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Hi All, KARABOONDHI ! Iam not big fan of karaboondhi but my daughter loves it.She loves for its size and colour , tiny balls with bright yellow colour and spicy makes her to fall in love with it. So I decided to make it for her but Karaboondhi needs that special ladle ( with tiny holes) and I don't have it( We say it as Arithatam) .When I went to my home town my mum was having that type of ladle so I made this karaboondhi there and packed it to here. The recipe is so simple just mix everything fry and eat .. No grinding or no soaking . The easy recipe is as below, YIELDS : 4 CUPS ( APPX) INGREDIENTS : Besan flour / Kadalai Mavu - 3 cups. Salt -2 tsp. Oil – for deep frying. Curry leaves – a sprig. Roasted gram dal – 2 tsp. Chilli power – 1 tsp. NEEDCLARIFICATION ABOUT MY MEASUREMENTS ? PLS CLICK TO CLARIFY. METHOD : In a bowl mix besan flour and 1 tsp salt till no lumps . Add water to the flour mix and mix to Dosa ba...

Hi , FRIED PUFFED RICE! This is a common snack in my mum's home.My dad needs something to munch in evenings.Being a Diabetic patient considering diet , sugar levels etc etc my mum will not make snacks everyday.In such times this fried puffed rice helps in handy.Her pantry will always have a jar full of puffed rice she will fry them and store in airtight container in batches. Puffed rice is very filling and a easy snack.You can make many yummy snacks using puffed rice and this is one of the easiest snack that you can make in 5 minutes and serve hot. The recipe is as below, INGREDIENTS : Puffed rice – 100 gms ( appx 4 cups). Groundnut – 1 cup. Curry leaves – 2 sprigs. Sun dried chillies / mor milagai– 5 pcs. Roasted gram dal / Pottukadalai – 1 cup. Mustard / Kadugu – 2 tsp. Turmeric powder – 1/2 tsp. Cumin / Zeera – 1 tsp. Garlic – 5 pods. Coconut oil – 10 tsps. NEED CLARIFICATION ABOUT MY MEASUREMENTS ? PLS CLICK TO CLARIFY. METHOD ...

Hi, CHOCOLATE CUP CAKES ... I made this cake during my Niece visit to our home.She came for a vacation and she wants something exciting to eat , She is a foodie so it will be always very interesting to make anything for her.This time she was very adamant that she wants to bake a cake all by herself .I decided to bake a small batch of cup cakes but I found I had no butter in my fridge so finally planned to make butter less chocolate cup cake. She beat the eggs,mixed flour and all the works was done by her ( of course Iam assisting her :)) . And at last when the cakes were done she finished almost everything by herself ,the reason she explained was as she baked the cakes she was the proprietor for the cakes :)).. The frosting was made with whipped cream powder as she wants something juicy on the top of the cake , I just whipped the whipped cream powder till foamy and refrigerated for few hours and then mixed it with cocoa powder and sugar and then poured over the cakes! B...

Hi All, BASBOUSA !! Does the name sounds different ? But the ingredients are very simple and you can get from your pantry itself. This is an Egyptian dish with healthy ingredients .The sooji cake dazzled with sweet syrup and chilled gives amazing taste .I never thought healthy baking would taste so yummy :) Actual recipe says almond garnishing but I changed it to cherries and also instead of sugar syrup I used honey to drizzle over the cake , you can use sugar syrup also. I got this recipe from ianchrispassionatecooking.blogspot.in , I didn't change any ratios I just followed the ratios as per her recipe and it came out very well and we all loved it. RECIPE SOURCE : ianchrispassionatecooking.blogspot.in SERVINGS : 25 PCS APPROX. The recipe is as below, INGREDIENTS : Samolina / Sooji – 1 cup. Yogurt – 1/4 cup ( i used normal curd). Butter – 1/4 cup. Coconut grated – 1/4 cup. Sugar – 1/2 cup. Vanilla essence – 1 tsp. Salt – a pinch. B...

Hi All, I love baking..So at least weekly once I use to bake something for weekend snacks.This week I prepared brookies.Last time I baked brookies and something went wrong so brookies was like bricks:( we all broke the bricks ( brookies ) and finished it finally. So this time I baked little cautious , I baked with perfect time setting and I got passmark ! Even it was outstanding.Cripsy outer cookies with chewy center !! Finally project success. The recipe is as below, INGREDIENTS : All purpose flour / Maida – 1 cup. Sugar – 1/2 cup. Cocoa powder – 1/4 cup. Butter – 1/2 cup. Baking soda- 1/2 tsp. Baking powder – 1/2 tsp. Egg – 1 no Vanilla essence – 1 tsp. Chocolate chips – 1/2 cup. NEEDCLARIFICATION ABOUT MY MEASUREMENTS ? PLS CLICK TO CLARIFY. HOW TO BAKE : In a bowl add cocoa powder , all purpose flour , baking powder , baking soda and mix well till no lumps. In your blender beat butter , vanilla , sugar till creamy...