Rice and Jaggery Pancakes(akki bellada Dosa)

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

I am starting this post with my old statement : Events inspire me to try new things and sometime I try the old or traditional recipes for participating in the events.

AND I am very happy and thanks to my brother. He gifted me the camera. My new camera is SONY,DSC-W 570.(Review about the product is soon in my blog). So I can post my new recipes with new photos.

This Rice and Jaggery Pancake is not a new dish, but I never bothered to try it. When I visited many blogs, I came through this recipe. But every time, I used to read the method, loved the clicks and then forget.

and now, when there is my event going on which is guest hosted by Priya, I thought of trying this one. But I did not wanted to go through any recipes,  I wanted to rely on my memory and my version. And hey, I have good(not very good) memory. The pancakes I tried were just delicious. I checked the other blogs after I finished making, my preparation was almost the same but I had omitted few ingredients.

Coming to my version(it might be same in some other blogs too, but that is totally without my knowledge.)

Coming to the recipe,

Ingredients :

Rice(I used regular rice) - 1/2 cup

Jaggery - 1 cup or little less as per your taste

Cardamom - 1,peeled and crushed

Fresh coconut - 1/2 cup, grated or break into pieces.

Salt a pinch

Ghee to make the pancakes.(1/2 tsp for each pancake)

Method:

Soak the rice for 5 to 6 hours.

Drain and grind into coarse paste. In the last round add the grated coconut and cardamom and grind into fine paste.

Before the last round, add  the jaggery and grind one more round.

Remove and transfer the batter into a bowl.

You can start making the pan cakes immediately or even after keeping it for sometime.

Heat the dosa pan. Spread the batter into small and thick dosa.

Let it cook on low flame for half a minute. Turn it and cook on other side.

Spread 1/2 tsp of ghee on it, Remove and repeat with remaining batter.

I got 8 dosas with the qty I had taken.

Serve hot with pickle.

Sending this to

Priya of  Priya's Easy N Tasty Recipes

Announcing Celebrate Sweets - Sweets With Rice

(which is  MY ... event)

AND

Krithika of Krithi's Kitchen where this interesting event Guest Hosting - Breakfast Club #10 - The Theme is... (which is started by HELEN)

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Color color which color do you want??(Rasna Candies)

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

Very easy, yummy and perfect for summer holidays for kids. You will also enjoy these candies with kids, if you too become a kid with them

I took Rs.2 Rasna Sachets: one Mango and other Orange flavor.

I had Kalakatta crush and Straw berry crush at home..

Thats it,, 

And My daughter has prepared it all.

Prepare 2 glasses of rasna with your favorite flavor as per the directions given.

Prepare Kalakatta and Straw berry juice also as per the directions given.

Fill in the candy maker. 

Set in the fridge till its done.

Sending it to 
my event :

Reshmi's Celebrate Sweets - "Ice Cream" !! Event Announceme...

which is My  event

AND

Priya's

Bookmarked Recipes - Every Tuesday Event - 29th Ma..

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Halwa layered Ice Cream :-)

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

I Scream when I see ICE CREAM....and now that ice cream with halwa :-)))))))))))) If you are a regular visitor here, you know I have a sweet tooth(Actually full set of teeth :-)))) ) and will be thinking always about the sweets after my food. And these events in the blogging world always puts my brain to work :-)

I wanted to try something using ice cream.... So this came the idea...

But please bear with the photo, I will tell the reason at the end.

Coming to the recipe: Very easy one, tasty, yummy, healthy(???) and just perfect dessert after wonderful lunch or dinner.

Ingredients:

Vanilla or Butterscotch or Pista or Mango Ice cream - 1 big bowl or 200 litre(your favorite flavor)

but I  felt Vanilla will taste good with these halwa

Gajjar ka halwa (Carrot Halwa) - 1/2 cup(made with 1 big carrot)(Recipe Below)

Beet root halwa - 1/2 cup (Made with 1 big beet) (Recipe here or the simple version below)

CARROT HALWA:

Carrot - 2 big, cleaned and grated

Sugar - 1/4 cup or as per the taste

Ghee - 1 tbsp

Cardamom powder - pinch

Milk - 2 tbsp

Mix all in a MICROWAVE SAFE BOWL. Cook it on HIGH for 6 to 8 minutes, this halwa should be hard. Cook it more to make it little chewy. 

