Channadal halwa - Traditional Indian sweet from Lucknow

This post is for my first entry to SNC hosted by Divya pramil of "Youtoocancookindianfood". I have joined in the Southern team.

The challenge given to the southern team for the month of March is Chanadal halwa by Kirti of "Flavors from my kitchen"

 Off to the recipe now.

Ingredients:
Chanadal- 1 cup
Sugar- 1/2 cup (i added 1 cup though)
Milk- 2 1/2 cups(i used 2 cups)
Ghee- 3/4th cup
elaichi powder- a pinch
cashews,almonds-a few

Preparation:

                                   Soak chanadal in 2 cups of water for 3 hours.

                                  Drain the water and mash the dal or grind it once in a mixer.

Add ghee to a nonstick pan and roast the nuts till golden brown.

Remove the nuts onto a plate and add the chanadal mixture.

After the ghee is fully absorbed, add around 1/3th of the milk and keep stirring.

Keep stirring and when the milk is absorbed add the remaining milk in two batches.

Now add sugar and keep stirring.

Add dry fruits and keep stirring till u get halwa conssitency.

Transfer the halwa to a well greased plate and let it set for a while.

Mark the desired shapes and set it for some more time. 

Tastes when best when chilled.

:) :) :)

Linking this to the cooking with seeds event hosted by priya of priya's versatile recipes

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Traditional Indian Sweets Event and Giveaway at Zesty South Indian kitchen . Swathi is organising this event/give away associated with 27coupons.com. 

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THE CUPO NATION + CK Lent 2013 Recipe Challenge 

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capuccino ( indian version )without espresso machine

A cappuccino is a coffee drink topped with foamed milk. It is made in a steam-producing espresso machine. Espresso is poured into the bottom third of the cup, followed by a similar amount of hot milk. The top third of the drink consists of milk foam; this foam can be decorated with artistic drawings made with the same milk (source: Wikipedia)

Ingredients:
(For one cup)
1 tsp coffee powder
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp water
1 cup milk
(cocoa powder or coffee powder to sprinkle on top)- optional

1. Add coffee powder, sugar and water to the coffee mug and stir vigorously till the mixture turns very frothy and pale in colour. 

2. For 3 cups, i tripled the quantity mentioned above, made the coffee mix in a bowl and divided it equally for 3 mugs. Now add hot milk to the mugs. Stir with a spoon. Serve with cocoa powder sprinkled on top.

For a detailed step by step recipe visit here. 

Iam sending it as an entry to pari's( Food deilcious) ONLY event for March guest hosted by Raksha of Raksha's kitchen

Dosavakaya pacchadi using Fortune rice bran oil

Fortune Rice Bran Oil is the healthiest edible oil in India. MUFA & PUFA in Rice Bran oil helps maintain cholesterol, making it a healthy heart oil too. (source: http://www.fortunericebranhealth.com/) The first recipe that comes to mind when asked to use oil is this yummy spicy Andhra special "Dosavakaya Pacchadi" which uses a generous amount of oil. Spicy and healthy !!!!

 Ingredients:
 yellow cucumber(dosakay)- 1 big (approx 3 cups)
 Red chilli powder- 1 cup
Salt- around 3/4th cup
mustard powder- 1/2 to 3/4th cup
fenugreek powder- 1 tsp
cumin powder- 1/2 tsp
 warm oil- 1 cup

TO temper
oil- 3tsp
mustard seeds - 1 tsp
cumin seeds- 1 tsp
urad dal- 1 tsp
red chillies -3
garlic cloves-2 to 3 OR asafoetida - a big pinch


Cut the  cucumber into bite sized pieces as in the image.



 Mix all the dry ingredients well to the pieces.



 

 Add the warm oil, temper with mustard seeds, uraddal, cumin seeds, dry red chillies, asafoetida and mix well, keep aside for a day and store it in airtight dry containers. When refrigerated this pickle stays good for around a month.

 


 This post is a part of Healthy & Tasty Recipe Contest with Fortune Rice Bran Health Oil & BlogAdda.com

Notes:
The cucumber selected should be firm when touched (neither too ripe nor too raw)
There should be zero moisture be it in the mixing bowl or the spoon or the storage containers for longer life.
Home made powders definitely smell better than the store bought ones.


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WEEK 10 of "The fifty-2 weeks of 2013"

HI all!!

"Cinquain" is the theme for week 10 of "The fifty-2 weeks of 2013". When i read the word Cinquain, i was sure i would skip this week as the last thing i would do is to write a poem, but then googled it for info and it is not as difficult as the word sounds. 

A cinquain is a five line poem that mainly comes in three formats:

I had to search on google to get its meaning and found info here



Cinquain Pattern #1
Line1: One word

Line2: Two words

Line 3: Three words

Line 4: Four words

Line 5: One word

Cinquain Pattern #2

Line1: A noun
Line2: Two adjectives
Line 3: Three -ing words
Line 4: A phrase
Line 5: Another word for the noun

Cinquain Pattern #3
Line1: Two syllables
Line2: Four syllables
Line 3: Six syllables
Line 4: Eight syllables
Line 5: Two syllables
I chose the second one and have tried to write one on  "Facebook"

FACEBOOK
HIGH SCHOOL VIRTUAL REUNION, SOCIAL UTILITY
LIKING,COMMENTING,SHARING
CHECKING FOR UPDATES FROM FRIENDS
"ADDICTION"

This is my third entry for the fifty two weeks of 2013. 

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