Wheat milk pudding or Godhuma pala halwa

Ingredients: 1 cup whole wheat. ( washed and soaked in water for 6-8 hours) 1-2 cups milk (whole milk preferred) 1-2 cups sugar (as per ur taste buds) Ghee or clarified butter 1/4 stick
Procedure:
1. Soak wheat in water untill they are soft and blend it into coarse paste and extract the milk out of it with the help of tea filter or cloth.
2. keep the wheat milk to a side with out disturbing
3. heat a wide pan and pour milk and sugar to it. Add the wheat milk and stir constinously. If the sweetness is not sufficient we can add it at the end.
4. stir continously untill it reached the thick consistancy make sure the sweetness is sufficient and turn off the heat.
5. pour into a plate which is oiled and cut into pices.
Note: This is very good for children and old people with no teeth. An healthy way to eat carbs.

Dates Cake

Though I like cake I used to think what is healthy with this and I started to hate it. But I still love my childhood eating what ever we like Cake, moon biscutts, Of course I love the baked food.
Though I tried to avoid them.. They chase me ........ :) (just escaping )
after all I found some healthy healthy alternative...I am not sure whether it is 100% healthy but it is with some good alternatives.....

Ingredients:
Dates 20 ( soak in warm water for 1 hour)
Walnuts 1/4 cup cup ( Optional) Chopped
Condensed milk 14 Oz
Butter 1 stick or 1/2 cup
Baking Soda 11/2 tsp
Baking pwd 1 tsp
All pupose flour 11/4 cup Hmm I did not find any healthy alternative for this dirty ingredient Will Find it soon........
2 eggs

Procedure:
1. Blend dates into course paste
2. Mix eggs, Dates paste, condensed milk, Butter in to good mixture
3. Now mix the dry ingredients Flour, Soda , Baking pwd together very very well
4. now mix the paste and the flour to good mix and add wall nuts. ( give atleast 30-50 strokes)
if you have a hand mixer like me that will save you yours muscle power :)
5. pour into a square or round nonstick cake ware and bake at 350 for 40min or till the surface turns brown.
6. you dont believe this is much better than the original receipe.

Indian Cake

I like the cake we used to eat in our childhood made by our mother. Fresh and sponge like cake fresh out from the bake.HAAAAAAA Yummy.....

Ingredients:
All purpose flour 2cups
Butter 1.25 Cup
sugar 1.25 cup
Milk 2/3 Cup
Eggs 3
Baking powder 2tsp
Vanila essence 1.5 tsp
Salt .5 tsp
TutiFruti optional

Mix all the Dry ingredients (flour, baking powder, salt)
In wide bowl mix butter, eggs, vanilla essence with a hand mixer thoroughly
Add sugar slowly while mixing
Then add the Flor mix with the hand mixer
Add the tutu fruti and mix with spoons
Pour the mixture in a Oven safe dish. At 350 bake for 40 min.

My cake came out very well I will upload my frens photos while tasting it :)

Rava Idli.

These ingredients makes around 12-15 Idlies.
Ingredients:
Semolina or Bomabay rava: 3/4 Cup (12 Tablespoons)
Curd or yogurt
Salt
Tempering Ingredients:
Oil
Cashewnuts(optional)
Uradh dhal
Bengal Gram or chana dhal
Mustard
Ginger
Green Chilli
Pepper (optional)
Carrot( optional)

Procedure:
1.Mix semolina with yogurt and keep a side for 30 min. (Tip: The batter should be similar to idly batter thickness)
2. Give the seasoning with Ghee or oil with all the ingredients in the tempering list (except Carrot).
3. Apply ghee to the idly plates.
4. Place sufficient batter in each
5. take some water in the pressure cooker and pleace these plates stand in the Cooker and cook under pressure without Vistle for 15 min.
6. Serve with Ginger pickle or any pickle

I forget to take pictures and ate idly :)

Cabbage carrot raw mango curry

Ingredients:
Cabbage 1 finely chopped
Carrot 1 big size grated
mango 1 half grated
Coconut optional
salt optional
oil optional
Pappula podi ( powder of dry roasted peanuts, chana dhal, uradh dhal)
or senagapappu karam ( the one we used to eat with idlis) Optional
Curd optional
Chillies (as per your tastebuds)
seasoning optional


Procedure:

The reason why I mentioned some of the ingredients as optional is because they are not necessary and you can fine me making the curry with out all this.
But if you are much concerned about the taste add all these optional ingredients.
Some people dont like cabbage. I fall in the same category till the time Iw ent to hostel. After entering into the hostel life I used to love all the vegetables and learned the importance of moms dishes.
Cabbage, Cauliflower, plantain, beetroot, carrot what not all the veggies are my favorites. I will stop my boring explanation here :)

1. heat the pan and add oil 1 tbsp and season with mustard seeds and cumin.
2. Add chana dhal, uradh dhal, green chillies, curry leaves and close the lid and make them cook for 30 sec.
3. Add cabbage and close the lid. Stir in the middle.

4. Cook it soft untill the cabbage smell goes away. If you dont like the cabbage smell at all add some curd at this time along with salt.
5. Add carrot and mango and make it cook for few more seconds.
6. Add coconut, pappula podi and turn off the flame.
6. Serve it hot with Roti.

Thepala chekka or serva pindi

This dish is dedicated to those who love indian snacking :)

INGREDIENTS:
Channa dal cup 1/2 soak in water for minimum 30min
curry leaves bunch Chopped
ginger garlic paste 1tsp
Green chillies 3 or as per the tastebuds
Oil As needed
onion number 1 chopped fine
red chilli powder tsp 1
Rice flour 250Grams
salt as needed
sesame seeds 1 tbsp
water As needed



Procedure:
1.Mix all the ingredients by adding water as needed. make soft dough.



2. add 1-2 tsp of oil to a non stick saute pan and keep the dough on the pan and spread it evenly. (tip: apply oil to your hand before spreading)
3. spread the dough evenly and make holes with your finger. Pour a drop of oil in each hole.

4. Cover it with a lid and cook on low-meedium heat untill the water in the dough evapourates and top surface appeared to be cooked.
5. You can turn the chekka or serva pindi if you want.

6. Serve it hot.


Note: Cook on slow flame. So that the bottom does not get burned.

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