Coconut Burfi without milk /Coconut Burfi

Coconut Burfi without milk /Coconut Burfi:

Coconut Burfi is a sweet made fully with grated coconut and for making this burfi we need simple ingredients and of-course easy to make this recipe. Since it is a sweet recipe you can try this for any special occasion too. I made this sweet for this diwali and had no time to post this recipe.
   Now let us see how to make this recipe.

Ingredients:

1. Coconut - 1 cup (grated)
2. Sugar - 3/4 cup
3. Water - 1/4 cup
4. Cashew / Almonds/Pista- 1 tbsp
5. Cardamom powder - a pinch
6. Ghee - 1 tsp

Method:

• Take a pan and add sugar and water and boil it to reach one string consistency. 
• Now add the grated coconut and mix well add the cardamom powder and 1 tsp of ghee in it.
• Grease a plate with ghee and keep it ready.
• When it comes to the form of non-sticky it will leaves the side of the pan. This is the right stage to remove from  the flame. 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Pour this to the ghee greased plate and level it . Sprinkle the chopped pistachios and cut into squares when it is warm itself.
  
• Take out from the plate when it completely cool down.
  
• Store it in a air tight container.

Rava Kichadi

Rava Kichadi: 

       Rava Kichadi is one of the easy recipe in the busy morning. It also tastes well when compared with the normal rava upma. My kids love this rava kichadi recipe very much. Usually I won't prepare rava kichadi often. Try this recipe in your kitchen and let me know how this comes to you.

Ingredients:

1. Rava/Semolina/Sooji - 1 cup
2. Beans -  6 nos
3. Carrot - 1 
4. Onion - 1
5. Green Chillies - 2 
6. Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
7. Chilli powder - 1 tsp
8. Coriander powder - 1 tsp
9. Cumin powder - 1tsp
10. Garam masala - 1 tsp
11. Water - 3 cups
12. Tomato - 1
13. Oil - 2tsp
14. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
15. Curry leaves  - few
16. Salt - as required
17. Curry leaves - few
18. Coriander leaves - few

Method:

• Heat ghee in a pan and add rava and roast until a nice aroma comes.
• Keep it aside.
  
• Heat oil in a same pan and allow mustard seeds to temper. then add onion, green chillies, tomato carrot , beans and saute for a minute.
  
• Add chilli powder, cumin powder, coriander powder,garam masala and mix well.
  
• Add salt and water and allow it to boil, while boiling add turmeric powder and mix well.
  
  
  
  
• Now add the roasted rava and cook well till all the water evaporates.
  
• Garnish with coriander leaves and curry leaves.
  
• Serve hot with coconut chutney and sambar.
  

Salt Seedai / Uppu Seedai

Salt Seedai:

     I tried this recipe for the first time and as I heard it was not a war for me. It came out well at my first attempt itself. Try this recipe in your home and let me know if you had a good time like me. Usually salt seedai and vella seedai are made for gokulastami as a neivedhyam for lord Krishna.Follow the instructions carefully and then do the recipe.

Ingredients:

1. Rice Flour - 1.5 cups(Home made rice flour)
2. Urad Dhal flour - 2 tbsp
3. Coconut  (grated)- 2 tbsp
4. Butter - 3 tbsp
5. sesame seeds - 1 tbsp
6. asafoetida - a pinch
7. Salt - as needed
8. Chilli powder - a pinch
9. Oil - for deep frying

Method:

• Prepare Urad Dhal flour by dry roasting it in a pan.
• Cool it completely and grind it in a dry grinder sieve it to a fine powder.
• Dry roast the coconut to avoid the moisture in it.
• Take a mixing bowl add the rice flour, urad dhal flour, coconut, sesame seeds, melted butter,asafoetida and salt and mix well.
  
• Add water and make it to a dough not too loose.
  
• Make small balls using this dough and pierce it using a tooth pick.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Let it be in the newspaper for atleast 10 min to absorb the moisture.
• Heat oil in a kadai and drop it in the oil gently in low flame and cook until golden brown.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Now our seedai is ready to taste!!!
  
