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Halbai: Rice and Coconut burfi/Halwa And aloo/Potato and Sweet peas tikki chat

Roopa had prepared this coconut halwa (Halbai) recipe on Sunday's get together. It was so tasty, I think, I must have had at least 3-4 pieces that night!. :) Thanks roopa for these delicious recipes, It was so yummy.

Ingredients for Halbai :

Rice - 1/2 cup
Coconut powder - 1 cup
Jagary or Sugar - 1 cup
Ghee or Clarified Butter - 3/4 cup
Fresh Cardamom powder - 1/4 tbs

Method:

1. Soak rice for 3-4 hrs
2. Grind the saoked rice along with coconut powder and jaggery or sugar to a smooth paste, little bit thinner than dosa batter.
3. In a pan add 1 tbsp of ghee & pour the batter and keep stirring in medium flame. ( make sure there is no lump formation )
4. Keep stirring till it thickens and add the cardamom powder.
5. Add 1/2 cup of ghee little by little and continue to mix well. Takes around 15-20mins.
6. Just like halwa, it gets non sticky and ghee tends to separate. At this time pour into a greased plate and allow it to cool for 5mins and cut into desired shape.
7. Enjoy!

Ingredients for Aloo and Sweet Peas Tikki :

This recipe is an entry to sweet peas delicious recipe event. Here is what you need

Boiled Potato - 2 big, peeled and mashed gently
Frozen peas - 1 cup
bread crumbs - 1 cup
oil- 2 tbs and more for shallow frying
Cumin Seeds - 1 tbs
Turmeric powder - a pinch
Ginger - 1/2 inch piece, grated.
Green chillies - 1-2, finely chopped
Garam Masala - 1/2 tbs
Lemon Juice - 1/2 lemon squeezed
Chilly powder - 1/2 tbs optional

Easy Method:

Heat oil in a pan and add cumin seeds, pinch of turmeric powder, finely chopped ginger, finely chopped green chilies, peas and allow it to cook for 4-5mins. Later add 1/2tsp chilly powder as per your taste, garam masala, salt to taste and cook for another 5mins. Allow it to cool and mix with aloo n 1/2 cup of bread crumbs adding half a slice of lemon juice. This makes a tikki dough.

Take small piece of dough and make a round ball. Press between the palms to make cutlet. Make it into shape either round or oval and then roll it on remaining bread crumbs and shallow fry on both sides till it turns brown in color and crispy enough. Serve hot with Ketchup. Enjoy.

Thanks roops for this wonderful recipes.

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Vadakki Mudde : rice mudde / Steamed & Spiced rice balls

Ingredients: (makes 8 medium sized ball)
Idli rava - 2 cups or Roasted rice - coarsely powdered.
Coconut oil - 4-5 Tbs
Water - 31/2 cups or as needed
Salt - 11/4 tbs or to taste

For Tempering
Coconut oil - 1 tbs
Mustard seeds - 1/2 tbs
Urad dal - 1/2 tbs
Hing or asafetida - a pinch

For Masala:
Channa dal - 2-1/2 Tbs
Red Chilly -2
Coriander seeds - 1 tbs
Cumin seeds - 1/2 tbs
Mustard seeds- 1/2 tbs
Turmeric - 1/4 tbs
Coconut powder - 2 Tbs
Sesame seeds - 1/2 tbs
Curry leaves - 4-5

Method:

Roast all masala ingredients except coconut powder until nice aroma comes out of it.
Coarsely grind the roasted masala with coconut powder and keep it aside
Heat oil in a pan, add mustard seeds, urad dal, hing.
Once it starts to splatter, add ground masala powder and fry for couple of seconds.
Add the idli rava or coarsely ground roasted rice.
Add water, salt to make upma or uppittu.
Add 2 tbs or coconut oil.
Once the upma is ready, let it rest for 10 minutes.
Make a medium sized ball from the upma.
Brush or spray coconut oil to all the balls.
Steam it for 10 minutes.
I use Idli cooker to steam, it is easy and gives the best result.
Serve warm with sambar or Ghee and Chutney powder combination.
Enjoy!

