Mrs.Mano's Tamilnadu Delicacies

[tomato]

Hello Tomato,

If you have Mrs.Meenakshi ammal's cookery book(south indian, traditional popular old lady ), pls refer and she has given the recipe for mango burfi. Her recipes are always good except for the measurements will be in a bulk qty. Otherwise, it will help for all aged people.

Bye.

p.s.: In all my friends/folks families, when the daughter has got married, all their mothers' used to send this book too with the other things!!!

Thank You R for the info. But I don't have the book u have mentioned. But will surely try to get a copy of it when I next go to India. Which language is the book written in? Can I get it in Bangalore?
Meanwhile could u pls post the recipe of mango burfi from that book when time permits.

[Thattai]

Dear Mrs. Mano,

How are you doing? Wanted to give you some feedback on some dishes that I tried from this thread.

I tried the pongal using mix of moong dal and lentils, and it was great! A very nice change from the usual pongal that I make, and I think that this is going to become my standard recipe.

Also made the sweet kuzhi paniharam, which also turned out good. It was my maiden effort, as I just recently purchased the paniharam chatti, but thanks to ur recipe, it still turned out good.

Tried your biryani 1 with mutton. Made it for some North Indian guests and it was a big hit. My mum then madde it for some people visiting her, and they loved it as well. So this was a big hit all around. Thanks for your wonderful recipes....

[shreya23]

mrs mano pls can u give me the recipe for prawn vadai -chettinadu or tamilian style
shreya

[Thattai]

Dear Mrs. Mano,

Made the sambar sadam for lunch today. It was very nice taste-wise. Only thing is, it was very thick and kept getting more and more so as it cooled down. I would like the texture to be more 'flowing' so to say.

Is there any way to achieve this? Would be greatful for your inputs. Tx...

PS: Same issue is faced with bisi bele bath also.

[R]

Hello Tomato,

Though she is basically from TN, the books are availabe in all south indian languages, Hindi & English too.

Will pm the recipe.

Bye.

[R]

tomato, just now sent the recipe..check it out!!

[Shanthy]

Dear Mrs Mano

Thank you for the Malai peda recipe. I will try it and send the feedback to you. I am sure it will be another jem.

Regards
Shanthy

[Mrs.Mano]

Dear Foodlover and Tomato!

Here are the Mango recipes!

MANGO HALWA

Ingredients:

Mango pieces- 3 cups
Milk- 2 1/2 cups
Sugar- 1 cup
Cardamom powder- ¼ tsp
Ghee- 1/2 cup

Procedure:

Cook the ripe mango pieces in a kadai on medium fire with the sugar and the milk. When the mixture is well blended and leaves the sides of the pan, add the ghee,cardamom powder and the ghee. Cook for a few seconds. Pour the mixture in a greased tray.

MANGO CREAM:

Ingredients:

Ripe mango pieces-4
Powdered sugar- 3/4 cup
Milk-- 1/4 cup

Procedure:

The Milk must be boiled, thickened and cooled. Place the mango pieces in a mixi jar with the sugar and run it for a minute. It will become like a cream. Add this to the milk and decorate with raisins.

MANGO ICECREAM:

Ingredients:

Milk- 3/4 liter
Custard powder- 2 tbsp
Sugar- 200gms
Mashed mango- 1 1/2 cups
Cream- 300 ml
Mango essence- 1 tsp

Procedure:

Mix the custard powder with 2 tbsp of milk and make a fine paste. Mix this with the remaining milk and the sugar thoroughly. Pour it in a bowl and heat it. Cook until it is thickened and then allow it to cool. Add the cream with the essence and the mashed mangoes to the cooled custard and mix well. Freeze the mango ice cream.

MANGO KHEER:

Ingredients:

2 ripe mangoes
Sugar- 1 1/2 cups
Fried cashew nuts- 2 tbsp
Cardamom powder-1 tsp
Salt- a pinch
Saffron- a pinch
Milk- 2 cups

Procedure:

Boil the milk with the saffron until it is thickened to one cup of milk.. Let it cool. Steam the mangoes and then remove the skin and the seed. Mash well. Pour the mango juice in a bowl with the sugar and cook it until it is thickened and blended. Allow it to cool. Add the cardamom powder, salt and the cashew nuts. Mix well. Now add the milk and mix well.

[indu]

Dear Mrs.Mano,
I'm sorry for thanking you so late after your prompt response -- I just forgot that I had asked a query in this thread.
My friend has just got a tamil cookery book [by Gemini Mahalingam], her mother's actually, so old that book is. But measurements are also old, like padi, aazhakku, veesai, palam--- can you possibly give the present equivalent to these measurements ??
Is one padi equal to one litre / one kg. ?
Hope you can help,
Indu.

[indu]

Hi R,
If you don't mind, can you post the mango burfi recipe here also please ?
Thanks.