Kolam by Sudha Balaji

How to make rava laddu step by step images  We prepare this Rava laddu for Rama Navami.  It belongs to the Thanjavur Marathi recipe category, is prepared without milk  For one measure rava or semolina take 1/4 measure maida ,  3/4 powdered sugar (confectioner's sugar) or burra sakkarai ,  desiccated coconut one tablespoon,   cashew nuts cardamom powder Add ghee to a shallow vessel, fry the rava till it becomes golden brown. Roast maida with a little ghee. Keep both ( rava and maida ) aside. Mix powdered sugar in generous quantity of ghee and mix thoroughly till the mixture becomes like cream. When  rava ,  maida are cooled completely add them to this mixture Add cashew nuts fried in ghee and cardamom powder,   Mix all the ingredients well till they are thoroughly mixed. Then form the laddus by pressing to get spherical shapes. Rava laddu is ready to be served  It is a good evening snack also. It is also on...

Deepavali sweets recipe dishes at home - old recipes  In the photo below a sweet called Ganga Jamuna ( Don't ask me how it got the name ) Prepare a dough with chiroti rava .   Add a pinch of salt and mix with water , make the dough and wait for two hours.   If chiroti rava is not available we can use ordinary rava after dry grinding it in a mixer. Mix rice flour in ghee so that it forms a semi-solid glue This is used to stick the rolled dough After rolling the dough into circular shapes as we do for chappati or poori.   Place three pieces one above the other applying the rice flour ghee glue in between.   Roll the dough as shown in the fourth image applying the rice flour ghee combination on the folds too.   Now cut the rolled dough into three pieces and roll one piece again.   If we have used three pieces we get a three layered chappati.   I have rolled into a small triangular shape, fry...

Take one measure whole urad dhal Wash twice with water and drain Add a few grains of raw rice Soak in water for two hours Wet grind in a mixer with very little water The batter should be such consistency that it floats in water Add good quality food colour or water that is mixed with saffron For one measure urad dhal prepare sugar syrup by adding one and half measures sugar to a vessel Add one measure water Add good quality good colour and allow it boil for 5 to 7 minutes Squeeze a lemon slice ,  this ensures  that the syrup does not crystallise. Heat cooking oil on a shallow vessel or plate.  This helps us to push the jangris This is a jangri making cloth  that has a hole at the centre through which the batter flows We can also use piping bags if we do not get this jangiri cloth Place the batter at the centre For pushing the frying pieces we can use a thin long rod Squeeze the ba...

Boondi recipes | Boondi laddu | Boondi ladoo recipe | for Diwali Probably the most popular among the laddu recipes is the boondi laddu.  It cannot be categorised as an easy laddu recipe along with the rava laddu , moong dhall laddu that involve almost no cooking.  I have tried to make it as simple as possible.  The problems is due to the procedures involved if we make a mistake at any one step, we cannot get the correct ladoo. So, I have added a lot of pictures to make the steps clear and to make it as user friendly as a video. The traditional and authentic boondhi laddu is ready for eating during the Diwali festival celebration. The ingredients are one measure gram dhal flour, two measures sugar, cashew nuts, cloves, raisins, saffron powder for colour For one measure gram dhal flour two measures of sugar are used.  Some use one and half measures of sugar Another traditional sweet is the popular mini mysore pauk  First the sugar syrup or sakkara...