Hi R
I bought a pack of dry melon seeds(unsalted) in the indian grocery store.
Aarva kolaru :lol:
I decided to give it a try and landed up preparing halwa.Happy that it turned out good.
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Hi R
I bought a pack of dry melon seeds(unsalted) in the indian grocery store.
Aarva kolaru :lol:
I decided to give it a try and landed up preparing halwa.Happy that it turned out good.
Sorry to bother you again..but, cucumber & pumpkin seeds are also available in Indian stores?
Rgds.
Hi R
The shop from where I bought the pumpkin seeds is basically a pakistani-indian grocery shop and it was available in the nuts& dry fruits section.
BTW I used fresh cucumbers :roll:
Regards
Sowmya
Dear R !
I made channa masala last week and it was very delicious.Thanks for the recipe.
I also made kesari last week .i followed the technique of adding sugar syrup to the rawa as u have mentioned.yeah ! there were no lumps and very much thanks for the tip.
Regards foodlover.
Thanks for yr feedback, chamy and really glad to note it down.
Tried this vada recently and it was really great. Here it is..
Grains vada:
Thoor dal - 1 cup
Channa dal - 1 cup
Masoor dal - 1/2 cup
Urad dal - 1/4 cup
Rice - 1/4 cup
Moong dal - 1/4 cup
Other ingredients:
Green Chillies 4
Red chillies 4
Ginger a small piece
Fennel - 2 tsp
Cut onion - 1
hing and coriander leaves little
Oil for frying
Soak rice & other dals separately for 4 hours. Drain the water and first, grind rice nicely(not like idly batter); now, add the dal mixture with enough water and grind coarsely. Before that, as I told always, keep half handful of dal mixture separately.
Either grind chilies, fennel with ginger separately and mix with the above mixture or while grinding dal, add these ingredients and grind together.
Finally, to the dhal rice mixture, put onion, leaves, hing, salt & the whole separate dals, mix well. Start making vadas and you will see a noticeable difference with the color of vada-maroon color!!
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Note:
Learnt this recipe from my friend and modified a bit according to my taste. Optional is adding quarter cup of whole wheat too, but, have not tried with wheat. Without wheat too, it was simply superb.
I tried the dry fruit poli and it came out good.
Thanks
Hi R:
Tried moondrukai thokku. It came out well. Tnks for your valuable inputs.
Seetha
Here is a couple of recipes for kheer. Though it is a std., one, but, surely, mine will vary a bit atleast from everyone's!!
Carrot kheer:
Carrots 4 or 5
Cashew 2 tbsp
cardamom powder 1 tsp
saffron optl. 1/2 tsp
sugar 3/4 cup
badham to garnish sliced 3 tbsp
milk 4 cups
Wash the carrots and if you want, peel the skin nicely out. Cut a carrot into two or three pieces. Pressure cook in a vessel inside the cooker cut carrots, 1 cup of milk with the said cashews. Can add cardamom powder too now alongwith saffron or later. Either way it is fine.
Pressure cook for 2 whistles and sim for 10 mts. Now, the carrot will be soft when you open the cooker. Once it is cold, grind all of them without milk. The carrot will get mashed easily, but one or two nuts will stay still; not to bother.
Meanwhile, boil the remaining milk separately and mix the ground mixture to it. When they all blended together, add sugar to it and wait till it dissolves completely. Garnish with sliced almonds.
Points to note:
Cooking carrots in the milk with cashew will increase the taste which you will find. Since carrot is a sweet veggie, can adjust the sugar accordingly. Can omit even saffron since carrot already gives orange color.
Similarly, if you want it to be thin, use the above qty of milk and if not, reduce the milk qty to 3 cups or so.
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Apple kheer:
Apple 4
cashew, badham 2 tbsp each
milk 3 cups
sugar 1 cup
cardamom powder 1/2 tsp
saffron optl. 1/2 tsp
Peel the skin out of the apple and cut into cubical pieces. Meanwhile, blanch the nuts and remove the skin. Grind apple pieces, cardamom, nuts nicely. If it is little coarse, no problem. Can add sufficient amount of milk while grinding apple.
Meanwhile, boil the milk separately. Like I said in the paal paysam, you can boil in the cooker or just direct boiling on the stove like we do normally is also fine. Or, you can even add fresh milk directly to the fruits which I have not tried.
After mixing the boiled milk, ground fruit nuts mixture, add sugar and check for the taste. Depends on yr sweet taste. Mix well till it gets dissolved well. Refrigerate and serve.
Note:
For everyone's easy reference, I am reposting this from Baby food's thread since it is a nutritious one and also adults can enjoy the taste with the kids.
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