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Neiappam is a very famous dish of the south. It has a crisp texture on the edges with soft spongy center. Neiappam is a great tea time snack. I enjoyed the process of making these tiny balls. It had a heavenly taste, i took every bite slowly and let the taste linger on my taste buds for a while. Mmmmm... Its a must try recipe for all those healthy sweet lovers out there.   Things Needed: Rice Flour - 2 cups Palm Jaggery (கருப்பட்டி) / Jaggery Syrup - Around 1 to 1/2 cups (I used one full palm jaggery) Dry Ginger Powder/ சுக்கு - 1 tsp Cardamom Powder - 1 tsp Ghee - 1/4th cup Sesame Seeds - 2 tbsp Grated Coconut - 2 tbsp Coconut slices - 2 tbsp Salt - a pinch Small Bananas - 2 ripe ones Coconut Oil / Gingelly oil for frying Method: 1. Make Jaggery syrup by adding little water to crushed jaggery. Once the Jaggery is melted and comes to a boil, strain it through a sieve to remove any impurities and keep aside. For best taste try to use Palm jaggery .  2. Take raw r...

Hello Reader (^_^), Good day to you! Being a native of Nagercoil i was wondering why i hadn't posted any recipes related to my birthplace. So here i am with a very traditional and authentic Recipe which comes from my deep roots. I have used sankara meen to make the curry. It is also called as Red Snapper. This curry is best made with small fishes. i am not sure if it will taste the same with large fishes. Warning: Do not add or reduce any ingredient if u want to get the right taste. Things Needed: For Curry: Fish - 4 to 5 (Washed, cleaned and cut into small pieces, I have used sankara meen(red snapper), you can replace it with chalai / mathi (sardine) / nethili (anchovy) or any small fish of your choice). Tamarind pulp - made from a gooseberry sized ball, about 1/4th cup Water - 1/2 cup. Sea Salt or Rock salt - as required Fish masala to grind: Grated coconut - 1/2 cup Dried red chilies - 4-5 (large ones) Coriander powder - 1 tablespoon Turmeric powder - 1/4 tablespoon Shallo...

Dear Reader,  Thank you for visiting my page to get the recipe. This is a very easy Ladoo to make at home and is also packed with lots of health benefits. I love these ladoos especially for its taste. My mom helped me prepare it and she gave me tons of information about why i should eat this ladoo. Well, first thing i am pregnant and i need the proteins from dal and ghee in this ladoo makes it flavorful and adds healthy weight gain for my body. Though the sugar content is high it can be made healthy by substituting it with jaggery or brown sugar. Hope you'll give it a try and post your comments below. Things Needed: Yellow broken moong dal- 1 cup Sugar - 1 cup ( can be substituted with 3/4th cup of Jaggery or brown sugar) Ghee - as required (i used about 1/4 cup melted) Cardamon powder - 1/2 tbsp (optional) Method: 1. Take a pan and dry roast the moong dal to golden brown color on medium flame. Be patient and roast it to get even color on all the dals. Once the ...

This is a Simple, awesome, soft, sweet and fluffy whole wheat flour pancake topped with fig, raisins and black pepper, black pepper gives a super kick to the whole dish. Do give it a try, its really easy and tasty. Fig replaced by bananas will taste equally good. Warning: This is a very addictive pancake Things Needed: Whole wheat flour - 1 cup Egg - 1 (white and yolk separated) Sugar - 5 to 6 tbsp ( Yes!! 5 to 6 tbsp, sugar gives a beautiful caramelization on the pancakes + i love sweet pancakes not the blunt one's. Feel free to adjust it to your taste) Milk - 1 cup Ripe Figs - 3 to 4 nos (peeled and sliced thinly) Raisins - 1/4 cup (optional) Black Pepper powder - 2 tbsp Butter - 2 tbsp Method: 1. In a bowl take the whole wheat flour, egg yolk, sugar and milk .  2. Beat on low speed for a minute, scrape down the sides and whisk for another minute. 3. In a separate clean bowl, whisk the egg white until you get stiff white peaks. Add the well foamed egg white to the p...

Apple Halwa is a very sweet dessert which lets its taste tickle your taste buds when served warm. Apples by itself are sweet but when it is cooked it tastes a bit tangy so sugar and cinnamon is added which balances it and takes it to a next level of tastiness.  Things Needed: Apple - 1 no Ghee- 2 tsp Sugar- 4tbsp (heaped or according to taste) Cashew and Raisins - 4 to 5 each (option) Cinnamon powder - a pinch Cardamon powder - a pinch Method: 1. Roughly chop apples and make a puree . 2. Heat ghee in a non stick pan. fry cashews and raisins and keep aside. 3. In the same pan with the remaining ghee heat the puree and cook it till it loses its moisture and becomes fairly thick. 4. Now add the sugar and cook till you get a very sticky,  paste like consistency. The halwa will start to gather into one single mass.  5. Finally add ghee to the halwa, stir for a minute and transfer to a serving bowl. 6. Add the fried nuts and raisins, ...

This golden Wheat Cake makes up to be the best, healthy and tasty breakfast cake. Things Needed: Grated Carrot - 100 grams or 1 cup Lemon Juice - 1 tbsp Wheat Flour - 63 grams or 3/4cup All Purpose Flour - 50 grams or 1/2 cup Salt - a pinch Baking Soda - 1 tsp Cinnamon - 1/2 tsp Egg - 1 whole/ 50 grams Melted Butter - 70 grams Sugar (or) honey- 125 grams or 1+1/4cup Raisins - 25 grams or 1/4 cup Method: 1. Take a clean bowl and mix all the dry ingredients together except sugar, sift them all once after mixing . Dry Ingredients: Wheat flour, all purpose flour, salt, soda, cinnamon 2. Take another clean bowl and whisk in all the wet ingredients together until well combined.  Wet ingredients: grated carrot, lemon juice, egg, melted butter, sugar (or) honey and raisins. 3. Pour in 1/4 portion of wet mix into the dry mix and whisk, do this in 3 or 4 installments until all the wet mix is added and the cake batter comes together. The batter must be fairly thick...

19th August 2015: I got my first kitchen weighing machine :D, yeah finally i got mine now so i can gladly go for the gram measures instead of cup measures. I wanted to bake a special cake for my fiance' for a long time and here it is. He loves coffee and i am going to make the same old coffee cake which is my all time favorite with a classic coffee and chocolate buttercream frosting. Here is how i mixed it all up (^_^) Click Here to get the recipe for my --->   Coffee Cake Things Needed:  Butter - 50 grams (cubed and in room temperature) Sugar - 22 grams Egg Yolk - 1 (or) 12 grams (room temperature) Water - 13 grams Coffee powder- 1tsp Chocolate powder - 1tsp Vanilla essence - few drops Method: 1. Lets keep everything handy, Dissolve coffee and chocolate powder in few tablespoons of water and vanilla, and make a thick paste . 2. Beat the egg yolk on high speed for a minute. 3. Add water to sugar in a pan and bring to a boil, let it boil until u get the ...