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 i...

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(...

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 sligh...

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 addi...