Showing posts with label coconut. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coconut. Show all posts

Thursday, 14 November 2013

Khandwi (Pittor)

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 15 mins
Serves: 6

Ingredients
For the stuffing
  • 1/4 cup grated coconut
  • 1 chopped green chilli
  • 1/4 tsp red chilli powder
  • 2 tsp oil
  • 1/4 tsp Rai
Other Ingredients
  • 1 cup Besan
  • 1 cup curd
  • 2 cups water
  • 1/4 tsp Jeera
  • Salt for taste



Method
  • Heat oil in a pan
  • Put Rai and green chilli
  • After a minute, add coconut and red chilli powder and stir for another minute
  • Keep the stuffing aside
  • In a cooker, mix besan, curd, water, jeera and salt and mix well
  • Now boil the mixture with the cooker top open
  • After the mixture boils, put the cooker top and heat for another 5-7 mins in low flame
  • Now, spread the mixture on a slab. Make sure the spread is thin but wide and long enough
  • Spread the coconut mixture on top
  • Now using a knife, cut the spread into 3 inch wide ribbons, that is, only in one direction
  • Role the cuttings and serve

Wednesday, 30 October 2013

Coconut Nutty Balls

Preparation Time: 10 mins
Cooking Time: 30 mins
Serves: 12 pcs

Ingredients
For the laddu/balls
  • 2 cups grated coconut
  • 1 and 1/2 cups sugar
  • 1/4 cup milk
For the covering
  • 2 tsp postadana (poppy seed)
  • 5 drops of green color
  • 12 pcs of nutties or Cadbury shots


Method
  • Mix the postadana and color in a bowl and keep aside
  • In a pan, mix coconut, sugar and milk and heat for 10 mins
  • Prepare 12 balls out of the mixture, each containing a nutty chocolate inside
  • Cover the ball with the postadana