Today is the third day of the Blogging Marathon. Yesterday I returned from Coimbatore to Madurai. My camera has let me down. So today I am posting with the help of a dish I prepared so long ago and the pictures of which were lying in my draft folder. I…
SWEETS
Sandesh
Today is the second day of week long Blogging marathon #5. Everyone likes milk sweets at my mom’s place. So I decided to prepare Sandesh. I don’t have the moulds required for Sandesh. So I decided to make it in a square tray. I just sliced it into square pieces.…
Milk / Doodh / Paal Peda
This is the first day of Blogging Marathon by Srivalli. I have selected seven days of Indian Sweets as the theme. For so many days I have been planning to do some posts on sweets. Valli has given me a great oppurtunity to fulfill my wish. These pedas are so…
Mini Sweet Rolls
I prepared these cute rolls yesterday for pooja. So I didn’t take any snaps of the step by step process. I was totally confused about the sweet I have to prepare for the pooja. This idea suddenly crossed my mind. This is a very easy and simple sweet which can…
Oats Cocoa Balls
This is a very simple yet delicious sweet. I prepared it within 15minutes. For the original recipe see this you tube video. I prepared these as soon as I watched the video. We enjoyed munching these cute balls. Ingredients:Quick Cooking Oats-1cupStrong Coffee-1/4cup(1/4 cup hot water+1tsp Instant coffee powder)Brown sugar-1/4cupGranulated Sugar-1/4cupButter-1/4cupCocoa Powder-1/4cupProcedure:1.…
Thengai / Coconut Burfi
Coconut burfi is a delicious sweet. My mom used to prepare it often. Every time I prepare these burfis, I am always confused about the stage at which I have to switch off stove to get perfect burfis. But every time I get it correct. Even then I don’t have…
Vattayappam – April ICC
For this month’s ICC , Srivalli selected vattayappam,an authentic dish from Kerala. The recipe was sourced from Shn’s Mishmash. It is a sweet rice cake which needs fermenting. Shn describes it as the Kerala’s queen of steamed ricecakes The final result was yummy. Next time I would add a little…
Sweet Diamond Biscuits
When I was a kid, my mom used to prepare these diamond biscuits often because this was my favourite snack. Whenever I feel like munching something crunchy, my mom prepares it and serves it immediately. She uses either maida or wheat flour. Both tastes great. There is also a savory…
Suruttai Poli for ICC
This month’s ICC recipe is very interesting. Srivalli asked us to prepare Suruttai Poli. The recipe was got from Nithya’s mom. It was a real challenge. We liked it a lot. I thought of sending the prepared polis to my hubby’s office to distribute it among friends. But after tasting…
Jangiri
This is a long time dream come true. Piping out nice (even though it is not so perfect) Jangiri is that dream. For making this true, I would like to thank Raji of Rak’s Kitchen, who has given a detailed description of preparing these cute sweet. I am also attaching…