ALLOW IT TO COOL, its a MUST.

BEETROOT HALWA :

Beet - 1 big, cleaned, peeled and grated

Sweetened condensed milk - 1/4 tsp

Ghee - 1 tbsp

Cardamom powder

Heat the ghee in  a thick bottomed kadai. (Its good to make this on fire as we need to fry the beet to remove the raw smell) Add the grated beet and fry for few minutes till you feel the raw smell is almost gone, I fried for 5 minutes. Add the condensed milk and cook for few more minutes till the beetroot and the milk gets well mixed. Add the cardamom and cook for a minute.

Remove from the fire. Again the MUST step, allow it to COOL.

making layers:

Take a glass bowl.(Today I felt the necessary of few utensils with which I could have done better presentation. It ok for now, I will try to buy it the next time I go for shopping ) Spread 1" thick of (according to the size of the glass or bowl) beetroot halwa. Spread the ice cream again of 1" thick. Now spread the carrot halwa. Repeat with the ice cream layer. You can choose different flavors also for each layer. 

Allow it to set for some time and serve chilled..

You can give any shape, If you have a cylindrical vessel with both the side open like the tube ones, this ice cream looks beautiful.

Now coming to the pictures, 

First thing is the camera, Its an old one and have some problem. I am not able to take the photos properly.

Second thing is I could not keep the layers intact as the power went off when I Kept it to set and all the three layers got mixed. So I got an idea to mix the three things and give a new shape to it: and here it is down how it looked, 

 Sending it to (MY) two events
ONE is

Event Announcement "Only Original Recipes" and Giveaway :-)))

A brain child of Pari.

AND

Reshmi's Celebrate Sweets - "Ice Cream" !! Event Announceme...

which is My  event

Keep Screaming :-)

Keep Smiling,

Home made Chocolate Ice Cream

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

Summer is here.............. I am waiting for the exams to get over. The first thing I will do is I will sleep for two days. Then I will clean the messed up house. April month has lot of sweet, bitter, tangy.... experiences. During child hood, till April 10, we used to be like "bheegi billi;" Once we get our result on April 10, and the marks card in our hand with 75%, 60%, 50%(those days, 50% was also a great achievement), our vacation for 2 months was started. We were free birds.. No fixed time for any thing.. Many eatables like fresh home made pickle, paapad, tamarind lolly pop, and then Ice cream.. The man used to come with a pushing box which had wheels. We used to wait for his voice "Femmilaaaaaaaaaaicccccccccccccecream...." We used to search for some elder person to buy those ice cream for us.. :-)))) 

Why am I telling all these to you???? Because, April is only few days away.. and I want my kids to enjoy the vacation. What else will be greater than Ice cream to start this vacation.

Here is the simple home made ice cream, it takes time but kids enjoy each bite.

Ingredients:
Milk : - 1 liter (Thick)
Sugar - 1/2 cup
Cocoa powder - 2 tbsp
Corn flakes - 1/4 cup
Fresh cream - 1/4 cup(optional)

Method:

Boil the milk in a big vessel. Take 1/4 cup of milk from it. Cool it and add the cocoa powder. Mix well. Keep it aside.

Keep the milk to boil again. Add sugar and boil till the sugar melts fully. Add the cocoa powder mix. Mix well  and boil till the milk thickens and reduces to 3/4th. Add cornflakes, mix well.

Remove from heat and keep it to cool. Once its cold, keep in the refrigerator for an hour. 

Add the fresh cream.

Remove it, put it in a grinder or use blender to mix it properly.

Refrigerate again for an hour.

Remove and blend it well with blender or grinder.

Mix well, Refrigerate again till it sets.

Serve it cool in a serving bowl.

My kids stand with the spoon in their hands... They can't wait till I serve it in the bowls.

Sending this to 

Reshmi's Celebrate Sweets - "Ice Cream" !! Event Announceme...

which is My  event

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Suruttai poli for ICC February

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

Surprise!! Surprise!!! Valli! Surprise to see my post? All thanks to my mom and her camera. When I saw the Suruttai poli for February Challenge, (This recipe is taken from  Nithya) I thought I will prepare this in advance because, last time it was a last minute preparation and I was not sure whether I will finish or not. This month, I prepared it a week before only and took the snaps and was ready to type the recipe..

