Imarti
Ingredients • Urad dal – 2 cups • Sugar – 3 cups • Water – 300 ml • Saffron color – Pinch • Cardamom ground – ½ tsp • Pure ghee – 500 gms Preparation 1. Soak urad dal overnight in plenty of water. 2. Wash and drain. Grind urad dal to fine thick batter. 3. Put water little by little as needed, add color and mix very well. 4. If using a mixer, beat the dal...
Boondi Ladoo
Ingredients • Gram flour – 1 ½ cup • Sugar – 1 cup • Water – 1 cup • Cardamom powder – 2 pieces (powdered) • Raisins and cashews – ¼ cup • Ghee – 1 tsp Preparation 1. Put the water and sugar in a saucepan and bring to a boil on medium-high heat. 2. When the syrup comes to a boil, turn the heat to medium and stir to dissolve the sugar. 3. Let it...
Coconut Burfi
Ingredients • 1¾ C sugar • 1/3 C water • 2½ C packed fresh grated coconut • ½ Tsp cardamom powder • 2 Tbsp ghee Preparation 1. Combine the water and sugar in a saucepan over moderate heat. Bring to a boil and simmer. Stirring often cook until it reaches 2-3 thread consistency. (Check the consistency by placing a few drops of warm syrup between your thumb and index finger. Slowly...
Sweet Pongal
Ingredients • 1½ C rice • ½ C moong dal • 8 C milk • 2¼ C powdered jaggery (use 3 C if you desire a more sweeter taste) • ½ Tsp cardamom powder • ¾ C ghee (you can use lesser amount if desired) • 3 Tbsp cashews, chopped • 2 Tbsp raisins Preparation 1. Heat a pan over moderate heat. Dry roast the rice and dal until lightly golden. Remove from pan and cool on a plate. 2. Wash the rice and dal and drain. 3. In a heavy saucepan, boil milk...
Popcorn
Ingredients: • Ghee • Popcorn • Salt Preparation: 1. A pot with a heavy bottom and a tempered glass lid is ideal for this preparation. 2. First, add enough ghee to coat the bottom of the pot. Then add enough popcorn kernels to do likewise. A few more could have been added here, since there are still blank spaces: 3. Then cover the pot and leave it on high heat a few minutes until you can...