Showing posts with label halwa. Show all posts
Showing posts with label halwa. Show all posts
Chickpea Channa Dal Halwa SNC Challenge
Friday, February 14, 2014
First day of every month, i know most of us will check our mails just to know wat we guys have to cook for a fantabulous SNC challenge. I was super thrilled to check my mails this morning and i was surprised to see two beautiful dishes, for the Southern team Kirti challenged us with a droolworthy and irresistible channadal halwa while Swasthi challenged the opposite Northern team with flavourful Hyderabadi dum briyani.
I can talk for hours about this beautiful event started by Divya Pramil of You Too Can Cook. The motto of this event is to exchange an Indian recipe between two teams. One team is Southern team (bloggers born and brought in South India) and the another one team is Northern team (food bloggers born and brought in North India). Every first of a month, a blogger from each team will challenge a recipe from their origin and the opposite team have to cook the recipe challenged by the other team.
I have tasted this channadal halwa long back at one of my friends potluck party and i still remember the taste of this smooth and droolworthy halwa. Am damn sure you cant stop urself just with few spoons of this halwa. Thanks Kriti, we just love it and am just enjoying this halwa loaded with beautiful flavours.Sending to my own event Cooking with Seeds-Dals.
I can talk for hours about this beautiful event started by Divya Pramil of You Too Can Cook. The motto of this event is to exchange an Indian recipe between two teams. One team is Southern team (bloggers born and brought in South India) and the another one team is Northern team (food bloggers born and brought in North India). Every first of a month, a blogger from each team will challenge a recipe from their origin and the opposite team have to cook the recipe challenged by the other team.
I have tasted this channadal halwa long back at one of my friends potluck party and i still remember the taste of this smooth and droolworthy halwa. Am damn sure you cant stop urself just with few spoons of this halwa. Thanks Kriti, we just love it and am just enjoying this halwa loaded with beautiful flavours.Sending to my own event Cooking with Seeds-Dals.
1cup Channadal
3/4cup Ghee
3/4cup Sugar
2+1/2cups Milk
1/2tsp Cardamom powder
Few Almonds and melon seeds
Wash and soak the dal atleast for 3-4hours.
Pressure cook the dal with a cup of water upto 3 hisses, remove the excess of water and let it cool.
Mash gently the cooked dal to make a bit coase paste.
Heat ghee in a heavy bottom pan, add the mashed dal and fry on medium flame until the raw smell of the dal goes off and a nice aroma comes out.
Add the milk and cook in high flame and cook again.
Finally add the cardamom powder,sugar along with chopped almonds,melon seeds and cook again for few more minutes.
Serve hot in a small bowl or spread this halwa in a greased plate and slice it you desire.
Pazham Varatti Pazhavaratti Kerala Plantain Halwa IC Challenge
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
For this months Indian Cooking Challenge, Srivalli challenged us with a Gods own country aka Keralas plantain halwa. Initially i was waiting something savoury for this months challenge. But finally am very happy to try my hands in making this delicious plantain halwa.Jayashree shared her moms recipe of this pazham varatti. This halwa ressembles quite like a jam but tastewise they were very much like halwa.
Since i dont get Kerala variety of plantains here, i got some overripen plantains from nearby African store, to try this halwa.Finally i got two plantains and prepared this halwa last weekend.Trust me, you guys should give a try to this halwa,they were fantabulous,super tasty. This halwa is my Hs recent favourite, actually he is pestering me when am gonna make this halwa again. A big thanks to Valli and Jay for suggesting this wonderful halwa, we just loved it.
Before making the halwa,peel two plantains and cut them as rounds, pressure cook it for 3hisses.Once the steam gets released,let it gets cool completely. Grind the cooked plantains as smooth paste. Measure this pulp to make a cup of plantain pulp.Now you can proceed to prepare this delicious halwa.
1cup Cooked plantain pulp
1+1/2cup Sugar
3tbsp Ghee
Transfer the cooked plantain pulp to a heavy bottomed pan, add the sugar and cook everything in medium flame.
Add the ghee little by little while cooking, once the mixture gets thickens and the halwa gets off from the vessel.
Transfer the halwa to a bowl.
Enjoy when they were still warm,we loved it when they were still warm.
Notes:
In case if you dont have plantains, you can prepare the same halwa with normal bananas.
If you are using bananas,just peel and grind them directly in a mixer and prepare the halwa directly,no need to cook the bananas as we do for the plantains.
Chose well ripen plantains for making this halwa, else your halwa wont get this dark brown colour.
Since i dont get Kerala variety of plantains here, i got some overripen plantains from nearby African store, to try this halwa.Finally i got two plantains and prepared this halwa last weekend.Trust me, you guys should give a try to this halwa,they were fantabulous,super tasty. This halwa is my Hs recent favourite, actually he is pestering me when am gonna make this halwa again. A big thanks to Valli and Jay for suggesting this wonderful halwa, we just loved it.
Before making the halwa,peel two plantains and cut them as rounds, pressure cook it for 3hisses.Once the steam gets released,let it gets cool completely. Grind the cooked plantains as smooth paste. Measure this pulp to make a cup of plantain pulp.Now you can proceed to prepare this delicious halwa.
1cup Cooked plantain pulp
1+1/2cup Sugar
3tbsp Ghee
Transfer the cooked plantain pulp to a heavy bottomed pan, add the sugar and cook everything in medium flame.
Add the ghee little by little while cooking, once the mixture gets thickens and the halwa gets off from the vessel.
Transfer the halwa to a bowl.
Enjoy when they were still warm,we loved it when they were still warm.
Notes:
In case if you dont have plantains, you can prepare the same halwa with normal bananas.
If you are using bananas,just peel and grind them directly in a mixer and prepare the halwa directly,no need to cook the bananas as we do for the plantains.
Chose well ripen plantains for making this halwa, else your halwa wont get this dark brown colour.
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