my blog.. when you get time, please peek in my blog and share your recipes. http://happyrays.blogspot.com/2011/10/i-love-peas-healthy-recipe-event-oct.html
Hi Gayathri, Happy Hosting…loved your athirasam recipe, I have never tried this, bookmarked it.. nice space you have, visited you for the first time….will send my entry too!
happy hosting sent an entry to your event
http://torviewtoronto.blogspot.com/2011/09/string-hopper-sweets.html
delicious looking athirasam
I think the dough is also considered a delicacy in my part of the world (Andhra). And we prepare two types of sweets called Ariselu and boorelu from that dough. Never made them myself, but have eaten lots of it. Very nice event you are hosting, but i am not into facebook, so cannot participate 🙂
Tasted this…but never tried this at home…with u r step wise pic….will surely try this recipe…athirasam looks divine…..sent u my entry…
Hi Gayathri have just mailed you my entries. hope I get this book.
Hi Gayathri, just now I send you my two entries, jope you have received them.
Aathirasam is very new to me, but it sounds delish
happy diwali
Sukanya hosting healing foods coconut
Sent you my entry
I just mailed you my entries.Hope you got them .Happy hosting 🙂
I just mailed you the details of my entry. Hope u have got it
Deepa