Sree's Recipes

  Wishing you all a very happy Diwali :) Ingredients: For Crust All purpose flour/maida- 1cup Rava - 1tbsp Oil -2tbsp Warm water- as required For Filling Milk powder - 1cup Whipping cream -1/2cup Dessicated coconut - 1/2cup Almonds,sliced - 1/4cup Sugar - 2tbsp Cardmom powder - 1/2tsp For Garnishing Sugar - 1/2cup Water - 1/4cup Sliced almonds &pistachios - as reqd Method: Crust In a bowl mix together maida,rava and oil.Add enough water to make a smooth dough.cover and keep it aside. Filling Heat a pan ,add whipping cream and milk powder.Cook on medium heat until the mixture starts leaving the sides.Switch off the heat and add coconut,almonds,sugar and cardmom powder.Mix well.Keep aside. Mix 2tbsp of water with 1tbsp of maida to make a paste.set aside. Making the Gujias Knead the dough and divide into 20 equal sized balls.Roll each ball into about 4-inch diameter. Dip your finger in the flour paste and spread it around the rim of the rolled dough,but just on the half the circl...

Ingredients:  Badam/almonds - 2cups Milk - 2cups Sugar - 11/2cups (Increase according to your taste) Pinch of saffron 1/4 cup Ghee Pinch of yellow food color(optional) Method: Soak almonds in hot water for 15 minutes.Remove the skin and grind into a coarse paste with milk.Soak saffron threads in 2tbsp of milk. Heat 1tbsp of ghee in a thick bottomed pan.Add pureed badam ,sugar and soaked saffron with milk and stir it continuously .Add the rest of ghee and food color.Keep stirring them till halwa becomes thick.Pour the halwa into a greased dish.Allow to cool.Garnish with almonds.

Ingredients: Rava - 1cup Sugar-3/4 cup Ghee- 2tbsp Milk -1/4cup Grated Coconut - 1/2cup Cardmom powder - 1/4tsp Cashews & Raisins for garnishing Method: Heat  ghee in a pan.Fry the cashews and raisins and keep it aside.In the same pan add rava and roast it on low flame  until you get a nice aroma. When the rava turns light brown add coconut , sugar and cardmom powde.Stir for 3-4 minutes. Keep aside and cool for 3 minutes.Add milk ,cashews and raisins, mix well.When the mixture is warm make balls out of it.

Yeah!!! 10 months of blogging and finally 1 reached my 100th post!.Thanks alot for your love and support my friends. I think the main achievement is i got some lovely friends through this. So to celebrate this wonderful event I made this yummy sweet . For me Unniyappam is related to Vishu .Its a must for Vishu in my hometown-Kannur. So I am a bit nostalgic about this :) My mom makes this often when we have guests.The main ingredient for this is unroasted rice flour which we need to make ourself. So here is  my mom's Recipe .. Ingredients: Raw rice - 2 cups (soaked for 2-3 hrs) All purpose flour(Maida) - 1/2cup Jaggery  - 1/2kg Small Banana - 4-5 Sesame seeds - 2tsp Dried coconut pieces - a handful Cardmom - 10 Baking soda - a pinch(optional) Oil for frying Method: 1.Drain the soaked rice and grind it to fine power . 2.Melt jaggery with 1 cup of water.Strain it and allow to cool. 3.In a mixing bowl add all the ingredients and make a thick batter.Add extra w...

Am back after a long vaccation in India.We had a great time there..but i really missed blogging and my friends:-( So here am! Back to be with you all! Malaysia,our new place is very nice, except the fact that, the climate over here is very hot,same like Kerala.That is the only thing i don't like.Everything else is so good .Everybody knows Malaysia is one of the famous tourist destinations. 20% of the population are indians! So its a home away from home for us. :-) Malaysia is also famous for variety of food. Here we can find out Indian,chinese,Malay,Middle-Eastern,Korean,Western,Japanese and many other types of cuisines. Coming back to today's recipe Chakka Varatti(Jackfruit Jam). This is prepared by my MIL when we were at my hubby's home. Jack Fruits were available in plenty during that time and so one fine afternoon, she made this for us :-) Ingredients: Ripe Jackfruit pulps - 1kg Jaggery - 750g Ghee - 250g Cardmom Powder- 1 tsp Method: 1.Finely chop the jackfruits and ...

Ingredients: Milk Powder - 1cup Milk - 1cup Homemade fresh paneer -1cup Sugar -1/2cup Butter -3tbsp Cardmom Powder -1/4tsp Pistachios (sliced) - 2tbsp Method: Heat butter in a pan .Add milk ,milk powder and paneer.Mix it well.Cook this mixture on medium heat. Stir it continuously till the mixture starts leaving the side.The mixture looks like a soft dough when it is ready. This should take 15 minutes.Transfer the mixture to a bowl and let it cool for some time.Add  sugar and cardmom powder to this mixture when it is lukewarm.Knead it for a minute.Make small balls out of it and lightly press it down.Garnish with Pistachio slices.You can keep it in fridge for about a month.  Tip: If the Mixture is sticky put it in fridge for 10 minutes.

