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Palkova / Thirattupaal/ Sweet Khoya

Homemade sweets are always special as you have control over the sweetness ( well, i agree you cannot compromise on the sugar added to a sweet recipe) however we can assure brown sugar or jaggery could be substituted wherever possible and free of food colors and any other preservatives. In today's recipe, i'm going to share about a simple two-ingredient recipe which uses cow's milk - its palkova aka thirattupaal (sweet khoya). The process is quite cumbersome, however with a heavy bottomed non-stick pan, you can skip stirring quite often and sit back and watch while it gets simmered without being burnt. Choose the right vessel for this dish and you would be rest assured a hassle free recipe. Let's get into recipe and the steps. You can use full cream milk or buffalo's milk instead of cow's milk. Cow's milk gives the best of taste you can ever get! Happy ready and hope you try out this recipe at your home and share your valuable feedback. Ingredients...

Eggless Pistachio Cookies

Pistachio Cookies: Here is a recipe of eggless pistachio cookies which i have baked without using oven. I tried baking with pressure cooker and it came out pretty good. Pressure cooker should not be used for such baking as it spoils the texture of the material and the vessel changes it's color during the process of baking. Alternatively you can use a clay pot too to give you an equally good result. Ingredients: 1/4 cup besan flour/chick pea flour 1 cup all purpose flour 1/2 cup melted butter 3/4 cup sugar, can be adjusted as per taste a pinch of cardamom powder handful of chopped raw pistachios 2 tbsp boiled milk 1/4 tsp baking powder 1 tsp vanilla extract (optional) How to make pistachio cookies: 1. Take melted butter in a mixing bowl and add sugar, cardamom powder. 2. Then add besan flour and all purpose flour, baking powder. Crumble well. You can vanilla extract at this point. I'm skipping it for today's recipe. 3. Add little bit of mil...

Mutton Leg Soup

Aattukal soup or Paya is what we call spicy watery soup made with mutton legs. Yum it is - and it has got a list of medicinal values, to name a few, to cure from cold and runny nose, improves bones strength, relief from chest congestion due to cold, cures sore throat. The recipe is from my mom's kitchen diaries. It is a one pot meal, you can alternatively make it using a regular pan however pressure cooking makes the job easier. Mutton usually takes a long time get cooked, when using a pan you might need to cook for about an hour or till it is done. Today, i made this paya to go with steaming hot idlies for my breakfast plate. Here is a glimpse of my breakfast for you to drool over. You can also make this meal at your home and enjoy it with your family. Usually the mutton legs are little bit cooked by adding them in boiling water to remove the fur and skin at the shop itself and it is thawed in fire for few minutes before cutting into pieces. Well, this is done before ...

Paneer Kheer

Paneer/Cottage cheese kheer is a sweet dish made using grated or freshly crumbled paneer slowly cooked in milk and sugar base. Few of the dry fruits like almonds, raisins, pistachios and cashews are finely chopped and added along with few saffron strands. Ingredients: 1/2 cup grated paneer or crumbled if using fresh homemade paneer. 3/4 cup of sugar 1.5 cups of full cream milk or cow's milk 1 tbsp of mixed dry fruits like almonds, cashews, raisins, pistachios Few saffron strands 1/2 tsp cardamom powder How to make Paneer kheer: 1. Boil 1.5 cups of milk in a heavy bottomed pan. I have used cow's milk in today's recipe. 2. Bring it to boil and let it simmer for 5-7 minutes. 3. Meanwhile, grate the paneer and keep it aside. I have used freshly homemade paneer. 4. Chop the nuts vertically and keep it ready. 5. Now, add sugar to the simmered milk and stir gently till sugar dissolves. You can use brown sugar as well, however it changes the ...