SUNNUNDALU OR URAD DAL LADOOS 

Old is gold… A perfect word for sunnundalu or urad dal laddos. Sunnundalu is very nutritious dish for all age groups especially for growing children and pregnant ladies. It’s a classic Andhra dish. When we heard sunnundalu every one remembers their childhood sweet memories. In every house, mom prepares sunnundalu for their kids. So i can tell it as mom’s recipe.

Sunnudalu is made easy with only four main ingredients. It takes 15 to 20 mins for preparation, can keep these laddos for 20 days.

WHAT YOU NEED :


Urad dal : 1 glass

Rice : 1/5 glass

Sugar : 1 glass

Elachi : 2

Ghee for making laddos.


HOW TO MAKE :


In a wide bottomed pan roast the urad dal on a low flame by stirring continuously. When roasting urad dal nice aroma will come from that and add rice to it and stir it, roast it until both of them gets light golden brown colour. Then remove it from heat and keep aside and let it cool. When we add rice to this, urad dal won’t stick in the mouth and it will melt in the mouth.

In the same pan add 2 tsps of ghee and add cashew nuts and almond pieces, fry it and keep it aside.

First grind this urad dal & rice into coarse powder, when grinding add 2 elachi also.

Then add sugar to that powder & grind well.

Take the powder into a bowl and add fried nuts and enough ghee for making small lemon sized laddos.

The mouth watering sunnundalu is ready.

RAVA LADDU/ RAVA LADDOO/ SUJI LADDU/ SEMOLINA BALLS

         Ravva laddu is popularly known indian sweet. Ravva laddu made easier. U can try ravva laddu when time is short. Ravva laddu is a simple and delicious recipe. There are several versions of ravvaladdu recipe, But i used to follow only one version which my mom used to prepare from my childhood. One variation is the use of cardamom powder which i avoided. Peoples who likes the cardamom flavour they can add cardamom powder at the end. I used only badam / almonds in this recipe, almonds are loaded with protiens, vitamin E, Fiber, Calcium, Magnesium which is good for health and skin.

RAVVA LADDU RECIPE : 

INGREDIENTS :

Semolina / Upma rava / Suji  : 1 Cup

Sugar       : 3/4 Cup

Grated coconut  :  1/4 Cup

Badam, Cashewnuts, Raisins  :  1/4 Cup

Ghee      :     3 tsp

Few tbsps of Milk


            Take wide bottomed pan and heat 3 tsps of ghee, once ghee is hot enough, simmer the flame and roast cashewnuts, raisins and badam. When all nuts turn to golden colour add grated coconut and roast for  4 mins then add semolina in it, stir continously. Make sure flame is very low, Roast Ravva till its well roasted and aroma starts coming out.

 Turn of the stove and add sugar to this mixture. (U can add powdered sugar also) Mix well. For making laddoos need to add 4,5 tbsps of hot milk. Take ravva mixture in to a bowl and sprinkle hot milk on the top and start making laddoos. Then ur ravva laddu is ready.

BREAD HALWA

              Bread halwa is very simple and easy to make and delicious to devour. Can make this dessert quite quickly with simple ingredients at any time. For small parties at ur home u can try this recipe as one of the best. Try this mouth watering recipe.

INGREDIENTS :

White Bread : 10 slices

Milk  : 2cups

Sugar  : 2 cups

CashewNuts & badam : 4 tsp

Ghee :  10 tsp

Elachi Powder : 1/4 tsp (Optional)

•  Remove the bread edges out.
• Add 2tsp of ghee in a pan and fry nuts and keep it aside
• Also add bread pieces in ghee and fry until they gets slight brown colour.
• Mean while in another bowl, boil milk, add sugar, elachi powder and stir it occasionally.
• Add fried bread pieces and remaining ghee and keep stirring until ghee sucks out.
• Garnish with fried nuts. 

RAVVA KESARI PURNALU / KESARI BURELU

No festival meal is not complete with out purnalu in south india.Some people call this as burelu.

Usually in andhra people make this purnalu with channadal.But this time i tried with kesari.

