Sweet Ragi Malt Recipe | Finger Millet Porridge With Instant Powder

        Ragi malt is a nutritious drink prepared with gluten free finger millet. Flour is prepared by Washing,soaking,cleaning,drying keppai for a day or two then, ground in mills to a fine powder along with some nuts and some spice like cardamom.This is easily digestible than the whole grain  because it is in powder form. People living abroad has no benefits of this finely home prepared powders and has to rely on the products they get in local Indian markets/shop.Use whichever type is accessible to you.

Rasmalai Recipe | Rasmalai With Rasgulla | Easy Method

       Rasmalai one of the best known Bengali sweet recipe of India. I love rasgulla and rasmalai for its soft spongy texture. I tried this easy dessert recipe at my friend's house once we went for a get-together. I really liked it. She said it's quite easy to make at home.So I am all ears for the recipe.

Caramel Popsicle Recipe | Easy Popsicle Recipe | Step By Step Picture Recipe

Caramel Popsicle Recipe -one of the creamiest Popsicle.Its summer here so my kid is enjoying it to the fullest by having mango frooti ,mango pineapple Popsicle, vanilla ice cream, after all these  bought a can of heavy cream and was looking for a caramel recipe .I found this recipe very easy.

Dates Milkshake Recipe| Indian Drinks

       Dates Milkshake a naturally sweetened thick milkshake.Here, dates acts as a natural sweetner.I prefer Dates over honey (a similar natural sweetner) because its easy to handle (hehe) and not too sticky.My kid is not fond of dates.phew !!! To include dates in her diet ,i make this dates milkshake.

Basundi | Guest Post

       Basundi an Indian milk based Dessert, popular in Maharashtra,Gujarat and Karnataka.Basundi is a sweetened thick milk with nuts so we can call it as milk pudding too.Basically an easy and wonderful dessert to enjoy on any occasion or festive.                              

Chocolate Ice Cream | No Churn Ice Cream

          Ice cream- a frozen treat made with a combination of milk and cream basically .Combined with fruits to give more different flavors.Who doesn't love ice cream? I make ice cream rare so this is my first post on ice cream and its every body's favorite chocolate ice cream.

Chocolate Banana Smoothie|Breakfast Smoothie

What is a smoothie?What is a milkshake ?What is the difference between smoothie and a milkshake?

•     Smoothie is a drink made  without ice cream or even without milk.Basically thick kind .
•     Milkshake is a drink made with milk ,ice cream or both.Milkshakes can be thin with or without fruit.

    I really had a hard time planning the title of this post.But finally i decided to go with smoothie.
     This smoothie i did for cooking secretly challenge started by priya suresh sis .This month my pair is sailaja reddy .She gave two wonderful ingredients ,Cocoa and banana..After hearing the ingredients i decided to do this smoothie ..Because drinks are rare happenings in mykitchenodyssey right ?
    I won't click and post smoothies and drinks which my daughter always demands.The ones i posted are strawnerry milkshake when strawberry is in season, lemon sharbath during summers,peach lassi when i buy peach.
   This is a skinny version ,you can very well add full fat milk and a very large banana and add more cocoa powder to make it more sweeter and thick smoothie.I personally don't like much sweet, so used less cocoa powder and no honey.Adding of peanut butter is optional.But it gives a nice touch to the smoothie.
     This is very filling smoothie.If you are in a hurry for a breakfast but forgot or don't have anything to cook .This smoothie is the best option.

Ragi Idli|Ragi Flour Recipe

There is a lot to talk about this ragi idli.

1. Its very healthy one .I hear you!!! you are saying,"i know ".But its more than what do you think .This ragi idli is made with ragi flour and urad dal ,there is no rice.
2. No need to clean,soak and grind ragi.You can simply use ragi flour.
3. You can grind the urad dal with a Indian mixer.Even blender works.

       You can make 14 ragi idlies with the mentioned quantity.This is not a instant idli ,you have to ferment the batter .If you want a instant one you can follow the same procedure like making  rava idli.Add curd and rava to ragi and make idlies out of it.But what ever method you do.Don't forget to eat them hot.

Golden Milk|Turmeric Milk

     Turmeric milk is also called golden milk because of its color.According to me it taste bit similar to masala milk(but very low in calories than that)
     This golden milk i usually do when we have cold or cough.Add little pepper makes it little spicy and good during cold days. Adding of turmeric gives a nice color to the milk,it has more medicinal benefits too(explained at the end of post).When my daughter catches cold i do follow all of the below mentioned points to give a quick relief(It takes at least 2 days).

