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Rava Ladoo Recipe / Sooji Ladoo Recipe / Semolina Ladoo Recipe - Gokulashtami Recipes

Rava Ladoo

 Yields: 15 small ladoos
Ingredients
Sooji/white rava/semolina-1 cup
(Slightly dry roast,do not burn them.Cool & grind it to a fine powder)
Sugar-1 cup
(Grind it to a very fine powder)
Cardamom powder-1/4 tsp
Chopped cashew nut & Raisins fried in ghee-1 tbsp
Melted warm ghee-required amount

Method
Mix all above ingredients together in a bowl.
Pour warm ghee little by little & form into small balls.
Store it in an air tight container.


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Aval Ladoo Recipe / Poha Ladoo / Flattened Rice Ladoo / Atukulu Ladoo

Aval Ladoo

Yield: 25 small ladoos
Ingredients
Dry roasted red or white Aval/Poha/Flattened rice-3 cups
(do not fry till brown & grind to a fine powder)
Slightly roasted desiccated coconut -1 & 1/2 cup
(grind it to a fine powder)
Cardamom -5 (powdered)
Brown sugar- 1 & 1/2 cup
( if your sugar is not fine powder it)
Ghee- 1 tbsp
Milk required amount to make the ladoos

Method
Take all above ingredients in a bowl.
Sprinkle milk little by little & form tight balls.
Your tasty ladoos are ready.

Note:
Consume these ladoos in a day or so.If you want to store it then keep it in fridge.
You can use white sugar instead of brown sugar.
Use any colour Poha for this recipe.


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Okra/Vendaikai/Bhindi/Lady Finger Chutney

Ingredients
Vendaikai/Bhindi/Okra/Lady finger -1/2 cup
(I used only the heads cut from the okra,not the whole one)
Salt to taste
Garlic-3
Green chillies-1
Turmeric powder-a pinch
Tamarind-a small piece
Sesame seeds-1/2tsp
Urad & Channa dhal-1/2tsp
Jeera-1tsp
Tempering
Oil-1tsp
Jeera,Mustard,Uraddhal-1/8tsp each
Red chillies-1
Curry leaves-little
Method
Heat 1 tsp of oil & fry all above ingredients till light brown.Cool & grind to a smooth paste.Heat oil in a pan & temper it.Pour it on the ground micture,mix & serve it with hot rice..

Avocado Garlic Murukku / Avocado Murukku RecipeAvocado

Avocado Murukku

Ingredients
Rice flour-2cups
Besan/gram flour-1/2 cup
Mashed avocado-1
Grated garlic-2
Salt to taste
Red chilly powder-1tsp
Hing-1/4tsp
Water-required amount
Hot oil-1tbsp
Jeers/cumin seeds-1tsp
Oil-to deep fry
Method
Mix all above ingredients together in a bowl.
Pour required water and make a soft dough,dough should not be too tight.
Fill the dough in the murukku press.
Heat oil in a pan,press the dough directly into the oil.
In medium heat deep fry till golden brown & crisp on all sides.
Remove it on a kitchen paper for excess oil to get absorbed.
Cool & store it in a air tight container.

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Cracked Wheat & Horse Gram(Kollu) Kichidi

Ingredients

Cracked wheat-1 cup

Boiled kollu/horse gram-1/2 cup
Boiling water-3 cups
Salt to taste
Garam masala-1/4tsp
Onion chopped-1/4
Tomato chopped-1/4
Curry leaves-little
Tempering
Oil-3tsp
Mustard-1/2tsp
Urad dhal-1/4tsp
Channa dhal-1/4tsp
Jeera/cumin-1/4tsp
Red chillies-2
Green chillies-1
Method
Heat oil in a pan & temper it.Fry onion,curry leaves & tomato till its transparent.Add the cracked wheat,horse gram all the dry ingredients & saute for a minute.Pour boiling water,cover & cook in low flame  till its done.Serve it hot with raita or pickle.

Aapam (Kerala Style) / Kerala Style Appam / Appam With Yeast

Kerala Style Appam

Ingredients
Long grain rice -2 cups
Rice flakes/Aval/Poha-1/2 cup
Methi seeds-1/2tsp
Cooked rice-1/4 cup
Coconut milk-1 cup
Salt to taste
Dry yeast-1tsp
Luke warm water-1/4 cup
Sugar-1tsp
Method
Soak rice,poha,cooked rice,methi seeds in water for 3 hrs. Now grind it with coconut milk & water to a smooth semi thick batter.Soak yeast & sugar in luke warm water.Pour it in the batter & mix,let it ferment for couple of hours. Before making Aapam mix in the salt. Heat a non-stick or iron pan which is shallow. Take a ladle of the batter and pour the batter gently into the pan. Gently swirl the pan around so that a thin layer of batter covers the sides and thick layer collects at the bottom. Cover and cook for 1 minute till the edges become golden crisp and center is soft. It is only required to cook on one side of the appam.remove & serve it with any spicy gravy you wish.

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Appam  Recipe HERE

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Curry leaf Soup / Karuvepillai Soup

Ingredients to be pressure cooked
Curry leaves/karuvepillai-1cup
Chopped tomato-1big
Chopped onion-1/4
Ginger and garlic paste-1/4tsp
Salt to taste
Red chilly &coriander powder-together1/4tsp
Turmeric powder-a pinch
Jeera&whole pepper-each1/4tsp
Thoor dhal-1tbsp
Water- 4cups
Method
Pressure all above ingredients together till dhal is completely mashed.Strain this mixture into a bowl,throw away the extract.Season it with pepper and serve it hot.