Diwali sʇǝǝʍs!!

Hi guys,

Hope u all had a gr8 Diwali this year. Last week was so hectic in preparing sweets. It took 2 days for me to decide what to make:). Thought of making milk sweets but my hubby hates milk and finally ended up by making traditional Indian sweets. All these sweets are my first try, by gods' grace it came out well.

Here you go,

Boondi Laddu



Ingredients:

1.Besan flour-1 cup(for 10 laddus)
2.Sugar-1 cup
3.Water-1/2 cup
4.Raisin-few
5.Ghee-2 tsb
6.Elachi powder-a pinch
7.Oil for frying

Method:

Mix besan flour with water to a thick batter.It should be like idli batter.In another pan make sugar syrup with 1 sting consistency(kambi patham).Now heat oil when hot using boondhi karandi slowly pour the batter and fry till yellow.Do not fry too much.Once the boondhi's are done.Mix it with the sugar syrup.Add elachi powder and ghee fried raisens.Mix well such that the bondhis are well soaked in syrup.Finally make them into laddus.

Asoka Halwa




Ingredients

1.Moong dhall-1 cup
2.Sugar-2 cups
3.Oil/ghee-1 cup
4.Maida/all purpose flour-1/4 cup
5.Cashews-few

Method:

In a pan add moong dhal along with the required amount of water and allow it to boil such that the dhal is well cooked.Now in a blender,make this moong dhal into a fine paste.In a pan add moong dhal along with sugar and stir it in a low flame.The mixture will become watery.Stir continously without any lump.While stirring add colour powder and oil slowly.In the mean time slightly fry maida and add it to the the mixture.Finally in one stage the halwa become soft and doent stick to ur pan.Halwa is ready to serve.

These are my entries for sweet series hosted by Sireesha

Murukku



Ingredients:

1.Rice flour-1 cup
2.Urad dhal-1/4 cup
3.Butter-1 tsb
4.Jeera seeds-1 tsb
5.Salt
6.Asafoetida- a pinch

Method:
In a pan dry roast urad dhal and make it into a fine powder.Now mix all the above ingredients into thick dough with water.The dough should not too tick as well as too sticky.Now stuff this dough into murruku press and press it into circular rounds.Fry these in hot oil.Turn both the sides untill it is crisp.


Ribbon Pakoda



Ingredients

1.Rice flour-1 cup
2.Besan flour flour-1/4 cup
3.Chilli flakes-1 tsb
4.Fennel seeds powder-1 tsb
5.Gralic powder-1/2 tsb
6.Salt

Method:

Mix all the above and make it into a dough same like murruku dough.Put this dough into the murruku press and directly press into hot oil in circle.





This is my entry for the event Diwali2009 hosted by Priya ,Diwali damaka hosted by Purva