Sarkarai Valli Kizhangu (Sweet Potato) Halwa
We make lots of recipes using sweet potato. We can simply cook sweet potato and eat or we can make it as a porial and have with rice. Here I have made halwa using sweet potato.
Sweet Recipes
Paal Poli / Milk Poli
Paal poli is a traditional sweet made using milk and is usually prepared during Diwali. In his, we deep fry maida poori and soak in cooked milk and sugar mixture. Paal pol is usually prepared in Tamilnadu.
Wheat Flour Appam / Sweet Appam
Wheat flour appam is simple and easy to make. It is delicious sweet whcih is prepared during Karthigai Dheepam, Ganesh Chaturthi and Krishna Jayanthi.
Malaadu / Roasted Gram Ladoo
This new year try this traditional Tamilnadu Sweet which is made from roasted gram. Malaadu is a traditional sweet which we can prepared in a jiffy. For making malaadu, we grind the fried gram nicely in a mixer and add powdered sugar and again roast in ghee and when hot we make the ladoos. This … [Read more…]
Adhirasam – A Traditional South Indian Sweet
Adhirasam is one of the traditional sweet which we prepare during Diwali in Tamilnadu. We cannot imagine Diwali without adhirasam. The trick for making good adhirasam lies in the syrup (pagu) consistency. I made adhirasam this Diwali and here is my recipe for making adhirasam.
Mawa / Khova Burfi
Mawa burfi is a simple and easy to make Indian dessert. As yesterday was Varlakshmi Puja, I prepared burfi using khova. We can make burfi for any occasion like Diwali, New year, etc. For making mawa burfi we use khova which is dried and evaporated milk.
Moong Dhal (Pasi Paruppu) Halwa
Moong Dhal Halwa is a halwa which can be made very easily. Usually the halwa is made with sugar. But I have used jaggery as it has lots of health benefis. This is a rich desert of North India in which we use split moong dhal, jaggery or sugar, milk and ghee. This halwa is … [Read more…]
Malai Peda With Condensed Milk
Last Friday, I made malai peda for our wedding anniversary. Malai peda is simple to make and a rich sweet. For a change, I made with condensed milk and I came out well and it was very easy to make. Traditionally we make peda from khoa and sugar. It is similar to palkova we make … [Read more…]
Jaggery Cheedai/ Sweet (Vella) Cheedai
Sweet Cheedais are prepared during Janmashtami for Lord Krishna along with Salt Cheedai and Murukku. As Krishna was fond of all these snacks, we prepare them. With jaggery this cheedai will be crispy and tasty.
Rasagulla
I always wanted to try and make rasagullas at home. Usually we use store bought rasagullas. One of my friend makes rasagullas very well. With her help I tried this recipe and it came out very well.