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Sushi rice(Japanese rice) and coconut milk pudding

I liked Sushi rice (Japanese rice), because of it's small, cute texture and it retains the shape even after cooking. For yesterday's Apple picking and potluck I prepared this pudding and it turned it delicious.

I prepare this Pudding or payasa in two different ways, both ways, payasa turns out great, give it a try.

Method 1:

Ingredients:
Japanese rice or any other rice of your choice. - 1/2 cup
Coconut milk - 1 cup
Cow Milk pr Soy milk - 11/2 cup
Water - 1 cup or as needed
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Honey - 2-3 Tbs
Fresh ground cardamom - 1 tbs
Raisins - 2 Tbs

Steps:

Rinse the rice and cook with water. Check for water consistency, if it becomes too thick, you may want to add little water but do not overdo.
Once the rice are cooked, add coconut milk and milk.
Bring it to boil, stirring every now and then. Be careful, it will get stuck to the bottom.
Add sugar and honey.
Add ground cardamom and mix well.
On a medium heat keep stirring for 10 minutes.
Turn off the heat.
Serve warm or chilled.
Enjoy

Method 2 : Simple Akki Payasa (My mom's version)

Ingredients:

Rice - 1/2 cup
Milk - 2 cups
Water -1 cup
Jagari or brown sugar or Sugar - 3/4 cup

Steps are same as the Method 1, only you will not be adding coconut milk and honey but both tastes yummy. Enjoy.

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Sweet pongal and Khara/Spiced pongal

Sweet Pongal

Sweet Pongal:

» 1 cup Raw Rice

» 1/2 cup Green Gram Dal

» 1 cup Milk

» 3 cups Jaggery (powdered)

» 4 tbsp Ghee

» 2 tbsp Cashewnuts

» 2 tbsp Raisins

» 5 no Cardamoms (powdered)

» 2 no Cloves (powdered)

» 1 small piece Nutmeg (grated or powdered)

» A pinch of Saffron

» 2 1/2 cups Water

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Warm vangi bath

This is one of my all time favorite dish. We had a guest at home last Sunday and had prepared vangi bath for them and they loved it. It tastes yummy, trust me.

Ingredients you need for Vangi bath Masala :

Channa Dal : 3 tbs

Urad Dal : 3 tbs

Coriander Seeds : 1 tbs

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Sweet Potato rice

Sweet Potato has many nutritional facts. This is high source of dietary fiber, low in cholesterol, sodium and saturated fats. It is a very good source of vitamin A and C. I try to use it often in our diet. Sometime bake them or I make curry or rice item like this.

Ingredients: Serving 2-3 adults

Basmati Rice - 2 cups

Sweet potato - chopped in to cubes ~1 cup

Peas - 1 cup

Carrot - 1/2 cup chopped

Green beans - chopped in to 1 inch lengthwise

Onion - 1 cup chopped

Garlic - 2 cloves, chopped finely

Ginger - 1 inch cube grated

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Ingredients:

Basumati rice - 1 cup
Vegetables like Cabbage, Beans, carrot peas - 1 - 2 cups
Capsicum - thin sliced - 1/2 cup

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Methi Rice

The reason i like methi is because it is Rich in protein, calcium, phosphorus and iron in their natural forms, its mineral and vitamin contents are also very high and this is easily assimilated by our body. Though it is little bitter, it tastes awesome.

Ingredients: Fenugreek leaves (finly chopped)- 2 bunches ( It should be cleaned because it contains lot of muds and sands)
Basumati rice - 1 cup
onion finly chopped - 1/2 cup
green peas: 1/2 cup
cloves - 2
cinnomon - 1 piece
cashew - 2 tbs
Ghee - 1 tbs
black pepper - 1/2 tbs
green chillies - 2
cumins - 2 tbs
lime juice - 1 tbs

Soak the rice in the water for half an hourBoil the rice (rice:water : 1:1 1/2) Spread the boiled rice to the plate and let it cool.Bring the pan for seasoning.Heat oil in the pan, put cumins, cloves and cinnomon.After it starts spluttering, add onion and fry it until it becomes light brown.Add the green peas and methi leavescook for 2-3 minutes.Now add to the cool down rice.Also add lime juice, salt and pepper. Mix well and Garnish with the grated cheese ( optional).

Searve hot with the cucumber raita.

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