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Kashi halwa or ash gourd halwa is quite popular in TamilNadu. It is served in most of the TamBrahm weddings. This halwa took more than an hour of constant stirring but it's really worth the hardwork. This is a dessert recipe and obviously in my long pending posts list. Finally got the time to cook it today and in no time finished it off. Halwa can be made with 3 key ingredients ghee, sugar and constant stirring ;). The base for halwa could be apple, wheat, raagi, watermelon rind, green moong dhal to name a few. Here are some of my favorite dessert recipes from the blog. Ragi banana pancakes homemade chocolate  Ragi sweet semiya Upside Down Sundae Strawberry Panacotta Kalakand Bread Halwa Ingredients: 4 cups of grated ash gourd 1.5 cups of sugar 1/2 tsp cardamom powder 1 tbsp fried cashews 3/4 cup ghee/clarified butter Steps: Wash and peel the ash gourd. Using a grater, finely grate the vegetable. Tip: Do not discard the water. Heat a n...

Mangoes are one of those seasonal fruits yet favorite to all and most liked by kids. It's loaded with vitamins and has many other nutritional values. Mango salsa is the recipe for today, and it can be had as a snack along with a papad or cracker. I gave it a try with cracker and it was so yum! Do try this recipe and share your valuable feedback. you can also use chilled mangoes to spice up the taste even more. You can modify the version, a little bit by adding finely chopped capsicum or few chunks of pineapple too. Ingredients: 2 ripe mangoes 1 large tomato 1 large onion 2 green chilli salt to taste 1 tsp lemon juice 2 tsp finely chopped coriander leaves Steps:  Add finely chopped green chillies to a bowl. Add finely chopped tomatoes. Add finely chopped onions. Add chopped mango pieces. Add coriander leaves. Add lemon juice. Add salt. Give it a good mix and serve. You can have it as it is or with a cracker or fryums or pa...

Sweet boli is a healthy snack or breakfast recipe in our home and today i really enjoyed the process of making boli using sugar and bengal gram. Alternate options would be jaggery which is a healthier version of boli. Kids would definitely love this recipe. Do try it out and share your valuable feedback. Here are few other sweet recipes from my blog: milk peda almond burfi palkova soft gulab jamun kaju katli bombay halwa rava laddu coconut burfi Ingredients: 1 cup wheat flour Salt to taste A pinch of yellow food color or turmeric powder 1/3 cup water  3 tbsp of ghee ( for preparing dough and frying boli) For the filling: 1/2 cup bengal gram 2 cups of water 1.5 tbsp sugar or powdered jaggery A pinch of cardamom powder Steps: Soak channa dhal/bengal gram for about 3 hrs. Add flour to a mixing bowl. Add salt. Add yellow color.  Add ghee. Mix well. Add water and knead the...