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For the day of Blogging Marathon#47 under the theme Indian desserts I am sharing a creamy payasam made with broken wheat rava. This recipe I noted down from Chef Venkatesh Bhat and wanted to give it a try.He cooked the broken wheat(wheat rava) in a pressure cooker and made this payasam.But I fried the broken wheat in a tsp of ghee and cooked it in the pressure cooker. Cooking it in the pressure cooker saves the time and broken wheat cooks perfectly.The flavor of coconut milk and the cardamom powder makes this payasm so rich and delicious. I made it slightly in a thicker side if you want you can make it a slight thinner version. As my jaggery was not dark I didn't get a dark brown color but the taste was awesome.Off to the recipe.......................                                                                                                                                                                             Basic Information    Preparation time

Makkan peda is a quiet popular sweet famous in Arcot districts and this sweet resembles Gulab jamun. But this is a rich one stuffed with chopped nuts in a disc shaped peda soaked in sugar syrup.Originally this sweet is made with khoya but once Manjula of Desi Fiesta  made with milk powder and cream an instant version. So tried it,the ouput was a soft and juicy makkan pedas and it tastes out of the world.I had only 1/2 cup of milk powder so made a small batch.Try this yummy dessert and enjoy.With no further delay lets move on to the recipe.........................................                                                                                                                                                                                                         Makkan Peda                                                                      Basic Information    Preparation time 15 minutes    Cooking time 30 minutes    Makes 8     

We are entering the final week of blogging marathon #47 and this is the final week for this year BM edition. Indian desserts is the theme,I chose to share for this week and today's one is a chilled dessert,made with gulkand aka rose petal jam or preserve. When I was thinking to make some chilled Indian dessert the first thing came in my mind was gulkand icecream which bookmarked from Priyas blog . In the original recipe milk and sugar is used.But I had some leftover condensed milk so used it,instead of milk and sugar.The end result is a flavorful and creamy icecream and we enjoyed to the core.Here goes the recipe......................................                                                                  Gulkand Icecream     Basic Information    Preparation time 15 minutes    Cooking time no cooking time    Serves 10-12        Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Fresh cream/Whipping cream 13/4 cups Sweetened con

Coming to day 3 of Blogging Marathon #47 I chose to share one of my favorite chaat.Papdi chaat is one such yummy snack cum chaat tastes good with the sweet chutney and green chutney.Papdi chaat can be made  with round shaped papdi or crumbled papdis.Today I made it with the round shaped papdi and sharing the recipe for the papdi also.Here goes the recipe....................................... Basic Information Preparation Time - 10-15 minutes Cooking time - 15-20 minutes Serves - 1 Ingredients   Ingredient Quantity Papdi/papri 7-8 Boiled potato 1( roughly mashed) Onion(chopped) 2 tsp Boiled chick peas 2 tbs Tamarind Chutney/katta mitta chutney 2 tsp Green chutney 2 tsp Curd/yogurt 2 tbs Thin sev as needed Salt a pinch Sugar/sakkarai 1 tsp Red chilly powder(optional) a generous pinch   To make Papdi/papri Preparation time - 10 minutes Cooking time - 15-20 minutes Makes- 24-26 papdis

For the day 2 of blogging marathon #47,sharing you a simple and flavorful tawa pulao. Tawa pulao is an easy to make rice variety and a great option to use the left rice. The highlight of the recipe is the use of pav bhaji masala which gives a nice flavor and taste to this recipe.As this rice i z mild its ideal for kids lunch box also.Off to the recipe.............. Tawa Pulao/Tava Pulao       Basic Information     Preparation time 10 minutes     Cooking time 30 minutes     Serves 2        Ingredients Ingredient Quantity Basmathi rice 3/4 cup Carrot,beans,capsicum(chopped) 1 cup Onion(sliced) 2 (medium size) Tomato(chopped) 1 (medium size) Ginger&garlic paste 1 tsp Red chilly powder/milagai podi 1/4 tsp Pav Bhaji Masala Powder 11/2tsp Turmeric powder/manjal podi 1/4 tsp Green peas/pattani(fresh or frozen) 1/4 cup Oil 11/2 tbs Salt 1 tsp Cumin seeds/jeeragam 1/2 ts

We are entering the Blogging Marathon #47 and for this week I am going to showcase menu card recipes.Valli has given 4 menu cards and we need to choose 3 recipes from a menu card. After seeing the menus card of chatkazz,I wanted to try some of the Mumbai road side recipes. As I am a great fan of chaat items I wanted to try some of the recipes.I had masala pav long time back in a chaat corner and I liked it a lot.So I wanted to give a try and referred  some of the videos how its made in road sides. The masala is made in a griddle then the pav is toasted with the masala with generous amount of butter.Here I made it using the griddle since I made it for two of us for our evening snack. If you want to make it in large quantities,make the masala in a pan and toast it in a griddle.With no further delay lets move on to the recipe..................................... Masala Pav       Basic Information     Preparation time 10 minutes     Cooking time 30 mi