rava (sooji)kesari

Ingredients

sooji - 1 cup

sugar - 1- 11/2 cup

water 2 cup

ghee- 1/2 cup

cashew nuts and raisins (fried )- 1 tbsp

elachi powder- a pinch

kesar colour- a pinch

boil water .

roast the rava in 1/4th cup ghee,till u get nice aroma

simmer the stove

pour the water(be careful ,it will splatter all over)

mix well(be careful about the lumps)

add the sugar and mix well for abt 23 mts

then add the remaining ghee,again mix well.

add cashews,raisins and elachi powder and mixx well .

ur rava kesari is ready.

suiyam

its a traditional south Indian sweet spply done on janmashtami

its a sweet dumpling

for the stuffing:

coconut- 1 cup

grated jaggery- 3/4th cup(less or more according to ur sweet taste needs)ghee- 1 tsp

elachi powder- 1/4tsp

for the outer cover batter

rice flour- 1/2 cup

urudh dhal flour- 1 tsp

mix both and make a running batter(in dosa batter consistency)

in a kadai add jaggery and 1/4th cup water ,let it dissolve strain and keep it on stove again.bring it to boil then add coconut and keep stirring till it becomes a thick mass ,add ghee and elachi powder and allow it to cool .this is called thenga pooranam.now divide this pooranam into small balls . u need to dip this in the batter and deep fry it in oil and ur suiyam is ready....

1234 burfi

Ingredients:

1 cup milk

2 cup2 paste

3 cups sugar

4 cups milk

note paste can be any of

coconut,

cashew,

badam

pista

or mixed in any combination

qty of the ground paste with water should be 2 cups.

take the the ingredients in a deep thick bottom kadai and keep stirring,when it tries to froth switch off and keep stirring for another 5mts ,pour it over a greased tray ,cool down and cut into desired shapes.

p.s in this i had used a mixture of badam and cashew

badam burfi

Ingredients:

1 cup badam soaked in hot water and skin peeled 

1 cup powdered sugar

1/2 cup milk

kesar strands (optional)

1 tbsp ghee

 mix all the ingredients except ghee and grind to a fine paste.

now,in a kadai, add ghee and the paste and keep stirring,when it becomes a thick mass  switch off the stove and keep stirring for another 2-3mts, the whole process might take max of 10-12mts.

 pour it over a greased tray,cool down and cut into pieces.

theriti pal - gova

Milk - 8 cups

sugar - 1 cup 

ghee- 1 tsp 

In   a rice cooker add the milk and  let it boil (don't close the lid) its easy way then doing it in  a pan in a stove as u need to keep on stirring it . let it reduce to a thick  yellow paste consistency. now transfer it into a pan and add lil ghee(its mainly for the colour change) and when it thickens switch off the stove and ur pal gova or therti pal is ready. 

i do it for janmashtami as its baby krishna's fav sweet. had left over milk last week so did this  and its my son and hubbies fav too!!!!!!!!