Sweet Melange For A Merry Christmas - Sugar Poories

SWEET MELANGE FOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS

SUGAR POORIES

We tasted these poories at a food stall in Oregon zoo, Portland. They were soft, fluffy and sweet. They measured about a foot or more in diameter and were as big as elephant ears! Yes, they were known as 'Elephant Ears', a sweet snack sold at all fairs and carnivals.

Though they looked like huge poories topped with sugar powder, they tasted different from the normal poories that we ate with sugar in our childhood.

Elephant ears are prepared using plain flour and yeast. But Sugar Poories have been prepared using wheat flour.

INGREDIENTS

Wheat flour - 1 cup

Milk - 1/2 cup

Sour curd - 1 tsp

Salt - 1 pinch

Cooking soda - 1 pinch

Powdered sugar - 1 tsp

Butter - 1 tsp

Oil - for frying

FOR THE TOPPING

Sugar powdered with a few cardamoms / cinnamon - 1/2 cup

METHOD

1. Sift wheat flour, salt, sugar powder and cooking soda together into a bowl.

2. Make a well in the sifted ingredients and add butter and curds into it.

3. Add warmed up milk little by little as required and mix the ingredients into a smooth dough.

4. Cover and leave the dough in a warm place for six hours.

5. Divide the dough into four portions and make them into four balls.

6. Using a rolling pin flatten the dough balls into thin poories.

7. Heat oil and fry the poories on both sides till they puff up and become golden in colour.

8. Drain the poories on a paper towel.

9. Sprinkle or shower the sugar and cardamon /cinnamon powder over the fried poories as per your taste.

Eat ! Enjoy !

Sweet Melange For A Merry Christmas - Baby Carrot Murabba - Baby Carrots In Sugar Syrup

SWEET MELANGE FOR A MERRY CHRISTMAS

BABY CARROT MURABBA

Among all other vegetables Carrots are an all time favourite of children. Bright and tender baby carrots add colour and cheer to a festive meal especially when they are steeped in a sweet syrup.

INGREDIENTS

Baby carrots - 10

Sugar - 3/4 cup

Lime juice - 1 tsp

Salt - 1/2 a pinch

Cardamom powder or cinnamon powder - 1 pinch

METHOD

1. Wash and peel baby carrots and lightly prick them using a fork or a knitting needle.

2. Steam the carrots in a pressure cooker without the weight for fifteen minutes.

3. Add one and a half cups of water to the sugar and boil it adding the salt and the lime juice.

4. When the syrup starts becoming sticky add the steamed carrots .

5. Cook till the syrup reaches one thread consistency stirring now and then.

6. Switch off flame and add the cardamom powder / cinnamon powder.

The warm Baby Carrot Murabba is a welcome treat on a cold but festive day.

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