Kugan's Kitchen

[kugan98]

Sudha do not worry, your recipe is perfect.
I will cook and post the picture.
Thanks. Kugan98

[kugan98]

[tscii]Well I remember someone asking for black halwa recipe.
This is a Kerala special.


BLACK HALWA

Ingredients.
500 grms rice flour
400 grms finely grated jaggery
2 litres coconut milk from 2 coconuts
1 tsp cardamon powder
50 grms chopped cashew nut
50 grms melted ghee
a big pinch of salt

Method:
Mix the flour, milk and jaggery.
Dissolve the jaggery and pass through a muslin or a strainer.
Put the mixture in a big wok,with cardamond powder, chopped nuts,
Salt, and cook on a slow fire, stirring all the time, till the mixture turns thick.
( The fire has to be slow to allow the flour to be cooked )
Add the ghee and continue cooking, till the mixture leaves the sides of the wok.
A small portain of halwa rolled between the thumb and forefingers forms a non-sticky ba#ll.
Put in a well- greased tray, level the surface, set aside to turn cold.
Cut into small squares when cold.

It’s hard work, but the end result will be sweet.

The Black Halwa:

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[Shakthiprabha]

Dear kugan,

Mind if I post few things known to me (taught by my mother in law / mother /family)

1. Apart from coconut poornam, we can make mothakams out of urad dhal (ulutham puranam) also til seeds i.e. eLLu pooraNam.

2. In case u have lots of urad pooraNam after making desired kozhukattais, (Remaining puranam urad dhal i.e. uLutham pooranam) can be mixed with un used rice kozhukattai batter, rolled into small balls (like cheedai) and steamed. Then season lil mustard, hing curry leaves and corriander and add the steamed balls and roast it light brown. It should be served hot and is called "neer seedai" tastes very wonderful.

3. Ulutham pooraNam can also be made with green chillies (finely chopped) for variations. Season this poorNam with mustard, hing and a spoon of fresh coconut (optional ) . Add finely chopped curry/coriander leaves ( for variation )

4. mothakams wont turn out very tasty unless the dough is smooth and soft and without lumps. Easier way to make this dough would be to "SOAK RICE" and wet grind it to fine paste (dosa batter) . Later heat the kadai, pour this wet dough and keep stirring until it leaves sides and rolls up like chappathi dough.

5. Do not use any oil. In traditional cooking modhakam is done only with 'til oil' for that extra flavour. (also use only til oil for smearing )

6. For getting a perfect modhaka shape make a deep cup, so that poorNam fits in perfectly and like mentioned a small cone can be turned out at the top to make it look like a nice mothakam.

[kugan98]

You are most welcome Maam.
thanks for your kind tips.
Your contribution is very much aprecitated.
Thanks again maam.
Kugan98

[NOV]

My new motto is" Give what you can. Do not expect anything in return" Ethu eppadi irrukku

geethaiyila krishna bagwan sonnadhu

[Shanthy]

Dear Kugan

Welcome back! We all missed you. I tried your Pakoras and mint chutney. Awesome. I was tempted by the pictures and tried as soon as I saw them. It is worth it. Thank you.

I agree with Nov. I am also one of those guilty parties. So sorry. I always read from my work but I can only post from my home since I joined from home.

Hi Dev, Is it possible to add two email addresses to one account? Please let me know.

Regards
Shanthy

[NOV]

I always read from my work but I can only post from my home since I joined from home.

you can post from ANYWHERE in the world.
Just key in your username and password correctly.

[Shanthy]

Hi Nov

Thank you for your quick response. I tried from work few times but couldn't connect, not sure our firewall is blocking the posting or not. But I am able to read the posts. Now that I know it is not the email address causing it, I will try again.

Regards
Shanthy

[suvai]

Hi Kugan nga!!!
U surely r not alone....we are all very much around....paarunga neenga vanthiteenga thaaney....there will be more requests & recipes so no more saying u r alone...sareengala!

sudha india....will surely try out yr recipe nga

SP.....thank u for all the wonderful tips & recipes given so generously by yr ma & ma (in law) & family......will surely try them out nga..

nov ngov......nalama.

[suvai]

Thanks for the black halwa kugan