Thenkuzhal Mullu Murukku

     During diwali, me was trying new snack on daily basis. This is one among my newly tried murukku. Eventhough it have very plain taste. Thenkuzhal murukku is my moooossssstttt favorite but never tried at home. This was the first in my bookmarked recipe. Without any second thought, i tried this using store bought rice flour but using. Mullu murruku plate in murukku press.

ALL YOU NEED:

Rice Flour	1 cup
Urad dhall flour	3 tblsp
Jeera/Ommam	1 tsp
Oil/Butter	2 tblsp
Water	To Knead
Salt	To Taste
Hing	1/4 tsp
Oil	To Deep fry

METHOD:
     Take a wide bowl, add rice flour, urad dhall flour, hing, jeera/ommam, salt, mix all the ingredients. Now pour the oil/butter, mix well again. Now add water little by little until it forms a perfect dough consistency. Now heat oil for deep frying. Meantime, take the murukku presser, grease with oil. Now fill 3/4 of the presser with the dough. Check whether the oil is in perfect heat by adding a pinch of dough into the oil. When it comes up immediately, its the perfect time to deep fry the murukku in batches. Take a laddle or plate, grease it with oil, now press the dough in circle shape and put one by one into the oil. Deep fry on both sides. Transfer it to the tissue paper.

Note: You can also press directly into the oil but i feel pressing it in ladle is safe.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Cashew Burfi

     Actually i should name this post as "Kaju Katli" unfortunately named it as "Cashew Burfi". You like to know the reason, keep reading :) Recently bought a big tin of cashews from wholesale store. It looks sooooo fresh and with decent shape. Each time i see that, it was calling me to prepare Kaju Katli :P Being a NOT lover person of sweets, i was keep on hesitating its call. Finally, it was diwali season last week, thought of trying it. Even i tried but the outcome became burfi, instead of kaju katli, its all because of i missed a minute to put off the flame :( Eventhough there was a small disaster, taste was too gud !

ALL YOU NEED:

Cashewnuts	1 cup
Sugar	1/2 cup
Water	1/4 cup
Salt	Pinch
Ghee	To grease

METHOD:
     Take a dry mixer, add the cashews (should be in room temperature for a while) and grind it to a fine powder in a single shot i.e. without opening the lid of the mixer. Its because, if you give a gap, the powder will stick to the mixer. So, please take a care on that. Suppose, if it is sticky, not a problem but it will take some time to mix up with sugar syrup by forming lumps. Once grinding the cashew, now take a heavy bottomed, add sugar and water. Keep stirring until it reaches syrup consistency. To check that, take some water in a small bowl, add a drop of sugar syrup, when it form a string shape, its the perfect consistency. Now add the cashew powder, give a hard stir until it mix up with the sugar syrup. Let it be in flame for 5 mins and put off the flame. Grease a plate with a spoon of ghee, now pour the cashew mixture to the plate and cut as per your desired shape. Same procedure to be followed for "Kaju Katli" but you should put off the flame, when you can make it as small round balls.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Kaara Bhoondi

     I should definitely say this to you all. This term "Kaara Bhoondhi" is a big magical word to my kid. Yes, she is the most addicted person for this tea time muncher. She was bugging me all these days to prepare it at home. Since i don't have bhoondhi karandi at home and even i can buy one in my current place, it was dragging. Suddenly and finally i got this from my friend and tried my kids favorite snack. Now it comes for your views.

ALL YOU NEED:

Besan Flour	1 cup
Rice Flour	1/4 cup
Chilly Powder	1/4 tsp
Bakind Soda	Pinch
Garlic Extract	1 cup
Hing	Pinch
Salt	To Taste
Oil	To Depp fry

To Garnish:

Chilly Powder	1/2 spoon
Pepper Powder	1/4 spoon
Crushed Garlic	7 Nos.
Peanut	1/2 cup
Cashews	1/2 cup
Curry Leaf	3 Twigs
Salt	Pinch
Oil	2 spoons

METHOD:
     Sieve Besan flour and rice flour. Place it in a wide bowl, add chilly powder, baking soda, hing and required salt. Mix it. Once done, add garlic extract/water (Grind garlic in a mixer by adding some water and filter it. This is to add some aroma) Mix well without any lumps. You can also add water, if garlic extract is not sufficient. Actually it should be bit thinner than bhajji batter consistency. Meantime heat oil for deep frying, once done, take the bhoondi ladle and a normal ladle to spread the batter. Take a ladle of batter and pour it on the bhoondi ladle and spread it. Turn the bhoondi evenly and let it be in flame until it comes to golden brown. Place it on tissure paper. Repeat the process until you finish off the batter.

     Now take a frying pan, heat 2 spoons of oil, add crushed garlic, curry leaf, cashews and peanuts. Saute until the garlic and curry leaf becomes crunchy. Now add chilly powder, pinch of salt, pepper powder to the kaara bhoondhi and also add the garlic, curry leaf and peanuts. Mix well, without breaking the bhoondi shape.



Note: Actually i made a mistake in my batter consistency. Thats why most of the bhoondi are with tails :P

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Cashew Murukku

     Long long ago soooooooo long ago, this term "Murukku" was like a big jargon, thought this can be prepared only by experts chefs. But nowadays being a full time housewife, me started trying many variants of savories. You can checkout my thattu vadai, Omapodi, Ribbon Pakoda for samples. In that queue, recently tried this rich, tasty, easy murukku that too with simple in house ingredients and now its for your views.

