Milk Poori

This is also called milk boli like the one with dhal, this is a sweet made with pooris dipped in milk , great with kids.

Ingredients

Poori

Plain flour- 1 cup

Oil- 1 tsp

Water- 1/2 cup

Milk

Milk- 500 ml

Cashewnut or almond paste- 2 tbsp

Cardamon powder- 1 tsp

Sugar- 2 tbsp

Saffron- a pinch

Method

First make the pooris by kneading all the ingredients together to make it a dough and allow it to rest for half an hour. Meanwhile make the milk by boiling all the milk ingrdients together and make nice thick milk and allow it to cool.

Now start making the pooris by dividing into little balls and roll it with a rolling pin nice and flat round and fry it hot oil until the pooris puffed up and slightly brown, drain them from oil and soak the pooris in milk.

Tips

Check the oil by dropping a small round it should come immediately up. And fry the pooris one by one.

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Orange and Almond Cake

Ingredients

1 medium orange

Butter- 175 gm

Light muscovado sugar- 175 gm

Self raising flour- 175 gm

Eggs- 3

Ground Almonds- 50 gm

Bicarbonate of soda- 1/2 tsp

Icing sugar for dusting

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 190 degree celsius, fan oven 170 degree celsius

2. Butter and line a 20 cm round cake tin.

3. Puree the orange without any skin and pips.

4. Cream the butter and sugar until nice and creamy.

5. Add the eggs one by one and beat it well.

6. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix it well.

7. Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake it for 25 to 30 mins or a skewer

inserted comes out clean.

8. Cool the cake and dust it with icing sugar.

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Pink Heart Cake

Source:Howstuffworks.com

Ingredients

20 cm square cake- 1
20 cm round cake- 1
Pink vanilla frosting- 2 cup
Dessicated coconut- 100 gm
Few drops of pink food colouring

Method

1. Cut the round cake into equal halves.
2. Place the square cake in a flat surface like a diamond and place the two semicircles
on two sides of the square cake like a heart.
3. Glue the cake with little bit icing.
4. And spread the remaining icing all over the cake nice and smooth.
5. Mix the pink colouring with the dessicated coconut and sprinkle all over the cake.

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Sponge cake

Sponge cake is almost the basic cake for making any cake with icing and this is the first ever cake i tried. You can fancy this recipe by adding different flavours and icing.

Ingredients

Selfraising flour- 250 gm
Caster sugar- 250 gm
Unsalted butter- 250 gm
Eggs- 5
Lemon zest- 1 tsp
Vannila essense- 2 tsp
a dash of milk if needed

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180 degree celsius.
2. Grease and line a 23 cm square cake tin.
3. First beat the sugar until light and fluffy.
4. Now add the eggs one by one and beat it well.
5. Don't allow the mixture to curdle, if u see like that add some flour.
6. Now add the flavouring and the flour and mix it smoothly without any lumps.
7. Pour the batter into the prepared tin and bake for 20 to 25 min.
8. Check the cake with wooden skewer or fork if it comes out clean the cake is ready.

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Kadalaparrupu Boli( yellow split peas sweet bread)

This sweet is one of my childhood favourite, i still remember those days when i used to go to shop with my cousin and buy these little treats.

Ingredients

Yellow Split peas- 100 gm

Brown sugar or normal sugar- 100 gm

Ghee or oil - 2 tsp

Plain flour - 100 gm

Yellow food colouring - a pinch

Cardamon powder- 1 tsp

Coconut grated- 1 tbsp

a little ghee or oil for frying

Method

1. Cook the dhal with water just enough to cover it.

2. When your cooking you can find white layers forming on top remove it, drain the water

and fresh water and cook it.

3. Cook the dhal until it's soft.

4. Now blend the dhal with sugar and cardamon powder without any water.

5. In a pan heat little ghee add the coconut, blended dhal and make it into paste.

Dough

1.Mix the plain flour with food colouring, ghee and water to make smooth dough .

For Boli's

1. Make small round balls with dough

2. Make equal balls with the dhal paste.

3. Flatten the dough balls and keep the filling dhal paste and form it into round.

4. Roll it out with a rolling pin into a thin circle.

5. Apply little ghee in a pan and fry it on both sides.

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Spinach Kootu

Spinach is one of the vegetable which is really good in iron, these are one of the

vegetable which should be in your everyday diet, but don't overcook it.

Ingredients

Spinach- 300 gm

Moong dhal- 75 gm

Onion- 1

Tomato- 1

Green chilli- 2

Garlic- 3 pods

Cumin powder- 1/2 tsp

Chilli powder- 1/2 tsp

Coriander powder- 1 tsp

Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp

Seasoning

Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp

Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp

Dried red chilli- 3

Curry leaves- a few spring

Method

1. Cook the dhal with turmeric and salt

2. Heat the oil in a pan, add the seasoning and garlic chopped into pieces.

3. Now add the onion finely chopped and fry it till slightly browned.

4. Then add the tomato finely chopped and cook it till it's softened.

5. Add the spices and fry it for a while.

6. Add the spinach and cook it for a while, and then add the dhal

7. Add salt for taste boil it for 5 to 10 min, Serve hot.

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Surakai kootu

Surakai or doodhi is one of my favourite vegetable, this is really good for your skin.

This dish will be in our menu almost every week and simple to make.

Ingredients

Moong dal - 1 cup

Surakai- 1

Onion-1

Tomato-1

Green chilli-1

Chilli powder-1/2 tsp

Coriander powder- 1 tsp

Turmeric powder- 1/4 tsp

Cumin seeds- 1/2 tsp

Mustard seeds- 1/2 tsp

Dried red chillies- 2

Curry leaves- a few spring

Coconut milk( optional)- 100 ml

Oil- 1 tbsp

Method

1. Cook the dhal with turmeric and salt.

2. Heat the oil in a pan season it with mustard seeds, cumin, curry leaves, dried red

chillies.

3. Fry the onions until slightly brown,then add the tomato and cook until soft.

4. Now add the spices and fry for a min.

5. Now add the surakai cut into small pieces and cook it well.

6. Finally add the dhal and coconut milk and boil it for 10 min

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Microwave milk peda

This is a very easy way to make simple and delicious sweet within minutes with

less effort which u can find it many blogspot if anybody haven't tried so far , you

are missing something.

Ingredients

Milk powder- 2 cups( 450 gm)

Condensed milk- 1 can ( 397 gm)

Butter- 100 gm

Any flavouring which you like

Almonds and pistachios to decorate

Method

1. Melt the butter.

2. Add the condensed milk, milk powder and flavouring and mix well.

3. Keep it in the microwave for 1 min take it out and stir well.

4. Again for 1 min take it out and stir well.

5. Finally for 1 min and stir well. Pour it in a plate garnish and cut it into squares.

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