PINEAPPLE KESARI BATH!

"Kesari Bath" is the authentic sweet of South India preferably Karnataka,Tamil Nadu,Andra Pradesh. It is known by many names like "Sajjigey","Kesari Bath" etc

I prepared "Pineapple Kesari Bath" this "Raam Navami" and it came out well..!!

Here is the Recipe:

Ingredients:
1/2 cup rava
3/4 cup water
1/2 cup milk
3/4 cup sugar
1 Tbsp Ghee
1 cup of cut pineapple pieces
cashews,raisin as per taste

Method:
1>Add the milk,water and sugar to a frying pan and allow the milk to boil.
2>When the milk starts boiling, add rava and mix well immediately avoiding the formation of lumps
3>Keep it for 5 mins and just 30 secs before removing it from fire, add the pineapple pieces to it and then add 1 Tbsp of Ghee
4>Remove from fire and garnish with raisins and cashews

Note:
1>Rava should be added after milk boils in order to prevent formation of lumps
2>Ghee is added to give the "Authentic" Kesari Bath taste!!

My First Experiments with Cutlet!

I prepared "Vegetable Cutlet" from scratch at home. It came out well and tasted Delicious too!

This was my First attempt!

Here is the pik...

Sugar Figures prepared by us for Pongal

Sankranthi (Pongal) is a festival widely celebrated in South India. On this day, people prepare "Sugar Figures"(known as Sakkare Achchu in Kannada) and distribute it among friends and relatives.

It being our first Sankranthi after wedding,hubby and I being far away from our family and friends,decided to keep this tradition alive. We decided to prepare these Sugar figures on our own in USA(even though its a tedious process and requires experience)

I asked my mom-in-law to courier me the wooden molds and also asked the recipe. Usually,the sugar syrup of correct consistency is prepared and poured into wooden molds having certain carvings. Upon cooling, this sugar syrup solidifies,forming "Sugar figures" of corresponding shapes and sizes will be formed.

Having procured the wooden molds as well as the recipe, hubby and I set out to prepare "Sugar Figures".

This preparation took around 4-5 hours of  our time. It is a tedious and lengthy process.

We were successful in preparing these Sugar Figures.It was all worth the effort that we put in!

We even emailed these piks to our family and friends and everyone were proud of us!

In fact one of my aunt even emailed me asking me for the recipe(which was unbeleivable for me!)

Here are few pictures of Sugar Figures prepared by us at home.

1>Sugar Figures waiting to be removed from wooden molds.

2>Forty Five Sugar Figures prepared by us

3>Sugar Figures of different shapes and sizes

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Happy New Year 2010!! Greetings

As the New Year approaches, I wish my family,friends,my blog readers,followers and subscribers,a very "Happy and Prosperous New Year"! :)

May All your dreams come TRUE this year! Let God shower  his best and choiciest Blessings on you ALL!! ;)

P.S: I am Post Dating this post to appear on the dawn of "New Year" as I will be in a "New Year's Eve" Party tonight