But, then, I lost my Camera last week. It was a very bad day! That Camera was my life in blogging. I was upset that night. Then realized, its gone, and I will not get it. Even though its lost in my area(It fell down from my lap,while I was getting down from the car), who is that honest to return it to me?. Who ever has got it, they will come to know, its my camera because it has my daughters photo, everyone knows them, and me, being a teacher, almost the whole area knows me!!

Anyways, gone is gone. I was upset and was thinking what to do? Buying a new camera at this point is not possible. I have to wait for a month or two(its not easy to convince hubby!!!)and that too when the fault is mine :-)

My mother came for my help(as always). Actually I forgot about her camera(which my brother has given her).

I was so happy. Then came the thought. Why not try these poli's again for the challenge. Last night, after the kids slept, I made only few polis. This time, our ajji helped me and she showed our traditional way of making these poli which we call it "Surali Holige" Surali means "rolled" and Holige means "Poli"

(I am still new to my mom's camera, need to learn the settings. Please bear with me)

Now coming to the recipe,

Forgive me for not giving the recipe in my words, This month the time is too short for me, I am not able to cope up with many things. So just giving Valli's link.

Just few things to tell about it, 

I don't know, My poli's(Fried) did not turn out crispy,

but the roasted one turned out crispy. 

If any one can tell me what was the reason, I will be happy and try it the next time.

The photos are two types.

One is what I followed Valli's instructions.

Another one is what we make here in North Karnataka. We roast it dry and roll it immediately. The filling is same.

      



                  

(This is our method. And we make the longest surali holige in Marriages :-)  )

Waiting for the next challenge. 

Keep Smiling,

Malpua (Food remake)

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

The name is same, most of the ingredients are same. But each region makes this sweet with little variations. Sindhi's one of favorite desserts :- "Malpua". Its usually prepared with Milk, All Purpose flour and sugar with cardamom powder, which is fried in Ghee.

Here is another version, which more healthier(not for weight watchers!!!), which I prepared today and my daughter loved it(:-(, she loves everything prepared with Maida, and doctor has strictly avoided to eat). I thought  she will not eat this. But she had full one malpua. Hope she will be fine tomorrow.

I was checking aipi's blog US Masala as this month, her blog is selected for T&T.

When ever I visit any blog to follow, my eyes will check for the dessert recipes first. So I opened her Indian sweets label and got this one : Malpua. I decided to try this one, And when I finished reading the recipe, I was happier as this dessert has to be served warm.

Yes, Malpua tastes heaven, if you eat warm or hot directly from the frying pan.

So, here is the recipe which helped me to hit two birds with one stone :-)

Please visit her blog for the recipe. I am giving only the photos.

This is the batter how it looks when you mix everything.

Sending this to two events, 

One is Tried & Tasted, which was originally started by Zlamushka's Spicy Kitchen and now is owned by Lakshmi of Kitchen Chronicles.  This month  Priya's(Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal) has hosted this event and she has selected Aipi's US Masala. Aipi has wonderful blog with amazing recipes. 

AND

One more event,again

Priya's(Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal) 

Celebrate Sweets - Warm Desserts

(event started by  Me ) 

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Oats and Rawa payasam(sheer Khurma style)

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

I always wait for every Thursday! Two reasons for that. One is its a day I do special prayers to Shirdi Saibaba and this is the day I make sweet to offer. Each week, I try to make new desserts. And today was the day for making something simple but delicious. 

Here is a simple sweet but a healthy one.

Ingredients:

Fine Semolina or rawa - 4 tbsp

Oats (regular) - 4 tbsp

Sugar - 1/2 cup or little more according to your taste.

Ghee - 1tsp

nuts - 2 tbsp(chopped cashew, almonds, raisins, ker beeja) 

Grated dry coconut - 2 tbsp

Kesar or Saffron strands - 3 to 4

Cardamom powder - 1/4 tsp

Water - 1 cup

Milk 2 cups

Method:

Add 1 tbsp ghee to the thick bottomed kadai and make it warm. Add the rawa and fry for half a minute. Add the rolled oats and fry another half a minute.

Remove and keep it aside.

Mix the water and milk and keep it to boil.

Once it boils, add fried rawa and oats. Cook for a minute, add sugar and all the other ingredients except saffron strands.

Soak the saffron strands in very little milk.

