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Hi All, I made this coconut thuvayal along with Briyani / Nonbu kanji. This thuvayal tastes best with any dish like rice, idli, dosa, chapati and bread too. Since it is very easy recipe , I missed to take step by step pictures. Next time while making i will click step by step pictures and update you.  In in order to help you while making kanji , i posted the recipe too. The main flavour of this thuvayal lies in the consistency. The thuvayal must be thick and must be little coarse.Also use fresh coconut which is best for thuvayal. Here is the simple recipe,  INGREDIENTS : Coconut – 1/2 cup ( grated). Urad dal – 1 tsp Channa dal – 1 tsp Dry red chillies – 2 nos. Tamarind – 1” piece – 1 Salt – for taste Asafoetida – 1 pinch. Coconut oil – 1 tsp. METHOD : 1) Heat coconut oil, add urad dal, channa dal, red chilles and saute in low flame till golden brown. 2) Switch off the flame, add coconut, tamarind, asafoetida, salt and mix well. ...

HI   , I make many varieties of coconut ladoos in home and this is one easy method to make. No need to worry about sugar syrup , just boil in milk ,add jaggery and make it to balls. Since the coconut is boiled in milk the shelf life will be less when compared to other ladoos. But dont worry about it. Once the balls come to table it will vanish in minutes. The simple and easy method of making Milk coconut ladoo recipe is as below, COOKING TIME : 30 MINS. SERVINGS : 10 members. INGREDIENTS : Coconut grated   - 2 cups. Milk – 1 ½ cups. Cardamom – 3 nos. Jaggery – 1 cup (I used achu vellam). Ghee – 3 tsp (optional). METHOD : 1)   Grate coconut without brown part. 2)   Boil and cool down the milk to room temperature. 3)   Add grated coconut, boiled and cooled milk in a wide pan and boil till thick mass. 4)   When coconut boils completely in milk and milk evaporates . 5)   Then add mashed jaggery and boil in low h...

Hi All, There is a south Indian store around our area where we get such coconut ladoos. And we never miss to taste those ladoos. But I want to try these ladoos in home, and I got organic jaggery (achu vellam) from our neighbor and I immediately decided, tried ,tasted and everyone finished it too. The easy recipe is as below, INGREDIENTS: Grated Coconut – 2 cup Jaggery (I used achu vellam) – 1 cup Ghee – 1 tblsp. Cardamom – 2 crushed. Milk –1 or 2 tsp (optional if required). METHOD: 1) Powder jaggery to coarse. 2) Dry roast coconut till dry and aroma comes. 3) Remove to a plate and in the same kadai add jaggery and heat in low heat till it melts. 4) Add roasted coconut, crushed cardamom and mix till the mixture thickens. 5) Finally add ghee and mix till it forms a mass. 6) Grease the hands with little ghee and make balls. 7) If the mixture is too dry you can add little warm milk, mix and then make balls. 8) In case if you are addin...

Hi All, COCONUT COOKIES! I made this cookies two weeks before. We went to my home town and I want to bake something for my mum and dad with less sugar, yet yummy, so made this yummy, aromatic coconut cookies. The cookies was so yummy,crunchy that it vanished in one day. My uncle gave me a compliment that the cookies tasted even better than our bakery brought ones. The yummy,crunchy, easy coconut cookies recipe is as below, COOKING TIME : 30 mins. YIELDS : 20 cookies. INGREDIENTS : Maida / All purpose flour- 1 1/4 cup ( 175 gms) Grated Coconut- 1/2 cup ( 40 gms) + 1/2 cup. Butter- 1/4 cup (60 gms) Salt- 1/4 tsp. Sugar- 3/4 cup (120 gms). Egg- 1 Vanilla essence- 1 tsp. Baking powder- 1/4 tsp. NEEDCLARIFICATION ABOUT MY MEASUREMENTS? PLS CLICK TO CLARIFY. METHOD : Bring all the ingredients to room temperature. In a bowl add butter, sugar and beat till sugar mixes with butter evenly. Then add egg, vanilla essence ...