Make The Best Wedding Day Cookies

P aalkova is a delicious,tempting sweet which is made by boiling and condensing the milk with sugar.Originally paalkova preparation is a lengthy process to condense the milk and take hours to make.But this exotic sweet can be made with lesser number of ingredients in 10-15 minutes in the microwave oven.Here is the recipe......   Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Condensed milk 1 tin Curd/Yogurt 3tbs Ghee 2tsp Cardamom/ellakai Powder 1tsp Cashews/Almonds(finely chopped) to garnish Pistachios(finely chopped) to garnish Method                                        Take the condensed milk in a wide microwave safe bowl and microwave it for 3 minutes,stirring in between twice. Now add the curd and keep in the microwave for 6-7 minutes.Stir in every minute of interval. Finally add the cardamom powder and ghee to the mixture and mix it well. Keep it in the microwave for a minute.Let it sit for 5 minutes. Paalkova is ready to enjoy. Enjoy....

Today is the final day of blogging marathon#15 and the recipe is chilli idly,a super tempting dish in which leftover idlies can be used to get a tasty dish.I tasted the chilli idly in a restaurant couple of years ago in India,since then whenever I have left over idly make this one.In the original recipe idly pieces are coated in a batter and deep fried,instead I pan fried the mini idlies and used.Now off to the recipe....   Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Idly(cut into cubes)or mini idlies 6nos.or 40pcs Onion 1no.(medium size) Tomato 2nos.(medium size) Ginger&garlic paste 11/2tsp Green chilly 3nos. Red chilly powder 1/2tsp Coriander powder 1tsp Garam masala powder 1/4tsp Fennel seeds 1/2tsp Cashews(broken) 2tsp Lemon Juice 1/2tsp Curry leaves 2sprigs Coriander leaves to garnish Salt to taste Oil 4tbs For the marinade  Ingredient Quantity Chilly powder 1/2tsp Garam masala powder 1/8tsp Salt 1/2tsp Corn flour 2tsp Red food color(optional)

This is a simple and easy to make soft,spongy dosa which I have adapted from a magazine.My son calls this dosa as idly like dosa since it is very spongy.It tastes great with a spicy chutney or coconut chutney and I make it atleast monthly once or twice,as my family likes this dosa very much.Today is the day 6 of blogging marathon #15 under fermented foods and now to the recipe.... Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Idly rice/Pulungal arisi 2cups Rice flakes/aval 1/4cup Sour buttermilk 2-3cups Salt to taste Baking soda  two generous pinch Oil as needed Method                            Wash and soak the rice and rice flakes in the buttermilk for at least 4-5 hours.Grind it to a smooth batter.Allow it to ferment for 6-8 hours.Add the salt and soda to it and mix it well to the desired consistency with water.The batter should be slightly watery than regular dosa batter. Heat the griddle and pour a ladle full of batter(no need to spread),drizzle few drops of oil.

I am big fan of coconut bun which is available in the local bakery shop in my home town.I have been craving for some sweets since a week,to satisfy my sweet cravings made this coconut stuffed buns yesterday.It is a simple,easy to make bun and turned out good,we all enjoyed. The weather was very bad,couldn't take more pictures.Somehow I managed to take very few clear pictures but I am not happy with that pictures,will update the picture when  I make next time.Now to the recipe.........   Ingredients For the outer dough  Ingredient Quantity All purpose flour/Maida 2cups Yeast(rapid rise) 11/2tsp Milk 1/4cup Oil 2tbs Salt 1/2tsp Baking powder 1/8tsp Sugar 11/2tbs Water 1/2cup Butter 2tbs For the filling Ingredient Quantity Coconut(grated) 1cup Sugar 3/4cup Milk 1/4cup Tutty frutty 2tbs Cardamom powder 1/2tsp Butter or ghee 2tsp Method                  Activate the yeast by adding to the warm water,mix in sugar and milk.keep it in a