Keep on stirring and boil for 5 minutes. Add the saffron strands. Boil for a minute.

Remove and serve hottttttttttt......

Sending it to many events:

One is My event 

Event Announcement "Only Original Recipes" and Giveaway :-)))

A brain child of Pari.

My one more event 

Priya's(Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal) ongoing event  

Celebrate Sweets - Warm Desserts

(event started by  Me ) 

And

Dr. Sameena's(My Culinary Creations)

Oats recipes..

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Fruit Salad for Shivaratri and Some Memories.

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

Wishing everyone a very happy "MAHASHIVARATRI"

When we were young, we used to wait for this day. There were lot of things used to happen on this day.

We were almost 15 kids in a colony. Our day started at 4 in the morning. Previous night we used to plan and keep our things ready. Morning at 4.30 we used to leave the house with few elders and start walking. After walking for 5 kilometers we used to reach the temple. It was Someshwara temple. Its built in 12th century, by Chalukyas. It is a birthplace of  river Shalmala where she flows underground. There is a big pond. We used to take bath in that pond. Take the darshan of Lord Shiva in that big temple. Eat some prasad and come back home.

That was a day of fasting.

Mothers used to keep the breakfast ready. That was Sabudana kichadi.

The whole day we used to play and listen to the devotional songs.

Again evening was the feast time.

There used to be Chana usuali, fruit salad, Lime juice. Fresh dates....

As I grew big, I used to keep fasting without water also.

Those were the days. Now, we do not have that much patience. Only remembering the good days.

This fruit salad brings lot of memories back.

Sharing with you the recipe.

Ingredients:

Musk Melon : 1 big bowl or half of the melon(depends on the size) -skinned and cubed 

Banana - 2 to 3, peeled and cubed

Grapes - 15 to 20(I skipped it because my both the kids have cough)

Jaggery(grated or crushed or powdered) - half the quantity of melon, again check the sweetness of the Muskmelon.

Nuts - 1 tbsp, roasted in 1/2 tsp ghee

Method:

Mix all the ingredients in a big serving bowl. 

Keep it aside for 15 to 20 minutes for jaggery to get mixed well with the fruits. 

Serve it like that or

Keep it in the fridge for some time before serving to have chilled fruit salad.

Sending it to

Akila's Event: Dish Name Starts with F

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Fresh Coconut and Jaggery Kheer(ಕೊಬ್ಬರಿ ಗಿಣ್ಣ)

Tried and tasted by Nivedita

Hi All,

Jaggery is the best substitute for sugar. Jaggery is rich in many nutrients. Jaggery should be eaten everyday in any form. Or add it in the rasam, sambhar, vegetable preparation. 

Here is the dessert which is very tasty and should be eaten hot or warm. Rice chapati is the best combination with it.

This is not very regular  sweet in my house because of the coconut used in it. Coconut is not good for me and my daughter. Even though I like it, I avoid making it.

Here is the recipe, 

Ingredients :

Fresh coconut - 1 cup

Jaggery (powdered or crushed) -  same as the coconut milk

Cardamom powder - 1 tsp

Hot water  - 1 cup

Salt - half a pinch

Nut meg powder - a pinch

Method:

• Grate the fresh coconut and Grind into a fine paste. 
• Add 1 cup of hot water and keep it aside for 10 minutes.
• Squeeze the coconut water and keep it ready.
• The coconut milk and the jaggery should be of the same quantity.
• Keep the coconut milk to boil
• Once it starts boiling, reduce the flame and add the jaggery. 
• Mix well, keep on stirring till you get the nice jaggery brown color. (It may take 15 minutes)
• Add the cardamom powder and Nutmeg powder. Mix well.
• Boil some more time(for few more minutes). 
• You can see the milk has become thick and nice aroma will start coming.
• Off the fire. Add half a pinch of salt. Mix well.
• Serve hot.
• Either drink it or have it with rice flour stuffed chapatis or puris.

Garnish with grated fresh coconut(optional)

Its watery dessert. You can enjoy the way you drink your tea :-)

I enjoy each sip with a spoon.

Love this hot Kheer during winter.

Sending this to two events;

Priya's(Priya (Yallapantula) Mitharwal) ongoing event  

Celebrate Sweets - Warm Desserts

(event started by  Me ) 

and

Akila's Event: Dish Name Starts with F