Make The Best Wedding Day Cookies

Last day of BM#50 and according to the theme I decided to make the f ried dough  foods.When I was going through the list Churros got my attention since it was in my to do list so long. I had churros,couple of times in Carnival and liked it a lot,its a quiet addictive snack. According to Wiki,Churro is a thin cylindrical,fried dough pastry snack.Churros are popular in Spain,Mexico and USA,they are normally dipped in a chocolate sauce and served. In some parts of Spain its often served as for breakfast and even the size,shape also differs. The method of making  Churros resembles the South Indian  murukku ,whereas the cooked dough is squeezed in the hot oil and fried.Then the fried churros are dusted with either powdered or granulated sugar. Coming to the recipe,I followed a recipe in You tube  and it came out pretty good.Normally a piping bag is used to squeeze the dough.Somehow I was not comfortable with the piping bag,used my murukku maker with the star blade....

Coming to the day 2 of Blogging Marathon #50,I chose to do  potato dish  given.Potato is one such versatile vegetable and n number of recipes can be made. Potato tikki is a multi purpose dish that can be relished as such with tomato ketchup as an appetizer or snack.It can be even used in sandwich or to make chaat along with the chutneys. The highlight the tikki is,its pan fried and comparatively lesser calories than shallow or deep fried versions.Off to the recipe..........................................                                                                                                                                 ...

We are entering the last week of blogging Marathon #50 and for this week I chose,pick one category or do 3.For this theme already 3 set of lists such as snack,potato based and fried were given.We need to choose either 3 dishes from the same category or one from each of the list. For day 1 I am sharing  a pakoda with sliced cauliflower and onions,as its listed  in the snack category.As we had a snow last week we wanted to have some crunchy snack.So made this pakodas for evening snack along with a cup of tea. Here I used the homemade made pakoda mix ,if you don't have it,go ahead and use the gram flour and rice flour.This version is a slightly crispy and crunchy variety,lets move on to the recipe...........................                                                                   ...

Carrot kheer  is one such favorite dessert in my household and my kiddo loves it a lot.When I wanted to make dessert with beetroot the first thing came in my mind was beetroot halwa.But when I made long time back it didn't come out good and nobody liked it.So decided to do something different,then tried the beetroot payasam aka kheer along with vermicelli.Addition of vermicelli gives a nice texture to the kheer,even millets,basmathi rice and broken wheat can also be used.To give a rich creamy taste I used some ground almond and sweetened condensed milk.Lets move on to the recipe...................................                                                                                                       ...

For the second of the pick one and do different category theme wanted to try a one pot meal with beetroot. This pulao is a great option for for lunch box and no fancy ingredients needed to make.Here I used coconut milk to give a rich taste.If you want you can skip and use water.This pulao has a mildly sweet and spicy.A simple raita makes a great accompaniment,even it tastes well with chips.Off to the recipe.................................................                                                                                                                                                   ...

We are entering the 50th edition of blogging marathon this month and our India Marathoners had a grand celebration in Chennai for the 50th edition.Missed those fun filled meet and activities. Coming to the theme this week I chose to share one ingredient and different category dishes.When I was going through my recipe index,I didn't share some of the basic vegetable recipes.So I decided to use beetroot,the colorful veggie as a key ingredient to make 3 dishes in different category.Today's recipe is cutlet which is my kiddo's favorite starter cum snack.I used some cooked vermicelli also along with the beetroot and potato.I shallow fried the cutlets if you want you can deep fry and serve.With no further delays lets move on to the recipe...........................                                                             ...