Coconut Kesari ( Thengai Kesari )

COCONUT  KESARI ( Thengai kesari )

Rawa/ Sooji : 1 cup

Coconut, grated :  1 cup

Sugar : 2 cups ( you can powder it )

Water : 2 + 1/2 cups

Ghee : ½ cup

Cashew nuts : 10 ( chopped )

Raisins : 15

Cardamom powder :  ½ tsp

Food colour of your choice : 1 pinch

In 1 tbsp of ghee fry Rawa on low flame till it changes its colour.

Heat water and add sugar powder … let it dissolve nicely and becomes sticky syrup. 

And then add rawa, grated coconut at one go and stir continuously to prevent lump.

Add cardamom powder, colour and add ghee in stages and keep stirring. Cook till kesari leaves the sides of the pan.

Garnish with ghee fried cashews and raisins.

Millets Milk Kheer ( Siru Dhaniya Paal Payasam )

Millets Milk Kheer

GUIDENCE FROM CHITVISH RECIPES.

Full Cream Milk - 1 litre

Millet  --  1/4  cup

Sugar – 1/2 cup ( powder it )

Ghee :  2 tsp.

Cardamom : ½ tsp

Pour milk , millet and a tsp of ghee in a tall vessel and close with lid .

Keep it inside a pressure cooker and cook.  Its ideal to use 5 ltr or bigger size cooker.

When the first whistle comes, simmer & cook for 5 more minutes .

Allow to cool & open.

Add powdered sugar & cardamom to the milk & mix well.  Cover with lid.

Keep it inside the pressure cooker.

When the whistle comes, simmer & cook for 5 more minutes.

Wait till the pressure drops and open.

No need to garnish with  cashews or any nuts. 

Milk flavored Payasam is ready to serve .

Note :

You can use Rice or any of the following millets to prepare this payasam.

1.  Kodo millet ( Varagu )

2. Foxtail millet ( Thinai )

3. Little millet ( Saamai )

4. Banyard millet ( Kudhiraivali )

Ellu Poornam ( Sesame sweet stuffing )

Sesame Sweet Stuffing for Kozhukkattai.

Black Sesame / Til / Yellu  :  1 cup

Jaggery Powder : 1 cup

Cardamom powder : ½ tsp

Dry fry Sesame in hot Pan till it splutter , in medium flame. 

When it is cool, finely grind into a powder.

Mix jaggery powder and cardamom power with it.

Sesame sweet stuffing is ready .

Use this stuffing for making  Yellu Poorna Kozhukkattai  . 

We can prepare this Yellu Poorna Kozhukkattai on Ganesh Chathurthi day.  

 You can also prepare this mixture as  a Sesame balls ,  by mixing with 2 tsps of melted ghee and shape them into balls.