SHAKKARPARE Ingredients 1 cup whole wheat flour 11/2 cup maida (plain flour) 1/3 cup sugar 1 tsp Saunf 1/3 cup ghee Ghee to deep fry Method Mix the above ingredients with a little water and knead into a soft dough. Divide dough into equal parts and roll out into thick chappatis. Cut with a cookie cutter or knife into small diamond shapes. Lift with spatula and keep aside on a dry cloth for 1 hour. Deep fry in hot ghee over slow flame till light golden brown. Drain well and keep aside till cool. Store in clean, dry containers. Cheers, Sireesha
KARANJI Ingredients 1 cup Wheat flour 3 tablespoons Ghee 1 pinch Salt 1/2 litre Oil (for frying) 1 cup Grated coconut 3 1/4 cups Sugar 1 1/2 cups Milk Few Almonds Few Raisins 1/2 teaspoons Cardamom powder 1 tablespoon Poppy seeds Method In a mixing bowl combine the salt, flour and ghee. Rub in well. Gradually add water and knead to form a firm dough. Cover with wet cloth and set aside. For the stuffing: Cook the coconut (use fresh or dried) sugar, milk, chopped almonds and raisins, cardamom powder, and poppy seeds(optional) till the milk evaorates. Divide the dough into 20-25 sections, roll them out into flat round pancakes. Place a spoon of stuffing at the centre and fold the pancake in half. Use a cutter to create the fluted crescent border and cut off excess dough. You can seal the edges by applying a little milk and pressing down hard. After all the karanjis are stuffed, fry them in very hot oil for 2-3 minutes or till golden brown, remove onto paper towels and allow to cool. Cheers, Sireesha
Hi Very tasty wheat halwa very yummy a must try yet v.simple. 1 cup gothumai, (wheat flour) 1 cup sugar, 3/4 cup ghee Take all in same proportion , you can reduce the quantity of ghee if you wish.Take ghee and gothumai in hard pan and fry it until good aroma and slight brown colour.always use low flame.It takes around 5 mins.add 200 ml water and sugar immediately and mix thoroughly till thickens and ghee comes out you can take the excess once it is ready then put cardamom, badam etc.and serve Bye
Deepavali Sweets - for diabetics Can someone suggest making typical indian sweets for Deepavali using sweeteners other than sugar - like splenda? I do not want to deprive some of my family members (with diabetes) of sweets during the festive season. Also are there any stores in Chennai that sell such sweets ? Thanks in advance
Traditional South Indian Diwali Fare? [justify][justify]Hi all, I am a Maharastrian married to a Palakkad Iyer. This is my first Diwali and I would like to make some traditional South Indian Diwali fare / snacks, both sweet and namkeen. When I google I find a lot of items like Kaju Barfi, Chocolate Barfi etc, which I don't think are traditional Diwali fare / snacks, or are they? After quiet some looking around I found the following items which I think are prepared commonly during Diwali in South India: 1) Murukku 2) Ribbon Pakoda 3) Mixture 4) Khara Boondi Are these correct? Are there any other? Also what are the traditional South Indian Diwali sweets? Thanks for your help. Bliss.[/justify][/justify]
Re: Traditional South Indian Diwali Fare? Traditional fares vary from family to family. I'll tell you what my mother used to make (we're tamil brahmins). Sweets: Boondi ladoo Badusha Sakkarai sevu Bombay kaja (there is some other name for this sweet.. i'm failing to recollect) Coconut burfi Mysore pak Ukkarai Savoury: Mixture thenkuzhal mullu murukku ribbon pakoda kara sevu oh my nearing festive season you've made me drool Latha
Re: Traditional South Indian Diwali Fare? Hi Latha, Thank you for the list. Makes my search for recipes very specific. Yeah, festive seasons preparations have already started. Yummy!! Thanks a million again. Bliss
Re: Traditional South Indian Diwali Fare? You are most welcome, Bliss. Also do check out Chitvish's old is gold collections. You'll chance upon many such traditional recipes. Latha
Re: Traditional South Indian Diwali Fare? I agree with latha - ChitVish's collection is amazing! My mother would make one or two kaaram (salty) items and one or two sweets: Kaaram ones are: Murukku Pakoda Thenkuzhal Muthuswaram My mom mostly used to make Mysore Pak as the sweet - since she is good at making melt-in-your mouth Mysore Pak with tons of ghee. Next favorite is Coconut Burfee. In relatives homes I've had Seven Cups, Maa Laddoo (Dalia Laddoo), Rava Laddoo, etc. MIL sometimes makes Almond Burfi or Cashew Burfi. I am also a "Palakkad Iyer", although not exactly from Palakkad... Hope that helps!
Re: Traditional South Indian Diwali Fare? I am already :crazy:crazy:crazy reading all these yummy snacks...