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Moulded Sugar Sweet :: Sakkare Acchu :: Panchadara Chilakalu

Here is a sweet which is prepared across south India during Harvest Festival in the month of January called as " Shankranti " sometimes also called as " Pongal ". During this time you can find this sweet sold in local markets especially in South India. But traditionally this is a sweet done at home with family members. It is a fun activity for the kids to watch the sweet being done and even participate. In the home often it is done in the proper traditional way with the right ingredients and technique, and the final outcome and the taste of the sweet done this way will far surpass any store counterparts. It is locally called as "Sakkare Acchu" in Kannada and called as Panchadara Chilakalu in Telugu language and so on. In some parts they make mould it in solid shapes as shown above which is around 2-5 inches in size. Whereas commercially sold ones are done in much larger hollow shapes, and in the form of animals, birds, especially in the form of Parro...

Palak Paneer (Spinach Cottage-cheese curry)

Palak Paneer is a signature North Indian dish. It is one of the simplest vegetarian dishes to prepare as well healthiest. Although it may be little high in calories since it has Paneer (Cottage cheese) and butter, but still it is one of the best dishes you can server to your kids and prepare quickly especially while serving your guests with a delicious dinner. The dish is simply called "Palak Paneer". Palak refers to spinach and Paneer refers to Cottage-Cheese. Cottage-Cheese is nothing but cheese which is freshly prepared. Traditionally people do prepare cottage-cheese at home. But these days you get this readily available in shops and especially in Indian stores. Ingredients: Spinach - 1 large bunch (as shown below) Cottage cheese (Paneer) - 150 grams Red Bell Pepper - 1 (optional for garnish) Turmeric - 1/2 Tsp Green Chillies - 2-3 Salt to taste Cumin powder - 1 Tbs Garam Masala (Indian...

Paddu Pan Cakes

Paddu is a kind of Indian Pan Cake which is quite popular in South India. Paddu is also known as Gunta Punugulu, Paniyaram, etc, etc in various other languages. Generally these can be made sweet or spicy variants based on the dough and recipe you choose. Unlike an Idli which is steamed, and unlike Dosa which is fried, a Paddu is sort like it is baked as well as fried a pan with oil. So it has the consistency of an Idli inside, but it has delicious crunchy outer shell which tastes like Dosa. This makes Paddu interesting ! In this post we are going to show you how to make a simple and quick spicy Paddu variant with commonly existing ingredients at home. Ingredients: Based on the quantity you wish to make you can choose to use the quantity of the ingredients. Hence we are just listing the ingredients to use in this recipe. Based on your overall quantity and your choice you can vary the quantity of each. You need: Vegetable oil - for shallow frying Grated...

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