These are some of the remedy my grand ma and my mom did for us .Now i am doing it for my daughter.
    When she has stuffy nose or when her eyes get wet during cold.I do "othadam" which can be done with kitchen towel wrapped.

• How to do Othadam:

                Heat a tava ,try to touch the tava with the base of wrapped towel.It should be hot.You can check the temperature when you are doing for kids .then try to put it in forehead ,neck ,below the eyes (can be done whenever it is paining)

• Try to take more vitamin c.
• Making a hot shower reduces nasal congestion.
• People apply some medicinal leaves that take the water out the head(cold air inside head is the cause for head aches)
• Add more veggies,pepper to your diet.
• Try to drink more warm water(heat in microwave for 20-30 seconds).
• Reduce the milk intake(try to dilute the milk and give the kids)
• Add this golden milk day,night.You can substitute honey with sugar too.(sometimes i do that)

Strawberry Milkshake/Summer Drinks

Strawberries are abudant here these days and my little girl loves it. So I get a box of them whenever I see them. I give her fresh berries whenever she wishes, apart from this she likes milk shakes. So I make this milkshake often. I thought of sharing this recipe later because its not even summer here, but scroching sun is showing its fury in India. To quench your taste buds for this summer I wanted to share a quick and healthy drink in the form of milkshake. When you want to add some calories to your kids milk or in a hurry on a weekday  this is perfect milkshake. Crush strawberries with milk and tada your milkshake is ready .If you want it a little rich you can add more sugar or use whole milk .

Prepration time :10 min
Serves:2

Home made paneer/How to make paneer/Indian cottage cheese

What is the big deal about home made paneer? Its fresh and you can eat  your fill without any guilt. These days lowfat paneer is available .But i like to make paneer at home (you might think that I am crazy for making everything at home). Also I prefer homemade paneer over store bought ones because its so fresh and its so yummy . Here is how I made it ...

Rest time:20+30 min
Cooking time:5 min
Yields: 20-25 paneer cubes

Sabudana kheer/Javarisi payasam(ஜவ்வரிசி பாயாசம் )

For a festival or a celebration commonly we make sweets to express our happiness and share our joy.In south india only during diwali time people used to make sweets (these days we do it whenever , I am talking about may be the last generation). For smaller festive occasions like full moon day or navarathri people make kheer because it is very easy to make and its loved by everyone in the family. I made this kheer for a small family occasion.
Check similar white desserts like Candy Rice,Cocoa-Coconut fudge,Kaju Katli

Preparation time:5 min
Cooking time:45-50 min
Serves:2-3

Home made Milkmaid

Last week there was a thanksgiving potluck in my daughters school. I thought of a few dishes to make and had decided on masala vada. At the last minute I discovered that I was running low on channa dal and I had forgotten to buy extra. I thought hard as to what to do? That night I spoke to mother in law and she suggested that I make malai jamun with home made kova. I tried to make kova that night. I was tired and I wanted to finish the kova that night and make the jamun next day.Because of tiredness i finished the milk making milkmaid without adding sugar.
Making milkmaid at home is a little hectic with work involved but when u think about ingredients you need only milk .

Preparation time:50 min
Yields:1/2 cup

Ingredients:

• 4 cups milk

Method:

• Pour the milk in heavy bottom vessel (may or may not be non stick)
• Let the milk come to boil.
• After it comes to boil reduce the heat almost very low.
• Stir it every 5 min for 40 min.
• After 40 min when it will start to thicken (it needs to reduce to 1/8 the original quantity)
• At this point keep stirring it continuously.
• When it becomes thick switch off the flame .
• Cool and store it in fridge.
• You can use it to make coco fudge /kheer/rich gravies. 
  
  
  

                                            I made cocoa and coconut fudge using this milkmaid.

Linking it to Poornimaspage and gayathrisevent

Christmas recipes

Kalkandu Pongal | Rock Candy Rice | Indian Sweet Recipes

        Today is the start of Navarathiri week , I wanted to start this festival days with a sweet dish.Navrathri festival is celebrated in South Indian households with Golu, where they keep figures of gods on show/display. In temples gods are decorated too in different avatars/forms.