My Recipes in Hindu

     I have crossed a new milestone in my blogging history.

Hindu NewsPaper (www.thehindu.com) has published two of my recipes in its publication. I am very happy that such as reputed magazine has published my recipes.

I need first to thank The Hindu team, Archana and  her colleagues, for taking the initiative to publish my recipes.

I am including a screenshot of the recipe as published in their site and the link to the same.

http://www.thehindu.com/features/kids/melon-surprise/article7205228.ece

http://www.thehindu.com/features/kids/smooth-magic/article7205226.ece

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Wheat Flour / Gouthmai Halwa

     Wheat flour halwa is a easy and quick sweet to celebrate an occasion.

Ingredients:

Wheat Flour	½ cup
Sugar	¾ cup
Ghee	½ cup
Water	1 ½ cup
Cardamom Powder	A pinch
Nuts (cashew or badam)	10
Food Color (optional)	Few drops

 Procedure:

1. In a heavy bottomed pan, add ghee and fry the nuts and then add wheat flour. Fry till a nice aroma comes out from the flour.

2. Meanwhile, mix the sugar and water, then boil the mixture till the sugar dissolves completely.

3. Now add this sugar syrup into the wheat flour, mix slowly. If any lumps gets formed, don’t worry about it. It will get dissolved.

4. Then stir the flour mixture continuously. Add the cardamom powder and food color. You should keep the flame in medium.

5.  Stir well and cook till it looks glossy and leaves the sides of the pan.

     Superb and tempting wheat flour halwa is ready to serve.

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Ripe Mango Sweet Rice / Mambazha Inippu Satham

     Looking to prepare a sweet rice based dish? You should definitely try this ripe mango sweet rice. Few recipes I have prepared are as mouthwatering as this. All members of my family really relished this rice.

 Ingredients:

Raw Rice	½ cup
Ripe Mango Puree	1 cup
Boiled cold Milk	½ cup
Sugar	1/4 cup
Ghee	2 tbsp
Cardamom Pods	2
Cashew Nuts	10
Dry Grapes	15

 Procedure:

1. Wash and the soak the rice with 2 cups of water for ½ an hour.

2. Pressure cook the rice for 3-4 whistles in medium flame. Switch off the flame and allow it to cool down.

3. Cut the mango into two halves and scoop out the pulp. Using the mixer grinder, grind the mango scoops into a fine paste.

4. Now mix the sugar with milk till the sugar dissolves completely.

5. Then add the mango puree with the milk and mix them well.  Then add the cardamom and heat the mixture for 2-3 mins.

6. Now mix this mixture with the cooked rice and mix them well.

7. Meanwhile, heat the ghee in a pan, fry cashews and dry grapes.

8. Mix these nuts with the mango rice and serve it hot or chill.

     Yummy and mouthwatering mango rice is ready to serve.

Note:

You can use any variety of Mango which is sweet and pulpy.

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Garlic Tomato Chutney / Thakkali Poondu Chutney

      Want to prepare a healthy chutney with just a few ingredients and also very quickly? Garlic Tomato chutney is a good choice for you in that case.

 Ingredients:

Garlic Pods	¼ cup
Tomato	1
Red Chilli	2-3
Channa Dal / Kadalai Paruppu	1 tbsp
Oil	2 tesp
Salt	As required
To Temper
Sesame Oil	1 tbsp
Mustard Seeds	½ tesp
Urad Dal	½ tesp
Curry Leaves	1 spring

Procedure:

1. Remove the skin from the garlic pods and cut them into small pieces.

2. Heat the oil in a pan, add Channa dal and fry till it turns into golden color.

3. Then add the red chillies and fry for a min, and then, add chopped garlic pods and fry till nice aroma comes out.

4. Now add the chopped tomato and fry till the tomato becomes mushy.

5. Allow it to cool down completely, then add salt and grind it into a fine paste using little water. Transfer the chutney into the bowl.

6. Heat the sesame oil in the same pan, add mustard seeds and allow it into splutter. Then add urad dal and curry leaves. Mix this with the ground paste and serve.

   This goes well with paratha, dosai and Idli.

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Mango Lassi

     Lassi is one of the best way to beat the heat during the summer. Adding flavours like mango, strawberry etc., gives lassi a special spin.

 Ingredients:

Curd	1 cup
Mango Pulp	½ cup
Cardamom	1
Sugar	2 tbsp

Procedure:

1. Peel the skin of the mango and cut the pulp into small pieces. Discard the seed.

2. Grind the mango pieces, cardamom and sugar together using the mixer grinder.

3. In a wide bowl, add curd and the ground mango pulp. Mix them well with the wisk.

    Serve it after chilling.

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