Ingredients : Milk Chocolate - 350g Condensed milk - 1tin Butter - 100g Apricots (chopped) - 1/4cup Figs(chopped) - 1/2cup Cashews(chopped) -1/4cup Sulthana(yellow dried grapes) -1/4cup Maria biscuits(crushed) - 40 nos Method: Boil some  water in a pot .Put a glass dish on top of the pot and add the butter .When it starts to melt add the chocolate pieces and melt it well.Remove it from the heat and add the condensed milk to the melted chocolate and mix well.Add the dry fruits and nuts and mix well.Add the crushed biscuits and coat well with the chocolate mixture.Take a square shaped plate and put a butter paper in that .Pour the mixture and spread it evenly.Refrigerate it for 3 hours. Remove the butter paper and cut into squares. AWARD I received this wonderful award from My buddies Rohini and Raje .Thank you so much dears for your encouragement. I would like to pass this award to the following friends Priya Soma Sushma Babli

First of all ' HAPPY DIWALI '  to everybody.Diwali is a special day for all of us.But this year's Diwali is special one for me because, its my Hubby's Birthday!!! I love him more than anything in this world. He likes carrot halwa a lot. So i made this  especially for him. Ingredients: Grated  Carrot - 5 cups Condensed Milk - 1/2 tin Milk - 1cup Cardmom Powder - 1/2tsp Ghee - 2tbsp  Cashews and Dry grapes -1tsp each Method: In a thick bottomed pan add the grated carrot and milk.Boil till thick,stirring occasionally.Once it starts thickening pour the condensed milk over this.Mix it and cook well till it become almost dry.Add 1tbsp of ghee and cardmom to this and  mix well.Heat 1tbsp ghee in a small pan and fry the cashews and dry grapes.Garnish the halwa with this.Enjoy the delicious dessert!!!  I wish  you and yours  a very happy Diwali!!!

Ingredients: Pineapple(finely chopped)  - 1 Dessicated coconut - 3/4 cup Sugar - 5 tbsp(adjust to taste) Ghee - 1 tsp Method: In a pan add the chopped pineapple and cook the pineapple until most of the water has evaporated .Pulse it in a  mixer (just once).In the same pan add the pineapple paste, coconut and sugar .Mix well for 5 minutes.Add ghee to this ,saute well.Switch off the stove.When they are slight warm make shape into laddus.Roll them in dessicated coconut .Enjoy!!!

This is a super duper Sweet.As it is clear by its name ,Nethra pazham is the main  ingredient in this Reipe.This recipe is worth trying once.I got this recipe from Sangeetha 's kothiyavunu.com .For original recipe click here .here 's my version. Ingredients: Nethra Pazham(extra ripe) - 3 medium Sugar - 1 cup Ghee - 1/2 cup Cardmom Powder - a pinch All purpose flour - 3tsp Milk - 1 1/4 cup Method: Steam the bananas in a steamer or pressure cooker.cook well and remove the black seeds.Allow them  to cool.Make a smooth paste in a grinder.Meanwhile put a heavy bottom pan on the stove and add the milk and sugar.Boil them ,When they reach a thick consistacncy add the banana paste and mix them well.Keep on stirring.you have to be patient,it needs more time.To thicken the halwa add the flour dissolved in 1/4 cup of water.keep on stirring.When they are almost thick add the ghee little by little.Mix well till  the colour become brown.Add cardmom powder .When the halwa is leaving the...

Ingredients: 2 raw Plantain/Nendran Banana 3/4 cup jaggery syrup 1/2tsp ginger powder 1/2tsp cumin powder 2tsp powdered sugar 4tbsp parboiled rice 4cardmom  oil for frying Method: Dry roast parboiled rice till they pop up.make a powder with 2tsp of sugar in a mixi. Remove the skin of banana,cut into 1/4 inch thick slices.Deep fry them until they become golden brown.(Fry them on low heat.It should be crisp)keep that in a paper towel.Boil the Jaggery syrup.When the syrup reaches a sticky consistency, sprinkle cardamom powder, ginger powder and cumin powder.Mix well.Switch of the heat.Add fried banana to this.Stir well to coat.Let it cool for 2 minutes.Then sprinkle the rice powder and sugar mixture till they coated  nicely.Let it cool.Store it in an airtight container.

Today, after lunch, we were just sitting back and enjoying a movie, when suddenly my hubby expressed his desire to enjoy something sweet... I have been thinking about this laddu for a while and then, I thought, why not I try this one! After all, it would be a nice sunday sweet... So I started with it right away...It took me 30 minutes and my husband loved it!!! I hope you will also enjoy trying this... Here is the recipe for "Dry Fruit Laddu" Ingredients Dates - 1 cup Almonds-1/3 cup Pistachios-1/3 cup Cashewnuts-1/3 cup Dry Grapes-1/3 cup Sugar-1 tbsp Ghee(melted butter)-2tbsp Dessicated coconut-2-3 tbsp(optional) Method 1. Chop the dates,almonds,pistachios,cashews,dry grapes into small pieces. 2. In a pan add ghee and first dry roast the almonds and pistachios . 3. Next roast the cashews and dry grapes and keep it aside. 4. In that same pan add the dates and melt it in a slow flame(it takes 3-5 mins). (if you like more sweet you can add 1 tbsp sugar to this stage) 5. Mix th...