Makkan Peda Recipe

Ingredients:

Gulab Jamun Mix - 200 gms

Sugar - 1 kg

Milk- less than 1/4 th of Gulab jamun mix

Dried Nuts - 1 cup ( cashews, dry grapes, pista, pumpkin seeds etc.,)

Cooking Soda- 1 pinch

Cardomom powder - 1 tsp

Food Colour ( optional ) - 1 pinch

Oil - to fry

Cinnamomum Camphora - 1 pinch

Method:

• Mix Gulab Jamun mix with soda and milk and knead gently to make a soft dough with out sticking and rest it for 5 to 10 min.

• Prepare the dried nuts mixture by cutting it in to smaller pieces and keep aside.

• Make the dough in to soft round balls on your palm and make a small hole and fill it with nuts mixture, close the hole and slightly flatten a bit.

• Now heat oil in a pan and fry the prepared balls 2 or 3 at a time. Do not overheat oil, otherwise it will brown quickly but the innerpart of the ball might not cook.

• Turn sides slowly for even cooking on both sides. Cooking time for each piece should be 7 to 8 min.

• In another pan add sugar and equal amount of water, bring it to boil to make the sugar syrup.

• Once the syrup thickens after boiling, add cardomom powder, food colour, Pacchai karpooram and mix well. Take it out from the flame and keep aside.

• When the peda pieces are cooked, drain the oil and drop it in the sugar syrup. At that time sugar syrup should be hot.

• Set it aside for 15 to 20 min to soak it completely and dress it with nuts on top.

• Mouth watering Makkan peda is now ready to eat.

Note:

• When the peda Soaks in syrup, it expands its size. So, prepare enough sugar syrup.

Sundal recipe - Green gram

Ingredients:

Green Gram - 1/4 kg

Salt - as per required

Coconut ( shredded ) - 1 tbsp

Mustard seeds - 1/2 tsp

Ghee - 2 tsp

Turmeric powder - 1/4 tsp

Method:

• Soak Green gram for at-least 5 hours. Drain the water and keep aside.

• Take a heavy bottomed pan. Add ghee and mustard seeds. When it splutters add green gram. Mix well. Add half a cup of water and cook well along with required salt and turmeric powder.

• After it cooks well and coconut.

• Sundal is ready to serve now.

Gooseberry with Honey

Ingredients:

Gooseberries - 10


Honey - 1/2 kg

Method:

• Wash Gooseberries and pat it dry.

• Using a sharp knife make a cross on the top of each gooseberry. ( You can also cut the gooseberries in to four pieces and remove the seed with the knife. But it is somewhat difficult. So, i did with the full gooseberry without slicing ).

• Take a clean and steriled glass bottle. Place all gooseberries in the bottle and pour honey until you cover all gooseberries.

• Close the mouth of the bottle with a muslin cloth.

• Keep this bottle in the sunlight for an hour daily for 15 days before using it.

Homemade Custard apple Icecream

Ingredients:

Custard Apple - 3

Sugar - as per required

Milk - 1 cup

Whipping cream - 1/4 cup

Marie biscuits - 3

Vanilla essence - 1/4 tsp

Custard apple Ice cream

Method:

• Wash and open custard apple.

• Scoop out the flesh with seeds and put it in the mixer grinder jar along with 1/4 cup of milk. Pulse it for a few times. Now seeds will separate from flesh automatically. Manually remove the seeds from the jar. Now you got the thick pulp of custard apple.

• Add the remaining milk, sugar, vanilla essence, whipping cream and pieces of Marie biscuit. Now grind it to a fine paste.

• Transfer this paste to a freezer proof box and freeze it for 4 hours.

• Remove it from the freezer and blend it again in the mixer for few minutes. Then transfer it to the freezer proof box and allow it chill again for one hour. Repeat this process for 3 more times in 45 min interval.

• Scoop out the custard apple ice cream in a serving bowl and enjoy.

Orange Custard Milkshake

Ingredients:

Orange - 1

Custard apple - 1

Sugar - as per required

Milk - 1 cup

Method:

• Peel the outer covering of the Orange and separate the pieces. Remove the seeds and white covering of each of the orange piece and take only the pulp. Keep it aside.

• Wash and open the custard apple. Scoop out the flesh with seeds in a mixer grinder jar along with 1/2 cup of milk and pulse it for few times. The flesh will separate from seeds. Pick out the seeds manually. Now you got the thick pulp of custard apple.

• Blend it again with the remaining milk, sugar and Orange pulp which we got from the 1st step.

• Serve it chill with the topping of honey or a scoop of ice cream.

Custard Apple Milkshake

Ingredients:

Custard apple - 1
Sugar - as per required
Cold Milk - 1 cup

Method:

• Wash and open the custard apple.

• Scoop the flesh with seeds of custard apple in a mixer grinder jar with 1/2 cup of milk. Pulse for a few times. The flesh will separate from seeds. Take out the seeds manually. Now you got the thick pulp of custard apple.

• Blend it in the mixer jar again with the remaining milk and sugar.

• You can top it with honey or a scoop of ice cream.

• Custard apple Milkshake is now ready to drink. Serve chill.

Gooseberry salted pickle

Ingredients:

Gooseberry - 1/2 kg
Salt - as per required
Turmeric powder - 1 tsp
Chilly powder ( optional ) - as per required


Method:

• Wash gooseberries and cook it immersed with enough water
• Add turmeric powder and salt as per required.
• If needed you can add chilly powder too.
• Once gooseberry cooks it'll automatically separates in to 4 parts. At that time turn off the stove.
• Your gooseberry pickle is now ready. Keep it in an airtight container with water and use this within a week. No need to refrigerate this.