Kataif- Cheese/ Arabic Pancakes with Cheese

Kataif is a type of Arabic Pancake which is cooked on one side stuffed with cheese or nuts, deep fried n soaked in sugar syrup n served. They can also be stuffed with cream n served with sugar syrup, known as Kataif bil Kashta. These pancakes can be made at home and as told cooked only on one side so that they can be stuffed n pinch them well to keep the stuff intact. Since living in Gulf Kataif

Coconut Barfi/ Thengai Barfi

Thengai or Coconut Barfi is a sure hit sweet in our home but Ive never succeeded in making a perfect one. Then one day I looked into this recipe in Kamala Boopathy's blog http://www.cookatease.com/. She gave picture by picture instructions which made me easy to do. Today I not only got  perfect barfi's but also a tasty one.
Usually I donot like sweets with coconut, but this is the only exception.

Maaladdu

This laddu has always been my favorite right from my young age, Every time during Diwali our neighbours would make them a whole lot of goodies n share with us n I will always  looking out for these maaladdus. i love that powdery texture unlike other ladddus that are soft. My hubby has always been asking me to make them who is a great fan of laddus. Made them for Eid, actually I made them first by

Eid Mubarak & 1st Blog Anniversary with Kunafa- Cheese

Eid Mubarak/ Selamat Hari Raya to all fellow muslim Blogger friends. InshaAllah tomorrow we are celebrating Eid. This festival marks the end of the month of Ramadan and the begining of Shawwal. The  air is filled with festive joy here and we are all busy preparing delicacy's for Eid!



The reason Iam posting today amidst all the busy work is that my blog is celebrating it first Anniversary

Sweet Mango Pachidi

Mango season is all over n we tend to make mangoes every other time. We usually make spicy pachidis but this one is sweet almost like a jam. We have it with pulao or biryanis it is sooooo delicious. Raw mango is the best, you can shred them fine, if the mango is little soft then chop them into fine pieces. The mango I chose was little soft so I chopped them into fine pieces. You can have it as

Rasmalai- ICC

Very happy today whem making this rasmalai today coz this is the first time I m making it from scratch n it was just perfect, thanks to Srivalli coz we tend to learn new dishes. It just gave me a lot of confidence.
Making Rasmalai was very easy. The rasgollas very extermly soft, never had like that even in shops. N the rasmalai was very very tasty. My hubby told this was the best ever rasmalai he

Microwave Aval Laddu

My next venture in microwave sweets is aval laddu. I used to roast the aval in the kadai till they are lightly roasted. But sometimes they may get burned.  But not now. Roasting the aval in microwave was soo easy and even too that too the laddo was made in 5 minutes. What a wonder! sending this easy aval laddu to Srilekha's efm-sweets-and-savories-for-diwali



You need:
Aval

Suyyan

A diwali speciality, A tasty treat, A sweet delicasy, You know what I am talking about. Yes Suyyan. Crispy on the outside and soft and sweet inside. I learnt this from my MIL and its my hubby;s favotite. There are two ways in preparing Suyyan, the outside coating differs, What my MIL used to make is with Maida and the other version uses  Urad dhal and rice( I learnt it after). For Suyyan cardamom

100th post celebration & Dummadai/ Rava Cake

I cannot express my happiness when I am typing out this post as its a dream come true for me. Its my 100th post! A special thanks to family members and all my blogger friends for encouraging me with lovely comments. I've always had a raging passion in cooking and always wanted to achieve something. Even when I started blogging I had a doubt whether I would success in blogging. But my hubby only

Microwave Matta Rice Flakes/ Aval Laddu

Once again laddus in microwave but this time with Matta rice flakes. The matta rice is typically used in kerala cuisine and is typical whole grain, very very healthy especially fo the kids. This is very easy to make within 5 minutes in a microwave. It tasted great and I found an easy way to make jr eat wholegrains without any fuss.
Sending this to Divya's show-me-your-wholegrains, Priya's CWS-

Microwave Rava laddu

This is the first time I am preparing sweets in microwave and was quite excitied about it.Since weekend is approaching had to prepare sweets and my first trial was rava laddu. Usually laddus are favorites with both my hubby and jr but had to stand in front of hot stove roasting the rawa and grinding them to a fine powder and making laddus. What a hard work! But now I can make them in microwave in

Caramel Bread Pudding

When I planned to make a swee today the first thing came in my mind was Caramel Bread Pudding which I bookmarked long time in Poornima's Blog. This is very easy to prepare and can be made in a jiffy. The recipe calls for using pressure cooker but since my pressure cooker's mouth is narrow it was not possible to keep any utensil inside so I used my Rice Cooker To make this sweet. Sending this

Ariselu / Aathirasallu For ICC

Remember Mahmud of Ghazni who suceeded after 17 times to conquer, my case was almost the same in making the Ariselu for ICC. Tried it more than a couple of times, failed and suceeded today atlast in making Ariselu. Since this was my first challenge in ICC, I didnt want to fail in making the Ariselu. I followed the recipe 2 coz the recipe 1 got flopped. The method of preparation was easy  and I

Farfalle Payasam

Always loved to make payasam with pasta and with different shapes but this time with farfalle. Its tasty when served either hot or cold. Sending this payasam to Jyoti's Pasta party



You need:
Farfalle                      1cup
Milk                          2cups
Ghee                         1tbsp
Sugar                        1/4cup
Condensed milk         1 1/2tbsp
MTR's Badam feast    1tbsp

Apple and cinnamon Kesari

This is my 50th post and Iwanted to post a sweet. Kesari was the first thing that came to my mind but didnot want to post the usual kesari. So i thought of making kesari with apple( my first try). To give an english twist to the recipe I used cinnamon the perfect partner for apple instead of cardamom. The kesari was absolutely delicious and very tasty too.



You need:
Rava

Dhodal (Traditional Cocunut Halwa)

Dhodal is one of my favourite sweet. His grand mother used to make this sweet delicasy. I learnt this recipe from her and after lots of trial and error I got the perfect texture. Once you make this you will really fall in love with this recipe.

You need:
Coconut( medium)                 1 nos
Rice flour                               50gms
Sugar                                     100gms
Ghee

Vattilappam

Vattalappam is the Indianised version of  custard pudding.  This can also be served as a dessert. During Eid they used to make this and serve with Jallar the lacy thin pancake.The vattalappam is soft  and tasty. You can also add saffron to make kesar vattalappam.
You need
Egg                             4nos
Sugar                          3/4 cup
Coconut milk              1 cup
Cashew

Nankathai

Nankathai ( We call it naanhatan!), the white little flower shaped sweet which just starts to melt once you pop it in your mouth. It is one such traditional sweet from south indian muslims. In olden days making nankathai was a tough task, grinding in the grinding stone or kodakkal then ferment it and bake it. But now it is not so. You can prepare it in a jiffy.

I will share with you the easy

Carrot Halwa

One of the easiest and mouth watering dessert that can be prepared in few minutes. It is sure hit during any feast. It has got soft and creamy texture which just melts in the mouth.
Sending this tasty halwa to Vegetable Marathon- Carrots gest hosted by PJ event by Silpa



You needCarrot 250gmsGhee 2 - 2 1/2 tbspSugar 100 gmsSalt a very small pinchMilk 1/2 cupThickened cream* 3 tbspRaisins 2tbsp