Appalu - Variety 1

Appalu is the favorite sweet of  Lord Hanuman ji .........  Appalu  is done on Hanumat Jayanthi day we make small vadas and appalu for Lord Hanuman ji ...  Appalu is also done on the festival day.  Appalu   is also  one  of the favorite food of lord Ganesh ji. Appalu is one of the traditional sweets.

Ingredients for making Appalu :

Wheat Flour 2 cup

Jaggery 1 ½ cup

Ghee 2 teaspoons

Cardamom powder 1 teaspoon

Oil for deep frying

Preparation for making Appalu:

1. Heat a pan and add ghee to it . After ghee is melted add wheat flour and mix till nice aroma comes out for about 5 minutes. Add cardamom powder and switch off the stove.

2. Keep it aside. In the same pan add about 1 cup water and jaggery the jaggery will melt and when it starts to bubble add the roasted wheat to it and mix well.

3. This will become like a soft atta dough. Switch off the stove.  Make them into balls and flatten the balls.

4. Heat a deep pan or skillet and add oil to it. Now gently add the appalu and deep fry in low medium flame. When they turn golden brown color transfer the appalu to a tissue paper.

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Badam Halwa or Almond Halwa and awards

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Ingredients:

Almonds 1 cup

Milk 1 cup

Ghee 1 cup

Sugar 2 cups(adjust accordingly)

Safforn color Pinch

Preparation:

1. Soak almonds in water for 8 -10 hours.

2. Remove the peels of the almond (or you could buy peeled almonds / almond powder)

3. Make into a smooth paste by adding little water.

4. Mix little water to sugar till string consistency is reached. (Add little  water in a pan and mix sugar well after 5 min take one drop of the liquid between fingers it if you separate thumb and index finger it will form a string)

5. Add almond paste to the sugar mixture.

6.Add milk and ghee ,cook till it becomes thick .

7. When the paste becomes thick add ghee, color and cardamom powder.

8. Fry cashew and raisins in ghee and garnish it.

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Besan Ladoo or Besan ladu

Besan ladoo is very yummy and colorful. Besan Ladoo tastes very good. Besan ladoo is very easy and quick to make. This is one of the variety of making besan ladoo. Besan ladoo only takes less than 30 minutes to make. Besan ladoo is very simple to make when compared to Moti choor ladoo.

Ingredients for making besan ladoo or besan ladu:

Ladoo Besan  4 cups

Sugar 3 cups

(adjust accordingly)

Cardamom powder ½ teaspoon

Ghee 1½ cup

Rasins handful

Pistachios 2 teaspoons

Preparations for making the besan ladoo  or besan ladu:

1. Heat a skillet or kadia and turn to medium low flame. Add ghee to it. Use ladoo besan it is slightly coarse besan which is used for making ladoos.

2. After the ghee is melted add ladoo besan powder to it. For about 10 to 15 minutes in medium low flame stir it. Nice smell will come and the color changes slightly .

3. Add pistachios and raisins. Mix well.

4. Add the powdered sugar, cardamom powder and mix well ,switch off the stove. Let is cool for a while.

5. Apply ghee to to hands and make them into ladoos. They are very tasty and can be made quickly. The yummy besan ladoos are ready. The besan ladoos are very tasty.

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Ingredients:
Ricotta Cheese 3 cups (I brought from walmart)
Milk Powder 5 cups ( I used non fat milk powder from Walmart)
Sugar 2 and ½ cups
( adjust accordingly)
Ghee 2 teaspoons
Almonds for decoration

Preparation:
1. Heat a pan and turn to medium low flame ,add 3 cups of ricotta cheese and after it starts to melt . Stir it continuously.

2. Keep stirring until the mixture thickens a little. 

3. Add milk powder and mix well . Add little butter and sugar and mix well.

4. Grease a plate . After it cools spread it on the plate and roll it with chapathi wooden roller . Cut it into pieces and garnish with almonds.