U know purnalu with kesari is so delicious.On occasion of varalakshmi vratam i made this dish.I

got many compliments from my husband and friends who came for pooja.

INGREDIENTS FOR PURNALU :

Urud dal /black gram dal : 2 cups

Rice : 3 cups

Salt to taste

INGREDIENTS FOR KESARI :

Semolina or bombay ravva : 1 cup
Sugar : 1 1/2 cup
Milk : 1cup
Water : 1cup
Ghee : 1/2 cup

MAKING BATTER :

Wash urud dal or black gram dal and rice and strain the water from urud dal and rice and blend them.
Add some water to make a paste.Add salt to it.

HOW TO MAKE RAVVA KESARI :

Heat 2 tsps of ghee in a fry pan add ravva in it add fry until the nice flavour comes out.
Keep the ravva aside.
Mix sugar in to roasted ravva.
Boil milk & water for 10 mins.Add ravva & sugar to it and stir it well.Boil until the milk absorbs.
Stir occaasionally.
Add ghee while cooking.

MAKING PURNALU :

Heat enough oil for frying in a deep sauce pan.
Make kesari in to small balls and dip the balls in to batter and drop them into oil and fry them on medium flame.Rotate them occasionally.

RAVVA KESARI / SOOJI HALWA / SUJI KA HALWA

INGREDIENTS :

Semolina or bombay ravva : 1 cup

Sugar : 1 1/2 cup

Milk : 1cup

Water : 1cup

Ghee : 1cup

Dry fruits : 1/4 cup

Elachi powder : 1/2 tsp (optional)

HOW TO MAKE RAVVA KESARI :

• Heat 2 tsps of ghee in a fry pan add ravva in it add fry until the nice flavour comes out.
• Keep the ravva aside.
• Mix sugar in to roasted ravva.
• Boil milk & water for 10 mins.Add ravva & sugar to it and stir it well.Boil until the milk absorbs.
• Stir occaasionally.
• Add ghee while cooking.
• Heat 2tsps of ghee in another pan and fry cashew nuts,chopped badam and raisins(kissmiss).
• Then ravva kesari or suji halwa is ready .

CARROT HALWA / GAJAR KA HALWA

Carrot is very good for health,especially for eyes.Children don't like to eat carrot as curry or raw carrot.Not only children most of people don't like to eat carrot.So try to give carrot as carrot halwa,definetly u r children like this.I made this carrot halwa in south indian style.

INGREDIENTS :

Carrots : 3 cups

Milk : 3 cups

Sugar : 3/4 cup

Ghee : 1/2 cup

Dry fruits : 1/4 cup

Elachi powder : 1/2 tsp


HOW TO MAKE CARROT HALWA :

1. Heat a sauce pan or big kadai and add grated carrot and fry for 10 mins.Pour milk on it.
2. Stir the mixture occasionally to avoid sticking.
3. Boil them until milk fully absorbed.
4. Add sugar and boil till it absorbs all the sugar syrup.
5. Add cashew nuts,chopped badam and raisins.
6. If u like to add elachi u can add to it.
7. Then u r carrot halwa is ready

RASAGOLLA / RASAGULLA

It is a very famous indian sweet.We can call this as a bengali sweet.Easy to make it at home.


INGREDIENTS :

Milk - 1 ltr

Lemon juice of 1 lemon

(or) citric acid (or) white vinegar

Sugar - 1 cup

Elachi powder - 1/4 tsp

Water - 3 cups

Maida - 2 tsp

Preparation :

1. Take a bowl and boil milk.When boiling milk add lemon juice,and turn the stove off.

2. Seperate the paneer or curd or chenna

3. Take paneer in to a strainer and leave until cold ,up to 1 hr.

4. Mash the paneer with hand till soft and smooth wet dough.

5. For making sugar syrup take 3 cups of water for 1 cup of sugar.

6. Make small balls from paneer.

7. Drop the small balls in to syrup and boil them up to 20 min.

8. U can see the balls bulging.

9. Take glass and mix 1tsp of maida in to water and mix well,in the middle of boiling the rasagollas add 2 or 3 times maida water in to the bowl.