Fluff

I found a lovely recipe yesterday for something I just have to make. But whilst checking the list of ingredients I saw one was marshmallow crème. What is that!!?? Well it's something they have in America and whilst it can be bought over the net, it's quite expensive. I looked for a recipe to make it my self. Unfortunately again the recipe contained American products that I couldn't get hold of easily. So I experimented a bit and came up with my own recipe, here it is:

Homemade Marshmallow Fluff

Ingredients:

• 3 egg whites, at room temperature
  16 fl oz golden syrup or liquid glucose
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 9 oz sifted icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon vanilla extract

Method:

In the bowl of a standing mixer, combine egg whites, syrup, and salt. Beat with whisk attachment on high speed for five minutes, or until the mixture has thickened and doubled. Reduce speed to low, and add vanilla and powdered sugar. Stir until well blended. Use in your chosen recipe of put in a jar and keep in the fridge for up to 2 weeks.

I prefer the golden syrup variety, it comes out with a slight golden tint. and its cheaper than liquid glucose.

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Poha Halwa

I am finally back to blogging after a long break! I hope to post recipes more frequently. Poha halwa is my own creation. It is very yummy and tastes close to chakkarai pongal (sweet rice pudding). It takes only 10 minutes to prepare this dessert. Let's move on to the recipe.

Ingredients:

200 grams MTR Badam Halwa Mix
1.5 cups thin poha (aval/beaten rice flakes)
1 cup milk
1/4 cup ghee
Handful of cashews and raisins
A pinch of orange food color

Method:

Roast cashews and raisins in 2 tsp ghee till they turn golden brown.
Set aside.
Wash poha in water and squeeze excess water and set aside. It's ok if it turns mushy. Use only thin variety poha.
In the same pan, add MTR badam halwa mix, washed poha, milk and stir everything together till mixture turns thick. Keep adding remaining ghee while stirring. Add food color and mix well.
Garnish with roasted cashews and raisins.
Serve hot.