Ven Pongal
Ingredients • Raw rice – 2 cups • Green gram dal – ½ cup • Fresh ginger – 2 pieces • Jeera – 1 tsp • Pepper – 1 tsp • Ghee – 4 tbsp • Curry leaves – 8-10 leaves • A pinch of Asafetida • Cashew nuts – 5-6 Preparation 1. Wash the rice and dal together and add six cups water to it. 2. Add grated ginger, salt and asafetida and pressure cook it till three whistles. 3. In a kadai, heat four...
Mohanthal Besan Burfi
Ingredients • Besan – 200 grams • Sugar -200 grams • Khova -100 grams • Ghee -150 grams • Milk -½ cup • Almonds, pistachios and cashew nuts slivered -10 pieces of each • Powdered Cardamom (Elaichi) Seeds -10 pods Preparation 1. Add 2-3 tablespoons of ghee to besan and mix well. 2. Knead the dough with hot milk as hard as possible and make balls of about 4 inches. 3. Heat the ghee...
Coconut Ladoos
Ingredients • Sweetened condensed milk – 200 ml • Dry Coconut (shredded) – 4 cups • Raisins (dried grapes) – 10 • Cardamom powder ½ tsp • Cashews – 10 • Ghee – 3 tsp Preparation 1. Roast the grated coconut in a dry pan over slow flame until the aroma of coconut comes out. 2. Add the condensed milk and cook on slow flame till the mixture becomes dry and...
Chiwda
Ingredients • Potato straws • Chopped almonds • Chopped roasted cashews • Golden raisins • Grated dried coconut • Sugar • Salt • Cinnamon Preparation 1. Potato straws are made by peeling and then grating through a large hold grater as many potatoes as desired. Rinse and soak these in cold water about ten minutes. Drain and pat dry. Deep fry in...
Tomato Cheese Rice
Ingredients • Basmati rice – 1 cup • Ripe, red tomatoes – 5 or 6 (big) • Garam masala powder – 1 tsp • Grated cheese – 2 tbsp • Kashmiri chili powder – 1 tsp • Salt – as required • Ghee – 1 tbsp • Oil – 2 tbsp For Garnishing • Finely cut mint leaves – 1 tbsp • Finely cut coriander leaves – 1 tbsp • Fried Cashew...