Substitute for Paruppu thengai cone

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  1. vidukarth

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    Hi,
    I am planning to do some paruppu thengai for an auspicious event here in USA. I don't have the cone (koodu) to fill in the manoharam and to get the cone shape. I had earlier tried with tumblers.. thought the shape did not look good.
    Any body know any other substitutes or ideas for this?
    I thought about birthday hats (cones), but not sure if they will be good as it will be very hot.
    Suggestions wanted please.
    vidu
     
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    With the help of newspaper - ( 4-5 sheets ) nearly take the full newspaper and fold into half and make a cone. Should be a thick one. Then give a plastic sheet lining inside. Staple it and cellotape it nicely .as we put pressure while stuffing and it comes out. Next thing while stuffing keep this cone in a sack of rice of about 4-5 kg and then stuff , this way it stands still and have no curves.

    Might seems a long process but it is quite easy.Staying in Dubai - i also had done the same for my daughters first birthday.

    Lakshmi
     
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    stack 2 birthday hats together,.. (cover the outer layer of the hat with plastic sheet if you have risk of it leaking....layer with a butter paper tight. stick into the storage box containing rice and then pour the sweet. and leave it settles in you can later remove it use aluminium foil/golden foil to decorate...
     
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    Thank you very much Lakshmi. Nice tip.

     
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    Shanvy, thank you very much for responding and giving ideas.

     
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    Shanvy and Lakshmi,
    thank you very much for your tips.. i did thenguzhal paruppu thengai and it came out well.. used two birthday hats and poured the sweet into that. Placed the cones in a the rice bag and poured it.
    Thanks to both of you again,
    vidu
     
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    Did the decoration with aluminum foil..
     
  8. maggieram

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    Thank you very much for the tip. We made Cashew nut paruppu thengai using the birthday cone idea. We used 2 cones and lined the inside with aluminium foil (this helped protect the paper cone from the heat also). We also bought a birthday cone that had a shiny gold (foil like) outside. It looks exactly like the paruppu thengai in India!
    Thanks a ton again!
    Lakshmi
     
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