Mrs.Mano's Tamilnadu Delicacies

[pr]

Dear Mrs Mano
Thanks for posting the paruppu usilli recipe . I will try it and post the feedback . Thanks again
Regards
PR

[dev]

Hello Mrs.Mano,

I tried the coffee cake again...This time i cooked for just 2.15 mins at 100% power & the cake came out very well...It was very spongy & yummy... Thanks a lot...

[Mrs.Mano]

Hello Dev!
Thanks for the feedback. Which version of coffee cake you have prepared? The gas oven method or microwave oven method?

[Mrs.Mano]

Dear KZ!
Thirattuppaal is prepared by boiling and reducing the milk to an almost solid form and then mixed with either sugar or jaggery. Normally sugar is added. But some people add jaggery for the special flavour. But the syrup can not be added to this. Only jaggery is added directly. Surely there will be dust particles in it. If you add the syrup then it will be watery again and it takes again a long time to thicken. The taste will differ also.

[Mrs.Mano]

Dear Ivete!
For preparing ghee, place 250 gms of unsalted butter in a pan and heat it. The fire should be medium. Stir frequently. After the butter is dissolved, the color of the liquid will change into light brown and a nice aroma will float in the air. That is the correct consistency. If it is a white butter which is prepared in the home-2 tbsp of butter milk and a spring of drumstick leaves are added in the end for a distinct flavor. The home made butter is having much water content and so it will take a little more time. Hope these tips will be helpful.

[Mrs.Mano]

Hello R!
For making kadalai and pori urundais-the syrup must be in thick form. If we pour a drop in a cup of water, it must be able to shape into a ball-the next step to soft ball. That is called as ketti pagu. After making the syrup, pour over the kadalai or pori. When it is till warm, make balls.
For kadalai urundai- you need 1 cup of powdered jaggery for 2 cups of groundnuts. For pori urundai-you need ¼ to ½ cup of jaggery to 1 liter of pori.

[dev]

Hello Mrs.Mano,

I tried the microwave coffee cake... It came out really well... Thanks a lot Mrs.Mano...

[R]

thanks for your reply. Will apply yr method next time.

[R]

BTW, can you pls specify how much cup is a litre? thanks..

[Ivete]

Dear Mrs. Mano,
Thanks for yr reply but one thing wasn't clear for me was about filtering it. I don't know when is the time to filter the ghee.
Sorry to trouble you!
Best regards,
Ivete