Holige Holige Recipe Recipe Prep time: 25 min Cook time: 15 min Yield: 8 Main Ingredients: maida bengal gram Ingredients For the dough Plain flour – 1 1/4 cup (maida/all purpose flour) + extra for dusting Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp Coconut oil – 1 tbsp (or any edible oil) + extra for greasing the [...]
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Ganesh Chaturthi and Recipes
Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated on the birthday of Lord Ganesh (Ganesha), the god of wisdom and prosperity on the fourth day of the moons bright fortnight, or period from new moon in the lunar month of Bhadrapada. The celebration of Ganesh Chaturthi continue for five, seven, or ten days. Some even stretch it to twenty [...]
Urundai Kozhakattai Recipe
Ingredients: broken rice – 500 gms vegetable oil – 1 tbsp mustard seeds – 1/2 tsp dry red chilli – 1 bengal gram – 2 tbsp asafoetida – a pinch salt to taste coconut, grated – 3 tbsp Method: 1. Heat the oil in a pan. Saute the mustard seeds until it stars crackling. Add [...]
Modak Recipe
Ingredients 3 cups Rice flour 6 cups Water 3 tsp. Oil 4 cups Coconut, grated 2 cup Sugar 1/2 cup Dry fruits 1/2 cup Milk For the Rice Dough Boil the water & oil and remove from heat. To it add the rice flour, cover and allow it to cool. Later, knead well and keep [...]
Vella Kozhakattai Recipe
Ingredients: For Dough 2 cups rice flour 1 tbsp oil A pinch of salt For Filling 1 coconut (grated) 1 cup jaggery (powdered) 1 tbsp ghee Method: Mix grated coconut, jaggery and ghee in a heavy pan. Cook on a medium flame, stirring continuously till thick. Allow to cool. Form small balls and set aside. [...]
Motichoor Ladoo Recipe
Ingredients 2 1/2 cups Gram flour (not superfine variety) 500 ml.Milk 1/2 tsp. Cardamom powder 3 cups Ghee A fineholed shallow strainer spoon For Syrup 2 1/2 cups Sugar 3 1/2 cups Water 2 tbsp. Milk 3 cups Ghee For Syrup: Put sugar and water in a vessel and boil. When sugar dissolves, add milk. [...]
Karanji Karchikai Recipe
Ingredients: For Filling: 1 cup grated Dry Coconut 1 cup Powdered Sugar 1 pinch Nutmeg Powder 1 pinch dry Ginger Powder 4 Elaichi 2 tsp Maida 2 tsp Poppy Seeds 2 tbsp Mixed Dry fruit pieces For Dough: 1 cup maida 1 tsp Ghee Salt to taste Warm milk to prepare dough Preparation: 1. Roast [...]
Ellu Kozhakattai Recipe
Ingredients: For Dough 2 cups rice flour 1 tbsp oil A pinch of salt For Filling 1 cup white sesame seeds 1 cup jaggery (powdered) 1 tbsp ghee Method: Prepare a dough as for Vella Kozhakattai, and set aside. Roast sesame seeds till pink. Grind to a fine powder along with jaggery. Add ghee and [...]
Moong Dal Halwa Recipe
Ingredients: Moong Dal – 1 cup Milk – 1/2 cup Sugar – 1 cup Saffron – a generous pinch Mawa (Khoya) – 3/4 cup Ghee – 1 cup Almonds (or any nuts) – 10-20 Method: Wash and soak the moong dal for 6 hours. Grind coarsely using little water. Set aside. Prepare one string sugar [...]
Besan Ke Ladoo Recipe
Ingredients: 2 cups gram flour (besan) 11/2 cup sugar (grinded) 1 cup ghee 1tsp each almonds, pistachios, cashew nuts (chopped) Method: In a kadhai mix gram flour and ghee over a low heat. Keep constantly stirring to avoid lumps. When it releases an appetizing smell, it is ready. Remove from the heat and allow it [...]