ALL YOU NEED:

Rice Flour	1 cup
Red Chilly Powder	1 1/2 spoon
Garlic extract	1/2 cup
Cashewnuts	10 Nos.
Cumin Seeds	1 1/2 spoon
Hing	1/2 spoon
Salt	To Taste
Oil	1 tsp
Oil	To Deep fry

METHOD:
     Soak cashew with some water in mixer, grind it after 5 mins. Meantime, take a wide bowl, add rice flour, red chilly powder, hing, salt and cumin seeds. Mix it well. Now pour oil, garlic extract (which adds nice aroma to the murukku) and cashew mixer. Knead it nicely by adding required water. Make sure, it shouldnot sticky. Now take murukku press and grease it with oil and set it with your favorite shape plate. Heat oil for deep frying, now fill the murukku press with the kneaded dough. Press it when the oil is in perfect hot for deep frying. Keep repeat the same procedure and fry murukku in batches with medium flame. Enjoy with a cup of hot tea.

Note: To prepare garlic extract, add 5 to 6 nos. of garlic cloves, grind with little water and strain the extract.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Ribbon Pakoda

     There was none who loves sweet recipes at home including me. At the same time, if it is savory dishes, it will get vanished within fraction of seconds. So, most of the time i used to prepare savory snacks at home. Nowadays am getting lot of time to enjoy in kitchen by preparing many new dishes. In that order, i have tried "Ribbon Pakoda" which is our all time favorite snack. Just of thought of sharing my method... Here you go....

ALL YOU NEED:

Rice Flour	1 cup
Besan Flour	1/2 cup
Urad Dhall Powder	3 tbsp
Chilli powder	2 tsp
Garlic Extract	3 tsp
Peanut Powder	3/4 tbsp
Butter	1.5 tbsp
Hing	Pinch
Salt	To Taste
Oil	Deep Fry

METHOD:
     Dry Roast and grind urad dhall. Now take some 5 garlic cloves and grind it in mixie by adding some water and filter the water and keep it aside. Now take a wide bowl, add rice flour, besan flour, urad dhall powder, coarsely grounded peanut, salt, chilly powder and hing. Mix all the dry ingredients well. Now pour the wet ingredients like butter and garlic water, mix well. If required add water until it comes to soft dough. Keep a wide kadai, add required oil for deep frying.

    Meantime take the press grease it with some butter or oil, now add the dough into the press. Once the oil gets heated, press the dough starting from the corners and to the centre. Let it cook for 2 mins and toss it to other side. Once it gets cooked, place it on a tissue paper. Now our favorite snack is ready !!

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Pumpkin halwa

     Nowadays i feel like am a long mile away from yhis blogging world. Eventhough i have quit my job, its very difficult to manage my blog with my kid. Actually she is letting me to touch my laptop, all time she is owning that :-( but still i dont want to leave my space just like that. So finally got my laptop free'd and planned to post a sweet which i prepared/tried on diwali :-)

ALL YOU NEED:

Grated pumpkin	5 cups
Elachi powder	Pinch
Food color	Pinch
Ghee	4 tbsps.
Sugar	To taste
Nuts	1/2 cup

METHOD:
     Take a wide tawa, add 2 spoons of ghee, fry the required nuts and keep aside. Now, add grated pumpkin, let it boil until it gets raw smell goes off. Add a pinch of food color and the required sugar. Keep on stiring it by adfing ghee inbetween, make sure it should not get burnt or stick to the pan. Quantity of the added pumpkin will get reduced. Though i added 5 cups, got only a small cup of halwa :-( Once you are reached halwa consistency, add the roasted nuts and put off the flame.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬

Omapodi

     After i left the job, i got handful of time which am spending completely with kid and trying different recipes. Now coming to this post, still i wonder a festival snack recipe in my blog ??!! Its still a BIG exclamation :) Yes, this is my first tried omapudi recipe in my so far marriage life. But my mom is very well expertise in prepare all kinds of festival recipes, so, i have heard my mom telling, hand will be very painful when we prepare omapudi, murukku and mixture, so was in dilemma whether to take this up or not. Finally i tried and here its for your views.

ALL YOU NEED:

Besan Flour	1 cup
Rice Flour	1/4 cup
Red chilly Powder	1 spoon
Hot oil	3 spoons
Ajwain	1 spoon
Salt	To Taste
Oil	To Deep fry

METHOD:
     Dry roast the ajwain until nice aroma comes. Coarsely powder it in mixer. Heat 1/4 cup of water, add ajwain powder into it, let it sit for a while. Meantime, take a wide bowl, add sieved besan flour, rice flour, 3 spoons of hot oil, required salt, red chilly powder, mix it well. Now strain the ajwain powder mixture. Pour the required amount of ajwain water into the flour mixture, mix well until it reaches the soft dough. Keep an eye, it should not be too sticky. Heat a pan for deep frying, meantime fill it into the omapudi press. Once the oil gets heated, press the dough gently and toss it both the side, until it gets cooked.

    Can you see the nice golden brown colored omapudi in the image, in general i love the little browned snack all time, which is 100% false, actually i burnt it slightly :P

Note: Since i didn't have butter at home, compromised it with additional 2 spoons of hot oil.

♬ Sangeetha♡Nambi ♬