Udupi Krishna's Favoutites For Krishna Janmaashtami - Appa - A Sweet Fried Dumpling

 UDUPI KRISHNA'S FAVOURITES FOR 

KRISHNA JANMAASHTAMI 

APPA 

Appa is another sacred sweet offered to Sri Krishna at Udupi. It is customary to prepare godumai (wheat) appam for Kaartigai. This year I have decided to offer Appa , prepared with rice flour to celebrate Sri Krishna's Janmaashtami. 

INGREDIENTS

 Rice flour - 1 cup 

Crushed jaggery - 1/2 cup 

Ripe bananas - 2 small 

Fresh coconut ( Finely minced) - 2 tbsps 

Cardamom powder - 1 pinch

 METHOD 

1. Dissolve jaggery in half a cup of warm water, filter and cool. 

2. Mash the bananas and add to the jaggery water. 

3. Add cardamom powder and mix in the rice flour little by little to make a smooth and thick batter. 

4. Add the minced coconut pieces to the batter and mix well. 

5. Heat oil in the Appam pan. 

6. Pour a ladle of batter in each hollow portion of the pan. 

7. Cook till the Appa turns golden around the edges.

8. Use a spoon and flip the Appas when they start floating in the hot oil and cook till they become golden on all sides. 

9. Carefully remove the Appas one by one and drain on a paper towel. 

Offer the plump and delicious Appas to baby Krishna and enjoy the Prasaadam.

Condensed Milk Pound Cake

Baking an egg less pound cake was my dream.  But, one of my friends who is expert in baking advised me to try an egg version first and then try for egg less one. I suddenly remember this cake which I bookmarked from Nags where she adopted it from The Temptations.

Except the dark brown skin, the cake tasted scrumptious.  I was left with only 3 pieces to shot the picture and somehow I managed to click few pictures. Hope you all adjust with the picture and enjoy the cake.

Basic Information:
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes
Makes:  10 - 12 slices

Ingredients:


All purpose powder / Maida - 1 and 1/3 cups
Granulated Sugar - 1 cup, make a powder of it
Baking powder - 3/4 teaspoon
Salt - 1/2 teaspoon
Sweetened condensed milk - 1 cup
Unsalted Butter - 1 cup, whipped at room temperature
Eggs - 2 nos
Vanilla extract - 2 teaspoons

Method:
1) Preheat the oven to 325F or 180C.
2) Grease the pan with butter and roughly dust with flour. I used loaf pan with measurement (2lb, 25CM X 12CM).
3) Sift together the flour and baking powder and set aside.
4) Take a mixing bowl and mix sugar, butter and salt. Beat it using a whisk for 2 minutes or until fluffy and creamy.

 

5) Add the condensed milk and continue beating until the condensed milk is incorporated with butter sugar mixture.
6) Add the sifted dry ingredients to the mixing bowl and mix until both the mixture are properly incorporated. It will take 5-10 minutes of time.

 

7) Add the eggs and mix just until it combined with the flour.

8) Add vanilla extract and mix again for 5 minutes. Scrape  the sides of mixing bowl.
9) Transfer the batter to the prepared  loaf tin as said in step 2.

10) Bake it for 45 minutes or until the tooth pin inserted into it came out clear.
11) Cool completely for sometime and transfer the cake to the cooling rack. I couldn't take picture of it, as it was taken already by my family members.
12) Cut them into slices and serve. You can also store in a air tight container and keep up to 5-10 days.

Udupi Krishna's Favourites For Krishna Janmaashtami - Pancha Kajjaaya - A Sweet Mixture

UDUPI KRISHNA'S FAVOURITES FOR 


KRISHNA JANMAASHTAMI

 PANCHA KAJJAAYA 

Pancha Kajjaaya is another Udupi Speciality offered to Udupi Sri Krishna.The ingredients were quite visible and it was very easy to prepare it after tasting the special prasaadam from the bag of Sampoorna Prasaadam from Udupi. 

 INGREDIENTS 

Bengal gram dal - 1/2 cup 

Grated copra ( dried coconut) - 1/2 cup 

Sugar - 1 cup 

Ghee - 1 tbsp 

Cashew nuts - a few 

Cardamom powder - 1 pinch 

METHOD 

1. Heat a drop of ghee in a pan and add the Bengal gram dal. 

2. Roast the dal till it becomes golden in colour giving out a pleasant aroma. 

3. Cool the roasted dal and grind it into a coarse sand like powder. 

4. Mix the coarse dal powder, grated copra,sugar and cardamom powder in a bowl. 

5. Heat the remaining ghee and fry the cashew nuts to a golden colour and mix with the ingredients in the bowl. 

Offer the crunchy and flavoursome Pancha Kajjaaya to the little Lord on His Janmaashtami and relish the blessed prasaadam.