Tuesday, October 13, 2009

No bake chocolate pinwheel

Everyone must be busy planning for the festival weekend. And most of you must have already started with the preparations of sweets and savories. Here is a quick, no cook, recipe to delight your kids. I made this when my niece was here for her summer holidays. As always, I clicked few pictures and forgot about it. When Srivalli announced the Kid's Delight event, I wanted to send this. I got the recipe from a TV show, where in they were showing some quick recipes which can be made by kids themselves.







You need

Marie biscuit - 1 pkt

Cocoa Powder - 2tblspn

Powdered sugar - 5 tblspn

Butter - 2 tblspn

Milk - 4 tblspn


Method


Powder the marie biscuits in the mixer grinder. Seive it to get fine powder. Else it will make rolling the dough difficult.  Mix in cocoa powder and 2 tblspn of sugar. Prepare a tight dough using milk. 


You can mix some coffe powder in the milk if you love the flavor of coffee in your cookies. Coffee and chocolate complement each other well.

For the filling

Beat butter and sugar until creamy. You can optinaly add some dessicated coconut or coarsely chopped nuts also.



Roll dough into a thick chappathi. Spread the filling evenly. Leave some space at the edges. Then roll from the longer end to form a log shape. Roll it tightly and seal the crack if any, as you roll. Cover the log in a butter paper or aluminium foil and refrigerate for 2 hours. Cut along the width to get beautiful pinwheel cookies.


It will be a great hit among the kid's if it is part of the birthday parties.







Deepawali Sweets - Mysorepak - Gram Flour Fudge

Deepawali Sweets - Mysorepak
Gram Flour Fudge


The mouth watering sweet which originated in the Maharaja’s kitchen at the Mysore Palace has become a very popular sweet by finding its way into the neighbouring states as well. They may be crunchy at some places, or soft as halwa in other places; they may be dripping with ghee in one kitchen, or bone dry at another. Whatever the texture may be, the charisma of Mysorepak never diminishes. Here is my version of Mysorepak picked up from my mother’s kitchen at Mysore.
INGREDIENTS:
Besan (Bengal gram flour)- 1 Cup
Sugar – 3 cups
Ghee – ¾ cup
Turmeric powder – ¼ tsp

METHOD:
1. Boil sugar with 3 cups of water, removing the scum which accumulates at the sides of the pan.
2. When the sugar syrup reaches the one string consistency (also called soft ball stage) blend in the turmeric powder.
3. Add the ghee and wait until it melts in the syrup giving out a pleasant aroma. 4. Add the besan gradually into the syrup stirring all the time.
5. Stir well so that no lumps are formed.
6. Keep stirring till the besan foams and starts to leave the sides of the pan.
7. You can see the sugar drying up leaving a coat around the wall of the pan.
8. At this stage remove from flame and pour it on a greased plate. 9. Gently shake the plate for even distribution, as the Mysorepak will not spread by itself and it will set instantaneously.
10. Mark with a sharp knife while still warm and cut the pieces after it cools.
Enjoy the Mysorepak as it melts in your mouth with its distinctive flavour.

Monday, October 12, 2009

Awards

I am Happy to receive a beautiful Award from my blogger friend Prasu.
I am very happy to receive this Award. Thank you so much Prasu for sharing this Award with me
I would like to share this Award with All my Blogger friends.It came with fun Meme.

award from Sreelekha Sumesh


Here is the meme part:

1. Where is your cell phone: Laptop table
2. Your hair: Black
3. Your mother: Sivakamasundari
4. Your father: Sambandam
5. Your favorite food: Southern Indian
6. Your dream last night: Forgot it
7. Your favorite drink: Badam milk
8. Your dream/goal: Secret
9. What room are you in: Bedroom
10. Your hobby: Reading books
11. Your fear: Water
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years: God only knows
13. Where were you last night: Home
14. Something you aren’t: Lassey
15. Muffins: Sometimes i will eat
16. Wish list item: Nothing
17. Where did you grow up: Chennai
18. Last thing you did: Feeding food for my son
19. What are you wearing: Night pant,T shirt
20. Your TV: Off
21. Your pets: No
22. Your friends: Many
23. Your life: Interesting
24. Your mood: Happy
25. Missing someone: My hubby
26. Vehicle: No
27. Something you’re not wearing: Sleeve less
28. Your favorite store: Foodworld
29. Your favorite color: Always blue
30. When was the last time you laughed: Today afternoon
31. Last time you cried: Sep 19 th
32. Your best friend: Freekybabes
33. One place that I go over and over: Chennai
34. One person who emails me regularly: My friend
35. Favorite place to eat: Saravana bhavan