Showing posts with label Sweets. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sweets. Show all posts

Thursday, February 3, 2011

Gulab Jamun (குலாப் ஜாமூன்)

Cooking Time: 20 - 30 mins
Servings: 40 Gulab Jamuns 


Ingredients
  • MTR Gulab Jamun Mix (or any other)
  • Oil/Ghee
  • 800g/20 oz of Sugar
  • Cardamon (powdered)
  • 1/2 cup of Water
Procedure
  1. Add the water to the mix, and knead gently into a dough. Set aside for 5 mins.
  2. Make small balls out of the dough, and fry them in a heated pan of oil/ghee over a low flame until they all turn golden brown.
  3. Sugar Syrup : Add the sugar and equal of water, then boil for 15 mins. 
  4. Then soak the Jamuns in the sugar syrup, add the Powdered Cardamon.
  5. You are now ready to serve.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Jaggery Pongal (சக்கரை பொங்கல்)

Sakkara Poongal
Cooking Time: 30 mins
Servings:  4-5 people
Ingredients
  • 1 Cup of Raw Rice
  • 1/2 cup of Moong Dal (fried)
  • 1/2 Cup of Milk
  • 11/2 Cup of Jaggery (Vellam)
  • 2 tbsp of Ghee
  • 10 Cashews
  • 10 Raisins
Procedure
  1. In a Pressure Cooker, add 2 Cups of Water, Milk, Rice, and Moong Dal. Let it steam for about 3-4 whistles.
  2. In a large pan, add the Jaggery and melt it slightly. Now take the cooked rice/moong dal, and add it into the pan. Now take the cashews, raisins, and ghee, and add them into the pan.
  3. Stir it up slightly, and it is now ready to be served.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Pasi-Parupu Payasam (பாசிப் பருப்பு பாயாசம்)

Pasi-Parupu Payasam
Cooking Time: 30 mins
Servings: 4 people

Ingredients
  • 1 Cup of Moong Dal
  • 11/2 Cup of Jaggery (Vellam)
  • 8-10 Cashew Nuts (fried)(you can add how much ever favored)
  • 8-10 Raisins (fried) (you can add how much ever favored)
  • 2-3 Cardamons for scent
  • A pinch of Saffron
  • 1/2 tsp Ghee
  • 1 tbsp of Coconut (Grinded)
  • 1/2 Cup of Milk
Procedure
  1. Add a drop of ghee into a pan, and fry the moon dal in it.
  2. Afterwards add it into a cooker, then add 11/2 of water and milk and let them steam for 2 whistles.
  3. Then open the lid and add Jaggery (Vellam) into the cooker, stir it for about 5 mins, then without closing the lid let it cook for 10 mins.
  4. Then add the coconut, ghee, and cashews, raisins, and cardamon, stir it a bit.
  5. Now Turn off the stove and let it settle a while, now your done!!!