Ingredients: Condensed milk: 14 oz (400 gms) Milk powder: 2 cups Heavy whipping cream: 1 cup Chocolate chips: 1 cup Ghee: 1 tablespoon Chopped almonds: 2 tablespoon (optional) Procedure: Step1: Mix together Milk powder and heavy whipping cream to a thick crumbly paste
Step2: Heat 1 tablespoon of ghee in a saucepan and add the milk powder cream paste. Also add the condensed milk and stir together Step3: After a while the mixture becomes more liquid and stir continously in a medium low flame
Step4: After 10 - 15 minutes, the mixture will thicken, forms a mass and starts coming off the sides.It will frothy at this stage
Step5: Remove from the flame and pour 2/3 of the mixture in a greased 7"X7" square pan (You can also line it with parchment paper) Step6: In the remaining mixture add the chocolate and stir it well so that the chocolate melts in the heat itself
Step7: Spread this chocolate mixture on top of the white mixture prepared in Step5 Step8: Allow around 4-6 hours so that it sets well and then cut into desired shapes Note: If you see that the mixture is not set after a couple of hours and still it is sticky, keep it in a refrigerator for 2 hrs If it still does not set, take out the mixture and cook for a couple of more minutes and then pour it again in the pan. However the chocolate layer will be mixed. If the pan is microwave safe best option is to heat it in microwave for 2 or 3 minutes. If everything fails, just roll into balls and flatten it. It will still taste awesome.
Ingredients Raw Rice: 1/2 cup Moong dhal: 1 tablespoon Jaggery: 3/4 cup Cardomom:4 Milk: 1/4 cup(optional) Ghee: 4 tablespoon Cashew: 10 Nutmeg powder(Jathikkai podi): a pinch (optional) Procedure: Step1: Dry roast rice and moong dhal separately for 2 min each.
Step2: Mix both rice and moong dhal in a pressure cooker and add 2 cups of water and cook for 3 whistles
Step3: Meanwhile take the grated jaggery in a pan. Add 1/2 cup of water and melt the jaggery. Once it has melted strain the liquid to get rid of any impurities
Step 4: Now take this jaggery syrup again in the pan and boil it until it reaches a kind of thick consistency (The syrup will first come to a boil with bubbles. After that lower and flame and cook for 2-3 min with constant stirring).No need to check for any thread consistency
Step5: Take the boiled rice, moong dhal mixture and mix it along with jaggery syrup. Do this until the mixture has blended well with the jaggery. Also add milk at this stage. Step6: Add 2 tablespoon of ghee little by little and stir well Step7: Take 1 tablespoon of ghee and fry the cashews. Add this to the pongal
Step8: Finally add the remaining ghee and mix well Note:
Coconut can be chopped into small pieces and fried in ghee and can be added to this pongal
If the pongal is very thick boil little milk and add.Make sure the milk is not piping hot. Otherwise it will curdle when mixed with jaggery
Vinayaka Chathurthi always meant clay pillayar, erukam poo, kudai (umbrella), Kozhukkatai and lots of fruits during my childhood days. I still remember those moments where I would accompany my Dad early in the morning to get the clay pillayar.I used to get additional pair of eyes and extra clay from the seller just to make another small pillayar on my own. Last year I made this pillayar (Ganesh) using my daughter's play dough since we do not get the traditional clay pillayar in US.
Here is the video in youtube for the procedure. It is quite easy to follow.
Last year I made the pillayar using Kozhukkatai dough using the above procedure
This is a very easy sundal that can be done in less than 15 minutes.Since the moong dhal cooks very fast there is no need for any soaking or preparation
Ingredients: Split moong dhal: 1 cup Water: 3/4 cup Salt: 1 tsp Oil: 2 tsp Grated coconut: 1/4 cup Hing: a pinch Red chillies: 2 Green chillies: 2 Turmeric powder: a pinch Red chilly powder: a pinch(optional) Curry leaves: a sprig Mustard seeds: 1/2 tsp Urad dhal: 1/2 tsp Coriander leaves: a sprig (for garnishing) Procedure: Step1: Cook the dhal with 3/4 of water in low to medium flame for 10 minutes. Do not over overcook . Otherwise it will become mushy. Also do not use pressure cooker to cook this
Step2: Heat oil in a pan and add mustard seeds.Once it starts spluttering add urad dhal and curry leaves. Split the red chillies and add. Add the green chillies and hing Step3: Add the cooked dhal now
Step4: Add the grated coconut and fry for a few seconds Step5: Remove from fire and add chopped coriander leaves for garnishing
Ever since Jay posted it, I had been making this almost every week.I had tried various recipes for Gobi 65 before and this is the one that my whole family loved it.
