SWEET POHA

Today is the second day of BM#17 group3. My theme is kid's tiffin...Poha as everyone knows is very good for health that too with some nuts...

INGREDIENTS:

Poha-1cup

Jaggery-1/2cup

Cardamom-powder-1tsp

Fried and cut almonds-2tbsp

Fresh cocnut-1/4cup

METHOD:

If the poha is thick variety ,please soak in water for 20 minutes.

Take the jaggery in a kadai,remove  the dirt and make it a slight thick syrup Add the poha,coconut cook for five minutes and add the cardamom powder and fried nuts.(We can add any nuts ex:cashews,pistaetc)

Healthy tiffin is ready for the kids when they return from the school...

Check out the Blogging Marathon page for the other Blogging Marathoners doing BM#17

Iam also linking to Vardini's kid's delight event announcement

MICROWAVE MILK COCONUT BURFI

This entry goes toshow and tell FSFJanmashtami and ganesh chaturthi and also to sonias dinner recipe
INGREDIENTS:
Coconut-1cup
Milk-powder-1/2cup
Sugar-1cup
Milk-4tbsp
Cardamom -3
Almonds for garnishing

METHOD:
Grind the coconut,sugar,cardamom with the milk.
Take a micro safe vessel,add the milk powder and the mixture,mix well
Heat it on high for first 5 minutes and then 5 more minutes till it is slightly dry.
Transfer it on a greased plate and place almonds for garnishing.
Make squares,cool it.
Yummy Burfi is ready.!!!!

This entry also goes to microwave cooking hosted byRice and spice announcing microwave cooking-tea time snackand to Srivalli MEC
This entry also goes to Radhika's Tickling palates:Announcing Diwali special sweets and savories

This also goes to ANU's healthy kitchen:CEDD2and linking to easy recipes-Quick and easy recipes

MICROWAVE VERMICILLI PAYASAM

INGREDIENTS:

Vermicilli-1/2cup

Cashew nuts 2tbsp

Ghee-1tsp

Sugar-1cup

Cardamom-2

Milk-2cups

Milk powder-1/2cup

METHOD:

Keep the vermicilli,ghee and cashewnuts in a microsafe vessel and heat it for 2minutes.

Now pour the milk and microwave for 5minutes

Add the milk powder with out any lumps and heat it for 2 minutes.

Crushed cardamom and sugar are added and keep it for 1 minute.

Delicious payasam is ready in ten minutes!!!!!

RAGI SQUARES

INGREDIENTS:
Ragi flour-1cup
Jaggery-1/2cup shredded
Ghee-2tbsp
Cardamom-2

METHOD:
Fry the ragi flour in  ghee,till the raw smell goes off.
Add  the shredded jaggery and cardamom to it,
Let the jaggery melt and after two minutes when it has become like a dough,spread it on a greased plate and mark the squares.

Healthy,tasty ragi squares are ready in five minutes.

DRY FRUIT CAKE

This is my entry for BM#8 Round2 and Day2.The theme is cooking with out fire.The recipe is some what similar to harini's Mixed nut No cook cake.I made some variations .Here goes the recipe:
INGREDIENTS:
Almonds-1cup
Walnut-1cup
Dry coconut -1cup
Cardamom-4
Milk powder-1cup
Sugar-3/4cup
Milk-2tbsp

METHOD:
Take all the ingredients except milk and milkpowder in a blender and pulse it to coarse powder
Transfer it into a dish,Mi9x the milk powder and add drops of milk to make it into a paste.
Spred it on a greased thali'
Freeze it for one hour.
Delicious burfis are ready.
As we all know dry fruits are very good for the health for young and all age groups.
Children will refuse to eat dry fruits but will love to eat burfis.

DOUBLE LAYERED BURFI

Ingredients:
Milk powder-4cups
Maida-3/4 cup
Sugar-21/2cups
(since i used amulya milk powder i used only 21/2 cups other wise you can add 51/2 cups of sugar)
Cashew and Pista powdered -11/2 cups
Water 3/4 cup
Cocoa powder-1/2 cup
Ghee-1cup

Method:

• Fry the maida in ghee till the raw smell vanishes.
• Add the milk powder,nuts to this.
• In another vessel make a thick syrup of sugar and then add this contents to this.
• Now i transferred 3/4 in to a microwave vessel and microwaved for 3 min.
• Leave it to cool By the time add the cocoa powder to the remaining mixture and microwave it for 2 min.
• Now spread the white layer on a greased thali and spread the chocolate one on the top.Let it cool and then cut it into the desired shapes.