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Caramel Custard(Eggless)

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This caramel custard dessert recipe is the origin of European countries. it is usually made with condensed milk, milk, eggs, and caramelized sugar. Caramel means A liquid made by cooking sugar until its colour changes to yellowish brown or tan colour. It’s used for colouring and flavouring food. Custard means: a sweet sauce made from eggs, milk, and sugar and poured over sweet dishes. Here I made an eggless version of caramel custard. By using vanilla-flavoured custard powder. I steamed it on the stove. It took 40 minutes for me. You can do the same in OTG as well. Usually, they used to make it in the ramekin or a vessel which is a bit wider.    Here I made using a normal steel bowl and I did not face any problems while de-moulding. As its eggless version, it will taste somewhat similar to colostrum milk (seem paal). Ingredients: 1.      Milk - 1 cup 2.      Custard powder - 2 tbsp 3.      Yogurt - 1 cup 4.  ...

Soya Chunks Kola Urundai

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  *Ensure to read the note for perfect kola urundai. Soya chunks kola urundai is a vegetarian starter/snack .  This recipe will consume little oil while deep frying. So, can eat it occasionally.   Ingredients: 1.    Soya chunks/ Meal maker(minced) – 2 cups 2.      Small Onion – 6 (small) 3.    Curry leaves – 6 4.    Coriander leaves- few 5.    Ginger –1/2 inch 6.    Garlic – 6- 7 cloves 7.    Fennel seeds –   3/4tsp 8.    Red chilli powder – 1/4 to 1/2 tsp 9.    Salt – to taste 10.   Fried gram dal flour /pottukadalai maavu – 2 tbsp 11.   Oil – for deep frying To Make Soya Chunks Kola Urundai: 1.      Soak soya chunks in water for a minimum of 30 minutes. 2.      Then in a mixer jar add the soaked chunks by squeezing out all the water and semi-grind it (don’t make it as a paste). Keep ...

Dhal Khichdi

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  There are a few variations in making Dhal Khichdi. Here I made it by adding potato and did not use tomato. This method I learnt from my periyaamma. This dhal Khichdi is a 1 pot meal with fewer ingredients. The method which I showed here will taste somewhat similar to our south Indian Pongal. Ingredients: 1.      Rice - 1 cup 2.      Moong dal – 1/2 cup 3.      Potato- 1 medium-size (chopped) 4.      Ghee - 2 tsp 5.      Oil – 1tsp 6.      Turmeric - ¼ tsp 7.      Mustard seed- 1/2 tsp 8.      Cumin seed - 1 tsp 9.      Green chilly-1 (split) 10.   Hing- 1/4tsp 11.   Turmeric -1/4 tsp 12.   chilli powder -1/4 tsp 13.   coriander powder-1/4 tsp 14.   salt to taste 15.   water – 5cup To Make Dhal Khichdi: 1.      H...