Thursday, June 25, 2009

Sukiyan

Sukiyan(It is a sweet)
 

We prepare this sweet for shradham day. It is made up of moong dal/chana dal with jaggery.
Ingredients

  • Moong dal …………………………..1 cup
  • Jaggery……………………………....3/4 cup
  • Raw rice ……………………...........1cup
  • Urad dal……………………............1/4 cup
  • Cardamom powder………………1/4 tsp
  • Salt to taste
  • Oil to fry.
Method

  • Boil the moong dal in cooker with little water.and cool it, grind it into paste.
  • Add jaggery and heat it till it becomes thick. Make small balls and keep
  • Soak the rice and dhal for 2 hours and grind(like idli dough) into fine paste adding salt like.
  • Heat a pan with oil. Dip the moong balls into the batter and drop one by one in the hot oil. 
  • When it becomes red both sides remove and keep in a paper towel.It is very tasty.

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Athirasam ( Sweet)(அதிரசம்)

Ingredients

Adirasam
Adirasam

  •  Raw Rice………………………2 cups
  • Jaggery…………………………1 cup
  • Soak Raw Rice………………   .1 cup
  • Cardamom Powder………......  ..1/2 tsp
  • Dry Ginger Powder………......  ..1 pinch

Method 


  • Soak the rice for 2 hours. Remove the water and spread in a towel. 
  • When it dries grind in a mixer.
  • Sieve it to get fine powder. 
  • The powder should be slightly wet.
  • Heat a pan with little water add the jaggery and make a syrup. 
  • Filter this syrup to remove the stone
  • Boil again till it forms one thread consistency Kambi padam(Put a drop jaggery in cold water then it should be like soft gel).
  • Add this syrup, cardamom powder to the rice flour to a soft dough
  • Heat a pan with oil to fry.
  • Apply oil in plantain leaf of plastic, take small amount dough and spread like small discs. Deep fry them and keep them in paper towel.