Happy Diwali to all. As I was wondering few days back what sweet to do on Diwali day, my mom told me that she made Coconut Burfi last week and the recipe seemed simple. Usually my mom is the one who does all the sweets and so I have zero clue on how to do it. But strangely I tried it out and it came extremely well. Here goes the recipe.Ingredients -
1. Shredded coconut - 1 cup
2. Sugar - 1 and 1/2 cups
3. Water - 3/4 cup
4. Cardamom powder - 1 tsp
Method -
1. In a non-stick saucepan add the sugar and water and let it boil for 15 min. Keep the flame in medium.
2. Then add the shredded coconut, cardamom powder and start stirring. It took me half hour to get the right consistency in medium flame.
3. After that grease a plate with little ghee and transfer this into the plate. Allow it to cool down.
4. Make cubes and enjoy :-))
Now that our mouth is filled with sweet it is customary in Tamil tradition to make some snack/savory for Diwali and my favorite is Mullu Thenkozhal.
Ingredients -
1. Rice flour - 2 cups
2. Urad dhaal - 3 tbsp
3. Cumin seeds - 1 tsp
4. Butter - 1/4 cup
5. Hing - for flavor
6. Salt - to taste
7. Oil - for frying
Tools required -
1. Thenkozhal press
Method -
1. Dry roast the Urad dhaal in a sauté pan and grind it into a fine powder.
2. Mix the rice flour, Urad dhaal powder, hing, salt, cumin seeds and butter.
3. Add water to the mixture and make it into a nice dough.
4. Check if the oil is ready for frying. You can take a little dough and put in the oil. The oil is ready if the dough raises immediately.
5. Put a handful of dough in the thenkuzhal press and press it into the oil.
6. Fry for few min until it reached a golden brown color and then strain it.
Hope you have a nice and enjoyable Diwali :-))