  
  
  

Vella Seedai /Sweet Seedai /Jaggery Seedai

Vella Seedai /Sweet Seedai /Jaggery Seedai:

     Vella Seedai  is a tamil name since jaggery is called as "Vellam" in tamil .Hence vella is derived from the word vellam. This is also known as Jaggery seedai / Sweet Seedai. I Love to have vella Seedai than the Uppu Seedai. This is easy to make and also made with the simple ingredients.
  This is also made as the neivedhyam for Lord Krishna on Gokulastami. Try this recipe in your kitchen and let me know how this comes for you.

Ingredients:

1. Rice flour - 1 cup
2. Urad Dhal Flour - 2 tsp
3. Coconut - 1 tbsp (grated)
4. Sesame seeds - 1tsp
5. Jaggery - 1/2 cup
6. Water - 1/4 cup
7. Butter - 1 tbsp
8. Oil - As required for deep frying

Method:

• Dry roast urad dhal and cool it completely and grind in a dry mixer grinder and sieve it get a fine powder.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Heat a pan and add coconut and saute till it evaporates the moisture in it.
• Take a mixing bowl add rice flour, urad dhal flour, coconut and mix well and 1 tsp of sesame seeds,melted butter and mix well.

                                     

• Dissolve jaggery in an pan and filter the impurities. Heat again and make it to a thick syrup need not want to obtain the string consistency.
  
  
  
  
• Add this jaggery syrup and make it to a tight dough.
• Roll it to a small marble size, and pierce it using the tooth pick, if crack is there while rolling it don't bother it it help to avoid bursting and keep it in a news paper/white cloth to absorb the moisture in it.
  
  
  
  
• Heat oil in a kadai for frying.
  
  
  
  
• Drop each balls and fry till golden brown. Fry it in a low flame (Since jaggery is added it will quickly attain the brown color so it it important to fry in a low flame).
  
• Now our seedai is ready to serve.

Vazhaipoo Poriyal /Plantain Flower Recipe

Vazhaipoo Poriyal /Plantain Flower Recipe:

    This vazhaipoo poriyal recipe is very healthy one. It is also easy to make with simple ingredients.
Cleaning of this flower is the main thing since every one think that it is the toughest job and many people avoid to use this since because of this. But you can do it easily.

Ingredients:

1. Vazhaipoo/Plantain flower -1
2. Onion - 1 chopped 
3. Moong dhal - 2 tbsp
4. Mustard seeds - 1 tsp
5. Oil - 2 tsp
6. Dry chillies - 3-4 nos
7. Salt - as needed
8. Curry leaves - few

For grinding :

1. Coconut - 1/2 cup(grated)
2. Cumin seedes- 1 tsp
3. Garlic cloves- 3 nos
4. asafoetida - a pinch

Method :

• Clean the Plantain flower (remove the pistil and calyx from the floret) and cut into small pieces and soak it in buttermilk or rice water and keep it aside.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Heat oil in a pan and allow mustard seeds to temper add,dry chillies and  moong dhal and saute for a minute.
  
• Add onion and saute for a minute again.
  
• Now add the chopped flower and add little water.
• Meanwhile grind coconut, cumin seeds, garlic cloves and keep it ready.
• Cook the flower till all the water get absorbed.
• Now add the coconut grinded mixture and add required salt in it and mix it well cook till the raw smell disappears.
  
  
  
  
• Garninsh with curry leaves.
  

How to clean Vazhaipoo / How to clean Plaintain flower

How to clean Vazhaipoo / How to clean Plaintain flower:

Cleaning or vazhaipoo is the main thing in doing vazhaipoo recipes. I have heard many of them wont do this recipe since because of this cleaning.
                It is really easy to clean this flower. This flower has many health benefits such as it is good for kidney stones , reduces menstrual bleeding and also has a rich source of vitamin A,C and E and minerals also contain potassium and fiber. It consumes time but good for our health.

Cleaning process:

• Take a fresh banana flower and peel the outer part and take the florets from it.
• Remove the pistil and calyx from the floret first collect all the flower and clean with this process.

• Then chopp it with the knife and drop it in the buttermilk. If you don't have buttermilk also no problem , Take a bowl of rice water(Collect the water while cleaning the rice for cooking) add turmeric powder in it and drop the chopped florets.
• After removing all the over layer you can see the white bud in which you can't remove the outer layer, this is also eatable part so you can chopp it directly. 
• That's all we have now cleaned the flower.