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Oats dates ladoo

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Ingredients Oats - 1 cup Dates - 5, 6 big Jaggery - 1 or 2 blocks Grated coconut -1 /2 cup Preparation Roast the oats till its colour slightly changes.keep aside.cut the dates in to small pieces. In a mixer grinder add the roasted oats dates jaggery grated and grated coconut and crush well and mix well..make lemon sized balls.

UNNIAPPAM/ NEYYAPPAM

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Ingredients Raw rice powder  - 1 glass Wheat flour - 1/4 cup Jaggery - 3 cube s Small banana (mysore pazam) - 1 Semolina - 1 tbsp Black sesame seeds-1 tbsp Coconut piece s    Oil Ghee - 1 + 1 tbsp Preparation Mix rawrice powder,atta and semolina. Powder jaggery, mix in ½ cup of water and let it boil.Cut coconut into small pieces, fry in ghee and add to the jaggery syrup. Peel banana, mash and mix it in syrup.When the syrup is hot, add it to the powder and mix.It should have idli batter consistency.add sesame seeds also. oil and ghee mix. Take an appam mould, fill the cups with ¾ th oil.Pour the batter in the cups. When one side is cooked turn the appam .When cooked, remove from oil, drain and set aside.

NENTHRA PAZHAM PRADHAMAN

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PAZHAM PRADHAMAN Ingredients : Ripe Banana(Plantain) Nentra pazham-3 medium Jagerry(Sharkkara)-250gm Thick Coconut Milk-1cup Thin Coconut Milk -3cup Cashewnuts-15 Raisins-10 Coconut Pieces-2tbsp Cardamom powder-1/4 tsp Salt-a pinch Water Ghee-2tbsp Method : Steam the banana till its cooked.Remove the outer skin and seeds.And mash the banana to paste using blender so we get it without any lumps. Melt jaggery with 1/4cup water and remove the impurities by straining.Keep aside. Heat a non stick kadai and add 1tbsp ghee.To this add banana paste and fry for 10 minutes in low flame . Add the melted jaggery and stir well. Now add thin coconut milk and stir continuously.When it thickens reduce the flame.  Finally add thick coconut milk payasam . Stir well ,no need to boil otherwise there is a chance of curdling the payasam. Remove from the fire.Add Cardamom powder. To this add roasted cashew nuts and coconut pieces (Roast both separately in 1 tbsp ghee). Del...

SWEET KOZUKKATTA

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SWEET KOZUKKATTA Ingredients : Rice flour - 1 cup Grated coconut - 1 cup Jaggery - 150 gm Crushed Cardamom - 2 Water - 1 1/2 cup Salt to taste Method : For the filling : Heat a pan and melt the jaggery with 1/4 cup of water and strain the jaggery with a strainer. Reheat the jaggery. Add grated coconut and keep stirring until it turns to thick consistency. Add crushed cardamom and remove from fire. This is for the filling. For the dough - Kozhukatta Maavu: Boil 1 1/2 cup of water with salt. Pour the boiled water to the rice flour little by little and mix it with a spoon. Keep it aside till it is warm enough to handle. Knead the dough and make it into a soft ball. Make medium size balls out of the dough. Take one ball at a time and place it in your palm. Press it with the other hand and make it thin. Starts folding it inwards in such a way that you get a cup shape. Place 2 tsp of the filling and cover it and roll it back into a ball. Repeat the process with the rest of ...

BANANA HALWA(NENTHRA PAZHAM HALWA)

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Banana Halwa 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 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 side of the pan switch off the stove and spread this to a greased plate.Allow them to cool.Garnish with cashews.

RAVA LADOO

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Rava Ladoo (Rava Unda) Ingredients: Rava-2 cup Sugar-2cup coconut grated-2cup ghee-1cup milk-optional fried cashews/raisins-few cardamom-4 Preparation: Fry rava for a while,powder sugar with cardamom.u can powdwer coconut also.mix all the above ingredients together.Add ghee slowly in to the mixture& make ball.Sprinkle milk if needed.Place cashews& raisins on each ball. Note :make the ball when the mixture is little hot otherwise the ball ill break.