புதன், 3 நவம்பர், 2010

ANKUR BOONDHI

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INGREDIENTS:
Maida - 1 cup
Rice Flour - 1 cup
Urad Dal Flour -1 tsp
Soda Salt - a little
Salt - a little
Colour Powder - Green , Orange , Yellow
Water

To make sugar syrup:
Sugar - 2 cups
Water - 1/2 cup
Take sugar and water in a vessel and boil to make a thick syrup.






METHOD:
Mix all the ingredients except the colour powders.
Add water to make a paste like bajji mix.It should not be very light.
Meanwhile heat the oil for frying.
Now divide the batter into four equal parts and keep one part as its original colour.
Now add the three colours with the other three batters.
First drop small pieces of the white coloured batter.
Fry them till oil sizzles.
Don't make it crispy.
Remove and immerse in sugar syrup and then transfer to a different vessel.
Repeat the same for the other coloured batters  and prepare four different coloured boondhies.
Mix them and garnish with cashews or any other nuts as you wish.

THENGAI PAL MURUKKU

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INGREDIENTS:

RICE FLOUR - 4 CUPS

URAD DAL FLOUR - 1 CUP

BUTTER - 60 Gms

GRATED COCONUT - 2 CUPS

ASAFOETIDA - 1 tsp

WHITE SESAME - 4 tsp

SALT - TO TASTE

OIL - 1 Kg

WATER - 1 OR 2 CUPS.

TO PREPARE RICE FLOUR: 

Soak 4 cups of rice in water for 2 hrs .
Drain water and spread out in a dry cloth in a shady place for  1 hr.
When there is no moisture ,grind it to a fine powder.
Place a kadai on fire and fry all the powder and sieve it to make a nice powder.

TO MAKE DAL POWDER:
Roast 1 cup of dal , without oil,in a low flame and spread out in a plate to cool off.
Then grind it to a nice flour and sieve it.







METHOD:
Mix all the ingredients except coconut, oil and water.
Now make 2 or 3 cups of coconut milk and mix it in the flour and make a soft dough.
Add water to it , if coconut milk is not enough for the dough.
Stuff the maker with dough.
Now press the murukku onto an oil greased plate.
Heat oil for frying ,in a kadai,and drop 3 or 4 murukkus gently at a time.
Fry till crisp on medium flame.
Drain excess oil and spread it on a plate.
Store in an air tight container.