Pal Poli

Today I am going to introduce one type of Poli, milk based one. Poli is one of the traditional sweet especially prepared for festival season.

Ingredients :

For poori:

Maida - 1/2 cup
Peni / siroti Rava - 3/4 cup
Salt a pinch
Water to make dough
Oil - 2 tsp

For poori:

Khas Khas/Poppy seed - 3 tsp
Coconut – 2 tbsp
Cardamom powder a pinch
Cashew few
Milk – 1 cup
Sugar for taste

Method:

• To make poori mix all the ingredients in to soft dough as mentioned above and keep it aside for 1 hour.
• Now divide the dough into equal ball and roll out into thin round shape and then fold it and seal the edges it looks like semi circle and deep fry it in oil and keep them aside.
• Now the poori is ready.
• Soak Khas Khas for 30 minutes in water and make in to a fine paste with Cardamom, coconut and cashew.
• Mix this paste with boiling milk and sugar.
• Cook this in simmer for 5 minutes.
• Now the payasam is ready, in this soak the poori for half an hour and serve it.

Yummy Pal Poli is ready to serve....:)

Note:

• Siroti rava is nothing but fine Semolina rava it adds taste to the poli.
• Even u can add chopped nuts for garnishing.
• You can skip adding Khuskhus and can do payasam with other ingredients.

Mysore Pak

I like sweets very much and eat a lot. I just like the sweet smell especially those of the mixed sweet smell from the sweet stall & just wonder how they are make those sweets which are eye catchy and colourful. Whenever I come across those stalls, I tell myself that I should try to make those sweets in my kitchen.

So I started it to a give a try one last month, i.e., Mysore Pak, A deliciously rich, sweet Mysore Pak dish of Karnataka, a southern state of India. At first, I did not had much hope on how it would taste like, but it came out good ummmmm.......:)

So let’s get started, Here are the steps / way I followed to make Mysore Pak.

Ingredients :

Besan Flour -1 cup
Sugar - 1cup
Ghee - 1cup
Water - ¼ cup
Cardamom powder - optional

Method :

In a heavy bottomed vessel or a nonstick pan add a tsp of ghee & fry the besan flour for 5 mins till the raw smell goes away .Take it out from heat & keep aside.In another pan pour ½ cup ghee & just melt it and add to the besan flour without lumps.This gives nice blended with ghee flavour. Cover the sugar with water & make Sugar syrup is of 1 string consistency, this add it to the besan mixer ,reaches dosa batter consistency.Now add the remaining ½ cup ghee little by little keep non-stop stirring it in medium flame till it becomes slight thick & mixture starts leaving edges and looks a bit dry, add cardamom (optional). Now switch off the flame , pour it into a greased plate and flatten. Allow to set & makes out a desired shapes.

Enjoy eating …. melts in the mouth with the ghee smell..I am happy at the first attempt hooooooo...